Archive for February, 2015

Celtics 107 76ers 96

Positive minutes from lots of Celtics players. When Bradley makes shots the game is easier for Boston. There is better playmaking by Smart-Sullinger-Turner. No CarterWilliams for Philadelphia and the 76ers had no recognizeable offense until 4Q.

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Rockets 117 Bucks 111

Important Smith-to-Ariza 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead during crunchtime. The Bucks are relying on Antetokounmpo for more and more big man minutes, and he is doing well. He is developing, and on schedule for Milwaukee to succeed later this season.

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Applied Sports Science newsletter, February 7, 2015

Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for February 7, 2015 … The (not necessarily every) Saturday newsletter has leftover items from the week that weren’t included in any of the Monday-Friday emails. Headsup: The quantity of links in this weekly queue-clearing is greater than the typical weekday e-newsletter.   Vitamin D […]

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Trail Blazers 108 Suns 87

Portland bench got the Trail Blazers going during early-4Q, Blake-McCollum-Matthews-Lopez-Leonard. Phoenix solved the Matthews-Batum-Aldridge-Lopez-Lillard starting lineup to comeback during 2H but then struggled against the Portland bench. Lots of negative minutes by Wright on the Suns.

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Cavaliers 105 Clippers 94

Love-Irving-James finished playing in 3Q. Those 3 players and Mozgov-Smith were not missing many shots for Cleveland. Los Angeles relied heavily on minutes from starters, Jordan-Griffin-Paul-Crawford-Barnes, and would not turn to other players until game was over in 3Q.

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Hornets 94 Wizards 87

Charlotte made big gains against the Washington bench during early-4Q with Neal-Williams-Stephenson-Maxiell-Roberts. Stephenson-Roberts appear to be functioning well in the backcourt. The Wizards may have a backup point guard problem, lots of negative minutes for Temple and no minutes for Miller.

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