Chris Holm

I’m grateful to spend four years with Eric. Everyone knows he laid his body on the line every game for the teams success. Behind the scenes I dont think people realize how important he was for the team. Bringing joy+positivity, making others better, selflessness. Thank you Eric!

What a great way to end the season. Our guys believed in what we were trying to become all the way to the last game. Thank you 🤖 boosters for all your support + commitment to our team all season long. This team, this city and these boosters are truly special. What a great year!

茨城#21 エリック・ジェイコブセン選手が今季ラストゲームで引退を表明。 身体を張り続けた大黒柱がプロキャリアに幕を下ろします。 Thank you, Eric💐 @Jacobsen_Eric @ibarakirobots #Bリーグ #りそなグループ

Let’s get 1 more tomorrow! End the season the right way! Let’s go 🤖

Great win! Last road game of the season tomorrow, let’s make it a great one! GoGo 🤖!!!

Great team win for the last Wednesday game of the season. Let’s keep the same defensive intensity in the next series!!! Go Go 🤖!!!!

Asked Joe Mazzulla what he thinks the story of this Celtics team has been: “The story's not done. We are only a product of what we do tomorrow, what we do the next day, and that's just the story. And if we would have lost this game by 1, tomorrow’s film session has to be as detailed and as disciplined as it is going to be with the result that we had. And so that's the story. It's not done yet, and we haven't done anything. All we've done is stick to the process of winning on both ends of the floor, put our head down, don’t overreact to a good win or to a bad loss. And, get better in the next game. So, still plenty of stuff we can get better from tonight. We gave up an ATO lob to LeBron, we gave up two back-cuts, we over-helped a few three point shooters. We got to understand this is when we're at our best, and this is what we have to get better playing against a good Phoenix team who's tough, they kill the margins as well. And then we got a back-to-back. So the story is, it's just not done — and we just got to keep sticking to that process.”

Duke women’s basketball HC Kara Lawson talks about adversity her team suffered starting the season 3-9, faced 6 ranked teams. Winners of 16 straight! People called for her job. I asked her about the heated discussions. “We don’t get to determine the length of our adversity”

This is amazing! Thank you all for braving the cold to cheer us on from Mito! I’m glad we could win to help warm you up!! 🙏🙏🙏

@DaiMatsu32 @yumarow Merry “Daichi”-mas too!!

今年ラストの試合！ みんなで出し切ったね♪ 凄い声援だったー📣 凄いファイトだったー！ 凄いMCやった！ @yumarow 演出も最高でした！！！よね？笑 メリー『クリス』マス🎄 @Coach_Cholm #茨城ロボッツ

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. I got my 🎁 last night with a great team win!! I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy some time with family and friends.

A hard earned 2 wins. The guys gave everything they had today to get the win. So proud of them!!!

I’m so glad we had a chance to go spend time with the next generation of basketball players. To give back and add fuel to their desire to become future 🤖 players. I hope you all enjoyed today as much as we did.

41st trip around the sun🥳. Grateful for everyday and everyone in my life. Hoping this will be the best year yet!!

Terry Smith’s halftime speech at Michigan State is pure GOOSEBUMPS

❗24 INTENSE seconds of Spurs coach Mitch Johnson (when the Spurs were already up by 20): “Possession by possession. Dismantle them in the half-court. Play fast! Get back. Do it again. Be disciplined. To be disciplined. To like and embrace the boring. The mundane. Stops. Rebounds. Fundamental. Discipline. Physical. Rebound. Transition. Pace. Fundamental. Again and again!”

Such a bad take. Kevin Durant said defense is easy — that “anyone can bend their legs,” and that you just “have to make shots” to win a championship. That might be the most offensively-minded nonsense ever said by a generational scorer. Because here’s the truth: Since 2000, 22 of 25 NBA champions were top-10 in defense. 17 were top-5. The average defensive rank of a champion? 4.1. Offense? 6.3. The 2025 Thunder? #1 defense all year, #1 defense in the playoffs. The 2024 Celtics? #2 defense. Luka didn’t just lose — he suffocated. The 2023 Nuggets? Defense jumped from 15th to 4th when it mattered. The 2022 Warriors? #2 defense. The 2021 Bucks? #1 playoff defense. The 2019 Raptors? #5 defense. That’s six straight champions who smothered teams before they scored. Offense comes and goes. Defense scales and sustains. League-wide data since 1997: Teams that finish Top-5 in Defense win the title 68% of the time. Teams that finish Top-5 in Offense? Only 24%. Playoff offense drops by an average of –2.5 points per 100 possessions. Playoff defense improves by +3.0. Because postseason basketball is a war of attrition — not a shooting drill. And you want irony? The only players who’ve won two rings since 2020 are Alex Caruso, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Jrue Holiday. None of them are “bucket-getters.” They’re defensive savants who tilt series by denying buckets. Meanwhile, KD’s career arc is the blueprint for why defense matters: He won when his team was #1 in defense (2017, 2018). He lost when it wasn’t — 2012, 2021, 2023 — all top-tier offenses, all exits courtesy of better defensive units. You don’t win because you make shots. You win because you erase theirs. Defense is the great separator: It doesn’t depend on rhythm, refs, or shooting variance. It shows up when your legs are gone, the crowd’s hostile, and the game’s ugly. It wins Game 7s. It wins legacies. So when KD says “defense is easy,” remember this: He never hoisted a trophy without it. He never lost to a team that didn’t have it. It's a bad message to players, coaches and general managers.

What a great game to get our first win of the season. 🤖 boosters you’re guys energy today was absolutely incredible. 🙏 🙏 See you all tomorrow! #GROWBOLD

The start of a new season, the best feeling for anyone who plays in sports. Meeting our moment, finding success while growing both individually + as a team. That’s what we are ready for. To the Robots boosters that I know will be loud today, thank you and GO GO 🤖!!#GROWBOLD

@m_a_o_i_h_o_r_i Happy birthday oji-san 😂