Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 4/18/16
- Recapping Sunday's Games (from Tim Cato/Liam Boylan-Pett, SBNation):
Read and view it here: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/18/11448948/2016-nba-playoff-scores-cavaliers-pistons-playoffs-game-1-lebron-james-kyrie-irving
- Heat/Hornets Game 1: Seven Things To Know (from James Herbert, CBS Sports):
Read it here: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25558304/heat-annihilate-hornets-in-game-1-seven-things-to-know
- Heat Punish The Hornets (from Chris Barnewall, BBall Breakdown):
Read it here: http://bballbreakdown.com/2016/04/17/miami-punishes-the-charlotte-hornets/
- Pistons Show Confidence And Inexperience In Game 1 Loss (from Zach Harper, CBS Sports):
Read and view ithere: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25558166/pistons-show-confidence-and-their-inexperience-in-game-1-loss-to-cavs
- Impact Of Kevin Love At The Five (from Aaron McMann, mlive.com):
Read it here: http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2016/04/andre_drummond_quieted_then_fo_1.html
- Trail Blazers Had No Answers (from Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/17914/trail-blazers-had-no-answers-for-clippers-in-game-1-loss
- Clippers 115, Blazers 95 (from Jason Quick, csnnw.com):
Read it here: http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/clippers-score-game-1-knockout-after-blazers-supporting-cast-comes-empty
- All Eyes On Raptors After Losing Game One (from Zach Lowe, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15228918/the-raptors-need-shake-first-round-jinx
- DeMarre Carroll Wants To Guard Paul George: "That's What I Live For" (from James Herbert, CBS Sports):
Read it here: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25558095
- Rockets' Offense Picked Clean By Warriors In Game One (from Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle):
Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/gteybd9
- Rockets' Solution For Game Two Is To Move (from Calvin Watkins, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/blog/houston-rockets/post/_/id/2448/rockets-solution-for-game-2-is-to-move
- How The Warriors Kept Harden Off The FT Line (from Zach Harper, CBS Sports):
Read it here: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25558430/how-the-warriors-kept-james-harden-off-the-free-throw-line-in-game-1
- Isaiah Thomas' Sneaky Use Of Flare Screen Out Of Horns (from Jack Winter/Spencer Lund, dimemag):
Read and view it here: http://uproxx.com/dimemag/celtics-nba-playoffs-isaiah-thomas-basketball-neat/
- Celtics' Target: Find A Marksman (from Gary Washburn, Boston Globe):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-am-larkin-needs-opportunity-stability/
- Kenny Atkinson Named Nets' New Head Coach (from Laura Albanese, Newsday):
Read it here: http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nets/kenny-atkinson-named-nets-new-head-coach-1.11701401
- Credit Kenny Atkinson For Jeremy Lin's Boost With Knicks (from Frank Isola, NY Daily News):
- Pistons' GM Jeff Bower Climbed The Ladder To The NBA (from Neil Rudel, Altoona Mirror):
Read it here: http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/634727/Bower-climbed-ladder-to-the-NBA.html
Additional Player Notes, Updates, Profiles:
- Kawhi Leonard (from Sarah Cilea, BBall Breakdown): http://bballbreakdown.com/2016/04/17/kawhi-leonard/
- Myles Turner (from Wheat Hotchkiss, pacers.com): http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/turner-fights-through-nerves-impress-playoff-debut
- Kemba Walker/Nic Batum (from Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer): http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article72243192.html
- Dion Waiters (from Lang Whitaker, NBA.com): http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2016/04/17/95577/
- Steph Curry (from Max Whittle, theguardian.com): http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/18/steph-curry-golden-state-warriors-nba-pre-game
- Shane Larkin (from Alex Kennedy, Basketball Insiders): http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-am-larkin-needs-opportunity-stability/
- Quinn Cook (from Brian Rzeppa, Ridiculous Upside): http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2016/4/17/11446924/quinn-cook-on-a-tear-for-canton