A lot of the Thompson 3Q makes were Curry assists. The development of non-Curry lineups, like Speights-Lee-Thompson-Holiday-Livingston, is giving the Warriors more positive minutes each game.
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Suns 111 Rockets 113
Phoenix gained on Houston during 4Q when Harden missed shots, but Harden did not miss at the end of the game. Howard left the game during 1Q and the Rockets gave his minutes to Dorsey-Papanikolaou-Smith. Papanikolaou would not stop shooting during early-4Q. Suns could use more positive minutes from Len.
Read More →Heat 89 Pacers 87
Miami hung on for the win. Two mid-4Q Cole-to-Deng 3-pointers were huge. Indiana used Stuckey-Sloan-Mahinmi-Hill-West during most of crunchtime; the lineup failed to score when it needed to.
Read More →Knicks 113 Magic 106
Anthony got some help late in the game from Smith-Thomas-Galloway-Prigioni to outscore Orlando. The Orlando crunchtime lineup, Vucevic-Harris-Oladipo-Frye and either Payton or Fournier, needs to evaluate how it does things. The Magic might have a coach change coming soon.
Read More →Timberwolves 84 Pelicans 92
New Orleans continues to get positive minutes from Gordon, something the Pelicans need with no Holiday. Pekovic was mostly negative minutes for Minnesota.
Read More →Nuggets 99 Celtics 100
Bradley-Turner scored during crunchtime for Boston. Good win for the Celtics who look ready for a growth spurt as they spread minutes around 11 players. Nuggets missed Lawson, especially late-4Q.
Read More →Cavaliers 129 Hornets 90
Mozgov-Smith are good fits with Love-Irving-James on Cleveland. Shumpert-Thompson-Marion also had positive minutes as the rest of Cavaliers 8-man rotation. The team will need to put away teams early, like in this game, to keep the 8-man rotation healthy.
Read More →Spurs 99 Lakers 85
San Antonio might now be depending on Leonard to get positive minutes. It is a big difference when he is on the floor. Lakers have sunk to Knicks-level product quality.
Read More →Hawks 103 Thunder 93
Quality bench minutes from Schroder on Atlanta. If the Hawks get back the 2-headed point guard monster with Schroder-Teague that the team had earlier this season, there is a good chance their best players will hold up late-season. Durant is not quite fit enough to take on heavy workloads for consecutive games. Waiters negative minutes […]
Read More →76ers 86 Raptors 91
Lowry carried Toronto during 4Q. Philadelphia got an excellent game from CarterWilliams-McDaniels-MbahaMoute-Covington-Noel, but not from anyone else.
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