Basketball
The Death of the Mid-Range Was Greatly Exaggerated
Analytics told a generation of shooters to stop taking long twos. In the playoffs, the best scorers keep taking them anyway, and they keep winning.
Basketball
Five-Out Offences and the Centre Who Refuses to Disappear
Everyone spaces the floor now. The teams that separate themselves are the ones whose big man can pass from the elbow as well as he screens.
Basketball
Rookie Wall or Rotation Squeeze? Reading First-Year Minutes
When a rookie's playing time dips in midwinter, fatigue gets the blame. Lineup data suggests the real cause is usually sitting on the same bench.