Good morning. Let’s basketball.
Excellent dunk, Kobe!
Good morning. We have that and more in Friday’s NBA newsletter.


THROWBACK THROWDOWN: Excellent vintage Kobe Bryant poster dunk!
ALAS: Dwight’s Rockets beat Kobe’s Lakers by 20.
SCORE SCORE SCORE ...
TOR 99, CHA 109
OKC 100, CLE 104
HOU 107, LAL 87
OH NO! Tied at 90 with seconds left, DeMar DeRozan nailed a halfcourt shot to give the Raptors an apparent win in a big showdown against the Hornets. EXCEPT ... Dwane Casey had called a quick timeout, one recognized immediately by the refs. So, the shot didn’t count. Casey’s play out of the timeout didn’t work, and the Hornets throttled the Raptors in OT. Not good, Bob.
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS: Zito Madu on the state of Durant and Westbrook.
BETTER THAN NOBU: Steph X Drake X In ‘n Out.
SO, THAT STORY ABOUT BIEBER GETTING BAPTIZED IN TYSON CHANDLER’S BATHTUB ... There’s more about the phenomenal swag of Hillsong NYC and its NBA connection (including Kevin Durant) in this entertaining GQ story.
I DIDN’T REALIZE HE WAS THAT KIND OF DOCTOR: Iman Shumpert delivered his baby daughter in his bathroom using the wire from Beats By Dre. Good thing the Doctor was in the house!
BATTLE ROY-ALE: DraftExpress does a super-thorough breakdown of the Karl-Anthony Towns-Kristaps Porzingis battle this week.
THE MANY FLAVORS OF USAGE: Neil Paine on why there are at least three definitions and formulas for usage rate, and why that’s a problem.
HAVE YOU PUT UP YOUR BASKETBALL DAY TREE? Monday is Basketball Day.
Happy Friday. See you next time.











