John Hollinger
Senior NBA Columnist at The Athletic
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1 day ago |
nytimes.com | John Hollinger
The bye-bye game was only six years ago. That famous moment in Portland Trail Blazers lore, with Damian Lillard hitting a series-ending bomb over Paul George, also doubled as the nadir for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Eliminated from the 2019 NBA playoffs in five games for a third straight first-round exit, with an aging team and bloated salary cap that also paid a whopping $61.6 million in luxury tax while playing in the nation's 47th-largest TV market, the Thunder appeared to be at an impasse.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | John Hollinger
I'm having some cognitive dissonance about the "foul-up-three" ploy the Oklahoma City Thunder used Monday at the end of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. All I'm reading on social media is that the NBA needs to do something to penalize this strategy because it's too much of an advantage. And all I'm thinking is that the league needs to stop coaches from using this strategy because they keep screwing it up and botching a hugely favorable win-probability scenario.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | John Hollinger
INDIANAPOLIS - A funny scene plays out over and over in Indiana Pacers games, especially during these playoffs. Act I is fairly mundane: Aaron Nesmith getting an open catch-and-shoot 3-pointer and knocking the shot down. Act II, shortly thereafter, is Pacers reserve T.J. McConnell getting up from the bench and stamping his right foot repeatedly into the ground, as if he's either putting out a flaming ember or improvising a jig.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | John Hollinger
CHICAGO - Well, that didn't turn out how we expected. The Dallas Mavericks' shock win in the NBA Draft Lottery set the stage for a topsy-turvy draft combine week in Chicago, where the conversation immediately turned to what the Mavs might do going forward and whether the teams that moved up to second and third (San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers) might now be able to do some wheeling and dealing of their own.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | John Hollinger
It took a long time for Ty Jerome and De'Andre Hunter to get here. Teammates at the University of Virginia for two years who won a national championship together in 2019, the two became best friends who stayed in constant touch through the ups and downs of their first five pro seasons. Then, out of the blue, both erupted with career years in 2024-25.
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other thing that stands out watching these clips again - even before he left at half, Mitchell just had no pop. Compare this to the jailbreak he created in Game 3 when Pacers tried to trap in backcourt.
The Pacers logged 21 possessions with at least three back-court defenders in Game 4 That's more than OKC (16), MIN (14), BOS (10), NYK (6), and DEN (4) have recorded during the entirety of the playoffs CLE committed 7 turnovers and scored just 0.905 PPP on those possessions https://t.co/LyMnKhfGjm
You hate to see it #RCTID
Since winning the 2024 MLS Cup, the LA Galaxy have yet to win another MLS game. (0-9-3) Last night, MLS's reigning champions lost 7-0(!) in the MLS Cup rematch. @PaulTenorio explores the historically bad and winless start to the LA Galaxy's MLS Cup title defense🧵 https://t.co/JLIzxXG45L
