Today's BestNBA Reporting And Analysis 4/19/16
- Inside The Longest Night Of Kevin Durant's Career (from Rob Mahoney, Sports Illsutrated):
Read and view it here: http://www.si.com/nba/2016/04/18/nba-playoffs-mavericks-thunder-game-2-kevin-durant-shooting-video
- Twelve Seconds Of Pure Wes Matthews Saved The Mavs (from Seth Rosenthal, SBNation):
Read and view it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/4/19/11458964/mavericks-thunder-wes-matthews-dgaf
- Raptors Rebound In Game Two (from James Herbert, CBS Sports):
Read it here: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25559431/raptors-shake-off-playoff-scars-rebound-in-game-2-against-pacers from Mike Mazzeo, ESPN: http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/18017/raptors-respond-to-adversity-by-snapping-seven-game-playoff-skid and from Ian Thomsen, NBA.com: http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/ian_thomsen/04/19/thomsen-raptor-bounce-back-game-2/
- Raptors 98, Pacers 87 (from Mike Prada, SBNation):
Read it here: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/18/11456134/raptors-pacers-2016-results-score-nba-playoffs
- Warriors Don't Need Steph In This Series (from Zach Harper, CBS Sports):
Read it here: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25559466/warriors-dont-need-steph-curry-rest-of-the-series-rockets-dont-care
- Curry Uncertain For Game Three (from ESPN): http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15233901/stephen-curry-golden-state-warriors-game-2-vs-houston-rockets
- Draymond Green Q & A (from Marc Spears, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/15228039/draymond-green-playoffs-diary
- Video Breakdown: 1) Illegal Screens 2) Defending And Attacking The Rockets Twin Towers (from EricApricot, Golden State Of Mind):
Read and view it here: http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2016/4/19/11457408/warriors-vs-rockets-video-analysis-2016-highlights-defend-twin-towers-draymond-green-klay-thompson
- The Heat Broke Down The Hornets Pick-And-Roll-Defense In Game One (from Reinis Lacis, atthehive.com):
Read and view it here: http://www.atthehive.com/2016/4/18/11449742/the-miami-heat-broke-down-charlottes-pick-and-roll-defense-in-nba-playoffs-2016
- Why Do Heat Players Keep Sacrificing Money (from Barry Jackson, Miami Herald):
- The Cavs Pick-And-Roll Defense Came Up Big In Game One (from Daniel Rowell, fearthesword.com):
Read and view it here: http://www.fearthesword.com/2016/4/18/11452020/its-a-trap-how-the-cavs-pick-and-roll-defense-came-up-big-in-game-1
- Pistons' To-Do List For Game 2 Starts With Attacking Cav's Small Ball Lineup (from Keith Langlois, pistons.com):
Read it here: http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/pistons-do-list-game-2-starts-attacking-cavs-small-ball-lineup
- CP3 Keeps The Clippers In The Moment (from Jesse Blanchard, BBall Breakdown):
Read it here: http://bballbreakdown.com/2016/04/18/at-a-crossroads-chris-paul-keeps-the-clippers-in-the-moment/
- How The Clippers Are Forcing The Blazers' Role Players To Try To Beat Them (from Jack Winter, dimemag):
Read and view it here: http://uproxx.com/dimemag/clippers-trail-blazers-ball-screens-deandre-jordan-al-farouq-aminu/6/
- Can The Celtics Survive Losing Avery Bradley? (from Yaron Weitzman, SBNation):
Read and view it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/4/18/11448022/avery-bradley-injury-celtics-doomed-hawks-nba-playoffs-2016
- Celtics Need To Capitalize On Transition Opportunities (from Jeff Nooney, celticsblog.com):
Read and view it here: http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/4/19/11459490/celtics-hawks-transition-opportunities
- Hawks Players Detail Why Nets Hire Of Kenny Atkinson Is A Slam Dunk (from Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/17984/hawks-players-detail-why-nets-hire-of-kenny-atkinson-is-a-slam-dunk
- "Hustle Stat" Caveats (from Seth Partnow, Nylon Calculus):
Read it here: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/04/18/hustle-caveats/
- Luke Walton: " I Love My Job Here. I'm Not Going To Rush Off " (from Tim Kawakami, Mercury News):
Read it here: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2016/04/18/luke-walton-knicks-situation-near-term-future/
Additional Player Notes, Updates, Profiles:
- Stanley Johnson (from John Niyo, Detroit News): http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/columnists/john-niyo/2016/04/18/niyo-pistons-johnson-back-james/83212422/
- C.J. McCollum (from Jordan Schultz, Huffington Post): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cj-mccollum_us_570bdc22e4b0142232498ce1
- Chris Kaman (from Dwight Jaynes, csnnw.com): http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/chris-kaman-remember-him-could-play-bigger-role
- Luol Deng (from Jason Lieser, Palm Beach Post): http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/basketball/2016-nba-playoffs-the-resurgence-of-miami-heat-for/nq7SB/
- Thon Maker (from Nicholas LeTourneau, Ridiculous Upside): http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2016/4/19/11358732/why-2016-nba-draft-prospect-thon-maker-should-prepare-embrace-d-league