Major League Baseball is a sport that celebrates its history through, among other things, its records. So when you break a 60-year old mark, people take notice. But when it's for the most losses in a season, that's not the kind of attention you ever want for your franchise. That i...
Sacramento Kings @ Minnesota Timberwolves (Mon., 8 p.m. ET): It is likely too soon after the trade for Zach LaVine to be cleared and suit up for the Kings against one of his old teams, and the Kings will be without the traded De’Aaron Fox. Expect a lot of Domantas...
In the event of a tie in the standings between two teams in the same group, head-to-head results will be used as the tiebreaker. In the event of a tie between three or more teams, there is a list of further criteria that will be used to break the tie, starting with the highest ...
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1. Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz Last week’s Ladder: 1 Some crowing by opponents who played well while matched up against Gobert individually – like Dallas’ Dorian Finney-Smith, after he scored 23 in a victory over the Jazz – had Utah coach Quin Snyder reminding folks their schemes ask more...
What the Jazz don't worry about is Gobert's effort. Instead, it's about fine-tuning his focus. "Part of it with Rudy is just having him believe and trust you that this is what he can do to be successful. He needs to know why. He needs to understand and believe you." ...
While this is a good rule of thumb for players in the middle of their career, it’s too conservative a weighting scheme for very young or very old players. Thus, the weights assigned to past seasons now depend on a player’s age. For a 23-year-old player entering his fourth NBA ...
Gobert looked skittish by the fourth quarter. He was so preoccupied with shutting off passing lanes that he let Young waltz into the paint during crunch time and take anunimpeded floaterfrom three feet away. A scrawny, baby-faced 20-year-old had visibly frightened a hulking grown man with ...
Philly is one of the few matchups where I feel Rudy Gobert could excel. Houston’s new five-out system would threaten Gobert’s ability to stay on the floor, despite his Defensive Player of the Year chops. Here are Gobert’s plus-minus numbers in his most recent games agains...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedthe first death in New York City. Cuomo said the victim was an 82-year-old woman with a preexisting respiratory disease. The New York Times laterclarifiedthat the woman died in Brooklyn. Later still, officials announced the second death in New York state,...