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Game 1
The Celtics' monster fourth quarter, examined
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Vic(tory)
Victor Oladipo came off the bench to play a huge role in Miami's Game 3 win
The Painted Area
Subscribe now In their second-round series against the Bucks, the Celtics got absolutely nothing going in the paint. Milwaukee’s size, length, and prioritization of the area surrounding the rim meant Boston could rarely even get to the basket, let alone score there. The Celtics averaged just 33.4 points
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Just One Game
Subscribe now So, the Grizzlies smacked the Warriors in the face last night. Steph said Golden State’s game plan was to “whoop that trick,” and, well, they were the ones who got whooped. It ended up being a 39-point loss. Does that tell us anything about how the rest
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Too Late, Too Little
The Grizzlies showed no urgency down the stretch of Game 4
All that Jazz
Subscribe now The Jazz are in a bad way at the moment. They’re down 2-1 to the Luka Doncic-less Mavs, and they just got dealt a loss in their own building, surrendering the home-court advantage they gained by winning Game 1 on the road. Perhaps unsurprisingly, defense has been
Zero
Breaking down KD's 0-10 second half against the Celtics
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See You Next Year: Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
Subscribe now Two more teams were eliminated from the playoffs last night. Let’s talk about what we saw from them this year, and what we might see from them this offseason.
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See You Next Year: Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs
Subscribe now Two teams were eliminated from the playoffs last night. Let’s talk about what we saw from them this year, and what we might see from them this offseason.
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Nothing beneath the surface
Subscribe now After suffering their sixth loss in a row, the Lakers are now 31-47. They are two games back of the Spurs for the final play-in spot in the Western Conference, with only four games to play. According to FiveThirtyEight’s RAPTOR-based prediction engine, they have a 0.2