Keerthika Uthayakumar

like what do you mean I get to write about the Hornets 3 days in a row??

My fave thing about having three East teams as clients is that sometimes they all play the same team one after another.

Hornets had three wins by 15 or more points all last season & now they have 6 straight.

idk guys this might be a top-5 most insane stat of the season if it stays this way

Fun fact: LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Moussa Diabate & Miles Bridges have a +30.7 net rating in their minutes together this season.

That's on pace to be the highest net rating by any five-man lineup with 250+ minutes in 19 seasons of lineup data.

so 4 of the 5 teams to have 6 straight wins by 15+ points all made the Conference Finals or better...

Hornets have won 6 straight games by 15+ points, the longest streak by any team since the 2017-18 Warriors.

It's tied for the 2nd-longest streak in NBA history.

ht: @stathead.com

Raptors are 19-10 on the road this season & 16-16 at home.

That's on pace to be the third-largest differential in road/home record over the last 30 seasons.

They currently have the 8th-hardest remaining strength of schedule on the road, 3rd-easiest at home.

Fun fact: Raptors are 1-13 in games against teams with a top-7 record this season, 34-13 against the rest of the NBA.

Defensive rating vs top-7 teams: 121.0 (would be 30th)
Defensive rating vs everyone else: 109.5 (would be 3rd)

Fun fact: the Celtics are on pace to be top-6 in offence & defence for the fourth straight season, the longest streak in the NBA.

Jayson Tatum has played 0 games so far this season.

fun fact: Payton Pritchard came into tonight leading the NBA in shots made in the last 4 seconds of the shot clock.

11 more than KD who's made the 2nd most

Giannis Antetokounmpo is back for the Bucks & they've scored a grand total of 69 points with 4:47 left in the fourth.

Bucks are going to fall to 15-16 with Giannis in the lineup, 11-18 without him.

Heat were +21 in 16 minutes with Bam Adebayo & Kel'el Ware on court together today.

They were outscored by 5 with Adebayo on without Ware, by 6 with Ware on without Adebayo.

1 of x teams to rank top-10 in offence & defence means a lot less when there are 7 teams & 3 of those teams are the Knicks, Rockets & Wolves.

Fun fact: 7 teams are top-10 in both offence & defence, on pace to be the most in a season since 1996-97.

There were only 4 teams to rank top-10 in both last season.

Nuggets are 1-6 in clutch games since Jokic returned to the lineup.

That's the worst clutch record in the NBA since then.

Jokic's eyes were terrifying, it's too late for me to be scared like this

How Jamal Shead became the Raptors’ leader and life of the party (Gift Article) Whether he's barking instructions or cracking jokes, the second-year guard has become a leader of one of the NBA's most surprising teams.

I've shared it a few times already, but if you only read one Eric Koreen story this week, make it my profile on Jamal Shead, who is on the NBA's All-Emotional Intelligence team. (gift link)

Fun fact: Denver's win against the Celtics last night was their first win against a team currently .500 or better since they beat the Celtics on January 7th.

Sometimes I feel like I haven't done a lot of "historical deep dives" like I used to. Then I remember that I learned to code & the stats that would have taken me hours in spreadsheets take like 10 minutes now.

100% super valuable! but league average eFG on fast break shooting is 63.9%!

Raptors with their FIFTH blown double-digit fourth quarter lead this season, most in the NBA.

58.8% 2nd-worst lol

Raptors shot 2-for-12 on the fast break last night & are now shooting just 52.9% on fast break opportunities this season. That’s the fourth-worst mark in the NBA.

They’re leading the NBA with 19.1 points on the break.

Raptor were +18 with Scottie Barnes on the court tonight. They were outscored by 27 in 16 minutes with him on the bench.

They were +16 with him on the court in the fourth, did not score a point in the 3 minutes he was on the bench in the fourth quarter.

Canada will host Puerto Rico (July 3) and Jamaica (July 6) this summer at TD Coliseum in Hamilton. World Cup Americas qualifiers

Raptors are 18-10 on the road, 8 games over .500 on the road for the first time since April 1, 2022.

They've won 6 of their last 7 games on the road.

I want to put a fork in my eye.

Canada Basketball will avenge Hockey Canada in 2028

ok no more hockey for me