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Leaguewide Stories
NBA Power Rankings: Bucks back in top tier; third-quarter grades; revisiting preseason predictions
Zach Harper, The Athletic
3s aren’t everything
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop
NBA Game Notes (March 5, 2024)
Justin Kubatko, Statitudes
NBA Power Rankings: Celtics, Nuggets separate from pack, Lakers make huge jump into top 10
Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports
NBA Power Rankings: Wemby leads Spurs, and the Heat push for the postseason
Staff, ESPN
Revisiting the “Natemeg”, the craziest play you didn’t know about
Emliano Naiaretti, Swish Theory
Team Stories
BOS: Joe Mazzulla must address troubling trend amid Celtics loss to Cavs
Brian Robb, Mass Live
It’s a math equation. If you are losing in a late game situation, you want to have as many chances to erase that deficit as possible. Holding for one shot makes all the sense in the world in a tie game. Doing so while trailing leaves you no margin for effort.
Despite this universal outstanding, Tuesday’s loss marked the third time in the last two seasons that Tatum has made this mistake. Boston has lost all three of those games (Knicks last March, 76ers in playoffs, Cleveland Tuesday night).
“I mean, obviously I know how much time is on the clock but, you know, probably just should have went a little faster just in case some s*** like that happened,” Tatum said. “Maybe we have more time, maybe we would have another opportunity.”