Keerthika Uthayakumar
@keerthikau.bsky.social
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Raptors are sixth in the NBA in offensive rating this season (!!). They're scoring 118.2 points per 100 possessions, up from 109.6 last season.
That's 8.6 points per 100 more this year than last, the largest increase in the NBA this season.
That's 8.6 points per 100 more this year than last, the largest increase in the NBA this season.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Raptors are sixth in the NBA in offensive rating this season (!!). They're scoring 118.2 points per 100 possessions, up from 109.6 last season.
That's 8.6 points per 100 more this year than last, the largest increase in the NBA this season.
That's 8.6 points per 100 more this year than last, the largest increase in the NBA this season.
Fun fact: So excited to say that I'm working with Taylor Rooks as her personal researcher for NBA on Prime broadcasts!
Incredibly grateful for the opportunity. It's been the most fun.
Incredibly grateful for the opportunity. It's been the most fun.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Fun fact: So excited to say that I'm working with Taylor Rooks as her personal researcher for NBA on Prime broadcasts!
Incredibly grateful for the opportunity. It's been the most fun.
Incredibly grateful for the opportunity. It's been the most fun.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is +103 through 4 games this season.
Per @stathead.com, that's the highest plus-minus to start the season plus-minus was tracked in 1996!
Heat have been outscored by 40 points with Jaquez Jr. off court this season.
Per @stathead.com, that's the highest plus-minus to start the season plus-minus was tracked in 1996!
Heat have been outscored by 40 points with Jaquez Jr. off court this season.
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is +103 through 4 games this season.
Per @stathead.com, that's the highest plus-minus to start the season plus-minus was tracked in 1996!
Heat have been outscored by 40 points with Jaquez Jr. off court this season.
Per @stathead.com, that's the highest plus-minus to start the season plus-minus was tracked in 1996!
Heat have been outscored by 40 points with Jaquez Jr. off court this season.
Scottie Barnes with his 10th career game with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds & 5+ assists, tying Vince Carter for second-most in Raptors franchise history.
ht: @stathead.com
ht: @stathead.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Scottie Barnes with his 10th career game with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds & 5+ assists, tying Vince Carter for second-most in Raptors franchise history.
ht: @stathead.com
ht: @stathead.com
There are 25 Canadians on opening night rosters this season, including Kyshawn George who played for Canada at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup!
Grizzlies have a league-high 3 Canadian players on their roster.
Grizzlies have a league-high 3 Canadian players on their roster.
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There are 25 Canadians on opening night rosters this season, including Kyshawn George who played for Canada at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup!
Grizzlies have a league-high 3 Canadian players on their roster.
Grizzlies have a league-high 3 Canadian players on their roster.
Raptors 🤝 Jays
1 of 6 teams to come back from down 2-0 in a conference championship series & make the Finals
1 of 6 teams to come back from down 2-0 in a conference championship series & make the Finals
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Raptors 🤝 Jays
1 of 6 teams to come back from down 2-0 in a conference championship series & make the Finals
1 of 6 teams to come back from down 2-0 in a conference championship series & make the Finals
Fun fact: many (many) years ago, newspapers called basketball players "cagers" and the sport was called the "cage game"
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fun fact: many (many) years ago, newspapers called basketball players "cagers" and the sport was called the "cage game"
My 10th season working in the NBA officially wrapped in April but this one felt more special than the rest. It was my first year on my own, where storytelling through stats was my only job.
Started a business a year ago, learned some code & got to work with the best people. I’m so thankful.
Started a business a year ago, learned some code & got to work with the best people. I’m so thankful.
June 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My 10th season working in the NBA officially wrapped in April but this one felt more special than the rest. It was my first year on my own, where storytelling through stats was my only job.
Started a business a year ago, learned some code & got to work with the best people. I’m so thankful.
Started a business a year ago, learned some code & got to work with the best people. I’m so thankful.
Timberwolves shot 52.4% from the field, went 4-for-10 from three & 4-for-5 at the line in the third.
