Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 6/1/19

-TOR-GSW:

From Michael Grange, sportsnet.ca: https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/maestro-load-management-key-raptors-playoff-success/

From Kirk Goldsberry, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26863099/two-big-questions-heading-raptors-warriors-game-2

From Seerat Sohi, Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/how-pascal-siakams-breakout-nba-finals-game-1-performance-was-typical-siakam-133529736.html

From Danny Chau, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/31/18646850/pascal-siakam-game-1-nba-finals-raptors-warriors

From Kristian Winfield, SBNation: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/5/31/18646959/pascal-siakam-nba-finals-highlights-stats-game-1-raptors-warriors

From Associated Press: https://sports.inquirer.net/351739/pascal-siakam-comes-from-small-settings-to-star-on-nbas-big-stage

From Blake Murphy, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1004250/2019/05/31/the-impact-of-fred-vanvleets-defence-and-how-it-allowed-the-raptors-to-thrive-against-golden-state-in-game-1/

From Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pascal-siakam-is-the-nba-in-one-player-11559301031

From Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/31/18647063/golden-state-warriors-need-kevin-durant-finals-curry-raptors

From Wes Goldberg, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wesgoldberg/2019/05/31/toronto-raptors-marc-gasol-problem-for-golden-state-warriors-nba-finals/#761cb208183c

From Rodger Sherman, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/6/1/18647814/fred-vanvleet-playoff-god-toronto-raptors

From Thomas Valentine, Raptors Rapture: https://raptorsrapture.com/2019/06/01/toronto-raptors-perfecting-defense/

From James Tillman III, Hoops Habit: https://hoopshabit.com/2019/05/31/golden-state-warriors-3-takeaways-from-game-1-2019-nba-finals/

From Dan Devine, The Ringer: The Raptors Had the #StrengthInNumbers Advantage in Game 1

From Mark Medina, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/31/draymond-green-on-game-2-aggressiveness-starts-with-me/

From James Herbert, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2019-nba-finals-warriors-keep-talking-about-stopping-the-raptors-from-running-but-thats-not-the-whole-story/

From Jerry Brewer, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-warriors-need-kevin-durant-and-the-raptors-exposed-the-price-they-paid-to-get-him/2019/05/31/1634711c-83a0-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html

From Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2019/05/30/raptors-defense-warriors-finals-pascal-siakam-kawhi-leonard-game-1  and  https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/01/warriors-raptors-game-2-shooting-steph-curry-klay-thompson-jonas-jerebko-alfonzo-mckinnie

From Scott Cacciola, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/sports/kyle-lowry-raptors-warriors.html

From Ramona Shelburne, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26860063/the-warriors-struggled-game-1-security-kevin-durant

From Nathan Beighle, Blue Man Hoop: https://bluemanhoop.com/2019/06/01/adjustments-golden-state-warriors-must-make-game-2/

From Tony Pesta, Blue Man Hoop: https://bluemanhoop.com/2019/06/01/golden-state-warriors-film-breakdown-3-plays-that-defined-game-1/

From David Singh, sportsnet.ca: https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/raptors-905-grind-prepared-vanvleet-siakam-nba-finals/

-Book Excerpt: KD, Pride Of PG County (from Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic):

Read it here: https://theathletic.com/993985/2019/05/27/book-excerpt-kevin-durant-product-of-the-struggle-pride-of-pg-county/