Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 4/17/18
- How The Pacers Contained LBJ & The Cavs In Game 1 (from Scott Rafferty, The Step Back):
Read and watch it here: https://fansided.com/2018/04/17/pacers-defense-game-1-lebron-cavaliers/
- "Closing Speed" Makes Oladipo Great (from Mike Prada, SBNation):
Read and watch it here: https://www.sbnation.com/2018/4/16/17242476/victor-oladipo-highlights-indiana-pacers-analysis-videohttps://www.sbnation.com/2018/4/16/17242476/victor-oladipo-highlights-indiana-pacers-analysis-video
- All The Ways Oladipo Sliced & Diced The Cavs' Defense (from Caitlin Cooper, Indy Cornrows):
Read and watch it here: https://www.indycornrows.com/2018/4/16/17241086/all-of-the-ways-victor-oladipo-sliced-and-diced-clevelands-defense
- What The Cavs Need To Fix Before Game Two (from Kevin Nye, Hashtag Basketball):
Read it here: https://hashtagbasketball.com/cleveland-cavaliers/content/what-the-cavaliers-need-to-fix-before-game-two
- MIA 113, PHI 103 (from Joe Beguiristain, heat.com):
Read and watch it here: http://www.nba.com/heat/newsrecap/heat-113-76ers-103-game-2-recap
From John Schuhmann, NBA.com: http://global.nba.com/news/classic-dwyane-wade-carries-heat-to-crucial-game-2-victory-over-76ers/
From Ramona Shelburne, ESPN: http://kwese.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23210408/dwyane-wade-boosts-miami-heat-saves-philadelphia
- From David Murphy, philly.com: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/ben-simmons-sixrs-76ers-heat-game-2-nba-playoffs-20180417.html
- Josh Richardson: Miami's Secret Star (from Tim Cato, SBNation):
Read and watch it here: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/4/17/17246074/josh-richardson-miami-heat-defense-sixers-first-round
- Can't Play Whiteside? (from John Gonzalez, The Ringer):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba-playoffs/2018/4/17/17246570/hassan-whiteside-miami-heat-joel-embiid
- Sixers Learn Playoff Realities (from Jack McCaffery, Delco Times):
Read it here: http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/20180417/mccaffery-sixers-learn-about-the-realities-of-an-nba-postseason
- Game 2: Warriors Answer Spurs' Physical Counterpunch The Only Way They Know How (from Colin Ward-Heninger, CBS Sports):
Read it here: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/warriors-answer-spurs-physical-counterpunch-in-game-2-the-only-way-they-know/
From Baxter Holmes, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23209155/kevin-durant-proving-difference-warriors-round-1
From Mark Medina, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/16/warriors-try-to-withstand-spurs-game-2-adjustments/
- Iguodala Is Showing How Valuable He Is (from Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News):
- Don't Blame Kawhi For Taking Control (from Vincent Goodwill, Bleacher Report):
Read it here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2770729-thats-your-leverage-dont-blame-kawhi-leonard-for-taking-control
- Welcome To The Paul George Playoff Experience (from Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba-playoffs/2018/4/16/17242298/paul-george-thunder-jazz
- Reserves Give Thunder Reason To Celebrate (from Jenni Carlson, newsok.com):
Read it here:
http://newsok.com/article/5591213/why-reserves-give-thunder-reason-to-celebrate
- Thunder Needs Defensive Detail To Continue (from Erik Horne, newsok.com):
Read it here: http://newsok.com/article/5591241/thunder-needs-defensive-detail-to-continue-against-jazz
- Thunder: Maintaining What Worked In Game One (from Nick Gallo, Thunder.com):
Read and watch it here: http://www.nba.com/thunder/playoffpracticereport-180416
- The Jazz Miss Sefolosha (from Jared Woodcox, The J Notes):
Read it here: https://thejnotes.com/2018/04/16/utah-jazz-thabo-sefolosha-will-be-missed-in-series-vs-okc/
- Ibaka: Benefitting From Full Season With Raptors (from Sportsnet.ca):
Read it here: https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/serge-ibaka-benefiting-full-season-raptors/
- Capela Completes Rockets' Cornerstone Trio (from Sekou Smith, NBA.com):
Read and watch it here: http://www.nba.com/article/2018/04/17/clint-capela-completes-houston-rockets-cornerstone-trio
- KAT & DRose: The Good, The Bad & The Decent (from Ben Beecken, Dunking With Wolves):
Read and watch it here: https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2018/04/16/karl-anthony-towns-and-derrick-rose-the-good-the-bad-and-the-decent/
- In-Flight Adjustments: Wolves Pick-And-Roll Defense (from Ben Falk And Liam Flynn, Cleaning The Glass):
Read and watch it here: https://cleaningtheglass.com/in-flight-adjustments-wolves-pick-and-roll-d/
- How John Wall Went From Fat To Six-Pack Abs While Recovering (from Candace Buckner, Washington Post):
- Video: Jrue Holiday's Defensive Brilliance In Game One (from Zak Boisvert, Pick And Pop):
Watch it here: http://pickandpop.net/2018/04/jrue-holidays-defensive-brilliance-video/
- In Playoff Debut, Blazers' Rookie Zach Collins Proved Ready For The Stage (from Andrew Greif, Oregon Live):
Read it here: http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2018/04/in_playoff_debut_portlands_zach_collins_showed_he.html
- Brandon Jennings' Roads Not Taken (from Jordan Ritter Conn, The Ringer):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba-playoffs/2018/4/17/17244490/brandon-jennings-milwaukee-bucks-return
- Thoughts On Opening-Weekend's Playoff Games (from Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer):
Read and watch it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba-playoffs/2018/4/16/17242188/10-thoughts-2018-nba-playoff-weekend
From Paul Headley, Def Pen: http://defpen.com/nba-playoffs-2018-opening-weekend/
- Laker Film Room: Randle's Breakout Season (from Pete Zayas, Forum Blue And Gold):
Watch it here: https://www.forumblueandgold.com/2018/04/16/julius-randle-laker-film-room/
- How Stackhouse Crafted Himself Into Hot-Shot Head Coaching Candidate (from Marc Berman, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/how-jerry-stackhouse-crafted-himself-into-hot-shot-knicks-candidate/
- Get To Know David Fizdale (from Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic):
Read it here: https://theathletic.com/315472/2018/04/17/get-to-know-a-knicks-coaching-candidate-david-fizdale/
- Doncic Enters The Lions' Den (from Emmet Ryan, Ball In Europe):
Read it here: http://ballineurope.com/doncic-enters-the-lions-den-6093/
- Luka Doncic: Situational Analysis (from Nick Prevenas, NBADraft.net):
Read it here: http://www.nbadraft.net/situational-analysis-luka-doncic