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Keerthika Uthayakumar: Clippers were +10.4 points per 100 better on offence with James Harden on court this season. Their defensive rating was 8.6 points per 100 better with him OFF court.

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Jorge Sierra: Per HoopsHype's Global Rating, LeBron James is the worst 2025-26 performer at the All-Star Game. James Harden would be the biggest snub.

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Most Clutch Points in a single season… Takeaways?

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Keerthika Uthayakumar: Raptors were +15 with Barnes on the court tonight. They were outscored by 13 in the 16 minutes he was off the court. OKC shot 35.3% from the field with him on court, 62.5% from the field with him off.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now holds the highest TS% ever for a 30+ PPG season

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Roland Beech: Jaylen Brown boldly stated "I believe I’m the best two-way player in the world.” after his 50-pt game vs LAC. Is he? I did a deep dive Physicality/Playing Hard look at his game vs East leading Detroit...

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‪Keerthika Uthayakumar‬: Immanuel Quickley scored 40 points on 112.1 TS%, the highest TS% in a 40-point game in NBA history.

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Garza's modest 7.5 points per game this season don't necessarily jump off the page. Look deeper though, and it's understandable why he's earned the trust of coach Joe Mazzulla. Garza leads the team with 48.9 percent shooting from 3 and a stellar 71.8 true shooting percentage. He never takes bad shots. His 20.6 Player Efficiency Rating (PER) is behind only Jaylen Brown on the team. And that box score metric doesn't even begin to capture the hustle plays that he has become known for. "He’s been really good for us," Mazzulla told The Sporting News, pointing to Garza’s shooting, scoring, rebounding, and screening.

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Keerthika Uthayakumar: Raptors shot just 8-for-22 in the paint in the second half tonight. They shot 47% from the field with Murray-Boyles on court, just 35% with him off.

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Out of the 64 players in the tracking era that have 30K minutes played: only Tim Duncan and James Harden have been a net positive on the court in EVERY single one of their seasons

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Crazy Stats: Last night, the Timberwolves extended their streak of 100-point games to 100. It’s the third-longest such streak in @NBA history. The next longest active streak is 24 (Mavericks and Pelicans).

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[Haberstroh] Here's a stat for you is that in the NBA, we have these 3D camera tracking... what we can see is that Luka Doncic is the 2nd least mobile player in the NBA on defense. 2nd least. The only other guy who covers less ground per minute on the floor defensively is James Harden.

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Roland Beech: Post Trae Young, what are the Hawks? Over a 6-game sample of recent games... • 7 players with 85+ RHP is decent • Inconsistent Playing Hard/Physicality • Solid core: Johnson / Daniels / Alexander-Walker players to believe in, but still 'works in progress'

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Dan Weiss: One of the more remarkable stats showing the impact of Victor Wembanyama is that he has a total plus/minus of +200 which is 15th best in the NBA despite playing more than 200 minutes less than the 14 players ahead of him. Victor is +21 tonight. #PorVida

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