Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for February 16, 2015 New blog post yesterday at sports.bradstenger.com: Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 2/8-2/14 Arjen Robben: ‘You can discuss anything with Pep. At 3am he’s happy to talk’ The Guardian, Football from February 14, 2015 Invigorated by the coaching of […]
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Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 2/8-2/14
At the beginning of the NBA season you could tell that sports science was going to play a major part in whatever happened. The team that wins the Eastern conference will be the team that improves the most during the season, and the team that wins the Western conference will be the team that has […]
Read More →Bulls 113 Cavaliers 98
Look out for Snell. He is coming on, making a high percentage of shots and playing lots of positive minutes for Chicago. It looks like the Bulls played Gasol-Noah together less frequently so they could play bigger roles on offense without getting in each others way. Also, Rose outplayed Irving, bears mentioning.
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Applied Sports Science news articles, blog posts and research papers for February 13, 2015 Houston Texans’ Brian Cushing has no doubt he can be dominant again – ESPN ESPN, NFL Nation blog, Houston Texans from February 11, 2015 The cast around Brian Cushing’s surgically repaired wrist was mostly hidden underneath the suit he wore […]
Read More →Celtics 89 Hawks 88
Boston pulled it out late playing Bradley-Smart-Sullinger-Prince-Turner during crunchtime, putting Thornton in for Smart to hit the game-winning shot. The Hawks struggled to put the Celtics away, losing the 4Q lead even though it was the top lineup, Korver-Millsap-Horford-Carroll-Teague.
Read More →Trail Blazers 102 Lakers 86
Easy game for Portland. Lillard got to finish by mid-3Q. Lakers are going into the All Star break as a weak weak team.
Read More →Timberwolves 91 Warriors 94
Another good game for the non-Thompson-Curry lineups on Golden State, including a big 4Q run by Iguodala-Barbosa-Speights-Lee-Livingston. Minnesota almost came back late in the game, as Young-Wiggins-Pekovic-Martin-Rubio improve as they play together more and more.
Read More →Clippers 110 Rockets 95
The Rockets foul-Jordan tactic screwed up the 4Q offense. Houston was not scoring at all late in the game. Good game by Redick for the Clippers.
Read More →Bucks 111 Kings 103
More impressive work by Milwaukee. Consecutive 3-pointers by Knight gave the Bucks a strong 3Q close. In fact, Milwaukee did well at closing 1Q and 2Q too.
Read More →Thunder 105 Grizzlies 89
Lots of positive minutes from Perkins on Oklahoma City as he gets back playing. Competition for minutes between him and McGary-Collison should raise the effort and energy level. Also important for the Thunder, positive minutes from Jackson, like in this game.
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