I think it’s probably true that jokic didn’t come into the game with the same mindset as embiid, who obviously was taking the game personally, and good for him! embiid did take over the second half and had a better game for sure overall, but jokic did outplay him in the first half, when he had the offense humming and was just playing his game. embiid had 25 on 17 shots in the first half but lost his minutes pretty handily. sort of a microcosm of the two players and their particular styles in a sense
credit to doc for making the adjustment and taking embiid off jokic in the second half. I don’t know that it’s true at all that jokic struggles vs smaller players, but if you have a roster that can put a plus defender on jokic and allow another plus defender to roam and protect the rim at the same time, that’s prettt much the ideal scenario guarding the nuggets. there are adjustments the nuggets can make and frankly should have made, for one thing jokic just has to attack that matchup, which I’m sure he will be better at next time, but I’d also love to see them size down and put MPJ in for gordon, really force embiid to run around a little more and draw him out of the paint.
also as undeniably great as embiid was, he took 7 of his shots in that game from inside the paint and ran extremely hot on his jumper, and it took a flawless harden performance and some great shooting from tobias harris and georges niang, not to mention some boneheaded play from the nuggets bench to end the third quarter, for the sixers to claw back. it was a depressing loss as a nuggets fan for obvious reasons but it felt like one of those football games where you control possession for like 65% of the game but give it away on special teams. annoying, but not anything insurmountable imo. but they do need to trade bones
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 February 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
xp
The Hawks are 26-26.The Hawks are 17-17 against the East.The Hawks are 9-9 against the West.The Hawks are 8th of 15 East teams.The Hawks have scored 6,057 points.The Hawks have allowed 6,057 points. https://t.co/Ar2k5bEaSv— Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) February 2, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 February 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
ATLTAHWKWH
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Friday, 3 February 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
giannis 54-18 bucks came back from 21 down to win by one
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 05:45 (one year ago) link
The Clippers went 0-8 from the field in the last 3:20 of the game and all of them were from Kawhi and Paul George— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) February 3, 2023
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 05:47 (one year ago) link
some very bad misses too
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 05:48 (one year ago) link
this season really makes no sense
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 3 February 2023 07:22 (one year ago) link
that was a fun game and I'm glad I stayed up for it but why was Milwaukee playing a game that started at 9 CST? its weird. Bucks they went on a similar stretch in the 1st, think they had 4 points through the first 6 minutes. that isn't even how they got down 21, lol
― frogbs, Friday, 3 February 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
gametime strictly for tv tho idk why they didnt just air den gs instead feel like they didnt used to push east games back like that but they do now idk
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/jjlRHOgin7— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 3, 2023
nobody really blowing the doors off lately
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 February 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
story of the season
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
well see what the bucks can do with middleton back
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
trade market might get hot
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 3 February 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
even with khris back they are pretty thin. ingles seems like a good fit tho.
