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When do the NBA's best players actually play?
Notes on rotation patterns, and what they might mean
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Film Findings Ep. 05: How the Nuggets Slowed Stephen Curry
It takes a total team effort
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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
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Nuggets-Lakers Game 1
Let’s run through some quick thoughts on Game 1 of the Nuggets-Lakers series… * 30-20-10 triple-doubles in the NBA playoffs: Nikola Jokic (2), Everyone else in the history of American professional basketball (2). * The degree to which Jokic had full control of every inch of the floor in the first
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