Basketball Intelligence For 5/28/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
THE PLAYOFFS
BOS-IND
5 takeaways from Boston's East-clinching Game 4
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
Why Jaylen Brown was surprised to win series MVP
Jared Weiss, The Athletic
The Pacers May Be Closer to Contending Than It Appears
Seerat Sohi, The Ringer
Don’t let a painful season-ending sweep fool you. The Pacers have arrived ahead of schedule and will have a chance this summer to level up again
A year after he saved the Celtics’ season, Derrick White catapults them into the NBA Finals
Khari Thompson, Boston Globe
Pacers once tried to dump Myles Turner, who was a catalyst for a deep postseason run
James Boyd, The Athletic
Have A Good Summer: Indiana Pacers
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball
The Celtics are heading back to the NBA Finals with the belief they can win it all this time
Jake Fischer, Yahoo Sports
How Celtics’ clutch defense won Game 4
Jay King/Jared Weiss/Eric Nehm/James Boyd/Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
Pacers frustrated by close losses but see value in playoff run
Jamal Collier, ESPN
The WNBA origins of the Indiana Pacers crossing routes, football play that ended Game 3
Derek Kramer, iPacers
Brad Stevens aggressive gamble pays dividends with Celtics sweep
Brian Robb, Mass Live
DAL-MIN
Luka’s shot making, Towns’ shooting struggles and more Western Conference finals takeaways
John Hollinger, The Athletic
How the Mavericks Put the Anthony Edwards Takeover on Hold
Michael Pina. The Ringer
The Wolves Have Lost Their Way
Rob Mahoney, The Ringer
How did a season with so much promise get torpedoed so quickly? As brutal as the Wolves’ first two losses to the Mavericks were, Game 3 may have been the most damning of all
Karl-Anthony Towns’ 3s, Timberwolves defense are nowhere to be found
Jon Krawcsynski, The Athletic
The Wolves have harsh lessons to learn before they can become championship caliber
Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports
The Art of Defensive Targeting: For a while there, the Wolves had a plan
Rohit Naimpally, From The Logo
Stop overthinking it, the Mavericks are elite
Josh Bowe, Mavs Moneyball
Doncic's TD passes are driving the Mavericks' dominant West finals run
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
With Dereck Lively doubtful, Maxi Kleber could be ‘next man up’ as Mavericks go for sweep
Brad Townsend, Morning News
Dončić, Irving Proving That Scoring Guard Duo Formula Can Work
Robert Zschoche, Give Me Sport
2 stats explaining both Conference Finals
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Derrick White, Ace Rim-Protector. Plus the best pass of Jayson Tatum's career and Luka Doncic diming for dunks
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball
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