OKC 112 MIN 100 – Quality 1H by Minnesota was undone by late-1Q, late-2Q scoring runs by Oklahoma City.
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San Antonio Spurs 119 Chicago Bulls 100
SAS 119 CHI 100 – Is San Antonio developing a death lineup with Leonard-Aldridge-Gasol-Green-Parker?
Read More →Applied Sports Science newsletter – December 26, 2016
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for December 26, 2016 I am planning to cut back the distribution of this newsletter by asking longtime readers (greater than 1 year) to pay for it. Details are posted at https://sports.bradstenger.com/2016-payments. This newsletter goes out to approximately 150 people at approximately 100 different sports […]
Read More →Cleveland Cavaliers 109 Golden State Warriors 108
CLE 109 GSW 108 – Except for Liggins minutes Cleveland was better, by a large margin, even against Durant-Green-Thompson-Curry-Iguodala.
Read More →New York Knicks 114 Boston Celtics 119
NYK 114 BOS 119 – Weird 2Q Celtic lineup, Crowder-Johnson-Horford-Smart-Green, with important scoring run. Knicks caught up late-4Q but couldn’t complete the comback.
Read More →LA Clippers 88 Dallas Mavericks 90
LAC 88 DAL 90 – Important 2Q run by Dallas kept the Mavericks in the game.. Clippers struggled at 4Q offense with no Paul.
Read More →Portland Trail Blazers 90 San Antonio Spurs 110
POR 90 SAS 110 – Spurs got production and positive from bench players. Trail Blazers struggled almost every time a sub came in.
Read More →Phoenix Suns 123 Philadelphia 76ers 116
PHX 123 PHL 116 – Tucker-Chandler-Booker-Bledsoe-Warren play entire 4Q. The group is probably Phoenix’ best lineup but the lack of minutes for Chriss-Knight-Len-Bender-Ulis becomes a problem.
Read More →Utah Jazz 98 Toronto Raptors 104
UTA 98 TOR 104 – Lowry was the best player on the court, by a wide margin.
Read More →Denver Nuggets 108 Atlanta Hawks 109
DEN 108 ATL 109 – Denver could not make the 4Q shot to put the game away. Atlanta, Millsap made Denver pay. Jokic had 5 1Q assists but then limited 2H minutes.
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