Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 6/3/19
- GSW-TOR:
From Jackie MacMullan, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26882410/six-minute-monster-warriors-run-won-game-2
From Arden Zwelling, sportsnet.ca: https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/warriors-stole-game-2-offensive-run-ages/
From Eric Apricot, Golden State Of Mind: https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2019/6/3/18650173/nba-finals-2019-stephen-curry-best-screening-small-in-the-nba-klay-thompson-draymond-green-cyclone
From Seerat Sohi, Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-the-controlled-chaos-of-draymond-green-how-the-warriors-won-game-2-of-the-nba-finals-061448504.html
From Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007746/2019/06/03/thompson-we-live-for-this-with-bodies-falling-and-pressure-mounting-warriors-lean-on-championship-mettle
From Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/03/nba-finals-warriors-raptors-draymond-green-stephen-curry-kevin-durant
From Rob Mahoney, Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/03/kevin-durant-injury-warriors-raptors-nba-finals-2019-demarcus-cousins
From Ben Cohen/Andrew Beaton, Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-vintage-golden-state-warriors-crashed-the-nba-finals-11559561256
From Mike Bossetti, Raptors Rapture: https://raptorsrapture.com/2019/06/03/toronto-raptors-takeaways-loss-warriors/
From Tim Kawakami, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007718/2019/06/03/kawakami-heres-how-demarcus-cousins-game-2-start-happened-and-what-it-meant-to-the-warriors
From Eric Koreen, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007808/2019/06/03/intelligence-not-perfection-is-required-for-raptors-to-topple-the-warriors/
From Ian Levy, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/06/02/nba-finals-warriors-injuries-game-2-raptors/
From Blake Murphy, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007605/2019/06/03/raptors-box-and-one-nearly-allows-defence-to-take-game-2-from-warriors/
From John Schuhmann, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/06/02/finals-stat-game-2
From Brad Botkin, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-finals-2019-warriors-demarcus-cousins-quinn-cook-among-four-unlikely-heroes-in-life-saving-game-2-victory/
From Michael Lee, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1006652/2019/06/02/im-so-f-ing-stubborn-demarcus-cousins-on-how-he-fought-back-from-two-serious-injuries-in-18-months/
From Dan Devine, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/6/3/18650289/demarcus-cousins-game-2-nba-finals-warriors-raptors
From Joe Vardon, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007142/2019/06/02/nobody-feels-bad-for-the-warriors-who-even-series-but-must-now-worry-about-thompson-first-thoughts-from-game-2/
From Chris Herring, FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/warriors-raptors-game-2-nba-finals/
From Anthony Slater, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007234/2019/06/03/five-observations-from-the-warriors-109-104-game-2-win-over-the-raptors
From Ethan Strauss, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007959/2019/06/03/andre-iguodala-the-curmudgeon-and-future-hall-of-famer-delivers-again-for-the-warriors
From Sam Amick, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1007957/2019/06/03/the-freaking-resiliency-is-unbelievable-how-the-warriors-bounced-back-in-game-2-to-even-the-nba-finals/
From Tim Bontemps, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26883038/with-dubs-reeling-raptors-let-game-2-slip-away
From Shaun Powell, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/06/03/cousins-form-returns-right-time-warriors
From Ali Thanawalla, NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steph-curry-calls-raptors-defense-janky-after-warriors-game-2-win
From Brian Windhorst, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26883124/coaches-trainers-kyle-lowry-think-know-1-1-finals
From Jordan Greer, Sporting News: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/demarcus-cousins-nba-finals-game-2/jbi0txt601hq16l19j2bt2q7q
From Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/6/3/18650472/warriors-raptors-final-game-2-steve-kerr-coaching-adjustments
- An Oral History Of Kawhi's College Days (from Jayson Jenks, The Athletic):
Read it here: https://theathletic.com/1007038/2019/06/03/the-board-man-gets-paid-an-oral-history-of-kawhi-leonards-college-days/
- Draft Prospect Breakdown: The Scorers (from Adam Spinella, The Basketball Writers):
Read and watch it here: https://bballwriters.com/nba-draft/2019-nba-draft-prospect-breakdown-the-scorers/
- FAs Who Regressed Last Season (from Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report):
Read it here: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2839072-nba-free-agents-hoping-gms-didnt-watch-them-play-last-season#slide5
- BOS: Off-Season Is A Myth: Celtics Need To Work On Getting To The Line (from Tom Lane, Celtics Life):
Read and watch it here: http://www.celticslife.com/2019/06/off-season-is-myth-celts-need-work-on.html
- DEN: Malik Beasley Is Playing Himself Into A Larger Role (from Ryan Blackburn, Denver Stiffs):
Read and watch it here: https://www.denverstiffs.com/2019/6/3/18650066/malik-beasley-is-playing-himself-into-a-larger-role-in-denver
- SAS: Offseason Goals For Lonnie Walker IV (from Dylan Carter, Air Alamo):
Read it here: https://airalamo.com/2019/06/02/san-antonio-spurs-goals-lonnie-walker-iv-2019-offseason/