Charles Barkley: “I get sick of people saying they’re contenders… The Lakers are not a good team. I just think it’s funny how the media’s turned on Luka [Doncic]… I guess we’re contractually obligated to talk about them every day.”
Deandre “Not Clint Capela” Ayton in the blowout win against the Warriors: 4 PTS (2⁄5 FG, 0/2FT), 10 REB in 20 mins
[Highlight] Watching Moussa’s dunk, a kid in a moose hat strikes a moose pose.
[Highlight] Tyler Herro exchanges words with Kevin Durant: “You a b*tch.”
I’ve never seen an 2x all star with so many flaws like Sengun.
Luka Doncic 26/6/8/1/1 and Lebron James 22/7/9/1 are done for the night versus GSW
Alperen Sengun continues his all star season tonight in Prime Time: 13 Points | 6 Rebounds | 3 Assists | 4 Turnovers | 43% TS | -16
If you removed every game where LeBron scored less than 20 points he would still be the all-time scoring leader!
[Highlight] Kevin Durant to Tyler Herro after hitting a three: “P*ssy.”
[Highlight] Scotty Pippen Jr gets a steal on 4 consecutive possessions, including 3 in a row on Malik Monk in the backcourt
6’11” Alperen Sengun has a TS% of 55.2% this season, 3rd worst of any qualified 20 PPG scorer after Dillon Brooks and Shaedon Sharpe
Cam Thomas on his departure from the Brooklyn Nets: “That’s just who they are. They don’t believe in nobody”
Luka Doncic full postgame interview on the court, after the Lakers defeated the Warriros.
He mentioned he got no gifts from his teammates (for his b-day).
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (35-24) defeat the Golden State Warriors (31-29), 129-101.
[Highlight] Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts pure excitement meeting the Showtime Lakers
[Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (30-31) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (29-32) in one of the games of all time. 109-93.
[Highlights]Watch I asked Kevin Durant about the back and forth with Tyler Herro tonight:“I think we both just needed a jolt of energy to start the game.”“You seen it. We laughed and joked right after that. I got respect for Tyler, he has respect for me.”“Those words are just words.”
[Highlights] Luka Doncic hits four straight 3s on his b-day (with replays)
[Highlight] - Coaches Corner: Detroit Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff breaks down tape with Tim Legler, explaining how the Pistons use spacing and false movement to counter teams that double Cade when they don’t respect the shooting of their bigs.
Nikola Jokic on the Lu Dort flagrant foul: “Unnecessary move, and a necessary reaction. There is no such thing — I think there’s not supposed to be those things on a basketball floor. So it was just an unnecessary move and a necessary reaction by me.”
[Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (32-29) defeat the Houston Rockets (37-22), 115-105.
[Highlight] Luguentz Dort sticks his hip out to make contact with Nikola Jokić, who responds; Jalen Williams steps in and squares off with Jokic.
[Highlight] Andrew Wiggins receives a hard elbow to the face from Alperen Sengun (with replays). Wiggins went to the locker room to gets some stitches and then returned to the game later
[Highlight] Alternate angle shows Lu Dort extend his leg in an effort to trip and injure Nikola Jokic:
[Charania] The Dallas Mavericks are waiving veteran Tyus Jones, and are signing two-way guard Ryan Nembhard to a new two-year contract. Nembhard brought a spark on his two-way deal, averaging 9.9 points, 6.1 assists and 44.4% 3-point shooting in 17 starts.
The air horn at Little Caesars Arena has been blaring for over 5 minutes as staff scramble to turn it off
[Chris Haynes] Sources: All-Star guard Darius Garland (toe) — who hasn’t played since Jan. 14 — plans to make his season-debut for the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday when they play the Golden State Warriors.
[Scotto] The Golden State Warriors have signed Gui Santos to multi-year extension, team says.
A small collection of Lu Dort hustle plays.
VJ Edgecombe is currently averaging 15.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals.
Only two other rookies over the past decade averaged at least 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and 1.5 steals: Ben Simmons and LaMelo Ball.
[Highlight] Quinten Post grabs the offensive rebound and fakes the pass so well, it makes Luke Kennard and Jake LaRavia move away from him, leaving him for the wide open dunk (with a replay)
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander throws the ball on Nikola Jokic off the whistle, receives a technical foul. SGA claims he got pushed. The referee James Williams refers to Nikola Jokic as ‘The Joker’ and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as ‘SGA’ upon review
[Highlights] The Lakers with three straight 3s, but they can’t play the transition defense each time, letting the Warriors score some easy buckets. Redick takes a timeout
[Highlight] Jaime Jaquez Jr. lobs the ball inside to Kel’el Ware, who then jumps away from Alperen Sengun and finds cutting Jaquez for the layup (with a replay)
[Highlight] Mic’d up Draymond Green - saying happy b-day to Luka Doncic and being a coach on the floor.
[Post Game Thread] The New Orleans Pelicans (19-42) defeat the Utah Jazz (18-42), 115-105.
[Highlight] Last night in his return, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (36 PTS, 9 AST, 2 BLK, 2 STL) helped the Thunder defeat the Nuggets 127-121 in OT. Gilgeous-Alexander has now scored 20+ points in 122 straight games, which is 4 away from tying Wilt Chamberlain’s record.
The Pelicans are 9-6, with a +2.1 net rating (according to CTG) in their last 15 games.
Shaq & Chuck on Nikola Jokić’s Reaction to Lu Dort’s Intentional Trip
[Highlight] — Coaches Corner: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle breaks down tape with Stan Van Gundy, walking us through a masterfully designed Pacers set-play and expounding on how spacing and movement have made the modern game so beautiful.
Kevin Durant passes Kobe in career 30+ point games to be 5th all time.
[Highlight] Brandin Podziemski drives on Deandre Ayton and the scores the beautiful layup
Charles Barkley: “It is so difficult for fans to find the [NBA] games now. I think we’ve done a disservice to the fans and to the game. … The fans are the backbone and we want to support these networks.”
Lebron is now 13-7 vs GSW as a Laker
[Thinking Basketball] Why no one could average 50 today
Only SGA (66.5) and Reaves (66) have a higher TS% amongst guards than Kon Knueppel (65.5) this season
[Highlight] Jokic fouls Hartenstein and then bumps Shai after the whistle, who’s adamant it deserves a tech and throws the ball at him in retaliation. After review it’s ruled Jokic’s contact is marginal, but Shai is penalised for unsportsmanlike conduct
[Marc Stein] Khris Middleton intends to finish the season with the Mavericks, sources close to the process tell TheSteinLine.