Basketball Intelligence For 12/29/24

Tody's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

TEAM-SPECIFC STORIES

ATL: Shorthanded Hawks weather frustrations and absences to defeat Heat
Lauren Williams, AJC

CHA: Hornets’ health is betraying them again
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer

CHI: Giddey gets defensive, leads Bulls past Milwaukee
Mike McGraw, Daily Herald

CHI: Josh Giddey says he’s locked in defensively
Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic

CLE: How the Cavs made a subtle change & a special voice has helped Evan Mobley
Terry Pluto, cleveland.com

DAL: Irving Scores 46, but Shorthanded Mavericks Fall to Blazers
Grant Afseth, Dallas Hoops Journal

DAL: Undermanned and outpaced, Mavericks drop a rollercoaster game
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball

DAL: Irving’s season-high scoring total not enough as depleted Mavericks fall to Blazers
Mike Curtis, Morning News

A Mavs team without Luka Doncic, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall and Dereck Lively II was climbing uphill from the start

DEN: Michael Malone “disappointed” after Nuggets survive late comeback from Pistons
Bennett Durando, Denver Post

DEN: Are too many 3s bad for basketball? Nuggets insulated from NBA-wide debate: “That’s not the make-up of our roster”
Bennett Durando, Denver Post

It’s not so much the 3-point offense that’s changing for the Nuggets. It’s the perimeter defense, amid an overwhelming league-wide trend

DET: Pistons run out of gas in road trip finale
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press

GSW: Is Jonathan Kuminga’s latest Warriors surge for real?
Anthony Slater, The Athletic

GSW: Kuminga powers Warriors' comeback win
Dalton Johnson, NBC Sports

GSW: Kuminga takes giant leap toward ‘turning a corner' in Warriors' win
Monte Poole, NBC Sports

GSW: Schrӧder's clutch fourth quarter shows how he can help Warriors
Michael Wagaman, NBC Sports

GSW: Has the Jonathan Kuminga Era arrived?
Ron Kroichick, SF Chronicle

LAC: Clippers successfully bide time while waiting for Kawhi
Jim Alexander, OC Register

LAL: Max Christie Q&A
Jovan Buha, The Athletic

LAL: LeBron-less Lakers sweep season series against Kings
Janis Carr, OC Register

LAL: Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves power LeBron-less Lakers past Kings
Dan Woike, LA Times

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