Charlotte dominated 4Q, as tends to happen against Orlando. Hornets starters, Jefferson-Zeller-Williams-KiddGilchrist-Henderson, appear playoff-worthy, but Zeller and KiddGilchrist need to keep improving.
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Applied Sports Science newsletter, March 2, 2015
Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for March 2, 2015 New blog post yesterday at sports.bradstenger.com: Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 2/22-2/28 Larry Sanders’ battle with anxiety and depression – ESPN ESPN NBA, TrueHoop Presents from February 27, 2015 “We don’t do a very good job with mental […]
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Three comments about last week’s Sloan Sports Analytics conference: Lots athletic performance technology on display by vendors. In fact, there were probably more performance technology vendors than athletic performance coaches at the Sloan conference. When I asked Gary McCoy from Catapult why, he said that it was just one more dimension to the multi-faceted collaboration […]
Read More →Jazz 82 Bucks 75
Utah got a push at the end of each quarter. Milwaukee has work to do to restore the chemistry with the bench guards rotation, too many negative minutes by Mayo-Bayless-Ennis.
Read More →Knicks 103 Raptors 98
Bad 4Q for Toronto with no Lowry, allowing a run by Smith-Thomas-Amundson-Larkin-Shved to put the Raptors in a hole.
Read More →Heat 91 Hawks 93
Atlanta plugs in Bazemore-Schroder-Brand for Horford-Carroll-Teague, and the subs had big minutes and major contributions. Millsap made the key winning crunchtime plays for the Hawks. Nice win for Atlanta bench.
Read More →Suns 74 Spurs 101
Parker was missing shots but San Antonio still blew out Phoenix. Green-Leonard were mostly positive minutes and good shooting while Baynes made a big contribution off the bench.
Read More →Mavericks 94 Nets 104
Weird starting lineup by Dallas, Jefferson-Rondo-Ellis-Barea-Nowitzki, and Brooklyn took advantage. Mostly negative minutes by Rondo as his game bottoms out and the Mavericks figure things out accordingly.
Read More →Wizards 99 Pistons 95
Beal is back. Wizards win. We will see where Washington goes from here. Negative minutes by Jackson for Detroit. Safe to say that he has not yet settled in.
Read More →Kings 96 Spurs 107
San Antonio did not separate from no-Cousins Sacramento until 4Q with Parker-Ginobli-Diaw-Splitter-Leonard lineup. Spurs shuffled lineups like crazy and got mostly negative minutes from Splitter.
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