Basketball Intelligence For 11/16/25, Part Two

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

Nov 16, 2025

TEAM-SPECIFIC

BKN: Nets get test in tankathon do-over in matchup with lowly Wizards
Brian Lewis, NY Post

CLE: Game Night Observations: A Fourth Quarter Cavalanche, Letting Go of Last Year and Nae’Qwan Tomlin’s Impact
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot

DAL: Mavericks make necessary move to fire GM Nico Harrison, which clears the path to better future
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe

DEN: Nikola Jokić has plenty of help, and the surging Nuggets look deep and dangerous
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic

DEN: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves | 3 takeaways from Denver’s best win of season
Vinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette

GSW: Curry and Green are still basketball freaks - and nothing works without it
Punk Basketball, Dub Nation HQ

GSW: Curry torches Spurs again
Anthony Slater

LAC: NBA’s AI-assisted review overturns critical goaltending call in Clippers win over Mavericks
Josh Robbins/Christian Clark, The Athletic

LAL: Game Observations: Game 14
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball

LAL: What we learned from the team’s five-game road trip
Thuc Nhi Nguyen, LA Times

MIA: Heat unable to keep pace with Knicks in 140-132 NBA Cup loss, despite 38 from Powell
Ira Winderman, SunSentinel

MIA: What went wrong for the Miami Heat in their loss to the New York Knicks?
Alex Toledo, Sports Illustrated

MIL: Giannis Antetokounmpo quiets offseason storylines with sizzling start
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com

MIN: Timberwolves fall to Denver, now 0-5 against teams with winning records
Jace Frederick, Pioneer Press

NOP: On Willie Green, Zion, and the danger of the “Two Timelines” strategy
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops

We’ve seen this song-and-dance before. A team, desperate to have both a present and a future, begins to build its roster around multiple alternate timelines. You have a core star, some aging veterans, and rookies who are thrown into the fire right away. You trade away first-rounders that haven’t already been used in an effort to bolster the team’s chances of competing. And in the end, you end up picking one timeline anyway, because otherwise, you run the risk of destroying both.
(t)he Pelicans are running a sort of Two Timelines strategy, too. It’s slightly different and, somehow, more destructive for the franchise’s future, and it’s very clear what needs to happen now

NOP: Down comes the house
Katie Heindl, Basketball Feelings

OKC: Thunder 109, Hornets 96: Nuggets, notes, and takeaways
John Napier, Daily Thunder

ORL: Magic saved by Franz Wagner, da Silva late vs. Nets
Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel

PHI: Dominick Barlow is forcing the 76ers into tough discussions about Adem Bona
Nicolas Kyle Pring, The Sixer Sense

SAC: Kings Weekly Recap/Preview
Ray LeBov/Nick Agar-Johnson, Kings Weekly Podcast

SAC: Kings vs. Spurs: Sabonis, Wembanyama injury news and 3 keys to the game
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee

TOR: As rebuild heads to rearview, Raptors round into form with win over Pacers
Michael Grange, Sportsnet