Apr 9, 2023 - Houston Rockets 114 at Washington Wizards 109

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
HOU (22-60)	31	24	32	27	114
WAS (35-47)	39	28	18	24	109

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
HOU	101	112.4	107.5
WAS	101	107.5	112.4

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
HOU	.528	0.148	0.255	0.225
WAS	.500	0.108	0.265	0.135

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
4	Jalen Green	Starter	SG	27:09	5-10	1-3	3-4	11.5	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	14
9	Josh Christopher	Starter	PG	30:15	6-10	0-1	1-2	6.0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	4	13
6	K.J. Martin	Starter	SF	21:02	5-12	0-2	2-2	5.0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	12
28	Alperen Sengun	Starter	C	23:32	4-9	0-0	4-5	17.6	3	9	12	6	3	2	2	4	12
1	Jabari Smith, Jr.	Starter	PF	31:01	6-11	1-3	7-8	11.2	1	4	5	0	3	0	1	1	20
51	Boban Marjanovic	Bench	C	12:38	5-7	0-0	0-1	11.6	3	3	6	1	0	1	1	1	10
33	Frank Kaminsky	Bench	PF	16:59	3-7	1-3	0-0	10.8	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	7
16	Usman Garuba	Bench	C	11:50	0-3	0-2	0-0	-1.8	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	2	0
17	Tari Eason	Bench	SF	26:58	6-11	1-3	3-4	14.8	2	6	8	4	2	0	1	2	16
0	TyTy Washington, Jr.	Bench	PG	20:51	3-5	2-2	0-2	6.8	0	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	8
15	Daishen Nix	Bench	SG	17:45	1-4	0-2	0-0	0.2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
	Team										6
				240	44-89	6-21	20-28	111.8	13	38	57	24	15	8	6	15	114
					49.4%	28.6%	71.4%

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
12	Xavier Cooks	Starter	PF	38:08	5-11	0-0	0-2	15.2	7	7	14	0	2	2	2	1	10
7	Jordan Goodwin	Starter	PG	29:33	8-14	3-8	3-4	16.2	0	5	5	5	3	2	1	4	22
24	Corey Kispert	Starter	SF	12:18	6-8	5-7	1-1	15.1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	18
14	Isaiah Todd	Starter	C	45:26	2-13	1-7	2-2	8.0	2	10	12	4	4	1	0	1	7
1	Johnny Davis	Starter	SG	39:47	4-20	3-15	2-4	8.5	2	4	6	8	4	2	0	1	13
16	Anthony Gill	Bench	C	20:41	3-8	0-2	2-4	3.5	0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	8
20	Kendrick Nunn	Bench	PG	21:48	4-9	2-4	2-2	9.5	1	4	5	3	2	1	2	4	12
29	Quenton Jackson	Bench	SF	32:19	9-13	0-2	1-2	15.5	0	2	2	5	3	2	0	0	19
	Team										10					1
				240	41-96	14-45	13-21	103.6	13	36	59	28	21	11	5	12	109
					42.7%	31.1%	61.9%

Houston 114, Washington 109

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Today's Games

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Josh Christopher 5.8p, 1.1r, 1.1a	Jalen Green 22.1p, 3.7r, 3.7a	K.J. Martin 12.7p, 5.5r, 1.5a	Jabari Smith, Jr. 12.8p, 7.2r, 1.3a	Alperen Sengun 14.8p, 9r, 3.9a
Rotation	TyTy Washington, Jr. 4.7p, 1.5r, 1.5a	Daishen Nix 4p, 1.7r, 2.3a	Tari Eason 9.3p, 6r, 1.1a	Frank Kaminsky 2.5p, 1.4r, 0.9a	Boban Marjanovic 3.3p, 1.9r, 0.3a
Rotation					Usman Garuba 3p, 4.1r, 0.9a

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Jordan Goodwin 6.6p, 3.3r, 2.7a	Johnny Davis 5.8p, 2.3r, 1a	Corey Kispert 11.1p, 2.8r, 1.2a	Xavier Cooks 3.8p, 3.8r, 0.6a	Isaiah Todd 1.5p, 2r, 0.7a
Rotation	Kendrick Nunn 7.1p, 1.6r, 1.3a		Quenton Jackson 6.2p, 0.9r, 1.7a		Anthony Gill 3.3p, 1.7r, 0.6a

Boston Celtics	120
Atlanta Hawks	114
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Brooklyn Nets	105
Philadelphia Sixers	134
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Chicago Bulls	103
Detroit Pistons	81
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Cleveland Cavaliers	95
Charlotte Hornets	106
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