Lots of positive minutes for James on Cleveland. His statline makes it look liek LeBron is in the middle of everything Cleveland does on offense, and making sure everyone else fits in around him as the season finishes up.
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Thunder 105 Pacers 92
Quality minutes off the bench for Oklahoma City McGary-Collison-Waiters-Morrow-Augustin. If the Thunder second unit productivity stays at a high level Oklahoma City will be among the best in the NBA.
Read More →Wizards 107 Warriors 114
Lots of good work off the bench by Iguodala-Lee for Golden State. Washington played better, moving Porter off of the main rotation. The Wizards have work to do to integrate Sessions and get some positive minutes from the bench.
Read More →Mavericks 99 Raptors 92
Harris-Barea played productive, positive minutes in place of Rondo during 2H for Dallas. Aminu-Stoudemire-Nowitzki frontcourt looks like it is a keeper for the Mavericks; the 3 pieces fit together. Toronto officially has a 4Q offense problem that needs to be solved.
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Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for February 25, 2015 What will Melo’s recovery look like? ESPN New York, Knicks Blog from February 24, 2015 … “I find that older athletes with this issue and surgery continue to have some pain and disability,” ESPN medical expert Dr. Mark Adickes says. […]
Read More →Jazz 90 Spurs 81
Jazz have a nice setup with Ingles-Exum sharing first team playmaking, freeing up Burke to play positive minutes on bench lineups. Spurs look nothing like a contending team.
Read More →Pelicans 100 Raptors 97
4Q comeback featuring Cole by New Orleans for an important no-Davis win. Toronto late-game offense looks like the old 2013 days when Lowry-Gay would only pass to each other and sometimes DeRozan.
Read More →Clippers 87 Grizzlies 90
Grizzlies hold to win close game. Conley-Lee-Gasol provided late-4Q offense. Paul was effective during crunchtime for the Clippers but does not appear to fully trust his teammates.
Read More →Rockets 113 Timberwolves 102
Prigioni looks like a good pickup by Houston. Almost all positive minutes with good work against Rubio during decisive 3Q Rockets run. It also appears that Harden taught Wiggins a few things during that run.
Read More →Bulls 87 Bucks 71
Bulls spread out the minutes (except for Butler) and got excellent production from Brooks-Snell-Mirotic-Noah-Butler. Milwaukee misses having Knight; no Buck has filled the void yet.
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