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Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez was extremely frustrated against the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of their first-round series. The 7-footer, normally cool under pressure, took his frustration out on a chair as the Bucks struggled against the eighth-seeded Magic: Brook Lopez isn't happy with his 1st half performance against the Magic 👀https://t.co/kVj21vMgVT — ClutchPoints […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will wear their “Black Mamba” alternative jerseys on 8/24 for Game 4 of their first-round matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, shared an image of the uniform, including a white heart patch with the No. 2 for Gigi Bryant: The Lakers will […]

Chris Paul and the Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t picked by ESPN to make the 2020 playoffs before the season started. ESPN gave the Thunder a 0.2 percent chance of reaching the 2020 postseason. Behind the stellar play of Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander though, OKC got the fifth seed in the West and will take on […]

Mavs guard Luka Doncic went back to the locker room on Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavs superstar slipped and hurt his lower left leg. However, he returned to the bench after getting his ankle taped and eventually went back into the game. Luka Doncic slipped and appeared to injure his lower left […]

Detroit Pistons All-Star power forward Blake Griffin was recently asked to share his 2020 NBA Finals prediction. The former No. 1 overall pick expressed his belief the Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers will come out of the Western Conference. Meanwhile, Griffin said he expects Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks to win the […]

Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward hurt his right ankle on Monday in Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Hayward will undergo an MRI on his ankle, per ESPN. Boston's Gordon Hayward will undergo an MRI on his sprained right ankle tonight, sources tell @malika_andrews and me. He left the Game 1 victory over Philadelphia limping […]

Behind 61 points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday to take a 1-0 series lead. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the first pair of @celtics teammates both 23 or younger with 25 points in the same playoff game pic.twitter.com/2FLvMOvtJH — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers isn’t sleeping on Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The Chicago native said the Mavs not only have an elite offense but also a top-five player in Doncic. Clippers' Doc Rivers was asked about people overlooking the Mavs – "They have the best offense in NBA history & […]

Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle says Kristaps Porzingis’ heel shouldn’t be an issue during the Mavs’ first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers. Porzingis will be playing versus the Clippers in Game 1 despite being listed on the injury report as probable with a heel injury. Carlisle on Kristaps Porziņģis' heel: "I don't think […]

Former NBA star Antoine Walker believes LeBron James has to put on his scoring cap for the Los Angeles Lakers to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2020 playoffs. Walker, during an appearance on “First Things First,” said James may need to average at least 30.0 points per game for […]

Houston Rockets veteran forward PJ Tucker is well aware that Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star point guard Chris Paul is motivated to beat Houston in the playoffs. The Rockets traded Paul to the Thunder last offseason for Russell Westbrook. Now, the two teams will meet in the first round of the 2020 playoffs and Tucker knows […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James believes the path to the 2020 title is going to be one of the toughest challenges of his NBA career. James, who led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 3-1 series comeback win over the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 Finals, admits the circumstances of the Walt Disney bubble […]

Fred VanVleet put up 30 points and 11 assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series. The Raptors open up their title defense taking Game 1 of the series against the Nets. 👀🏆@FredVanVleet: 30 PTS, 11 ASTS@pskills43: 18 PTS, 11 REBS pic.twitter.com/RddmERXp89 […]

Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers says Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green aren’t pressuring him to trade for a proven player this offseason. The Warriors will have one of the top picks in the 2020 draft. Myers, however, isn’t sure if the Dubs are going to keep the pick or trade it. […]

The unique part of the Disney bubble is that players can run into each other after hard-fought games. That’s exactly what happened with Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray and Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell on Monday. Murray and the Nuggets defeated Mitchell and the Jazz on Monday to begin the 2020 playoffs. Both […]

The 2021 NBA All-Star game will not happen on its scheduled weekend in Indianapolis, according to WISH-TV.  The league has canceled its hotel contracts for the 2021 All-Star game since the 2019-20 season isn’t expected to end until October and the 2020-21 campaign may start in January of 2021. With that said, Commissioner Adam Silver […]

Portland Trail Blazers small forward Carmelo Anthony says the team’s first-round matchup against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers is going to be a chess game, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. Although the Lakers are the No. 1 seed in the West and the Blazers are in eighth place, Portland isn’t your […]

The Toronto Raptors took a page out of the Phoenix Suns’ book and surprised the team with family members doing the starting lineups. The players enjoyed the video before they took on the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their first-round series. The Raptors surprised their players by having family members introduce them for their […]

Rajon Rondo is back in the Orlando bubble with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Alex Caruso says the veteran guard is thrilled to be at Walt Disney World again. While speaking to Lakers reporters on Monday, Caruso said Rondo was so excited to return to practice that the former Boston Celtics star shared a photo […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will be without big man Zach Collins for Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. Collins is dealing with left ankle inflammation. The Blazers will start Wenyen Gabriel in place of Collins. Wenyen Gabriel will start for Collins. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August […]

