Smith is playing well off of James for Cleveland; both are scoring and playmaking efficiently. Not much to feel good about for New York, lots of shots by Thomas-Acy, ouch.
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Mavericks 92 Hornets 81
Jefferson excelled in the Parsons wing role for Dallas, showing how badly the Mavericks need efficient offense from that spot, especially in lineups with Chandler-Rondo. Stoudemire scored well in his bench minutes.
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Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for February 23, 2015 New blog post yesterday at sports.bradstenger.com: Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 2/15-2/21 A healthy outlook ESPN Wisconsin from February 20, 2015 The Packers’ altered approach to injury prevention paid big dividends in 2014, and the team is hoping […]
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The money at stake in sports is big, and growing. I cannot imagine what it is to be a talented athlete like football player Todd Gurley, recovering from serious injury, and compelled to show how healthy (or unhealthy) he is during NFL combine week. His doctor, noted orthopaedist James Andrews, said his recovery is ahead […]
Read More →Hornets 103 Thunder 110
McGary looks like he fits with Waiters-Augustin in bench lineups. Same with Kanter and Westbrook-Ibaka. Oklahoma City appears to shuffled people and restarted successfully, much like Cleveland.
Read More →Rockets 98 Raptors 76
Harden shot lights out while Lowry missed everything during 3Q. Houston has to like the Brewer-Jones-Smith bench frontcourt, playing both ends effectively regardless of who the guards are. Lots of turnovers by the Raptors.
Read More →Heat 91 Pelicans 105
Gordon carried New Orleans to this win with hot-shooting 3Q. Asik also had an excellent game. Lots of negative minutes for Dragic in his first game for Miami.
Read More →Bulls 112 Suns 107
Chicago bench put the Bulls ahead during early-4Q with Brooks-Snell-Mirotic-Noah-Gibson. The Bulls dispersed the minutes more than usual, with good results. The Suns best players, Bledsoe-MarkieffMorris-Knight, had too many turnovers and misses. That is, I think, a sign that Phoenix is figuring things out and should improve rapidly.
Read More →Clippers 126 Kings 99
Clippers showed chemistry between Davis-Rivers-Crawford-Turkoglu off of the bench. Miller playing for Sacramento helped Los Angeles, turning the game into 4-against-5.
Read More →Pistons 100 Bulls 91
Dinwiddie came through for Detroit with positive minutes and a strong 3Q as starter. It is a good sign for the Pistons if Dinwiddie plays well enough to keep Lucas on the bench. Terrible 3Q by Chicago starters, Dunleavy-Gasol-Rose-Noah-Butler.
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