Even though Irving-James did most of the scoring Cleveland got shots from everybody playing (except Dellavedova, which seems OK). Detroit hung tough and had a good 4Q. The Pistons made Irving-James beat them.
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Heat 102 Bucks 109
Mayo-Bayless had it going during late-3Q, early-4Q. Wade sat starting early-3Q for Miami and Ennis played poorly in those Wade minutes.
Read More →Lakers 92 Wizards 98
Beal-Wall brought Washington back during 3Q. And Humphries swept the boards clean during 4Q for the Wizards. Lots of misses by the Lakers during 2H.
Read More →Pacers 91 Raptors 104
Toronto was moving the ball more and feeding Ross, even though the Raptors have made put him behind Williams in the bench wing rotation. Positive minutes from Hansbrough; Raptors really benefit from his energy off the bench.
Read More →Mavericks 90 Grizzlies 109
Memphis did this with no Conley. Lots of confidence coming from the Grizzlies bench. Not a lot of 4Q confidence on Dallas, especially for Rondo.
Read More →Applied Sports Science newsletter, January 28, 2015
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for January 28, 2015 LeBron James’ Body Has Come Around, So Here Come the New-Look Cavaliers Bleacher Report, Ethan Skolnick from January 25, 2015 If the past six Cleveland Cavaliers games—all Cavs wins—haven’t served as sufficient warning, five words should sound a piercing alarm […]
Read More →Jazz 90 Celtics 99
Boston defenders pounced on Utah point guards. Exum really struggled. Burke did too before getting hot during 4Q. The tactic fits the personnel, and the Celtics should win against teams with mediocre/lousy point guards. It will be interesting to see if it can work against good point guards on good teams.
Read More →Pelicans 99 76ers 74
New Orleans is starting to get consistent positive minutes from Asik-Davis lineups. Davis-Gordon are making their shots and Evans is making plays (10 assists during 1H).
Read More →Grizzlies 103 Magic 94
Memphis continues to get positive minutes from Koufos-Carter-Udrih, and translating those into less wear and tear on Conley-Gasol. Orlando lost Frye in 2Q and Dedmon played well filling the Frye minutes.
Read More →Clippers 102 Nuggets 98
Los Angeles got quality 2H from Crawford, playing well during 4Q with Jordan-Griffin-Paul-Barnes. Denver had positive minutes from starters Chandler-Lawson-Faried-Afflalo-Nurkic but did not use the lineup during 4Q. The Nuggets starters played long minutes during 1Q, 3Q, and it might have messed up the substitute rotations that followed.
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