There was a rather ugly sequence during the first half of the Utah Jazz-Denver Nuggets game, and ESPN’s Mark Jones had the perfect description for it as the 2020 NBA Playoffs tipped off on Monday. Jones, who is calling the game with Doris Burke, added to his already legendary game calls: "It's looking like LA […]

As a guest on New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick’s podcast, NBA legend Dwyane Wade told an epic Kobe Bryant story from the 2008 Olympics. Wade, who had a very close relationship with Bryant, revealed to Redick that Bryant’s workout habits were no joke and showed just how much of a “monster” and “beast” […]

Despite 57 points from Donovan Mitchell, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of their first-round series behind Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. One down, three to go! #MileHighBasketball https://t.co/vCxTdNrTkg — Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) August 17, 2020 Jamal Murray scored 36 points and hit clutch shots in the fourth quarter and overtime. […]

Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden isn’t taking the team’s first-round matchup against Chris Paul and the Oklahoma City Thunder personally. Harden and Paul reportedly had beef last season and the Rockets traded Paul to the Thunder for Russell Westbrook. The future Hall of Famer commented on the upcoming series against Paul and his new […]

The Orlando Magic clinched the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference standings by holding off the Washington Wizards in the NBA restart in Orlando. Their reward? A first-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, owners of the best record in the league for the second consecutive season. Milwaukee and Orlando played each other four times […]

New Orleans Pelicans Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin says the move to fire Alvin Gentry as head coach was “difficult.” Griffin pointed to how he and Gentry have known each other for years. At the end of the day, though, Griffin felt that the Pelicans needed a coach who fit with the […]

Carmelo Anthony says Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard is the best player he’s ever played with in the NBA. Anthony spoke about Lillard’s greatness with Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports after the Blazers’ win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to clinch the final spot in the 2020 playoffs. “Dame’s at the […]

Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies had a terrific 2019-20 season when you consider they almost made the playoffs in the rugged Western Conference with zero All-Stars on the roster. The future of Memphis is incredibly bright with Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. leading the way. With that said, it certainly wouldn’t surprise anyone within […]

After the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to qualify for the 2020 playoffs, rookie forward Nassir Little shared a story about star point guard Damian Lillard from about seven months ago. Little recalled how Lillard told him the Blazers were going to make the playoffs and that he was going to […]

Carmelo Anthony hit the game-sealing 3-pointer against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to send the Portland Trail Blazers to the 2020 playoffs. Anthony has hit a few clutch shots in the Orlando bubble, something he’s used to by now. It’s why the Blazers veteran played down the narrative of him being back. “This is nothing […]

After the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to clinch the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, Jusuf Nurkic spoke about his late grandmother after she passed away due to COVID-19. As expected, Nurkic was very emotional, via Ben Golliver of the Washington Post. A grieving Jusuf Nurkic on 22 points […]

After the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to advance to the 2020 playoffs, shooting guard CJ McCollum did a hilarious impression of Mike Tyson alongside Damian Lillard. McCollum is playing on a serious back injury, so while discussing the injury with ESPN’s Lisa Salters, the Blazers guard said, “I broke my […]

Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant played with a fractured thumb in the last four seeding games at Disney World. The Grizzlies lost to the Portland Trail Blazers in the first-ever NBA play-in game on Saturday. Morant revealed the status of his thumb with reporters after putting up 35 points, four rebounds and eight […]

The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday in the first-ever NBA play-in game. The Blazers will now face the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 2020 NBA playoffs. The Portland Trailblazers have booked a date with the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round 🔥 pic.twitter.com/JlKR88X3qs — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) […]

Portland Trail Blazers veteran small forward Carmelo Anthony has been clutch down in Orlando, Florida. That trend continued on Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies, as Anthony hit a game-sealing 3-pointer to send the Blazers to the 2020 playoffs. With less than 30 seconds left, Damian Lillard drove to the basket and collapsed the defense, eventually […]

Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat will face Myles Turner and the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2020 playoffs. The two big men will be matched up in the post during the seven-game series and it should be a good battle. However, Adebayo doesn’t want people to compare him to Turner. The […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks have the best record in the NBA for the second consecutive season. However, the team didn’t look like the No. 1 seed during the eight seeding games at Walt Disney World. The Bucks went 3-5 and Antetokounmpo lost his cool by head butting Washington Wizards forward Moe Wagner. With […]

If Tyronn Lue takes one of the head coaching openings in the NBA, Chauncey Billups could join him as an associate head coach, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets will conduct coaching searches this offseason and Lue could interview for all three openings, with the Bulls and […]

Peja Stojakovic is following in Vlade Divac’s footsteps and leaving the Sacramento Kings, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Stojakovic was the Kings’ Assistant General Manager. He joined the front office in August of 2015. Kings assistant GM Peja Stojakovic is expected to step down from his role, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. — Shams Charania […]