OKC 133 GSW 105 – The Thunder out-Warriorsed the Warriors, with Durant-Ibaka-Roberson-Westbrook-Waiters annihilating Barnes-Green-Thompson-Curry-Iguodala as well as any other Warriors lineup. Green-Thompson-Curry shot Golden State out of the game during 2Q.
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Toronto Raptors 99 Cleveland Cavaliers 84
TOR 99 CLE 84 – Toronto bench lineups were huge in 2Q, even against Cleveland starters. Raptors role players were key with Biyombo-Joseph-Patterson outplaying Thompson-Frye-Dellavedova. Weird player rotations by Cleveland with extended minutes through 3Q for starters, James-Love-Thompson-Smith-Irving, and then no time during 4Q. Cold-shooting 1Q by Irving held back Cleveland, forced the Cavaliers to […]
Read More →Applied Sports Science newsletter – May 20, 2016
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for May 20, 2016 Patty Mills on the rise of Australians in the NBA | VICE Sports VICE Sports from May 19, 2016 … How did this Australian NBA revolution—referenced by both the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek over the last year—come about? The […]
Read More →Cleveland Cavaliers 108 Toronto Raptors 89
CLE 108 TOR 89 – Lots of 1Q assists by Cleveland starters, James-Love-Thompson-Smith-Irving, set up high percentage shooting for the rest of the game. Toronto failed to stop that starting five at any point. Consistent positive minutes by Frye off the Cavaliers’ bench was another thing the Raptors failed to handle. Toronto got good shooting […]
Read More →NYU Data Science newsletter – May 19, 2016
NYU Data Science Newsletter features journalism, research papers, events, tools/software, and jobs for May 19, 2016 GROUP CURATION: N/A Data Science News U.S. watchdog probes financial regulatory structure Reuters from May 18, 2016 A federal watchdog agency is examining whether financial regulators are doing enough to collaborate and share information to prevent another economic […]
Read More →Golden State Warriors 118 Oklahoma City Thunder 91
GSW 118 OKC 91 – Green’s assists and Curry’s makes were crucial to the Warriors late-2Q, 3Q scoring runs. The Thunder had a good 2Q run with Durant-Ibaka-Adams-Westbrook-Waiters but fell behind and never got a chance to use the lineup in 2H. Waiters is likely to take more minutes away from Roberson for Oklahoma City.
Read More →Applied Sports Science newsletter – May 19, 2016
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for May 19, 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo injury: Real Madrid star’s sarcastic response to fitness worry after Barcelona clinch title The Independent, UK from May 16, 2016 Portuguese star cut a frustrated figure after his side missed out on La Liga to Barcelona and dismissed […]
Read More →NYU Data Science newsletter – May 18, 2016
NYU Data Science Newsletter features journalism, research papers, events, tools/software, and jobs for May 18, 2016 GROUP CURATION: N/A Data Science News The fourth urban revolution Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Opinion from May 15, 2016 New York City has been a Big Data pioneer for decades. In the early 1990s, the city launched the CompStat data-driven […]
Read More →Cleveland Cavaliers 115 Toronto Raptors 84
CLE 115 TOR 84 – The Raptors did not know what hit them when James-Shumpert-Jefferson-Dellavedova-Frye came on for the Cavaliers during 2Q. The big lead set up Cleveland to then give the starters (James-Love-Thompson-Smith-Irving) an easy, extended 3Q run. Toronto needed positive bench minutes but got none. The Raptors made a good percentage of shots […]
Read More →Applied Sports Science newsletter – May 18, 2016
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for May 18, 2016 The Oklahoma City Thunder’s growing up has been a difference-maker ESPN NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder Blog from May 17, 2016 It was early March and Kevin Durant was sitting with his head tilted down in front of his locker, rubbing […]
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