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Mark Travis
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NBA columnist. Dog Lover.
This is just an unthinkably bad defensive possession from Nesmith and Nembhard. Completely undoing all of the good they have done in this series and gifting OKC a game that it had no business winning. Conceding the switch is bad enough, but the hard show at the nail is foolish (and they do it twice)
June 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Carlisle sticking with Obi Toppin a minute or two longer than you'd expect in crunch time was such a big call as well, and it paid off in spectacular fashion. This sequence here with a defensive rebound, putback dunk and block on Jalen Williams was massive.
June 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I guess it’s a Canadian thing.
May 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Russell Westbrook played 20 minutes in Game 5, his lowest total of the series. He scored just four points and made just one of his seven attempts. All series lows. He only played 1:50 in the fourth quarter. Check out where he was on the bench during crunch time.
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sometimes your whole season can come down to one rotation. I know Dort had made a few in the fourth, but Gordon sprinting to him here was lethal. He has to know Jokic will not have his back on the baseline rotation. Have to live with Dort beating you.
May 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It's just insane to put this lineup on the floor in crunch time and also employ a scheme that commits four defenders to packing the paint on Edwards. What makes things worse about Redick going small is that it gives Minny an excuse to get Gobert off the floor AND play a MUCH better small ball unit.
April 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
My face when someone calls me reprecusative.
March 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The irony of this fan yelling “shut up fat boy” at Luka Doncic while rooting for Nikola Jokic.
February 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I think the main thing is that All-Star festivities now share too much in common with any game. In the 90s, a dunk or 3-point contest was a departure from the drab proceedings during games. That was the only time players had carte blanche to launch 3s or enough of a runway to pull off a sick dunk.
February 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Yes, it appeared he took it *very* seriously.
February 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The staff at Lubys when RFK Jr. calls on the National Guard to detain me for getting a second white roll.
February 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Brutal.
January 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
January 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You know, not enough was made about the Bucks winning the NBA Cup despite being down 83 in the quarterfinal.
December 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Just wondering how he might top this today.
December 15, 2024 at 6:24 PM