Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 10/7/20

- LAL-MIA:

  From Anthony Slater, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2120407/2020/10/07/the-four-minor-moves-that-helped-bring-the-lakers-within-a-win-of-the-nba-title/

  From Manny Navarro, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2121154/2020/10/07/pushed-to-the-brink-the-heat-preparing-to-play-another-game-in-the-mud-friday/

  From Tania Ganguli, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-06/lakers-find-a-way-to-hold-off-heat-and-take-3-1-nba-finals-series-lead

  From Mark Medina, USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2020/10/07/anthony-davis-bounce-back-performance-game-four-lakers-heat/5904056002/

  From Dan Devine, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/7/21505445/lakers-heat-nba-finals-game-4

  From Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/7/21505599/miami-heat-nba-finals-golden-state-warriors

  From Sabreena Merchant, Silver Screen And Roll: https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2020/10/6/21499618/nba-finals-lakers-vs-heat-final-score-game-4-anthony-davis-lebron-james-kentavious-caldwell-pope

  From Brad Botkin, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-lakers-take-3-1-nba-finals-lead-these-three-sequences-show-how-close-miami-was-to-tying-series/

  From Nick Friedell, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30059020/after-game-4-loss-jimmy-butler-says-miami-heat-confidence-going-stay-high

  From Michael Grange, Sportsnet.ca:  https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/nba-finals-takeaways-james-lakers-look-hungry-close-series/

  From Dan Woike, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-06/anthony-davis-is-disruptive-force-on-defense-against-jimmy-butler

  From Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article246244160.html

  From David Wilson, Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article246240610.html

  From Scott Cacciola, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/sports/07nba-finals-lakers-heat.html

  From Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2020/10/07/nba-finals-lakers-heat-game-4

  From Broderick Turner, LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2020-10-07/lakers-third-scorer-victory-over-miami-heat-nba-finals

  From Brad Rowland, Dime Mag: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-finals-game-4-takeaways-lakers-heat-video-highlights/

  From Meyers Leonard/Marc J. Spears, The Undefeated: https://theundefeated.com/features/the-education-of-heat-meyers-leonard/

  From Tom Haberstroh, NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/national/miami-heats-jimmy-butler-defies-anti-analytics-guy-myth

  From Mike Prada, Sunstack: https://mikeprada.substack.com/p/low-blows

  From Brian Martin, NBA.com: http://global.nba.com/news/inside-the-box-score-2020-nba-finals-game-4/

  From Jared Dubin, FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jimmy-butler-started-hot-then-the-lakers-cooled-him-down/

  From Jared Weiss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2121201/2020/10/07/show-and-recover-time-the-heat-threw-the-kitchen-sink-at-lebron-james/

  From Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/the-unlikely-role-players-that-have-the-lakers-one-win-away-from-a-return-to-glory-064710716.html

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- Maintaining Perspective In Evaluating Bubble Basketball (from Ben Falk, Cleaning The Glass):

Read it here: https://cleaningtheglass.com/in-the-bubble/

- How COVID Has Affected The Playoffs (from Michael Pina, GQ):

Read it here: https://www.gq.com/story/how-covid-affected-the-nba-playoffs

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- BOS: Season Review: Jaylen Brown (from Bobby Manning, Celtics Blog):

Read it here: https://www.celticsblog.com/2020/10/6/21503581/jaylen-brown-one-of-the-best-players-and-leaders-in-the-nba-in-2020-boston-celtics-bubble-playoffs

- BOS: Offseason Homework, Part Two (from Jay King, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2114797/2020/10/06/celtics-offseason-homework/?source=emp_shared_article

- BOS: Grading The Celtics (from Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe):

Read it here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/07/sports/celtics-roster-grades-evaluation/

- CLE: Cavs' Mailbag (from Chris Fedor, cleveland.com):

Read it here: https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2020/10/what-is-cleveland-cavaliers-best-case-scenario-for-2020-nba-draft-hey-chris.html

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- Trade Lists: Each Team's Movable Contracts, Draft Capital And Restrictions (from Bobby Marks, ESPN):

Read it here: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30034150/nba-trade-lists-movable-contracts-draft-capital-restrictions

- 2020 Draft Prospect Tyrese Maxey (from Jake Paynting, Canis Hoopus):

Read and watch it here: https://www.canishoopus.com/2020/10/7/21455480/draft-radar-part-12-tyrese-maxey-nba-offseason

- 2020 Draft Prospect Killian Hayes, Part Two (from Graham Chapple, Peachtree Hoops):

Read and watch it here: https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2020/10/7/21501389/killian-hayes-2020-nba-draft-scouting-report-defense-size-athleticism-analysis-video

- Q & A: Michele Roberts (from Shams Charania, The Athletic):

Read it here: https://theathletic.com/2118672/2020/10/06/what-comes-after-the-bubble-one-on-one-with-nbpa-boss-michele-roberts/