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Regardless of whether rest is the priority or not, Utah with their top-10 protected pick will not be risking the possibility of falling into the 9th seed in the lottery by winning.

The one on KD is about as obvious as they get, 2-handed shove, and he got the rebound so you have to call it. For Nurk, that's consistently called as well, it's kinda like pass interference where if you are turned away from the ball and wrap him the whistle will blow.

THAT's when you use a foul to give, when the guy starts his move and you're kinda beat. And then a brilliant double by the Suns up 1--a 3 is no worse than a 2 so you feel better about the blitz--and Suns get a steal to end it. Sac 1-5 in last 6.

Man, look at Wemby fired up after this win. Spurs were dead, down 17 with 10 mins to play. Talked to a Spurs person this week who said he was insisting on playing in this one.

Pop with the timeout after the Nuggets got into their play but before the ball was inbounded. In theory a coach could call one if he sees a guy break open. Smart move, although probably shouldn't be allowed once inbounder has the ball.

Incredible sequence by Devonte' Graham. Beats Aaron Gordon for a layup to get within 1. Jokic misses a FT line J over his contest, then he leaks out. Rather than call time, Spurs push it up to him and he hits a tough floater over Murray. Spurs up 1 with 0.9. #1 seed in jeopardy…

Just scored the last 6 points for MEM on layups. Of course there's particular intrigue in this matchup since Pippen spent last season on a 2-way with LAL.

It's been a lost season in Memphis, but I do think the Grizz have something in Scotty Pippen, Jr. He's a big bodied guard who knows how to play on both ends, averages 2.4 stl/36, and he's hitting 43.5% on 4.7 3s/36 in 19 games.

Miserable and obvious foul by Tyrese Haliburton in a key moment. Aaron Nesmith did an amazing job getting over 2 screens, but Tyrese fell asleep on Max Strus and fouled trying to catch up. 3 FTs for Strus with Cavs up 3 under a minute left.

The Lakers trail the Grizzlies 77-75 with 7:26 remaining in the 3rd Q. MEM came into the night with 13 players out because of injuries.

Jalen Suggs looks to have taken the brunt of his scary collision with Tyrese Maxey going for a loose ball in the air. Holding his side going to the bench a few minutes later during a timeout.

Sixers put together 11-0 and 9-0 runs in the first quarter and lead 40-27 over Orlando after 1.

Looking like Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey are both on pace for huge minutes tonight, befitting the magnitude of this game. They've each played the first 10 for Nick Nurse.

Surprised Doc would pick him over Adrian Griffin. Must have been a close race in his mind.

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'I never imagined I would leave a mark in the NBA as I left with the Gortat screens. I will say, ‘Okay, it will be great to play in the NBA, it will be great to average a double-double,’ but to leave the mark for the rest of my life... that’s huge.”

Thunder offense with Shai is better than Mavs offense with Luka, plus Shai is a top defender at his defensive position while Luka isn't close to that at his. Seems like a pretty clear case for Shai second in MVP.