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Jaden McDaniels jab at Nuggets: 'They're all bad defenders'
Jaden McDaniels took perhaps his most notable shot after Minnesota's 119-114 Game 2 playoff win at Denver, saying the Nuggets are "all bad defenders."
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Jaden McDaniels calls out Nuggets' 'bad defenders'
Jaden McDaniels individually calls out members of the Nuggets as bad defenders.
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Michael Wilbon: The Knicks aren't a great team
Michael Wilbon talks about the Knicks' loss to the Hawks in Game 2 of their first-round NBA playoffs series.
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Why Lakers' shooting records in Game 1 could be good news for Rockets
ESPN analyst Zach Kram examines how Game 1's shotmaking gap could actually be good news for Houston in its first-round series versus Los Angeles.
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What to make of Victor Wembanyama's unbelievable Game 1 performance
Wembanyama will always be linked to Duncan and Robinson, but after Sunday night's dominant Game 1, it was another generational star to whom he was being compared: LeBron James.
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Thunder take 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Suns
Phoenix Suns (45-37, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18, first in the Western Conference)
