Basketball Intelligence For 3/19/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Jalen Johnson soars but Hawks are routed by Lakers
Lauren Williams, AJC
ATL: De’Andre Hunter is emerging in a new role
Law Murray, The Athletic
BOS: 10 takeaways from Celtics/Pistons
Adam Taylor, Celtics Blog
BOS: Celtics fire on all cylinders against sputtering Pistons
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
BOS: With just 14 games left in the regular season, the Celtics have time to try some new things on for size
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
CHI: Development of Bulls’ Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White is a product of opportunity, shared mentality
Annie Costabile, SunTimes
CLE: Caris LeVert for Sixth Man of the Year?
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
DAL: Will Kyrie Irving’s game-winner propel Mavericks to strong season finish?
Brad Townsend, Morning News
GSW: Film Breakdown: Poor habits plague the Warriors in loss against the Knicks
Joe Viray, Golden State Of Mind
GSW: Warriors doomed by slow start, lose to Knicks, fade back into 10th seed
Anthony Slater, The Athletic
GSW: Warriors beat down at home by short-handed Knicks
Danny Emerman, Mercury News
GSW: Chris Paul mic'd up teaching Klay, Wiggins and Trayce; and Kuminga posts up LeBron James
Eric Apricot, Dub Nation HQ
This video unpacks some more mysterious mic’d up moments with Chris Paul teaching Andrew Wiggins “pitch or keep”, teaching Trayce Jackson-Davis about the importance of speedy inbounds, and reorganizing Klay Thompson and Brandin Podziemski to get Klay an open three. Plus Jonathan Kuminga posts up LeBron James and calmly stays in the flow of Steve Kerr’s motion offense to get a big score in crunch time.
GSW: TJD proving he can be Warriors' primary center as minutes increase
Michael Wagaman, NBC Sports
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