Most assists from any player to a single teammate, through Friday... 1. Cunningham -> Duren: 25 2. Giddey -> Vučević: 24 3. George -> Markkanen: 23 4. Jokić -> Gordon: 21 5. Jokić -> Braun: 20 5. Maxey -> Oubre: 20 Murray -> Jokić (19) & Jokić -> Murray (18) not far behind.

Going back to March & including Games 2-5 of the conf. semis, the Warriors have lost their last 8 games without Stephen Curry. That streak will be challenged if he remains out vs. Indiana on Sunday. (Nuggets, Warriors & Pacers are playing a Friday-Saturday-Sunday round-robin.)

4 takeaways on the Rockets' early-season success, including how they've returned to the Harden era in regard to ball & player movement... www.nba.com/news/4-takea...

4 takeaways on the Rockets' early-season success, including how they've returned to the Harden era in regard to ball & player movement... www.nba.com/news/4-takea...

I never post stuff from Twitter, but this is too good.

If you subtracted 2nd-chance points & just calculated *initial* offensive efficiency... 1. Milwaukee: 106.7 pp100p 10. Houston: 102.1 Counting 2nd-chance points -> overall offensive efficiency... 1. Houston: 122.4 pp100p 9. Milwaukee: 117.2 pp100p

Good on the Pels & Nets for getting their first win before it really became a thing. It's one thing to be bad. It's another to have that 0 in the win column for more than a couple of weeks.

The Bucks got clobbered last night, but I think I'm going to remember Giannis scoring at the rim while being surrounded by 4 defenders for a long time...

No barkin' from the dog, no smog...

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 3! Featuring the usual notes & numbers... www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Tough news, but since the start of last season, the Thunder are... 19-0 without Jalen Williams.

10 numbers to know from the first 10 days of the season, including some notes on efficiency, fouls, the Sixers' shot quality & the Knicks 3-point rate. www.nba.com/news/10-numb...

10 rookies have started a game this season. 3 of the 10 are Hornets. Kalkbrenner: started all 5 Knueppel: 4 James: 1

The Raptors are the first team to shoot > 50% on at least 30 3PA this season. They lost by 18. Teams were 66-12 (.846) when they shot > 50% on 30+ 3PA last season.

Hawks lost Trae Young to a right knee injury late in the 1st quarter. Through their first 4 games, they had scored an anemic 91.1 points per 100 poss. in 60 minutes w/ Young off the floor. But they're playing the Nets tonight. www.nba.com/stats/team/1...

Actually, all 3 of those wins came with Philly down 10+ in the 4th quarter. They were 0-46 when trailing by 10+ in the 4th last season. This season: 3-0 In the 30 seasons for which we have pbp data, they've only twice had more than 3 wins after trailing by 10+ in the 4th. 07-08: 5-33 99-00: 4-20

Sixers when trailing by double-digits... 2024-25: 6-53 2025-26: 3-0

The Sixers lead the league in offensive efficiency, but they're last in the league's expected FG% metric (43.5%). Obviously shooting better than they should given their shots they're taking, but also top 10 in TO% (1st), FTA/FGA (9th) & OREB% (7th). www.nba.com/stats/teams/...

Markkanen was a +26 in 45:00 last night. So the Jazz were somehow outscored by 22 points in his ... 8 minutes on the bench. Through 3 games, he has an on-off differential of 52.9 points per 100 possessions. Svi Mykhailiuk has an on-off diff. of 67.3! www.nba.com/stats/team/1...

The Rockets' 137 points on 92 possessions vs. Brooklyn last night is tied for the 15th most efficient game (148.9 per 100) in the 30 seasons for which we have play-by-play data. By far the most efficient of the season thus far: www.nba.com/stats/teams/...

Who leads NBA head coaches in time actually sitting on the bench? Atkinson? Kerr? Rivers?

Isaiah Stewart & Jalen Duren played a total of 8 minutes together last season. Here we have Duren running pick-and-roll, leading to a Stewart catch-and-shoot 3...

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 2! Featuring the usual notes & numbers... www.nba.com/news/power-r...

28 #NBA games so far. Only 2 instances where a team has scored less than a point per possession. 1. Dallas (92 on 101) vs. San Antonio. 2. Dallas (107 on 108) vs. Washington. www.nba.com/stats/teams/...

The Knicks have worn white in both of their home games to start the season. Give them the championship.

2025-26 Aaron Gordon.

Draymond Green picked up another technical foul last night & Noah Eagle immediately told us how many that was for his career. He was prepared!

The OKC defense will yield some corner 3-pointers. The Rockets were 1-for-13 from the corners. www.nba.com/stats/player...

Why yes, the Thunder are getting better shots. www.nba.com/inside-the-g...

1. I can't believe the Rockets are winning this game. 2. OMG, they need to trade for a guard ASAP.

OK. I see why Sheppard didn't play last season.

Rockets managed to show their obvious weaknesses (Smith getting his pocket picked) and strengths (Adams offensive rebound) in one single possession.

ICYMI yesterday...

NBA.com Power Rankings, Week 1! Featuring the usual notes & numbers, including some on how teams/players were playing differently in the preseason. www.nba.com/news/power-r...

That drops the Wiz to only 9 former first-round picks who are still on their rookie deals... 2022: Branham 2023: Coulibaly & Whitmore 2024: Sarr, Carrington, AJ Johnson & George 2025: Tre Johnson & Riley

Most points + rebounds + assists + steals + blocks per 36 minutes in the preseason among the 340 players who played at least 50 preseason minutes.

Watched some BKN-TOR... Nets had Saraf/Traore at point for the first ~13 minutes, & they had a hard time getting across halfcourt vs. Raps' pressure. So Fernandez subbed in Dëmin early in the 2nd & left him in for the next 18:47. He looks like he belongs. Even had some good defensive plays.

I imagine that Wembanyama, like KD to a degree, will always have turnover issues. Impossible for him not to have a high dribble that defenders can poach. Long distance between him & the floor.

To be fair, tonight was his first preseason game, & I know that the Raptors are trying to be super aggressive defensively... But I'm not sure that Jakob Poeltl playing up at the level of the screen is a good idea. Gonna get torched pretty often.

Incredible block from Jarrett Allen on Ausar Thompson.

No Haliburton, but the Pacers still lead the preseason in pass-ahead passes per 100 possessions (via Second Spectrum)... 1. Indiana: 25.0 2. Washington: 23.4 3. New York: 23.0 (Games from NBA arenas only.)

By waiving Timme & Whitehead, the Nets drop to last in continuity...

Wasn't Dariq Whitehead one of the best players in his HS class a few years ago? Now, waived (by a bad team) before his 3rd year on a rookie deal, unable to fully recover from his injuries, I guess. Could (hopefully) be a great comeback story, someday.

The Wizards played their first preseason game yesterday. The Cavs, Bucks & Suns play their final preseason games tomorrow.

The Hornets had both a 5-point possession & a 7-point possession in Dallas last night. & neither came during a 1st-quarter stretch where they scored 25 points on 9 trips down the floor.

Pretty incredible how the Aces went from straight mid for the first 2/3 of the season to ... sweeping the Finals. Can't remember anything like it.

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The 2025-26 NBA.com GM Survey: www.nba.com/news/2025-26...

First time watching Jase Richardson, and I'm a fan.

Quick predictions (sure to be wrong) about where teams will rank offensively & defensively this season. May update after preseason.