THE PLAYOFFS: CONFERENCE FINALS
- MIA 118, BOS 107:
From Jared Weiss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3318539/2022/05/18/celtics-jimmy-butler-marcus-smart/
From Dan Devine, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2022/5/18/23122495/jimmy-butler-jayson-tatum-heat-celtics
From Jay King, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3318532/2022/05/18/celtics-marcus-smart-heat-game1/
From Surya Fernandez, Hot Hot Hoops: https://www.hothothoops.com/2022/5/18/23112820/jimmy-butler-leads-miami-heat-second-half-domination-to-beat-boston-celtics-118-107-in-game-1
From Zach Harper, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3318063/2022/05/17/heat-celtics-game-1-jimmy-butler/
From Tim Bontemps, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33936614/boston-celtics-toughed-miami-heat-use-huge-third-quarter-take-game-1-jimmy-butler
From Brian Windhorst, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33936124/nba-playoffs-2022-better-worse-jimmy-butler-miami-heat-driving-force
From Jared Dubin, Last Night, In Basketball:
From James Herbert, CBSSports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/celtics-vs-heat-how-boston-reverted-to-its-worst-habits-in-nightmare-third-quarter-during-game-1-loss/
From Sherrod Blakely, Full Court Press: https://fullcourtpress.bulletin.com/butler-cooks-up-game-1-win-for-miami/
From Ricky O'Donnell, SBNation: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/5/18/23116206/jimmy-butler-nba-playoffs-stats-highlights-miami-heat-history-trade
From Michael Pina, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2022/05/18/heat-celtics-jimmy-butler-eastern-conference-finals-nba-playoffs
From Jasmyn Wimbish, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/heat-vs-celtics-score-takeaways-miami-pulls-away-for-game-1-win-as-jimmy-butler-scores-41-points
From Gary Washburn, Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/18/sports/celtics-bubble-will-burst-if-this-approach-continues
From Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/18/sports/they-came-out-imposed-their-will-heat-pummel-celtics-third-take-game-1/
From John Schuhmann, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/news/5-takeaways-heat-celtics-game-1
From Scott Cacciola, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/sports/basketball/nba-boston-celtics-miami-heat-pj-tucker.html
From Bill DiFilippo, DIME: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/heat-beat-celtics-game-1-2022-playoffs-jimmy-butler-highlights-videos/
From Souichi Terada, Mass Live: https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/05/celtics-got-caught-up-in-officiating-in-disastrous-3rd-quarter-in-game-1-against-heat-according-to-ime-udoka.html
From Mark Murphy, Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/17/celtics-drop-game-1-118-107-in-second-half-meltdown/
From Barry Jackson, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article261500832.html
From Wes Goldberg, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article261559507.html
From Joe Vardon, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3318511/2022/05/18/jimmy-butler-game-1-41-points/
From Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article261490822.html
- DAL-GSW:
From Howard Beck, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2022/05/18/golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-klay-thompson-draymond-green-nba-playoffs
From Cam Inman, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/18/jason-kidd-gets-his-playoff-shot-against-hometown-warriors-as-dallas-coach
From Brad Townsend, Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2022/05/17/hometown-kidd-mavs-jason-kidd-returns-home-all-grown-up-with-the-same-winning-mindset
From Shayna Rubin, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/18/andrew-wiggins-can-add-to-impressive-playoff-resume-defending-luka-doncic
From Madeline Kenney, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/17/warriors-have-huge-experience-advantage-over-mavs-does-that-matter
From Jannelle Moore, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/17/how-the-warriors-should-guard-luka-doncic
From Jerry Brewer, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/18/jason-kidd-luka-doncic
From Peter O'Keefe, Blue Man Hoop: https://bluemanhoop.com/2022/05/18/warriors-draymond-aggression-green-looney-frontcourt
From Duby Dub Dubs, Dub Nation HQ:
From Tania Ganguli, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/sports/nba-western-conference-golden-state-warriors-dallas-mavericks.html
From Dwain Price, Mavs.com: https://www.mavs.com/doncicallsmiles/
From Mark Medina, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/news/how-kevon-looney-revamped-his-body-and-mind-to-play-all-82-games-for-the-1st-time-as-a-pro
THE PLAYOFFS: ROUND TWO
- DAL-PHO:
From Jackson Frank, Basketball News: https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/how-the-mavericks-slowed-devin-booker-by-forcing-him-to-improvise
From Jack Kelly, Hoops Habit: https://hoopshabit.com/2022/05/18/luka-doncic-humiliated-phoenix-suns/
THE LOTTERY/THE 2022 DRAFT
- Inside The Lottery (from Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic): https://theathletic.com/3318161/2022/05/18/inside-nba-draft-lottery-magic/
From Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2022/05/18/nba-draft-lottery-magic-thunder-rockets-kings
From Zach Lowe, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/33935874/lowe-joy-despair-hilarity-nba-draft-lottery-most-private-room
From Ben Golliver, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/17/nba-draft-lottery-orlando-magic-wins/
- Is Chet Holmgren The Next Unicorn? (from J. Kyle Mann, The Ringer): https://www.theringer.com/2022/5/17/23104780/chet-holmgren-nba-draft
- The Magic May Finally Get Their Game-Changing Big (from Zach Kram, The Ringer): https://www.theringer.com/2022/5/17/23112558/orlando-magic-no-1-pick-nba-draft-chet-holmgren-jabari-smith
- 2022 Draft Prospect: Jabari Smith (from Caitlin Cooper/Mark Schindler, Indy Cornrows): https://www.indycornrows.com/2022/5/17/23072776/2022-nba-draft-analysis-jabari-smith
- 2022 Draft Combine Preview (from Alex, No Ceilings):
- 2022 Draft Picks By Team (from Luke Adams, Hoops Rumors): https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2022/05/2022-nba-draft-picks-by-team.html
- Post-Lottery Mocks, Etc:
Consensus, From Drew Packham, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/news/2022-consensus-mock-draft
From Sam Vecenie, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3312706/2022/05/17/nba-mock-draft-2022/
From John Hollinger, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3317217/2022/05/18/nba-draft-2022-top-20-prospects/
From Ricky O'Donnell, SBNation: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/5/17/23060018/nba-mock-draft-2022-instant-first-round-picks-final-order
From Chase Hughes/Mike Deprisco, NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/2022-nba-mock-draft-80-jabari-smith-magics-prize-winning-lottery
From Jonathan Givony, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/33915662/2022-nba-mock-draft-projecting-all-58-picks-nba-draft-lottery
From Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2956172-2022-nba-mock-draft-full-2-rounds-post-draft-lottery-edition
From Gary Parrish, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2022-nba-mock-draft-magic-take-chet-holmgren-at-no-1-in-first-projection-after-orlando-wins-lottery/
From The Athletic NBA Staff: https://theathletic.com/3306664/2022/05/17/nba-mock-draft-lottery/
From Rafael Barlowe, NBA Big Board:
From Brad Rowland, DIME: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-mock-draft-2022-lottery-set-orlando-magic-okc-thunder/
From The Ringer: https://nbadraft.theringer.com/mock-draft?_ga=2.219431709.504948750.1652885925-1397409763.1613406376
From Chase Whitney, At The Hive: https://www.atthehive.com/2022/5/18/23078493/the-charlotte-hornets-2022-nba-draft-guide-volume-two
From Carl Berman, NetScouts Basketball: https://netscoutsbasketball.com/blog/2022-nba-mock-draft-4-0/
FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY: from the BI archives: http://basketballintelligence.net/2018/05/18/todays-best-nba-reporting-analysis-51818/