Good morning! Let’s basketball.
Good morning. Pucker up, Warriors fans.
That and more in Thursday’s NBA newsletter.
GAME 4, 9 P.M. ET, ABC, CAVS LEADS 2-1, GAAAAAAH.
HOW YOU DOING THAT? Mike Prada on how the Cleveland defense is upsetting that gorgeous Warriors offense we’re used to seeing.
ADJUSTMENTS: Check SBNation.com/NBA around 9 a.m. ET for Paul Flannery’s excellent piece on the Warriors’ adjustments. Paul has been killing it from the road, but YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT. ICYMI his Game 3 piece in yesterday’s GMIB, here it is.
THE SMART GUY: I wrote about how, for all of his physical exceptionalism, LeBron is beating Golden State with his mind.
SPEAKING OF BLATT ... This anecdote is Peak Blatt.
TOO GOOD TO BE SO BAD: Zito Madu says that Stephen Curry is too good to be playing like he did through three quarters in Game 3 and through all of Game 2. My counter would be: LeBron in 2011.
UH, KYRIE? Kyrie Irving has the Friends logo tattooed on his arm? Could that be any more odd?
THERE IS NO BANDWAGON IN THE BAY! Right ... Jimmy Kimmel proves that wrong.
MT. RUSHLESS: NBA.com’s new Mt. Rushmore meme tool is super funny when you put middling players on it. I have a couple of contributions, too.
FIXING ATLAS: Ken Berger with a neat inside story on the trainer helping prep LeBron for each grinding game.
JUST CALL HIM DELLY: Apparently lots of people have trouble spelling “Dellavedova.”
DELICIOUS! Salt portraits of LeBron and Curry. Where did I put my margarita?
HUSTLE AND FLOW: Jonathan Abrams on Harrison Barnes. YES.
HOW LONG WILL HE STAY IN EUROPE? The Sixers are reportedly “very high” on Kristaps Porzingis. They pick No. 3 and had been rumored to be focused on D’Angelo Russell.
FRONT OFFICE CHANGES: Pete D’Alessandro left the Kings for the Nuggets. What a surprise! (Not.) Lon Babby also shifted out of power in Phoenix.
Happy Thursday. Enjoy Game 4. Substitute teacher on Friday. Back on Saturday. See you next time.
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