Basketball Intelligence For 1/11/26, Part Two
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
AJC: Hawks beat Nuggets in Denver for first time in more than 6 years
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Nets throttled by Los Angeles Clippers
Lucas Kaplan, Nets Daily
BKN: Young Nets bullied by Clippers in loss full of tough lessons
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BKN: Nets’ big man duo could prove to be too much of a good thing
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BOS: Rare Celtics shooting display powers Boston past shorthanded Raptors
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: Jaylen Brown helps Celtics put away pesky, undermanned Raptors
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
BOS: Celtics-Raptors: What Worked, Didn’t Work, Went Better Than Expected
Sherrod Blakely, Full Court Press
BOS: 4 takeaways as Celtics beat Raptors with impressive offensive showing
Souichi Terada, Mass Live
GSW: How De’Anthony Melton hopes to channel former Splash Brother
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News
HOU: “We can’t be depending on a 37-year-old” – Ime Udoka sounds the alarm for the Rockets after loss to the Blazers
Shane Garry Acedera, Basketball Network
LAC: Clippers handle Nets, notch 8th win in last 10 games
Justin Russo
LAL: Observations: Game 36 vs Bucks
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
LAL: Giannis gets better of LeBron late as Bucks top Lakers
Janis Carr, OC Register
NYK: The Knicks lose a hard fought battle in Phoenix
Jonathan Macri, Knicks Film School
OKC: Thunder already have solution to one of their biggest on-court problems
Mark Nilon, Thunderous Intentions
OKC: The blueprint to beating the Thunder
Ian Levy, Fansided
OKC: Why the Thunder suddenly look beatable
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports
PHI: Paul George closes out Magic in Sixers’ road win
Kyle Neubeck, All PHLY
PHI: The Sixers are 2-0 at full strength in 2025-26, as they notched a critical Eastern Conference victory
Adam Aaronson, Philly Voice
POR: This is Starting to Feel Like Last Year’s Trail Blazers Second-Half Run
Sean Highkin, Rose Garden Report
SAC: Kings suffer fourth-quarter collapse in loss to Warriors
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee
SAC: Brodie gonna Brodie
Quinn Everts, Nugg Love
SAS: Digging into the Spurs’ Early January Outside Shooting Slump
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
TOR: Fears for RJ Barrett after Toronto road loss
Doug Smith, Toronto Star
UTA: Kevin Love reflects on his NBA journey — and what it means to be a good teammate
Sarah Todd, Deseret News
This edition of BI is dedicated to the memory of Bill Livingston of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bill Livingston, 34-year Plain Dealer columnist who passed away Friday, always led with his opinion
Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com