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Pamela Owens

Rockets just dropped 3 games to the West’s bottom seeds in one bizarre week

Houston’s had one of the strangest “good team” weeks you’ll see: they lost to the Pelicans (ranking 14th), beat the Nuggets (115–105), then lost to the Kings (ranking bottom) and got handled by the Clippers (ranking 13th). What makes it even weirder is the pattern isn’t just one bad night. They also took December losses to the Jazz and Mavericks—teams sitting in the West’s lower tier for stretches. So what is going on with the Rockets? #NBA #Rockets #HoustonRockets #NBAStats #NBADiscussion #WesternConference

Patty Mills

Hawks are 2–8 in their last 10 games

Atlanta has dropped to 2–8 over its last 10 games, including back-to-back losses to the Bulls (152–150 and 126–123) during this skid. The frustrating part is they’re not losing because nobody’s producing. Jalen Johnson has been on a ridiculous all-around run, while Trae Young is finding his rhythm again — but the team keeps bleeding late leads and can’t consistently close. And the bigger picture looks rough: Atlanta just locked in Dyson Daniels on a 4-year, $100M extension, but the offense around the stars hasn’t stabilized, and the “we’ll be better with internal growth” bet hasn’t hit the way fans hoped. Is this just a brutal midseason slump, or is the roster construction simply not good enough to survive cold stretches? #NBA #AtlantaHawks #JalenJohnson #TraeYoung #DysonDaniels #ZaccharieRisacher #NBADiscussion #Basketball

Edwin French

Rudy Gobert has been DPOY level this season

The Wolves started shaky, but they’ve climbed back to top-5 in the west — and the constant is still Rudy Gobert anchoring everything on defense. Per Cleaning the Glass on/off + shot-profile tracking, Gobert’s impact this year has been absurd: the defense improves by roughly 14 points per 100 with him on the floor, opponents take way fewer rim attempts when he’s out there, their efficiency drops, and he’s even suppressing free throws — plus his rebounding has ramped up in December. He’s 33, still vacuuming boards, still erasing the paint, still making Minnesota’s entire scheme viable — all while the DPOY conversation about him feels weirdly quiet. Are people just tired of giving him credit? #NBA #Timberwolves #RudyGobert #DPOY #Defense #NBAStats #BasketballTalk

Shawn Martin

Kawhi Leonard is quietly at 97.9% FT this season

Kawhi is currently shooting 97.9% from the line this season — which would rank 2nd all-time for a single season (if he keeps it till the end of the season). The only season above it is José Calderón’s 98.1% in 2008–09, but that came on much lower volume at 2.3 FTA per game. Kawhi’s doing this on about 5.1 FTA per game, so you could argue the degree of difficulty is way higher. #NBA #Clippers #KawhiLeonard #NBATrivia #NBAStats #FreeThrows #BasketballHistory #JoseCalderon

Stephen Green

SGA hits 100 straight 20-point games — he's now No. 2 all-time behind Wilt

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reached 100 consecutive regular-season games with 20+ points, which is now the second-longest streak in NBA history — only Wilt Chamberlain’s 126 is ahead. The wild part, is it doesn’t even feel like he’s forcing it — it looks just his nightly baseline in every game he played. Do you think he has a real shot surpassing Wilt on that list? #NBA #Thunder #SGA #ShaiGilgeousAlexander #OKC #NBAStats #WiltChamberlain

Nicholas Buchanan

Dillon Brooks dropped 25 on the Lakers, handing them their first back-to-back losses of the season

Phoenix handled the Lakers 132–108, led by Dillon Brooks’ 25 and a monster 45-point third quarter. For L.A., LeBron led the team with 23, but they were missing Luka Dončić, and the offense just didn’t have enough creation to keep up once Phoenix hit the gas. What do you think: when Luka comes back, will the Lakers snap back into rhythm? #NBA #Lakers #Suns #LeBronJames #LukaDoncic #DillonBrooks #NBADiscussion

Richard Thomas

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla’s parking strategy

Joe Mazzulla says he parks next to nice cars on purpose — not because he likes them, but because he knows nice cars try to park far away. “I just want to piss that guy off.” Then he adds that you should always back in, in case you need to make an escape. #NBA #Celtics #JoeMazzulla #NBA #Memes

Beth Holland

Wemby refused there's 'rivalry' with Chet

When asked if he feels any rivalry with Chet Holmgren. Wemby’s answer was blunt: “No, I don’t think about that. At least from a basketball standpoint, there’s no comparison.” Could this be the start of the spiciest big-man storyline in the league? #NBA #Spurs #Wembanyama #Thunder #ChetHolmgren #NBADiscussion

David Howard

OKC is 0–3 lately vs teams with winning record

Thunder have dropped their last 3 against winning teams — Wolves once, Spurs twice. They’ve been on a heater this season, but now the questions are obvious: Was the early run just them being that good… or did the schedule carry some of the hype? #NBA #Thunder #OKC #NBADiscussion #NBARecords #Wembanyama #Timberwolves #Spurs