Outscored the Thunder 30-23.
Outscored the Thunder 30-23.
May 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Timberwolves shot 52.4% from the field, went 4-for-10 from three & 4-for-5 at the line in the third.
Outscored the Thunder 30-23.
Outscored the Thunder 30-23.
Knicks are in the East Finals for the first time since 2000, when Jalen Brunson was 3 years old.
Rick Brunson played 3 total minutes in that series.
Rick Brunson played 3 total minutes in that series.
May 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Knicks are in the East Finals for the first time since 2000, when Jalen Brunson was 3 years old.
Rick Brunson played 3 total minutes in that series.
Rick Brunson played 3 total minutes in that series.
A reigning NBA Champion hasn't made it past the second round of the playoffs since the Warriors in 2019.
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A reigning NBA Champion hasn't made it past the second round of the playoffs since the Warriors in 2019.
Cavs became the fifth team in the play-by-play era to lap their opponent in the first half in Game 4 vs Miami.
Now they're the sixth team to be lapped... Life comes at you fast
Now they're the sixth team to be lapped... Life comes at you fast
May 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Cavs became the fifth team in the play-by-play era to lap their opponent in the first half in Game 4 vs Miami.
Now they're the sixth team to be lapped... Life comes at you fast
Now they're the sixth team to be lapped... Life comes at you fast
Casually checking the OKC/DEN score
May 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Casually checking the OKC/DEN score
A text I sent about the Celtics on March 14th...
May 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A text I sent about the Celtics on March 14th...
Pascal Siakam & OG Anunoby are up 2-0 in the second round.
May 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Pascal Siakam & OG Anunoby are up 2-0 in the second round.
OKC is up 21 in the first quarter.
May 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
OKC is up 21 in the first quarter.
Here's the Rockets starting lineup the first time Steph Curry beat them in a playoff series vs the fifth time.
None of the players on the right were in the NBA in 2015.
None of the players on the right were in the NBA in 2015.
May 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Here's the Rockets starting lineup the first time Steph Curry beat them in a playoff series vs the fifth time.
None of the players on the right were in the NBA in 2015.
None of the players on the right were in the NBA in 2015.
the girls are so sweet, they waited til the game was over to eat & they laughed at all my Clippers jokes
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
the girls are so sweet, they waited til the game was over to eat & they laughed at all my Clippers jokes
A team hasn't been down 30 in a Game 7 since the Sixers against the Celtics in 2023...
May 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A team hasn't been down 30 in a Game 7 since the Sixers against the Celtics in 2023...
A team has only come back from a 3-1 series deficit 13 times in NBA playoff history.
Warriors came back from down 3-1 against the Thunder in 2016, a Thunder team that had a 22-year-old Steven Adams.
Warriors came back from down 3-1 against the Thunder in 2016, a Thunder team that had a 22-year-old Steven Adams.
May 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A team has only come back from a 3-1 series deficit 13 times in NBA playoff history.
Warriors came back from down 3-1 against the Thunder in 2016, a Thunder team that had a 22-year-old Steven Adams.
Warriors came back from down 3-1 against the Thunder in 2016, a Thunder team that had a 22-year-old Steven Adams.
This was Thibs' record to set smh
April 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This was Thibs' record to set smh
Draymond Green won his 18th playoff game against Houston tonight, tying Derek Fisher for the most playoff wins by an opposing player in Rockets postseason history.
Look at the starting lineups the first time he & Steph Curry beat the Rockets (May 19, 2015).
Look at the starting lineups the first time he & Steph Curry beat the Rockets (May 19, 2015).
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Draymond Green won his 18th playoff game against Houston tonight, tying Derek Fisher for the most playoff wins by an opposing player in Rockets postseason history.
Look at the starting lineups the first time he & Steph Curry beat the Rockets (May 19, 2015).
Look at the starting lineups the first time he & Steph Curry beat the Rockets (May 19, 2015).