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 3 February 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
they need Bobby Portis healthy
― frogbs, Friday, 3 February 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
seems like theres gonna be some trades toronto and utah both ready to sell lot of teams in the mix for the chip
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
ben simmons update:124 field goals, 127 personal fouls this season
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 7 February 2023 11:31 (one year ago) link
box score filler
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
to be fair, pj tucker has 58 field goals and 127 personal fouls, but he gets paid a lot less
― circles, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 13:08 (one year ago) link
I dunno what the biggest runs in nba history are but 32-2 has to be up there
The 32-2 run was one of the best stints of basketball the Nuggets have played this season. Defense, fast break, ball movement, chemistry, shooting. pic.twitter.com/7Hdpg64L4J— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) February 8, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 08:22 (one year ago) link
you never like to point the finger at one guy but the fact that luka garza was out there guarding jokic...i saw the box score and he had a good scoring game, but -16 in 21 minutes is pretty rough
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 12:31 (one year ago) link
just finished rewatching the game, gobert is dead in the water guarding jokic and always has been, and the wolves tried naz reid on him with gobert on gordon for much of the first half (similar to philly’s strategy of putting tucker on jokic and embiid on gordon). the nuggets also got at least half of their points in the first half on transition which of course obviates any sort of defensive scheme they might have wanted to try. the nuggets are just kind of a nightmare matchup for the wolves
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
jokic had 18-10-10 at the half by the way, the 6th triple double at halftime since 1996, jokic has 2 of them
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
hes at the point now where its more noteworthy when he doesnt have a good game, statistically
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:05 (one year ago) link
Yeah I actually love Naz, he's really been great at times this year but uh defensive stopper is not exactly how I'd describe him
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
Wiseman gonna take minutes from this guy huh
Jalen Duren tonight:30 Points 🎯17 Boards 🏀3 Assists 🪙4 Blocks ❌65 FG% ✅One of the youngest players in the league pic.twitter.com/wDm0eJ6ROS— ENJ🏀Y (@EnjoyBBall) February 11, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Saturday, 11 February 2023 06:23 (one year ago) link
big guys doing big things
Last season, the most PPG by a player at the All-Star Break was Joel Embiid with 29.6 PPG.This Season, there are EIGHT players averaging more than 29.6 PPG at the All-Star Break.🤯 pic.twitter.com/4UoG8i2exl— NBA Muse (@NBAMuse24) February 22, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
there are actually only seven tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
klay 12 threes second night of a b2b
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Saturday, 25 February 2023 06:11 (one year ago) link
0 twos though
― frogbs, Saturday, 25 February 2023 06:54 (one year ago) link
why waste time w those
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Saturday, 25 February 2023 06:57 (one year ago) link
they're worth less points
― Clay, Saturday, 25 February 2023 07:35 (one year ago) link
Most Efficient Off-The-Dribble Jump Shot*2022-23 Season | Points Per Shot1. Kevin Durant .......... 1.34 !!2. Dame Lillard ........... 1.133. Kyrie Irving .............. 1.124. De'Andre Hunter ... 1.125. Seth Curry ............... 1.11*Among 63 players with at least 100 pic.twitter.com/zINvGNRqUV— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 25, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 26 February 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
interesting that lebron is last!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 26 February 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
wheres steph he usually crushes this category
― lag∞n, Sunday, 26 February 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
Lillard (against Houston) 71 - 6 - 6
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 27 February 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
dece
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 February 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1D2VtN5saw
keeping this quarantined to the stats thread but really worth a watch, dame's just such a sicko for so much of this
― Clay, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 02:00 (one year ago) link
Ernie Johnson just said that the Warriors are the first team in the shot clock era to come back from a double-digit halftime deficit and win by 15-plus in consecutive games. That's hard to believe!— Steve Berman (@BASportsGuy) March 3, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 3 March 2023 08:33 (one year ago) link
looks like we found magic's alt
― Clay, Friday, 3 March 2023 08:38 (one year ago) link
joker shot below 50% tonight for just the second time all year and first since october. rip nuggs
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 9 March 2023 05:58 (one year ago) link
yeah you just knew that once they wrapped up the 1 seed the effort level was gonna plummet, it’s been ugly
― k3vin k., Thursday, 9 March 2023 13:27 (one year ago) link
gotta stay fresh baby
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 March 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
ht @bball_ref pic.twitter.com/KGk5bY6Or4— Daryl MorΞy 🗽🏀 (@dmorey) March 9, 2023
advanced stats genius weighs in
― k3vin k., Thursday, 9 March 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
its not nothin
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 March 2023 14:47 (one year ago) link
As the game winds down, let's see which teams turn to team-centric and individualistic offensive strategies. pic.twitter.com/dSQEpXvZ8C— SIS Hoops (@SIS_Hoops) March 9, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:10 (one year ago) link
lol luka in the first quarter
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
you can see him getting tired as the game goes on
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
derozan & trae telling everyone else to get tf out the way in the 4th
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link