Basketball Intelligence For 3/11/25, PART TWO
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BOS: There are lessons even in a letdown game, as a late Jazz surge proved Monday against the Celtics
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
BOS: With Jayson Tatum getting a game off to rest, Sam Hauser picks up the slack
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
CHI: Giddey exits game early with ankle injury in Bulls' 121-103 win over Pacers
Annie Costabile, SunTimes
CHI: Will the surging Bulls revisit ‘twin towers’ lineups?
Will Gottlieb, All CHGO
CLE: How Darius Garland has become one of the NBA’s best players in the clutch
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
DAL: Mavericks bank on ‘heart over height’ to beat Spurs
Brad Townsend, Morning News
DEN: 5 Takeaways: Nuggets respond in OKC as Nikola Jokić delivers MVP-worthy performance
Shaun Powell, NBA.com
BI Comment: Glad that Joker & SGA each had one uber-dominant game. That should lower the temptation of some voters to make their MVP vote dependent on two games rather than 82.
DEN: Jamal Murray makes most of Denver Nuggets' final opportunity against Oklahoma City's stingy defense
Vinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette
DEN: Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray shine as Nuggets earn split in Oklahoma City
Bennett Durando, Denver Post
GSW: Hield, Payton step up off the bench to help Warriors past Blazers
Danny Emerman, Mercury News