Jared Dubin

3️⃣ Things I Noticed in Game 2 🏃 Mikal Bridges, on the move 🔂 Karl-Anthony Towns, again ⏳ De'Aaron Fox, patient Please enjoy this video of not one, not two, not three, but FOUR consecutive drive-and-kicks resulting in a Bridges corner three. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

A more encouraging sign:

Man this was so sweet.

4️⃣ Things I Noticed in Game 1s 🏀 Mikal Bridges, on the ball 😱 Terrence Shannon Jr., no fear 🌎 Ausar Thompson, all around 🛸 Chet Holmgren, finding space Bridges ran 7 pick and rolls in Game 1 after running 21 in the entire series against the Hawks. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/four-things-...

🎱 Things I Noticed This Weekend ⏲️ The Pistons, after timeout ⏲️ The Suns, after timeout 💪 Karl-Anthony Towns, at the elbow 🍦 Ayo Dosunmu, 31 flavors 👀 Scottie Barnes, attentive ⏳ De'Aaron Fox, patient 👬 Jayson Tatum, drawing two 🔙 Tari Eason, backcourt www.lastnightinbasketball.com/eiught-game-...

I probably should have gone with this Castle lob for the Spurs one but Wemby draining five threes, and getting them all in different ways, was too good to pass up.

🎱 Things I Noticed in Game 1s 🎶 James Harden, orchestrating 🪢 Jamal Murray, doubled up 🍭 The Knicks, in motion 🍳 Deandre Ayton, keeping it simple 🪞 Jayson Tatum, mirroring 🐝 The Thunder, swarming 🧱 Paolo Banchero, posting 👻 Victor Wembanyama, scary hours www.lastnightinbasketball.com/eight-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed in the Play-in 🫂 Draymond Green, smothering 🌎 Gui Santos, a little of everything 🍻 Paul George, posting and toasting www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed in the Play-in ➡️ Deni Avdija, getting right 🎲 Brandon Miller, on the double 🔙 Jalen Green, back door Avdija killed the Suns driving to his strong right hand, even when the Suns forced him left, including for the game-winning and-1. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass ⛷️ Nickeil Alexander-Walker, slaloming 🪙 Jaime Jaquez, diming 🔂 The Rockets, on repeat The Hawks are using NAW like he's an elite shooter, because that's exactly what he's been. He uses a TON of off-ball screens now. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🐝 Hugo Gonzalez, ambushing 🔫 Julian Champagnie, quick trigger 🥸 Isaiah Joe, showing and going Gonzalez will jump ball-handlers from behind for blocks and steals with regularity. It's so much fun to watch him do this. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🚪 The Cavs, an opener ⬇️ OG Anunoby, downhill 🛟 Yanic Konan Niederhauser, lively Cleveland mostly got its ass kicked by Boston but boy did the Cavs open the game with a beautifully-constructed and executed set. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🪙 Nolan Traore, diming 🪜 Donovan Clingan, stepping out ⏲️ Cade Cunningham, timing it up Traore's passing is currently the best reason to watch the Nets. Meanwhile, Clingan is nailing threes and Cade is blocking shots. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🏦 Jose Alvarado, grand theft 🏀 Jared McCain, off the bounce 🆓 Bennedict Mathurin, to the stripe Old faces, new places. Alvarado already has SEVEN backcourt steals and FOUR sneak-from-behinds in six games in New York. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🎛️ Jamal Murray, switch hunter 🔎 Dominick Barlow, on the glass 🤚 Cason Wallace, low hands Switching ball screens on Murray is very dangerous. The Nuggets get 1.304 points per possession on trips when opponents switch. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

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3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🔫 Brandon Miller, on the move ⏰ Payton Pritchard, late in the clock 🦭 LeBron James, sealing early Miller is starting to play the part as well as he looks it, and nailing on-the-move jumpers is part of that process. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

What age would LeBron have to have been to definitely pick off this pass and take it the other way for a dunk? 10 years ago he 1000% does it. 5 years ago?

(sorry but I had to)

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🤏 Mitchell Robinson, the little things ⇱ Max Christie, from the corners 🌸 Tre Johnson, blossoming Everyone knows about Mitch's insane offensive rebounding. But he does so many more things that affect the game. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🪽 Jordan Miller, spreading his wings 🦵 Tyrese Maxey, between the legs 👀 Brice Sensabaugh, made you look Miller is crushing since entering the rotation. His ability to make things happen off the bounce is really fun. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD Me and @modakhilnba.bsky.social on the Trae trade, Ja/JJJ rumors, deadline targets, Rich Paul's podcast antics, and Spurs-Thunder IV. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi1Y... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6cIh...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🔫 Norm Powell, shot ready ⏮️ Devin Booker, stepping back 🪢 Darius Garland, on the double Powell leads the NBA in points per touch. He also led last year, and the year before. And was 3rd for 3 straight yrs before that. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🎸 Kevin Durant, solo act 📺 Kawhi Leonard, off the screen 🪝 Nikola Vucevic, dropping the hook The Rockets got KD because they needed a guy who could create his own shot. He's doing it at as efficiently as ever before. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD @modakhilnba.bsky.social and I answer your questions on Jaylen Brown, the Rockets' closing five, what the Nets should do next, zone defense, potential Knicks trades, and more. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR2... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Jhc...

Bridges is also at 3.9 transition points per game, but he does it in a different way: simply out-running everybody down the floor. He's a wing, but he's one of the best rim runners in the NBA.

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 😱 Cooper Flagg, transition menace 🆓 Mikal Bridges, free baskets 🌎 Spencer Jones, all-around Flagg is avg'ing 4.9 points per night in transition in his last 10 games. That'd rank fourth in the NBA over the full season. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD It's me and @modakhilnba.bsky.social on our big-picture takeaways from the NBA's Christmas slate. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-R4... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5RQI... iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🪙 Jalen Johnson, diming 🚘 Collin Gillespie, driving 🪢 Tyrese Maxey, on the double Johnson is all the way up to a 35.5% assist rate this year. And he's not just feasting on easy passes and friendly scorekeepers. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...