Last Night, In Basketball (Page 33)

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Evolutionary Harden

Subscribe now I’m tempted to describe last night’s 45-point masterpiece as "vintage James Harden," but if you've watched many of his biggest playoff games, you know I can't do that. Instead, we have to describe it as something like "the best

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Grand Opening, Grand Closing

Small victories

Subscribe now There’s a reason Mike Brown won Coach of the Year, folks, and it’s not just because the Kings made the playoffs. (Although it is, mostly, because the Kings made the damn playoffs.) Brown pushed all the right buttons all year long, and he did it again

Kevon Looney laying low has slowed Domantas Sabonis

Subscribe now One of the most common sights of the first round of the playoffs has been this: That’s Domantas Sabonis with the ball just about the elbow, and the guy guarding Sabonis (in this case and most cases so far, Kevon Looney) hanging alllllll the way back in

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What can depth do for you?

Subscribe now When the playoffs roll around, most of the attention is focused on the stars. It makes sense. Rotations shorten, stars play more minutes, they have the most impact on the results, they drive the most interest in the product, etc. When a player who is the “best player”