Today's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis 6/9/16
- Finals Game Three: 5 Observations (from Chris Fedor, cleveland.com):
Read it here: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/06/on_night_he_boosts_offense_jr.html
- The Finals Get Real But Stay Absurd (from Paul Flannery, SBNation):
Read it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/6/9/11892772/nba-finals-2016-absurd-cavaliers-lebron-james-warriors
- Game Three Recap (from Ben Dowsett, Basketball Intelligence):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/cavaliers-warriors-game-3-recap/
- J.R. Sparked Cavs (from Bill Bender, Sporting News):
Read it here: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/nba-finals-game-3-cavaliers-warriors-jr-smith-lebron-james-kyrie-irving/1mfm6janfdpl7193nfcveg1390 and from Sean Highkin, NBC Sports: http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/06/09/j-r-smith-gives-cavaliers-much-needed-offensive-boost-after-early-finals-slump/
- Irving Devastating In Game Three (from Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports):
- The Cavs Shouldn't Dump KLove (from Dave Schilling, The Guardian):
Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/jun/09/kevin-love-nba-finals-cleveland-cavaliers-golde-state-warriors
- The Coaching Tricks That Unleash Steph And LBJ (from Rajiv Mahaswaran and Mike D'Auria):
Read and view it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15973894/second-spectrum-breaks-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-offense
- How Cavs' Assistant Phil Handy Helped Create Game 3 Blowout (from Chris Haynes, cleveland.com):
Read it here: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/06/how_cavaliers_were_called_out.html
- Warriors Execs Respect LBJ (from Dave McMenamin, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/16020136/nba-playoffs-2016-jerry-west-defends-lebron-greatness
Additional Player Notes, Updates, Profiles:
- Jordan Crawford (from Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press): http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2016/06/08/detroit-pistons-jordan-crawford/85603030/