Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 10/10/20

- LAL-MIA:

  From TalkBasket.net: https://www.talkbasket.net/107624-lebron-james-on-anthony-davis-hes-a-warrior-man

  From Mike Decourcy, Sporting News:  https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-finals-2020-lebron-james-lakers-michael-jordan/w46kta0jury31bua8osf2zgd8

  From Brian Windhorst, ESPN: https://tv5.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30082028/nba-finals-lebron-james-vs-jimmy-butler-touching-history

  From Kevin Pelton, ESPN: http://insider.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30081607/nba-finals-lakers-do-jimmy-butler-heat

  From Dave McMenamin, ESPN: http://insider.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30082675/los-angeles-lakers-lebron-james-danny-green-miss-just-go-in

  From Tom D'Angelo, Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nba/2020/10/10/nba-finals-heat-beat-lakers-game-5-stave-off-elimination/5939109002/

  From Mark Medina, USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2020/10/10/lebron-james-made-right-call-final-play-game-5-nba-finals/5951620002/

  From Frank Urbina, Hoops Hype: https://hoopshype.com/2020/10/10/jimmy-butler-is-leading-his-team-in-every-major-statistical-category-thats-only-happened-once-in-finals-history/

  From Jamie Cooper, Dime Mag: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/heat-jimmy-butler-win-game-five-nba-finals-lakers/

  From Jake Fischer, Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2912474-how-frank-vogel-first-learned-the-secrets-to-unlocking-lebron-james

  From Dan Devine, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/10/21510391/jimmy-butler-heat-lakers-nba-finals

  From Jackie MacMullan, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30079816/nba-finals-afar-watching-lakers-heat-raptors-coach-nick-nurse?device=featurephone

  From Keith Schlosser, Substack:  https://keithschlosser.substack.com/p/jimmy-butlers-latest-nba-finals-prediction

  From Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2020/10/10/jimmy-butler-heat-lakers-nba-finals

  From Broderick Turner, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-10/lakers-danny-green-finds-himself-open-late-in-game-5-but-cant-close-it-out

  From David Wilson, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/article246330185.html

  From Helene Elliott, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-10/how-the-gritty-heat-grinded-out-game-5-win-over-lakers

  From Scott Cacciola, LA Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/sports/basketball/nba-heat-lakers-duncan-robinson.html

  From Tania Ganguli, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-10/five-takeaways-from-the-lakers-game-5-loss-to-the-heat

  From Barry Jackson, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article246361730.html

  From James Herbert, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-heat-duncan-robinson-broke-free-in-game-5-of-nba-finals-and-he-wont-stop-moving/

  From Manny Navarro, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2129127/2020/10/10/nba-finals-jimmy-butlers-game-is-reaching-lebron-james-like-level-and-now-hes-getting-help/

  From Jared Weiss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2129161/2020/10/10/nba-finals-jimmy-butler-steamrolled-lakers-in-game-5-to-see-how-lets-look-at-the-tape/

  From Anthony Slater, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2128971/2020/10/10/nba-finals-five-observations-from-the-lakers-game-5-loss-to-the-heat/

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- Some Bubble Lessons Should Endure (from Ira Winderman, SunSentinel):

Read it here: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/fl-sp-ira-nba-column-20201010-drawbsm4o5c5rmpzyj2wq7ryyi-story.html

- Q & A: 2020 Draft Prospect Malachi Flynn (from Matt Babcock, Basketball News):

Read it here: https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/nba-rumors-2020-draft-malachi-flynn-san-diego-state-aztecs-matt-babcock-analysis-interview-chris-paul

- 2020 Draft Prospect Tyrese Haliburton (from Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic):

Read it here: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2020/10/09/tyrese-haliburton-more-than-just-best-facilitator-2020-nba-draft/5870245002/

- GSW: Moute a Bidias: From Cal Bench To Dubs' Minicamp (from Connor Letourneau, SF Chronicle):

Read it here: https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/How-Roger-Moute-a-Bidias-went-from-Cal-bench-to-15635165.php?t=b1e625230d

- SAS: The Spurs Need Aldridge To Do More With Less (from Bruno Passos, Pounding The Rock):

Read it here: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2020/10/9/21448835/the-spurs-need-lamarcus-aldridge-to-do-more-with-less