The Celtics’ Offensive Depth Was On Full Display Against The Cavaliers
Key Highlights The Boston Celtics posted a 120.2 offensive rating in their second-round victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Despite Evan Mobley‘s individual defensive dominance, Boston still found ways to score and generated a 118.1 offensive ra...
How The Thunder Rediscovered Their Offensive Groove To Win Game 4
Key Highlights After scoring 60 points over the first 35 minutes of the game, the Oklahoma City Thunder scored 40 points during the final 13 minutes to win Game 4, 100-96 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 34 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two stea...
Evan Mobley’s Game 2 Ascension Is What The Cavs Have Always Wanted
Key Highlights In the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ Game 2 victory, Evan Mobley scored a playoff career-high 21 points, while adding 10 rebounds, five assists, two blocks and one steal Cleveland outscored the Boston Celtics, 89-54, during Mobley’s 3...
Karl-Anthony Towns Has Become The Best Version Of Himself
Key Highlights Through six playoff games, Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 20.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists, while shooting 57.1 percent from the floor and 53.8 percent beyond the arc (70.1 percent true shooting) He’s being assisted on a ...
Derrick Jones Jr. Is Exactly What The Mavericks Needed
Key Highlights Derrick Jones Jr. is averaging 9.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in the playoffs, while shooting 41.7 percent from three and 63.6 percent on two-pointers The Dallas Mavericks have outscored the Los Angeles Clippers by 25 p...
How The Timberwolves Are Using The Suns’ Game Plan Against Them
Key Highlights Through two games against the Phoenix Suns, the Minnesota Timberwolves have an offensive rating of 118.8, which is 2.7 points higher than their regular season mark of 116.1 Anthony Edwards is averaging 7.0 assists, up from 5.1 during the...
How The Timberwolves Are Using The Suns’ Game Plan Against Them
Key Highlights Through two games against the Phoenix Suns, the Minnesota Timberwolves have an offensive rating of 118.8, which is 2.7 points higher than their regular season mark of 116.1 Anthony Edwards is averaging 7.0 assists, up from 5.1 during the...
Keegan Murray’s Play-In Performance Was A Glimpse Of His Future
Key Highlights Keegan Murray scored a game-high 32 points, including eight threes, in the Sacramento Kings‘ 118-94 rout of the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday He also helped contain sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and Sacramento p...
Keon Ellis Is Giving The Sacramento Kings An Identity
Key Highlights The Sacramento Kings are 7-2 with the NBA’s fifth-ranked defense since Keon Ellis rejoined their rotation According to Cleaning the Glass, Ellis ranks in the 99th percentile in block rate and 88th percentile in steal rate among com...
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Is The Denver Nuggets’ Unsung Hero
Key Highlights The Denver Nuggets are 3.5 points better per 100 possessions defensively with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the floor. Last year, they were 5.8 points better. Since joining Denver prior to last season, Caldwell-Pope has shot 40.6 percent o...