Is the NBA's designated rookie rule working as designed?
The league invented some rules to minimize the power of superteams. This one is having an impact, but maybe not in the way the NBA franchisees envisioned.
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Goodbye, 60-win Cinderella
There's no team more dangerous than Cleveland in Game 7 of a series they should have won in six.
The Spurs will make you give up
Anthony Edwards calls it early. Meanwhile, James Harden's flop sweat creating disaster is a good symbol of Cleveland's Game 6 no-show.
The enigma of Jim
James Harden with one of the strangest winning performances in memory. Meanwhile, Jalen Duren might have played himself out of the starting lineup and Tony Brothers is going to be persona non grata in Detroit.
From howl to whimper
The Timberwolves are coming up empty on offense too often, and their defense can only contain the Spurs so long.