According to NBA dot com tracking data, players are running about 9% more distance per minute on court than they did a decade ago

It's no surprise that the more miles a player puts on his body, the more likely he is to get injured pic.twitter.com/3qFpsGAQJh

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“And with Jimmy these last two games, do you think it was the illness he was dealing with that kind of impacted him? DRAYMOND GREEN: Well, I think, number one, their defense just kind of started loading up on him. It made it a little tougher, but I know he was definitely under the weather. But you know, we’re not a group that’s going to make excuses. Give those guys credit—they defended well. They did a good job. Go back to the drawing board, figure out what we need to figure out, and come back next year. But the credit goes to them.” “It’s not going to sit here and say, ‘Oh man, he was sick,’ or, ‘He would have played better if he wasn’t sick,’ or, ‘We would have played better if Steph was out there.’ Got to give them guys a lot of credit. They’re moving on to the Western Conference Finals, and they put the work in to get there regardless of who didn’t score, who was out there. They’re moving on, and kudos, congratulations to them. They played a hell of a series.”