Around the NBA: Week 8 (12/8 - 12/14)

[wpmiller42]

Nationally televised games this week
National TV Schedule
All times MT

Mon 12/8
5:30 pm Suns @ Timberwolves, Peacock

Tue 12/9 - NBA Cup East Quarterfinals
4:00 pm Heat @ Magic, Prime Video
6:30 pm Knicks @ Raptors, Prime Video

Wed 12/10 - NBA Cup West Quarterfinals
5:30 pm Suns @ Thunder, Prime Video
8:00 pm Spurs @ Lakers, Prime Video

Fri 12/12
5:00 pm Hawks @ Pistons NBA TV
8:00 pm Timberwolves @ Warriors NBA TV

Sat 12/13 - NBA Cup Semifinals
3:30 pm East Semifinal from Las Vegas, NV
7:00 pm West Semifinal from Las Vegas, NV

NBA News

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How ex–G League players became NCAA-eligible — and what it means for the sport

How each NBA team is performing compared to preseason projections

The NBA Rule That Punishes Elite Defenses

Elden Campbell, former Lakers first-round pick who won championship with Pistons, dies at 57

The NBA Has Entered a Golden Age of Buckets

Re-Grading NBA Offseason’s Biggest Trades So Far

The NBA’s heaves rule is working as intended. Here’s why the players love it

Cutting Chris Paul late at night wasn’t cool, but great players rarely go out on their own

Can You Predict NBA Three-Point Shooting Just from College Performance?

The Multibillion-Dollar Business of Pro Athlete Recovery

[Mori Chu]

Thanks for the threads, wp! Lots of great links. Really sad news about Elden Campbell. Gone too soon.

[BKinSJC]

Orlando comes back from a terrible start and beats Miami, while New York handles Toronto pretty easily on the road in Cup games tonight. Both teams advance to the East semifinal in Vegas. The Knicks have pulled to within a couple of games of the lead in the East, while Orlando's recovered from a slow start to win 11 of 15 and move into fourth.

Miami and Toronto, on the other side, are both in a slump right now. Miami's lost 5 of 6 (including to Dallas and Sacramento) and is back in the play-in pack. Toronto's season looks a lot like the Suns' right now: both teams started 1-4, went on hot streaks (Toronto's included 9 in a row and 13 of 14 wins overall) and then have been hit by injuries to fall back down a bit. Both teams are sitting 4 games over .500 as of tonight.

[Mori Chu]

A setback for Cleveland.

[Superbone]

Why do the Spurs have home court advantage against OKC? At least the crowd is pro Spurs.

[Superbone]

Wow, the OKC streak is over.

[Mori Chu]

What a great win for Wemby and the Spurs. You love to see it. F OKC.

[Superbone]

What a great win for Wemby and the Spurs. You love to see it. F OKC.

I admit I enjoyed seeing Holmgren elbowed in the head and lying on the ground.

[Superbone]

Big difference when OKC isn't hitting every shot they take.

[Gladiator]

9-37 from three compared to the 13-17 or whatever it was they started against us

[Kryptonic]

What a great win for Wemby and the Spurs. You love to see it. F OKC.

I admit I enjoyed seeing Holmgren elbowed in the head and lying on the ground.

Hey, as long as they had "fun"

[Wally_West]

lol

[Superbone]

I'm not laughing.

[rhylek]

Welcome to the nba!

[Split T]

I mean, I don’t really have an issue there. Those little shoves happen on every single play. I do think the landing zone stuff should be tweaked. Players should have to land within reason. I think SGA is outside what would be a normal landing zone there and he even started falling so he wouldn’t roll his ankle I assume.

[SunsRIt]

lol

And that's why I don't like SGA.

[Mori Chu]

I think it was Nash or Dirk during that OKC/SAS broadcast who said, "The Thunder have mastered the current NBA rules." As in, they know what they can get away with, they know what refs will call, so they (especially SGA) seek out those calls. It's effective but not very fun to watch.