This week, we explore the biggest questions of the LeBron James-Warriors fantasy, Anthony Edwards' crunch-time blues, the Ben Simmons-Nic Claxton pairing in Brooklyn (sad trombone) and red-soil beauty for the Thunder.
Most reasonable people agree the NBA season is too long. Teams don't need 82 games to figure themselves out, and we don't need 82 games to figure out which teams can do damage in the playoffs.
In a performance befitting a steely, proud competitor, Thompson erupted in his first game as a reserve in 12 years -- scoring 35 points on 13-of-22 shooting in the Warriors' win. Golden State is now 9-4 in its past 13 games.-- was a reminder to slow down in anointing the Warriors or Lakers born-again title contenders. Golden State is 10th in the West. The Lakers are ninth, three games behind No. 8.
The Minnesota Timberwolves experience appears to involve only super-encouraging wins or disturbing, fall-from-ahead losses. That is mostly a good thing? The former have outnumbered the latter by a lot, after all. In the past three weeks, the Wolves have notched statement wins over the) and Clippers -- running the Clips out of Crypto.com Arena on Monday in a showdown for the top seed in the West. The Wolves were the first team to beat both the, proof of concept for the supersized Wolves.
But some is on Edwards, who is prone at times to tunnel vision. This killed Minnesota during its most recent loss, an overtime gag job against theIn the muck of the game, it is very hard to know when to kick out and when a bulldozer like Edwards should just go for it. But this ball has to go to either Conley or
Scoring isn't Martin's main job anyway. He's a solid defender and secondary ball handler who keeps the machine moving with extra passes and smart cuts. He's dishing almost five dimes per 36 minutes, easily a career high. Simmons wants no part of the ball in the paint because he appears petrified of getting fouled. Upon approaching the foul line, Simmons plays in horizontals -- sideline to sideline. He is 6-of-14 from the line, and four of those attempts came when the Boston Celtics went Hack-a-Ben on Tuesday. Nothing matters -- no muscly Instagram posts, braggadocious quotes, or fancy dribble handoffs -- until Simmons sheds his free throw aversion.might have hoped before this season -- Vassell's fourth.
That's gorgeous. The way Vassell is already moving forward when the ball arrives -- like a sprinter crouched at the starting block -- is very Spursy. He plants above the dotted line, contorts around Giannis Antetokounmpo and stretches that left arm beyond Antetokounmpo's shot-blocking radius. Being able to finish with either arm at full extension almost has the effect of making Vassell taller.. He was unproven and played in just 38 games last season.
We all need things we can count on, and that's why I love Oubre. You can always count on him being exactly who he is. Oubre is on the floor to play snarling on-ball defense, talk trash and hit audacious leaning buckets. He does all those things fairly well, though his shot selection can dial up past 11 on some nights.
Davis has played more minutes for the Wizards' G League team than for the big club -- 676 to 606. Only 183 of those 606 NBA minutes have come this season. When Davis has appeared outside of garbage time, he just hasn't looked like an NBA player:
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