Good morning. Let’s basketball.
Someone finally hit the Cavaliers in the mouth. (It was a Cavalier.)
Good morning. We have that and more in Sunday’s NBA newsletter.


That Warriors-Thunder series is back Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.
BACK FROM THE DEAD: Don’t bury those Raptors just yet. Backed by DeMar DeRozan and Bismack Biyombo and some funky bad shooting for key Cavaliers, Toronto won Game 3, 99-84. The game was pretty chippy with a couple of stand-offs. The most hilarious moment was when LeBron got hit in the face and flopped terribly. It was teammate Tristan Thompson who inadvertently smacked him. Whoops!
Twenty-six rebounds for Biyombo. For most of the game he had zero points, too, until the Cavs decided to stop guarding him late in the fourth.
SOMETHING TO PROVE: Eric Koreen on what the Raptors have left to prove.
BOO THIS MAN: Dahntay Jones did a Dahntay Jones thing and uppercut Biyombo in the groin in garbage time. (You can tell it was garbage time because Dahntay Jones was in the game.)
HOW’S THE WATER? Ricky O’Donnell on how two prospects are using the transformative new NCAA rules on eligibility to truly test the NBA Draft waters.
IS THIS HEALTHY? Draymond Green can recite the names of the 34 players taken before him in the draft.
HERE HERE: Slate’s Josh Levin on what makes Zach Lowe great. We NBA fans are so lucky to have so many excellent writers covering the league!
SPEAKING OF ZACH ... He says goodbye to the man behind the Crazy As Heck Spurs Coyote mascot costume.
STILL NOT A PONY: If Paul Pierce is your dad it turns out you can get a llama for your fifth birthday.
SPEAKING OF FRIENDS FOREVER ... Flawless Pablo Torre piece on the LeBron-Dwyane Wade friendship that enrages the world.
Happy Sunday. See you next time.
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Steph Curry fell into the crowd and no one helped
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