Jedd Pagaduan

5 days ago | clutchpoints.com | Jedd Pagaduan |Nish Patel

Coming off a solid Game 2 performance which he punctuated with a stunning stepback game-winner that he celebrated with Sam Cassell's iconic “obscene” celebration, Tyrese Haliburton's stock was at an all-time high as the Indiana Pacers took a 2-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers despite not having homecourt advantage.

5 days ago | clutchpoints.com | Jedd Pagaduan |Nish Patel

The 64-win Cleveland Cavaliers were on the ropes after losing the first two games of their second-round matchup against the Indiana Pacers at home. Indiana took advantage of the absences of their key guys, such as Evan Mobley and Darius Garland, but that has only served to bring out the best in Donovan Mitchell, who is ascending into a different plane with each passing game in this year's playoffs.

5 days ago | clutchpoints.com | Jedd Pagaduan |Nish Patel

The Indiana Pacers and their fanbase were on cloud nine after taking the first two games of their second-round matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road. Game 2 was a particularly thrilling experience for the Pacers, as they managed to overturn a seven-point deficit in the final minute or so of the ballgame and take a 2-0 series lead thanks to a Tyrese Haliburton game-winner.

5 days ago | clutchpoints.com | Jedd Pagaduan |Nish Patel

Over the past three seasons, things have had a tendency to get heated whenever the Minnesota Timberwolves face the Golden State Warriors. The Timberwolves have embraced their identity of overwhelming other teams with their size, and the Warriors, as a result, look to ramp up the physicality to make up for the height disparity. The ongoing beef between Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green only serves to make Timberwolves-Warriors games quite the volatile affair.

6 days ago | yardbarker.com | Jedd Pagaduan

Julius Randle is finding life with the Timberwolves to be a good one; he credited head coach Chris Finch for the tough love he gives, and he was very grateful of how guys like Mike Conley and Joe Ingles are able to help him with the emotional side of the game. “[Conley], Joe Ingles, those guys are guys [whose contributions] don’t necessarily show up on the box sheet and not necessarily show all the time in numbers and all that different type of stuff.