Basketball Intelligence For 12/26/23
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
NBA Power Rankings: Knicks, Heat in top 10 after Christmas, Suns fall. Celtics and Timberwolves remained steady in the top two spots
Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports
Biggest Takeaways From the 2023 NBA Christmas Games
Zach Kram/Seerat Sohi/Michael Pina/Matt Dollinger/Isaac Levy-Rubinett, The Ringer
Christmas Day winners and losers
Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today
NBA game notes for games that were played on December 25
Justin Kubatko, Statitudes
Every year we see retrospectives regarding the greatest NBA Christmas day performances (usually a “top ten”). For whatever reason, would-be historians typically neglect to include what is likely the best of all: Wilt Chamberlain’s 23 block game on national TV against the Suns in 1968
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BKN: Nets need to get Mikal Bridges on the same page as Cam Thomas
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BKN: Life’s timing, redemption, and the power of Kevin Ollie’s voice
CJ Holmes, Daily News
BOS: Jayson Tatum, Celtics reinventing themselves, wrap up Lakers on Christmas
Jared Weiss, The Athletic
BOS: Takeaways from the Celtics' West Coast Excursion
Sherrod Blakely, Full Court Press
BOS: Celtics are NBA's best team because of all the little things
Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports
BOS: Kristaps Porzingis has become the Celtics' offensive cheat code
Chris Forsberg, NBC Sports
BOS: The Celtics handled the Lakers by making sure to take care of the little things
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
DET: 5 reasons the Pistons are on the verge of NBA record losing streak
Kory Woods, MLive
GSW: The Warriors’ upside is clear, but their depth is getting in the way
Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic
LAL: Lakers fall on Christmas to the Celtics despite Anthony Davis’ 40 points
Dan Woike, LA Times
LAL: Lakers’ new starting lineup makes no sense and must change before it’s too late
Jovan Buha, The Athletic
LAL: Lakers show fight against Celtics, however …
Mirjam Swanson, OC Register
LAL: Lakers show potential vs. Celtics, but work still to be done
Edwin Garcia, Silver Screen And Roll
MIA: Jaime Jaquez Jr. leads Miami Heat past Philadelphia 76ers
Tim Bontemps, ESPN
MIA: Takeaways from Heat’s win over 76ers
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald
MIA: Jaime Jaquez helps Jimmy Butler-less Heat hold off 76ers
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel