Positive minutes for Baynes as number 3 big man for San Antonio, after Diaw-Duncan. Oklahoma City had lineup that showed an advantage, Westbrook-Waiters-Morrow-Kanter-Roberson, but the Thunder did not stick with it for very long.
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Kings 116 Timberwolves 111
Positive lineups for both teams. Not a loss for Minnesota when Hamilton-Wiggins-Martin-Budinger-LaVine can consistently outscore an opponent. Payne continues to kill games for the Timberwolves; he may get a cash bonus when he hits a double-digit negative +/-.
Read More →Hawks 96 Suns 69
Atlanta spread minutes around to 11 players, piling on the undermanned Suns who look out of gas.
Read More →Clippers 105 Lakers 100
Clippers failed to put away the game during 3Q, then lost ground with 2H bench lineups. Bad bench means Clippers have little margin for error.
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Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for April 8, 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo back on track after struggles, says Guillem Balague | Football News Sky Sports from April 06, 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo has gone back to being the player we saw before the La Liga winter break, according to Guillem Balague. […]
Read More →Nets 106 Trail Blazers 96
Brooklyn bench, Bogdanovic-Jack-Plumlee-Morris, picked up the team during big 2Q run. No-Aldridge Portland had decent 4Q comeback that featured hot-shooting from Lillard-Leonard.
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Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for April 7, 2015 Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens’ poise, patience starting to pay off – ESPN Boston ESPN Boston from March 26, 2015 … “I talked with a friend halfway through the season when I was struggling,” Stevens said. “He told me, ‘I’ve […]
Read More →Kings 95 Jazz 101
More Exum-Gobert-Hood crunchtime for Utah, and unlike last game, the trio played well enough to win. McLemore continues to become a more consistent scorer for Sacramento.
Read More →Thunder 112 Rockets 115
Smith-Howard had quality minutes playing together for Houston, important because that was when the Rockets rested Harden. In a dominant point guard era, Smith-Howard and Gasol-Noah suggest that pairs of giant playmakers are advantageous.
Read More →Cavaliers 99 Bulls 94
Sneaky good performance by Chicago. Bulls starters, Dunleavy-Gasol-Brooks-Noah-Butler, outplay Cavaliers starters, Mozgov-Love-Smith-Irving-James.
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