Harrison Wind: Michael Malone: (The Lakers) chose to double-team Nikola the entirety of the series. They chose to blitz Jamal Murray the entirety of the series with the second unit. This will be a different series. If they want to put two on the ball, we’ll continue to get wide-open looks.” pic.twitter.com/H5bOWNilm8 Michael Malone: (The Lakers) chose to double-team Nikola the entirety of the series. They chose to blitz Jamal Murray the entirety of the series with the second unit. This will be a different series. If they want to put two on the ball, we'll continue to get wide-open looks." pi ..read more

Harrison Wind: Jamal Murray on playing against Nickeil Alexander-Walker: “He’s an aggressive defender. It’s always competitive. I think that’s what I love the most. We can go back and forth, talking, and we know it’s all love.” pic.twitter.com/pXGLC1Fsq9 Jamal Murray on playing against Nickeil Alexander-Walker: "He's an aggressive defender. It's always competitive. I think that's what I love the most. We can go back and forth, talking, and we know it's all love." pic.twitter.com/pXGLC1Fsq9 — Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) May 3, 2024 ..read more

Harrison Wind: Reggie Jackson today on if he was expecting to have as big of a role this season as he’s had: “No, definitely not. We’ve got one of the best point guards in the league. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been the healthiest season for him, so just happy to step up and do my part.” pic.twitter.com/guWvqzjotA Reggie Jackson today on if he was expecting to have as big of a role this season as he's had: "No, definitely not. We've got one of the best point guards in the league. Unfortunately, it hasn't been the healthiest season for him, so just happy to step up and do my part." pic.twitter ..read more

Harrison Wind: Interesting Nuggets-Timberwolves storyline: Micah Nori, who could be Minnesota’s acting head coach on the sideline for Chris Finch, was an assistant in Denver from 2015-18. He coached a rookie Nikola Jokic at Summer League. pic.twitter.com/AkKkOagDTg Interesting Nuggets-Timberwolves storyline: Micah Nori, who could be Minnesota’s acting head coach on the sideline for Chris Finch, was an assistant in Denver from 2015-18. He coached a rookie Nikola Jokic at Summer League. pic.twitter.com/AkKkOagDTg — Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) May 3, 2024 ..read more

Dane Moore: When asked about maturity today at practice, Micah Nori said they went over film today about maturity with the refs, because Jokic will take advantage of players being distracted by the refs: “Every time that you complain about a call or you get the lag time there, Nikola is probably the best in the league as far as getting the ball out, even after makes… So just as a matter of fact, there can be no lag times.” pic.twitter.com/IIx4MXMdzG When asked about maturity today at practice, Micah Nori said they went over film today about maturity with the refs, because Jokic will take adv ..read more

Jorge Sierra: Jaylen Brown passed Celtic legend Bob Cousy and Nikola Jokic in playoff scoring yesterday. He’s No. 65 all-time now (at age 27). Also: Al Horford is a Top 25 rebounder in playoffs history after moving ahead of Draymond Green. pic.twitter.com/PfNi6kTX01 ..read more

On the reason why there’s so much parity this year in the NBA Playoffs… George Karl: I think it’s a little bit of the changing of the guard. The old guys are getting older, but they STILL know how to win. The young guys think they’re really good but they have to figure out how to win and I think when you got teams like Boston and Minnesota — very young basketball teams… Oklahoma State is really young; now do I think that they’re gonna win the NBA Championship? I don’t know. I still think that by far Denver is the best team. I still think that Denver is the strong STRONG favorite that can get i ..read more

Harrison Wind: The Nuggets had a “mental day” of practice on Wednesday. They met as a team, closed the book on the Lakers and turned the page to the Timberwolves and the problems they present. Today at practice, they went over Minnesota’s plays, their personnel and installed their game plan ..read more

Ryan Blackburn: This is the series. Right here. I asked Michael Malone about Minnesota rebounding nearly 40% of their own misses in the halfcourt against Phoenix in the first round. “If we don’t rebound, then we won’t get out and run, and that’s when we’re going to have a hard time scoring.” pic.twitter.com/xHXteLOHuu This is the series. Right here. I asked Michael Malone about Minnesota rebounding nearly 40% of their own misses in the halfcourt against Phoenix in the first round. "If we don’t rebound, then we won’t get out and run, and that’s when we’re going to have a hard time scoring.” p ..read more

Jon Krawczynski: KAT on DEN: “They’ve shown their ability to win close games. So we have to be willing to play for 48 minutes at a high level, extremely disciplined basketball. Emotional maturity has to be shown at all times, and we’ve just got to play the game that we’ve been playing all year ..read more