Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 4/29/19

Playoff Series Updates

- GSW-HOU:

From Anthony Slater, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/951646/2019/04/28/five-observations-from-the-warriors-104-100-game-1-win-over-the-rockets/?source=dailyemail

From Wes Goldberg, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/04/29/game-1-warriors-rockets-decided-margins/

From Ethan Strauss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/952205/2019/04/28/kerrism-part-2-the-warriors-aimed-to-punish-james-harden-from-the-jump-in-game-1/?source=dailyemail

From Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/3-pointers-Takeaways-Rockets-Game-1-loss-Warriors-13802607.php

From Ian Levy, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/04/28/warriors-rockets-game-1-slugfest/

From Sam Quinn, 247 Sports: https://247sports.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/Article/How-the-Warriors-stopped-James-Harden-in-Game-1-131629316/

From Shaun Powell, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/04/28/rockets-warriors-guarding-harden-legality-challenge

From Colin Ward-Heninger, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-playoffs-2019-warriors-win-ugly-game-1-over-rockets-and-familiarity-between-teams-will-only-make-things-uglier/

From Rob Mahoney, Sports Illustrated: https://sports.yahoo.com/andre-iguodala-leading-warriors-apos-032953173.html

From RobertL, Mercury News: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2019/04/29/wonderfully-cantankerous-warriors-rockets-game-1/

From Mo Dakhil: https://twitter.com/MoDakhil_NBA/status/1122893029172363264

- BOS-MIL:

From Ian Levy, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/04/28/celtics-swarm-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-steal-game-1/

From Ben Golliver, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/28/bostons-giannis-rules-defense-leaves-antetokounmpo-flummoxed-game/

From Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/29/18522381/milwaukee-bucks-golden-state-warriors-budenholzer-kerr

From Tom Westerholm, Mass Live: https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2019/04/boston-celtics-vs-milwaukee-bucks-kyrie-irvings-shot-making-celtics-punish-bucks-with-jump-shooting-10-things-we-learned.html

From Tyler Conway, Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2833608-kyrie-irving-celtics-dominate-giannis-bucks-for-game-1-upset-in-nba-playoffs

From Coach Nick, BBall Breakdwon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-s-x3s47MQ

From Gary Washburn, Boston Globe: https://www2.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/04/28/all-kyrie-irving-leads-way-for-celtics/ojru4nzpKC4fg1K8zPlX2I/story.html

From Paul Flannery, SB Nation: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/4/29/18522090/kyrie-irving-highlights-celtics-vs-bucks-game-1-nba-playoffs

From Bobby Manning, Celtics Blog: https://www.celticsblog.com/2019/4/29/18521819/brad-stevens-marcus-morris-starters-kyrie-irving-game-1-giannis-antetokounmpo-nba-al-horford-block

From Matt Velazquez, jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2019/04/28/bucks-vs-celtics-game-1/3607966002/

From Brian Sampson, Brew Hoop: https://www.brewhoop.com/2019/4/29/18522260/film-room-how-the-milwaukee-bucks-defended-staggered-ball-screens-boston-celtics

From Chris Herring, FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-celtics-contained-giannis-in-game-1/

From Keith Smith, Celtics Blog:  https://www.celticsblog.com/2019/4/29/18522432/flawless-execution-takeaways-from-boston-celtics-milwaukee-bucks-game-1-2019-nba-playoffs

- TOR-PHI:

From Seerat Sohi, Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/kawhi-leonard-makes-his-case-as-the-best-player-in-the-world-065227213.html

From Bruce Arthur, Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/opinion/2019/04/28/high-iq-raptors-are-hacking-the-nba-playoff-system.html

From Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/29/18521788/philadelphia-76ers-toronto-raptors-game-2-adjustments

From Kristian Winfield, SB Nation: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/4/28/18521037/kawhi-leonard-playoffs-raptors-championship-trade

From Jonathan Turco, Hoops Habit: https://hoopshabit.com/2019/04/28/toronto-raptors-3-takeaways-from-promising-game-1-win-vs-76ers/ From Coach Nick, BBall Breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sy1kOSNjkM

-Conference SemiFinals, 1st Weekend:

From Paolo Uggetti, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/28/18521638/nba-playoffs-second-round-winners-losers-celtics-bucks

From Matt John, Basketball Insiders: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-one-question-for-each-game-one-loser/

- POR-DEN:

From Adam Spinella, The Basketball Writers: https://bballwriters.com/analysis/trail-blazers-better-know-these-nikola-jokic-plays/

From Christian Clark, BSN Denver:   https://bsndenver.com/he-has-real-confidence-damian-lillard-sees-a-little-bit-of-himself-in-jamal-murray/

From John Schuhmann, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/04/28/numbers-preview-nuggets-blazers

From Eric Spyropolous, nuggets.com: https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/guide-to-second-round-nuggets-vs-blazers-042719-2

From Jacob Goldstein, Nylon Calculus: https://fansided.com/2019/04/29/nylon-calculus-nuggets-trail-blazers-win-probabilities-assist-maps-style-charts/

From Kerry Eggers, Portland Tribune: https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/426812-333660-blazers-prep-for-oxygen-debt-nuggets-defense-and-oh-yeah-nikola-jokic

From Dave Deckard, Blazer's Edge: https://www.blazersedge.com/2019/4/29/18522197/blazers-nuggets-stats-record-preview-jokic-lillard-head-to-head-2019-nba-playoffs

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- Inside The Life Of PR Staffers (from Alex Kennedy, Hoops Hype):

Read it here:  https://hoopshype.com/2019/04/29/nba-media-rumors-pr-public-relationships-damage-control-drama-inside-life/

- Kirk Goldsberry's Maps Are Changing The NBA (from Ben Strauss, Washington Post):

Read it here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/29/kirk-goldsberry-once-mapped-food-deserts-flood-data-now-his-maps-are-changing-nba/