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You can't make this up

Jokic routinely puts up statlines I never would've believed possible. 30-20-20 is fucking INSANE and yet you see that Joker has done it and you're just like 'well yeah, makes sense'

Between the Jokic/Murray 2-man game leading to the Braun triple and then Booker finding KD the millisecond he saw Watson starting to cheat, some awesome offensive execution on the last two possessions of regulation

This is the conundrum of the Raptors' last quarter-season. Though Barnes is unlikely to make an All-NBA team, the Raps probably don't wanna be the ones to disqualify him/cost him $. So Barnes will keep playing (for now) & that alone makes it tough to finish the tank vs. THIS sked

Raptors will rest Quickley tomorrow, per Darko

Would assume that's the end of the night for Barnes and Quickley. A very efficient 28 for IQ, while Barnes dominated defensively and started playing some bully ball in the 2nd half

Kessler has looked like an adult with nine kids around him on every rebound

Shead-Walter-Lawson-Battle-Castleton lineup 5 minutes into Raps-Jazz

The difference between winning the Atlantic and finishing 2nd is insane/terrifying/unfair/insert adjective

Leafs can never avoid Marchand in the spring

Knicks' end-of-game offense is Brunson, Brunson and more Brunson. His usage rate is three times any of the other starters' during clutch time this season. Couldn't go tonight without him. That said, those last few Lakers defensive possessions were oustanding.

Tough as nails doesn't even begin to describe Jalen Brunson

Coby White wants that Play-In game 😤

Players will talk about how NBA media can be too negative ... and then Draymond goes on his podcast to hate on KAT/say KAT was scared to face Jimmy when Towns was actually dealing with the death of a family friend (and had a huge game against Butler's Heat this season)

The organization showed its hand in Orlando, making clear they prioritize lottery odds over a play-in chase. Unfortunately, a feisty crop of youngsters, the league's easiest remaining schedule, and the sad state of the East might not cooperate thescore.com/nba/news/323...

Raptors say Brandon Ingram is increasing his solo on-court work but that work is still limited. The next Ingram update will come in 2 weeks. Jonathan Mogbo has a nasal fracture and his status will be updated in 1 week.

If the Raptors want to avoid the sad East play-in, let alone maintain their top-five lottery standing, then what we saw Tuesday in Orlando was just the beginning. What an awkward place to be thescore.com/nba/news/323...

Fun Harden night. I know it's been the least efficient season of his career, but he's really grinded it out. He's gonna give you 2K+ minutes every damn year

Great moment for Walter, nice moments for Toronto's own Lawson, & an inspiring road sweep in ORL for the players, but clearly not the result the org. wanted (look at closing lineups), & understandably so. Raps will need to be shameless to stay out of pathetic East play-in "race"

Raptors closing with Rhoden (just signed to 2-way), Robinson (just converted to standard), Lawson (2-way), Walter (rookie), and Shead (rookie)

Raps were already keeping Barnes, Quickley, and Poeltl (minutes restriction) out of the closing lineup, then had to take RJ off the floor because the Magic still couldn't take what was being handed to them

Chris Paul making Bismack Biyombo look like Victor Wembanyama

This some good Raptors play, and Jakob Poeltl's got some mean in him

Raps just kind of punking the Magic now. Orlando has to figure out the offensive side, man. Hopefully they can manage even an average O by 2030

AGAIN, Shead can play

Unreal. The Grizzlies have now lost three straight for the first time this season, the three losses by a total of five points. This finish -- a Bane turnover with the score 130-130 and the shot-clock off, that the Hawks took the other way for a buzzer-beating layup -- was the most agonizing finish.

What an insane Hawks win at the buzzer in Memphis (fueled by a Daniels steal)

Serena Williams is the newest member of the Toronto Tempo's ownership group. What an add for Canada's first WNBA team. Talk about name/brand/star appeal.

Immanuel Quickley has kind of been the forgotten Raptor this season thanks to a slew of injuries, but Toronto still needs what he can bring to the table www.thescore.com/news/3228679

There are so many similarities between Atkinson's first year in Cleveland and Kerr's first year on the job in Golden State. By the time people finally accepted that 2015 Warriors team was as good as their record suggested, they were holding the trophy www.thescore.com/nba/news/322...

The COY runner-up this year is going to be the guy the Coach of the Year winner replaced. What a story.

Toronto Dominion Garden finally becoming a place of good memories for Toronto hockey fans over the last week

Love watching Shead. Undersized but great athlete with a GREAT motor. Can tell the game has slowed down for him a bit compared to earlier in the season. Gonna be a solid pro

Just saw the Jordan brand Luka commercial and I'm once again thanking Nico Harrison's astonishing incompetence for providing us tremendous content

Jayson Tatum, man. What a player