San Antonio did not separate from no-Cousins Sacramento until 4Q with Parker-Ginobli-Diaw-Splitter-Leonard lineup. Spurs shuffled lineups like crazy and got mostly negative minutes from Splitter.
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Trail Blazers 115 Thunder 112
Nice wrinkle by Portland, plugging in Afflalo for Lopez with Matthews-Batum-Aldridge-Lillard. The change makes the Trail Blazers less dependent on Batum but keeps him on the floor. Westbrook did everything for Oklahoma City, just not quite enough to win the game.
Read More →Rockets 102 Nets 98
Gordon had quality minutes during late-2Q, late-4Q that made a big difference for New Orleans. Positive minutes for Dragic, a good sign that Miami will be improving as he grows more comfortable.
Read More →Pelicans 104 Heat 102
Gordon had quality minutes during late-2Q, late-4Q that made a big difference for New Orleans. Positive minutes for Dragic, a good sign that Miami will be improving as he grows more comfortable.
Read More →Pistons 115 Knicks 121
Detroit could not close out this game, probably because Jackson failed to manage things for the Pistons. Detroit might vanish from contention if Jackson fails to figure out how to do better in crunchtime.
Read More →Raptors 89 Warriors 113
Thompson-Bogut-Green-Curry-Barnes destroyed Lowry-DeRozan-Patterson-Johnson-Valanciunas. Raptors keep trying to find a lineup that can reliably play both ends. Bad bad game by Lowry.
Read More →Pacers 93 Cavaliers 86
Indiana is getting better at recognizing when Hibbert is sluggish and ineffective. Cleveland starters, Mozgov-Love-Jones-Smith-Dellavedova, played well with no-Irving, no-James, but bench was depleted and not playing well.
Read More →Grizzlies 79 Clippers 97
Beginning of 3Q was the game for Los Angeles. Paul was a maestro, getting every Clipper into the offense, and also, getting help from Hawes. Bad game by Green for Memphis.
Read More →Hawks 95 Magic 88
Hawks starters, Korver-Millsap-Horford-Carroll-Teague, look back in rhythm. Vucevic continues to improve on offense, scoring in volume more regularly.
Read More →76ers 89 Wizards 81
Richardson had mostly positive minutes for Philadelphia, made a big difference. And Smith, not Canaan, played point guard during crunchtime. All of Washington’s best players struggled, Nene-Gortat-Wall.
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