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dunksandthrees now has a playoff odds tracker:

https://dunksandthrees.com/playoff-probabilities

the refs should get back to their recent "point of emphasis" and start calling players again for carrying when they palm the ball on the dribble

Wolves: "We are the NBA's No. 1 defense by a lot"

Zion: "K, I'm just going to make 11 left-handed layups" pic.twitter.com/XvPPtk5NK4

— Christian Clark (@cclark_13) January 4, 2024

lol love it

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=lowest+turnover+percentage+by+a+player+averaging+10+assists+a+game+in+a+season%2C+minimum+30+games

hali’s turnover percentage this season would be the lowest ever by a player averaging 10+ assists a game

+scoring https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=lowest+turnover+percentage+by+a+player+averaging+10+assists+a+game+and+24+points+a+game+in+a+season%2C+minimum+30+games

he’s good

thats my opinion as well

The Pacers have 50 assists, just the 2nd 50 assist game in the NBA since 1990.

— Pat Boylan (@PatBoylanPacers) January 6, 2024

great time to be a lifelong pacers fan like myself

Don’t look now but Jalen Suggs is shooting 46/39/78 on the season

(was 39/27/75 over his first two years)

And that 39% is on 5.2 3PA/G, btw#MagicTogether pic.twitter.com/7nEmkHfqvc

— Brett Usher (@UsherNBA) January 6, 2024

Cam Thomas is jacking 22.2 shots per 36 minutes; only Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid (about 23 each) average more. Twelve of the 13 players attempting 20-plus shots per 36 minutes dish at least 4.3 assists per game. Thomas averages 2.3. He is on pace to be the first player since Carmelo Anthony in 2012-13 -- and only the second since 1994 -- to attempt at least 21 shots per 36 minutes and record fewer than three dimes, according to Basketball-Reference.

https://archive.ph/FUEoj

The Offensive Rankings of LeBron James Teams. What jumps out? pic.twitter.com/7bwLQjbmCd

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 6, 2024

lol

The bubble chip doing a lot of heavy lifting for lebrons laker tenure legacy

yeah that was a nice break for him

i dont blame bron per se, lakers have been dysfunctional since 2013 or so. just year after year of failure followed by a rescue by late stage bron+selling the farm for ad. thats the bed they made together under the assumption that bron + ad is enough enough of a foundation to build a winner, and they were right exactly one time.

if the lakers really want to admit defeat they should just trade bron and ad and commit to a massive rebuild, but theyre too proud to admit that theyre like every other nba team now.

Yah the lakers don’t really have to do it that way cos there’s always some free agent that wants to play there despite the org infrastructure

i think there is something to that, but how many times is a player of lebron's status going to want a place to make movies and send his kids to CA prep schools?

and like, they had to suck ass for 5 years before they got bron, and then trade most of the top prospects they'd picked to make that formula work.

I think if Lebro didn’t go there they woulda got one of ur Durants or whoever by now but maybe the luster has worn off (doubt it)

yeah theres def a ton of prestige associated with the lakers, and their management really caters to stars, and players want to live in LA

jokic joins (checks notes, very carefully) jamal tinsley and jalen rose as the only players to record 15 assists and 5 blocks in a game

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/players-with-15-assists-and-5-blocks-in-a-single-game

tinsley getting five blocks is unfathomable

there has to be a mistake I don’t get it lol, it’s such a random threesome

Leading Scorers By Zone. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/D2BTNhX087

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 8, 2024

embiid ruling the nail speaks to how nurse has changed their offense

celtics rule no zone but are a team of all zones something to ponder

Fascinating thread

Trying to contextualize just how bad the Suns are in the 4th quarter in every way I could think of, a thread. pic.twitter.com/yLURkHgEag

— RB (@RyB_311) January 9, 2024

jesus christ

The Suns have a -16.1 Net rating in the 4th quarter, by far the worst in the NBA

the Suns this season have the worst 4th quarter net rating since the NBA began tracking data back in 1996

the Suns are quite literally the worst 4th quarter team in recorded NBA history

— RB (@RyB_311) January 9, 2024

last night the third quarter ended with the suns down 10 and i was like “well ill watch the rest of this on my phone in bed,” went to brush my teeth, wash my face etc 7 mins later (including commercials) i checked the score and they were down like 24

why are they like this do they just get sleepy

I'm sleepy for west coast games maybe the Suns are too.

Don't have another gear on defense?

Sundown syndrome (thanks everyone)

lol very nice

a+

why are they like this do they just get sleepy

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1:47 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

kd old legs? idk seems crazy, just give it to booker and let him cook seems liek it could get you to league average 4th quarters at minimum.

jokic shooting last 7 games: .827/.833/.852 — has to be a record of some sort

last 10 games: .689/.563/.930

last 15 games, which is starting directly after going 18-58 from the field over a 2 game span, literally the worst 2-game shooting stretch at that volume in 50 years: .654/.500/.903

dece

beginning to think jokic might be turning into one of the league's better players, would be huge for denver if true

I just don’t know if his game translates to the playoffs

Nikola Jokić is 85-of-105 from the field in his last nine games.

It’s the first time in NBA history a player has shot 80% or better in a 9-game span (min. 100 attempts).

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 14, 2024

he should shoot more

he will do it in the playoffs, I can’t get worked up about it any more

he knows things other men don’t

12 shots a game, its not that many, i bet jordan couldve shot 80% if he only took 12 shots

sigh well when the first point of comparison is jordan, you gotta be doing something right