Apr 7, 2023 - Toronto Raptors 102 at Boston Celtics 121

Jeremy Sochan's Game Is A Minor Protest Against The NBA's Orthodoxy

Jeremy Sochan breaks the convention and structure of the game. He plays a hyperactive, improvisational style that feels like watching a basketball randomizer.

James Harden's Purgatory

by Micah Wimmer

James Harden is having a year that only seems underwhelming when compared to his past self. But what we are seeing is not exactly a lessening of ability as much as it is a shift in priorities.

LSU Vs. Iowa, And The NCAAW's Great Explosion

by John Wilmes

The more fractured, more brief series of men's youth recruitment pipelines has made it so that women are now more consolidated in, and committed to, the college game. They are the new stars of March Madness.

The Harden-Embiid Rom-Com

by Jack Tien-Dana

Here's James Harden: the work-hard, play-hard perma-bachelor who traffics in such excess that he's never made room for the seemingly perfect partners. There's Joel Embiid, the hardened romantic who's learned to rely on only himself after a long-term relationship went sour.

	1	2	3	4	Final
TOR (40-41)	16	24	33	29	102
BOS (56-25)	34	34	27	26	121

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
TOR	94	108.4	128.6
BOS	94	128.6	108.4

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
TOR	.478	0.074	0.343	0.140
BOS	.648	0.202	0.245	0.198

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
23	Fred VanVleet	Starter	PG	31:06	3-11	2-6	4-4	8.8	0	0	0	8	3	2	0	2	12
19	Jakob Poeltl	Starter	C	21:23	1-3	0-0	1-2	5.2	2	5	7	0	3	1	0	0	3
43	Pascal Siakam	Starter	PF	29:44	8-15	1-3	2-2	13.0	1	2	3	2	3	4	0	1	19
3	OG Anunoby	Starter	SF	30:40	3-10	1-4	0-0	3.2	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	7
4	Scottie Barnes	Starter	SG	29:48	3-10	0-2	2-3	1.9	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	8
1	Will Barton	Bench	SG	15:56	3-9	1-4	0-0	5.0	1	3	4	0	1	2	0	0	7
33	Gary Trent, Jr.	Bench	SG	21:22	4-10	0-4	1-2	5.8	1	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
22	Malachi Flynn	Bench	PG	06:23	2-2	0-0	0-0	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
15	Joe Wieskamp	Bench	SF	00:56	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Chris Boucher	Bench	C	15:43	2-7	1-2	0-0	3.5	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5
5	Precious Achiuwa	Bench	PF	23:32	6-10	1-3	3-3	12.6	2	5	7	0	3	1	0	0	16
8	Ron Harper	Bench	PF	03:32	0-1	0-1	0-0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	Christian Koloko	Bench	C	06:23	1-1	0-0	0-0	4.2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
45	Dalano Banton	Bench	SG	03:32	4-4	2-2	0-1	8.1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
	Team										4					1
				240	40-93	9-31	13-17	84.6	12	23	39	21	17	12	2	8	102
					43.0%	29.0%	76.5%

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
42	Al Horford	Starter	PF	27:34	4-8	3-7	0-0	12.8	0	5	5	3	2	0	3	1	11
0	Jayson Tatum	Starter	SG	19:56	7-12	0-5	7-9	11.1	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	3	21
9	Derrick White	Starter	PG	27:56	4-7	0-2	4-5	14.1	1	5	6	10	1	1	0	6	12
44	Robert Williams	Starter	C	25:02	4-5	0-0	0-1	15.1	2	7	9	2	2	2	3	2	8
30	Sam Hauser	Starter	SF	36:47	10-16	6-12	0-0	16.8	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	3	26
91	Blake Griffin	Bench	PF	19:21	1-2	1-2	0-0	9.0	1	2	3	5	4	1	1	0	3
57	Mike Muscala	Bench	C	22:11	4-8	1-5	2-2	11.2	3	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	11
40	Luke Kornet	Bench	C	08:45	2-4	0-0	0-0	4.0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	4
11	Payton Pritchard	Bench	PG	24:08	9-14	4-8	0-0	18.5	2	2	4	5	1	0	0	1	22
12	Grant Williams	Bench	SF	17:44	0-4	0-3	3-4	3.2	2	5	7	2	0	0	0	3	3
28	Mfiondu Kabengele	Bench	PF	03:32	0-1	0-0	0-0	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	J.D. Davison	Bench	PG	03:32	0-0	0-0	0-0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
-	Justin Champagnie	Bench	SG	03:32	0-0	0-0	0-0	-0.5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Team										6					2
				240	45-81	15-44	16-21	141.4	13	40	59	37	14	4	7	21	121
					55.6%	34.1%	76.2%

Toronto 102, Boston 121

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Today's Games

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Fred VanVleet 19.3p, 4.1r, 7.2a	Scottie Barnes 15.4p, 6.7r, 4.8a	OG Anunoby 16.8p, 5r, 2a	Pascal Siakam 24.2p, 7.8r, 5.8a	Jakob Poeltl 12.5p, 9.1r, 2.8a
Rotation		Gary Trent, Jr. 17.3p, 2.6r, 1.6a		Precious Achiuwa 9.1p, 5.8r, 0.9a	Chris Boucher 9.4p, 5.5r, 0.4a
Rotation		Will Barton 6.7p, 2.5r, 2a
Lim PT	Malachi Flynn 4.3p, 1.4r, 1.3a	Dalano Banton 4.4p, 1.3r, 1a	Joe Wieskamp 1.1p, 0.4r, 0.1a	Ron Harper 1.3p, 0.4r, 0.4a	Christian Koloko 3.1p, 2.9r, 0.5a

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Derrick White 12.5p, 3.6r, 4a	Jayson Tatum 30.1p, 8.8r, 4.6a	Sam Hauser 6.2p, 2.5r, 0.8a	Al Horford 9.8p, 6.2r, 3a	Robert Williams 8p, 8.3r, 1.4a
Rotation	Payton Pritchard 5.1p, 1.6r, 1.1a		Grant Williams 8.2p, 4.7r, 1.7a	Blake Griffin 4.2p, 3.8r, 1.5a	Mike Muscala 5.7p, 3.1r, 0.8a
Lim PT	J.D. Davison 1p, 0.5r, 0.7a	Justin Champagnie 1.5p, 1r, 0.3a		Mfiondu Kabengele 0.7p, 2r, 0a	Luke Kornet 3.7p, 2.8r, 0.7a

Atlanta Hawks	131
Philadelphia Sixers	136
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Brooklyn Nets	101
Orlando Magic	84
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Charlotte Hornets	109
Houston Rockets	112
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Dallas Mavericks	112
Chicago Bulls	115
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