Basketball Intelligence For 4/26/22, Pt.2

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

This special edition of BI focuses exclusively on the BKN-BOS 1st round series. Part One of today’s BI was published earlier today:

Basketball Intelligence For 4/26/22

Links to today’s BKN-BOS stories:

- BOS 116, BKN 112:

  From Jared Weiss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3272657/2022/04/26/celtics-sweep-nets-nba-playoffs/

  From David Aldridge, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3271425/2022/04/26/brooklyn-nets-swept-game-4/

  From Alex Schiffer, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3272598/2022/04/26/kyrie-irving-durant-nets-questions/

  From Jay King, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3272804/2022/04/26/celtics-jayson-tatum-kevin-durant/

  From Dan Devine, The Ringer:  https://www.theringer.com/2022/4/26/23042488/nets-celtics-sweep-nba-playoffs

  From Ricky O'Donnell, SBNation:  https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/4/26/23042199/brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-nba-playoffs-swept-kyrie-irving-celtics

  From Howard Beck, Sports Illustrated:  https://www.si.com/nba/2022/04/26/brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-ben-simmons-nba-playoffs-eliminated

  From Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/26/sports/celtics-prove-finishing-off-nets-they-might-be-ones-fear/  and  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/25/sports/observations-nets-refuse-fold-celtics-sweep-them-anyway/

  From Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports:  https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-playoffs-celtics-sweep-nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-questions-loom-013321711.html

  From Bobby Marks, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/33805473/nba-offseason-guide-2022-how-brooklyn-nets-approach-offseason

  From Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-11650983281

  From Ben Golliver, Washington Post:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/25/nets-celtics-sweep/?itid=co_nba-playoffs_2

  From Gary Washburn, Boston Globe:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/26/sports/forgetting-his-mistakes-marcus-smart-came-up-with-big-plays-memorable-celtics-finish/

  From Sam Quinn, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nets-vs-celtics-score-takeaways-jayson-tatum-leads-boston-to-series-sweep-of-brooklyn-in-116-112-win/live

  From Souichi Terada, Mass Live: https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/04/celtics-jayson-tatum-elevates-game-stardom-after-sweeping-kevin-durant-nets-i-do-feel-like-im-one-of-the-best-players.html

  From Ramona Shelburne, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33806598/nba-playoffs-2022-why-brooklyn-nets-were-greatest-team-never-was

  From Ethan Fuller, Basketball News:  https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/jaylen-brown-was-a-firstround-matchup-nightmare-for-the-nets

  From Marc Stein, The Stein Line: 

What's next for Nash and the Nets

  From Scott Cacciola, NY Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/sports/basketball/nets-eliminated-celtics-sweep.html

  From Sherrod Blakely, Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10033975-how-the-boston-celtics-made-kevin-durant-mortal

  From Bobby Krivitsky, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/what-stood-out-in-the-celtics-game-4-win-without-tatum-boston-fends-off-nets-to-earn-sweep

  From Mark Murphy, Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/04/25/celtics-sweep-brooklyn-with-116-112-win-in-game-4/

  From Chris Milholen/Matt Brooks, Nets Daily:  https://www.netsdaily.com/2022/4/25/23041944/eliminated-nets-suffer-first-round-sweep-losing-to-celtics-116-112

From Kristian Winfield, Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/ny-celtics-game-four-sweep-barclays-20220426-zmdhy7gbqbbmnhghv22j5upjla-story.html

From Brian Lewis, NY Post: https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/nets-swept-by-celtics-in-first-round-of-nba-playoffs/

From Keith Smith, Celtics Blog: https://www.celticsblog.com/2022/4/26/23042745/no-sweep-till-brooklyn-10-takeaways-from-boston-celtics-brooklyn-nets-game-4

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