All hail the Bucks for running a two-man play (empty-corner DHO) in a late-game situation.

Matas Buzelis detonates on Jalen Suggs. The replays are glorious.

Players with... at least 50 dunks & 50 3PM - Trey Murphy (54 & 89) at least 40 dunks & 40 3PM - OG Anunoby (40 & 48) - Scottie Barnes (47 & 43) - Wendell Carter Jr. (40 & 40) - Chet Holmgren (54 & 42) - Jalen Johnson (43 & 50) - Lauri Markkanen (44 & 83) - Kel'el Ware (65 & 43)

ICYMI yesterday...

Lots of back-to-backs coming this weekend... Winless in the 2nd games of back-to-backs... Brooklyn: 0-5 Houston: 0-3 LA Clippers: 0-5 Washington: *0-5 Undefeated in the 2nd games of back-to-backs... San Antonio: 4-0 * The Wizards are 1-32 in the 2nd games of b2b over the last 3 seasons.

Largest deficit faced before scoring a point this season... 1. Utah @ NYK, 12/5 - *Trailed 23-0 2. Utah @ DEN, 12/22 - Trailed 19-0 3. Utah @ LAC, 1/1 - Trailed 16-0 * Record for the 30 seasons of play-by-play data. That's one of the craziest notes I've ever seen.

Happy New Year! Here are strength-of-schedule rankings for the month of January, with notes on all 30 teams... www.nba.com/news/january...

#Hokies!!!

Ridiculous play from Kon Knueppel.

Maxey is incredible, but he takes some really bad shots.

Jamal Murray in the Nuggets' starting lineup.

It's very weird seeing Jokic get hurt. He's always seemed indestructible.

Wemby's been watching Hoosiers.

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 11! Featuring a new No. 1 & the usual notes & numbers... www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Prior to Tuesday, Kawhi Leonard had just 8 career 40-point games (*in the regular season), & his last one was 12/8/23. He had 41 vs. Houston on Tuesday & has a career-high 51 through 3 quarters vs. Detroit tonight. (Those are 2 top-7 defenses.) * He has 5 40-point games in the playoffs.

Isn't that the Manu play?

In the span of 6 days, the Nuggets had 2 buzzer-beating game-winners go in ... and out.

This was another fun note from this week's Power Rankings... www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Terrific transition defense by Trae Young here. Gave Vit Krejci a little shove to accelerate his sprint back as Young himself remained in the backcourt.

Highest true shooting % for a player averaging 20+ points per game, NBA history...

The Lakers are now 19-10 with a negative point differential. They've been outscored by 15 points over their 29 games. Their 19 wins have come by an average of 9.0 points. Their 10 losses have come by an average of 18.6.

4th time this season the Mavs have made 5 or fewer 3 pointers. The rest of the league has done so 7 times. (Magic only other team w/ 2.) The Mavs actually won 2 of those 4 games. www.nba.com/stats/teams/...

Little note from this week’s Power Rankings… www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Put together some numbers to know for the 10 teams playing on Christmas. Some fun nuggets included... www.nba.com/news/10-numb...

Put together some numbers to know for the 10 teams playing on Christmas. Some fun nuggets included... www.nba.com/news/10-numb...

The Spurs have handed the Thunder their first non-clutch loss of the season. Good news for OKC: With the Knicks' loss at Minnesota, the Thunder are the only team that hasn't lost to the opposite conference (they're 4-0 vs. the East).

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 10! Featuring the usual notes & numbers, including records in games played between winning teams in the intro. www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Sengun no-look, behind-the-back dime.

Was watching this again & realized that the Jazz had Kevin Love on the floor for defense. They've allowed an amazing 134 points per 100 possessions in Love's 273 minutes this season. www.nba.com/stats/player...

Shaedon Sharpe.

A look at which teams are winning/losing the possession game this season. www.nba.com/news/whos-wi...

A look at which teams are winning/losing the possession game this season. www.nba.com/news/whos-wi...

Dumbest flagrant foul since the 2016 Finals? Suns were up 5 & Brooks just opened the door for a 5-point possession from the Warriors.

I believe this is the first time that Fox, Harper & Castle have played together.

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 9! Featuring the usual notes & numbers... www.nba.com/news/power-r...

WTFYD, Marcus Smart!

Shouldn't the Nas performance have come at Halftime?

Put together some numbers to know for the #NBA Cup semifinals. Fun nuggets in there about the Magic, Knicks, Thunder & Spurs... www.nba.com/news/emirate...

Fewest minutes from a team's most-used lineup... 1. Philadelphia: 39 2. Indiana: 46 3. Dallas: 62 4. Charlotte: 65 4. Golden State: 65 www.nba.com/stats/team/1...

Biggest jumps in effective FG% from last season to this season.

Always have to look up how to spell the different Quentins & realized we have 5 different ones in NBA history... Quentin = Grimes, Richardson Quenton = Jackson Quinten = Post Quintin = Dailey Quinton = Ross That tops... Deandre = Ayton DeAndre = Jordan, Liggins DeAndre' = Bembry De'Andre = Hunter

Biggest on-off differential among 327 players who've played 200+ minutes... 1. Zach Edey: 26.4 pp100p (+18.3 vs. -8.1) 2. Jalen Duren: 19.1 (+14.5 vs. -4.6) 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 18.2 (+8.2 vs. -10.0) 4. Aaron Gordon: 18.0 (+20.7 vs. +2.7) 5. Quinten Post: 16.7 (+12.9 vs. -3.8)

There are 17 teams currently above .500 & 13 currently below. Here are every team's records vs. those 2 groups. Biggest differentials: Memphis, Minnesota & Cleveland. The Thunder have still played the fewest games against good teams. The Magic have played the most.

The Thunder have outscored their opponents by 17.5 points per game. The NBA record (held by last year's Thunder) is +12.9 ppg.

In the 30 seasons for which we have play-by-play data, the record for most games led by at least 30 points is 18 (2016-17 Warriors). The Thunder have led 10 of their 25 games by 30+.

Have we reached the point where > 50% of NBA observers would take the Thunder vs. the field for the 2025-26 title?

The good news for the Suns is that the Thunder's only loss came in a game they lead by 20+.

Would be nice if we had the last 3 episodes of Pluribus during this slow NBA week. Pass 'em along, @robmahoney.bsky.social!

Desmond Bane looking good for a First Team All Irritant selection.

#NBA Power Rankings, Week 8! Featuring the usual notes & numbers... www.nba.com/news/power-r...