Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day.
1: Green > Gasol?
The Spurs matchup with the Lakers came down to two deciding plays. A 48-minute game and rivalry came down to the very end. The way you would expect.
San Antonio, trailing by one point, got into one of its favorite offensive sets. A floppy set with Stephen Jackson and Danny Green starting at the elbow and popping up to the perimeter on screens set by Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan. Green was on Duncan's side of the floor and he came around a screen to get free at the wing. Kobe Bryant struggled to get around Tim Duncan's screen because Dwight Howard was in the way and failed to hedge to deny the passing lane to Green. Or maybe there was nothing he could do and Bryant got around the screen wrong.
Either way, Bryant was late when Tony Parker fed Green the ball and Green hoisted a 3-pointer to give the Spurs a two-point lead.
You would think the...
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Crossover Chronicles:
PLAYERS:
Stephen Jackson,
Danny Green,
Tiago Splitter,
Tim Duncan,
Kobe Bryant,
Dwight Howard,
Tony Parker,
Pau Gasol,
Jose Calderon,
Anderson Varejao,
Gregg Popovich,
Phil Jackson
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers
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