KAT's passing, Duren's disappearing act, and more in my "1 stat explaining each series" post! www.basketballpoetry.com/p/1-stat-exp...

Duren’s playoffs in a nutshell

Paul Reed single-handedly keeping Pistons in this game

Cavalanche!

The Karl-Anthony Towns passing stats are so wild. His 45.7% assist rate against Philly was higher than ANY player in any series this postseason, including Jokic (44.1%). Hilariously, NBA's potential assist data shows that the Knicks have missed ONE (1!) shot off of a Towns pass. Wtf.

So Wemby gets two games, spurs win one, sets up a VERY dramatic Game 7

That sound you just heard was the whole league sighing with relief when OKC came up 12

Oubre is REALLY leaning into the “Jalen Brunson has a big-ass head” bit ha

They gonna make a shirt out of this one, too?

In the midst of a rather humdrum second round of NBA playoffs, I wanted to examine everything at stake in Sunday’s lottery. Ecstasy! Despair! The potential destruction of the league! It’s all on the table. www.basketballpoetry.com/p/the-2026-l...

Good god this San Antonio defense right now

THAT’s how you Gortat screen

Knicks not used to playing fourth quarters anymore. Let's see if they remember how.

VJ Edgecombe has bit on the Jalen Brunson half-spin at least twice this game. Gotta tighten that up

A quartet of second-round Game 1s is in the books! Here are a few takeaways, including: A potential playbook against Wembanyama Quantifying the Knicks’ hustle The Cavaliers’ across-the-board problem and more! www.basketballpoetry.com/p/a-playbook...

Turnovers Reduced (TR) per-100 in the playoffs for remaining players, Top and Bottom 10 Uses AST/2PA/3PA/FTA to predict TOV (XTOV). Would be better using Ast Opps especially w/ smaller sample size but, still useful. data from @basketball-reference.com

This is all of us

This is all of us

YOU GOTTA FINISH THAT

Counterpoint: The NBA lottery reform is good, actually. On test drives, rewarding the wrong things, sacrificial lambs, and fairness www.basketballpoetry.com/p/the-nba-lo...

I just finished tucking my kids in, turned on the tv, saw it was 72-22, and turned it right off.

I will be sad whenever this Magic/Pistons series is over

Flyover gather remains the coolest move in basketball.

Has this man ever high-fived before?

The Magic's surprising success thus far and a bigger name disappointment in Jalen Duren have overshadowed the fact that Anthony Black has been really, really bad this series.

If Vucevic is gonna play like this, Celtics should just make Jordan Walsh the center. Let’s get weird.

1(ish) stat explaining each first-round series! Featuring Karl-Anthony Towns’ defense, Jayson Tatum’s passing, Jalen Duren’s disappearing act, a battle of behemoths, a John Tucker Must Die reference, and far more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/1ish-stat-...

Chris Paul would 100% be snitching to the refs about Bane's elbow

My theory/concern has been that every ensuing class entering pro sports is a generation of gamblers and leagues will have to reckon with this. I think I am more right than wrong.

Where would the Pistons be without Stewart tonight?

WE HAVE A MURDER IN THE BUILDING

If you watched Game 2 of the Rockets/Lakers series, you undoubtedly noticed the abundance of double-teams being sent Kevin Durant and LeBron James’ way. I hand-tracked all of them. Here’s what I found. www.basketballpoetry.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Bones Hyland resurrecting his career in Minny has been a fun storyline

Anunoby with two straight grenades!

Dillon Brooks is NOT the guy to have a hurt hand against

Marcus Smart, a man of many knives

For a good passer, avdija throws some of the worst oops in the league

Reminder: Spurs were 12-6 and had a +1.5 net rating w/o Wemby this season (Blazers have a -0.3 net rating). They can win this series without him, if it comes to that.

I’m not sure Hardaway cares enough

Explaining each Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs with 1 play. Max Strus, Victor Wembanyama, balky Timberwolves, confused Rockets, and much more inside! www.basketballpoetry.com/p/each-game-...

Spurs dressing for a funeral game in Game 1 is RUDE

The Spurs arena looks INCREDIBLE

I've gotta let my love be as loud as my hate, I've been very hard on Orlando the last week or so and MAN have they looked terrifying these last two games. Fantastic showing, again.

Absolute DIME from Banchero

This is like the tenth time the Rockets have screwed up very basic defense. What is going on?

Tari Eason’s reaction lol

Can’t believe KAT didn’t get T’d up for that point at Okongwu on the and-one. Didn’t want it! But I am surprised ha

Big Mike Conley minutes in Q1? Yes please

Pathetic effort by Toronto here in transition and on glass

Raptors cannot afford to blow a game with six combined 3s in the first half from Shead and Barnes