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Three Things I Noticed on League Pass: Alex Caruso is a fire extinguisher
The Bulls guard snuffs out offensive possessions on the regular
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Film Findings Ep. 05: How the Nuggets Slowed Stephen Curry
It takes a total team effort
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Three Things I Noticed on League Pass: Chet Holmgren is Already a Special Defender
Hit the jump for the first edition of Three Things I Noticed on League Pass, starring Chet Holmgren, Zion Williamson, and Aaron Gordon.
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Offseason Preview: Northwest Division
Over the last several days, I have been going division-by-division through the league and laying out what decisions need to be made and what’s at stake for each NBA team this offseason. We’ve already completed the Eastern Conference, running through the Atlantic Division, the Central, and the Southeast.
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Inches
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An answer for everything
One game after they each posted a 30-plus-point triple-double while combining for 66 points on 43 shots to lead their team to a win on a night where they got almost nothing from their non-Christian Braun teammates, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray shot a combined 13 of 36 from the
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How Jokic and Murray beat the Heat
Obviously, the big story coming out of Game 3 is Nikola Jokic putting up the first 30-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA Finals history, and Jamal Murray joining him with a 30-point triple-double of his own. But more than the numbers themselves, the way they were accumulated is what interests me.
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Is this the way?
Scattered thoughts on Game 2 of the Finals coming up… * In Game 1, Nikola Jokic scored 27 points on just 12 shot attempts (and 12 free throws) and racked up 14 assists, and the Nuggets won. In Game 2, Jokic had 41 points on 28 shots (and eight free throws)
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Bigger, faster, stronger, smarter
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The big batch of Finals-related questions
There’s no need for a big preamble here. The Finals begin tonight. Here’s what I’ll be watching out for. * How does Miami match up? * Is Bam up to the challenge of Jokic? * How much zone can the Heat get away with? This trio of questions is probably
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How the West Was Won
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How I learned to stop caring about ratings and start caring about basketball and good stories
I ran into a dual issue over the weekend where something was going on with my Substack account and I literally could not publish new posts for some reason and I also had a procedure done on my back and thus was in a bunch of pain for a few