Basketball Intelligence For 12/20/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis - CORRECTED EDITION
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
Interview: Dean Oliver on His New Book ... and What's Next
Royce Webb, 5x5
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Hawks’ Dyson Daniels committed to ironing out shot mechanics
Lauren Williams, AJC
ATL: De’Andre Hunter provides team with scoring punch off the bench
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Johnson’s Value Too Rich For Nets To Just Give Away In The Name Of Tanking
Steve Lichtenstein
BKN: Nets steal ugly win vs Toronto Raptors in anti-tanking fight
Lucas Kaplan, Nets Daily
BKN: Nets overcome poor shooting night, outlast Raptors
CJ Holmes, Daily News
BOS: Celtics lose control of their emotions in fourth quarter in loss to Chicago
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
BOS: When Jaylen Brown posts-up, great things happen for the Celtics
Michael Spooner, Celtics Blog
CHA: Hornets lose again. How can they turn it around?
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer
CHI: Zach LaVine is reinventing himself on the fly — and quietly restoring his trade value
Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic
CHI: Tanking? Not these Bulls: Zach LaVine & Co. down Celtics
Joe Cowley, SunTimes
CLE: Which Cavs player will be impacted most by Max Strus’ return?
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
DAL: Mavs Game Observations: Game 27 vs Clippers
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
DAL: Missing superstars and firepower: Mavericks blown away by Clippers in home return
Brad Townsend, Morning News
DAL: Naji Marshall brings an edge to the Mavericks
Christian Clark, The Athletic
DET: Pistons vs Jazz: game breakdown
Bryce Simon, Motor City Hoops
DET: Pistons out of step after brutal 1Q, fall to Jazz
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
DET: Cade Cunningham's pull-up 3 fueling career-best shooting percentage with Pistons
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
GSW: Warriors suffer historic 51-point loss to Grizzlies in Dennis Schröder’s debut
Anthony Slater, The Athletic
GSW: The worst Warriors loss of the season shows a team at a crossroads
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News
GSW: Grizzlies hammer Warriors as losing skid continues in Dennis Schroder’s debut
Danny Emerman, Mercury News
GSW: Schröder's nightmare Warriors debut a blip amid much bigger problems
Dalton Johnson, NBC Sports
GSW: What we learned as Grizzlies blow out Warriors, spoil Schröder's debut
Monte Poole, NBC Sports
LAC: Clippers dominate 2nd half to beat depleted Mavericks
Associated Press
IND: Pacers' win over the Suns a sign they're finding identity
Dustin Dopirak, Indy Star
LAC: Harden, Powell, Zubac lead way as Clippers surge in second half
Justin Russo
LAL: Lakers outlast Kings
Khobi Price, OC Register
LAL: LeBron James achieves another NBA record in Lakers’ win over Kings
Dan Woike, LA Times
LAL: LeBron James and Lakers defense find a new gear, spark road win in Sacramento
Jovan Buha, The Athletic
MEM: The NBA team NOT running pick & rolls
Ben Taylor, Thinking Basketball
MEM: How Zach Edey, Grizzlies sent a mature message in historic beatdown vs Steph Curry, Warriors
Damichael Cole, Commerical Appeal
MIL: Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham ‘in a great space’ in return to coaching
Marc J. Spears, Andscape
NOP: The Brief Wondrous Career of Zion Williamson. How it's all gone so wrong, and could still go right
Michael Hendricks, All Fields
NOP: Pelicans give up season-high 133 points, get dismantled on road by improved Rockets
Rod Walker, NOLA.com
NYK: Return of the KAT
Tommy Beer, Knicks Centric
NYK: The Knicks' two-man game of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson is all-out frightening
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports
OKC: Thunder, SGA fend off Magic for road victory
Joel Lorenzi, The Oklahoman
ORL: Thunder 105, Magic 99: Three Takeaways
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared
ORL: Magic compete hard but lose another starter in loss to Thunder
Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel
ORL: The Magic knew that to topple the Thunder they would need to reduce mistakes and play their game. They are still struggling to close that gap.
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared
PHX: Booker’s groin tightness adds to Suns’ biggest issue: They can’t stay healthy
Doug Haller, The Athletic
PHX: Suns lose to Pacers as Devin Booker leaves game with injury
Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic
POR: Simons Walks Off Nuggets for Trail Blazers' Best Win of the Season
Sean Highkin, Rose Garden Report
POR: Donovan Clingan has already emerged as an elite rim deterrent. How good can he get?
Quinn Everts, Fansided
SAC: ‘They manhandled us’: Kings coach Mike Brown sounds off after loss to Los Angeles Lakers
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee
SAC: Brown shoulders blame for Kings' self-inflicted mistakes
Michael Wagaman, NBC Sports
SAS: Spurs get first overtime win of season in victory over Hawks
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
SAS: 3 Takeaways as Wembanyama erupts for 42
Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews
TOR: Cam Johnson spoils Scottie Barnes’s return as Nets top Raptors
John Chidley-Hill, Toronto Star
TOR: Even with Scottie Barnes back, Raptors' woes continued in dropping their sixth in a row
Frank Zicarelli, Toronto Sun
UTA: Fighting ejections, scuffles and more on display as Jazz beat Pistons
Andy Larsen, Salt Lake Tribune
UTA: Despite chaos throughout the game, Jazz beat Pistons
Sarah Todd, Deseret News
WAS: With a little bit of flash, the Wizards flush the Hornets
Varun Shankar, Washington Post
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