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The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers played a tremendously entertaining game at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Friday night, but Heat fans were likely left with sour taste in their mouth after their was a controversial no-call on Heat star Jimmy Butler on the game’s final possession. Apparently, that no-call should’ve led to three […]

The Denver Nuggets currently sit with a record of 15-8 in the Western Conference, which is good enough for 5th place directly behind the Houston Rockets’ 17-8 record. The Nuggets have been helped by a terrific defense, which they’ve needed due to seeming regression from All-NBA First Team Center Nikola Jokic in 2019-20. Now, with […]

David Stern, the Commissioner of the NBA from 1984 to 2014, suffered a sudden brain hemorrhage” on Thursday, which required emergency surgery, according to a statement from the NBA. Tim Bontemps of ESPN had the news. The NBA just released a statement saying David Stern has "suffered a sudden brain hemorrhage earlier today for which […]

Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics has been fairly well-traveled in his career, and on Thursday night, he ambled his way up the court to nab a loose ball then get a bucket, which elicited a rather amusing response from his teammates on the bench. The Celtics bench making fun of how Enes Kanter runs […]

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers faced off against the despised Boston Celtics on Thursday night in TD Garden, and he produced this sparkling highlight during the night’s events. BRUH all FIVE Celtics are near the rim and they're still not stopping Embiid! 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZJhAlIpyGJ — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 13, 2019 Embiid was called out […]

In the early going of the 2019-20 NBA season, Devonte’ Graham of the Charlotte Hornets is easily one of the most improved players in the NBA following an unimpressive rookie campaign after playing four years of college with Kansas. On Wednesday night, the 24-year-old sophomore guard produced one of the best games of his young […]

The Philadelphia 76ers faced off on Tuesday night against the Denver Nuggets for the second time this season, the first of which was won by the Nugs in Denver. However, one of the most impressive highlights came courtesy of the 76ers’ Joel Embiid. HOW DID THIS FALL FOR EMBIID?! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/WjpE86VZ8Z — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon, who is known for his high-flying dunking exploits, added Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez to his list of victims of posterization. Aaron Gordon dunked on Brook Lopez and blew him a kiss 💀 📹:@OrlandoMagic pic.twitter.com/VkJbWNoFN7 — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) December 10, 2019 Gordon’s amazing leaping ability was on full display. The […]

James Harden, who has been shouldering the brunt of the Houston Rockets’ scoring output this season, still has the ability to produce highlight-reel passes with regularity. As evidence, he pulled off a sweet no-look lob to Clint Capela in Houston’s game against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1204211517341814791 This season, Harden is leading the […]

Mario Hezonja signed with the Portland Trail Blazers this offseason after being rebuffed by the New York Knicks following a one-season stint with them. Now, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Hezonja would have been open to returning to the Knicks had they called him in the offseason and expressed their interest […]

The New Orleans Pelicans played the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas early on Saturday afternoon, and Jrue Holiday of the Pels fired off a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to center Jaxson Hayes for an easy flush: He went behind the back! pic.twitter.com/y9LVegm0VW — New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 7, 2019 Though the Mavs held a fairly substantial […]

Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans suffered a scary-looking injury against the Phoenix Suns when he collided with Dario Saric — then hit his head on the hardwood due to Saric’s knee hitting Ingram in the back of the head. Here’s footage of the dangerous-looking collision: Brandon Ingram takes a scary hit to the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans faced off against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, and rookie Jaxson Hayes of the Pels produced one of he best highlights of his young career by obliterating Cheik Diallo with a wild dunk: JAXSON HAYES. GOODNESS. pic.twitter.com/VuzaFP7LQk — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 6, 2019 As you can see, Hayes gets […]

Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets has had his fair share of clutch moments in his career, and his most recent one came in a thrilling game against the defending champion Toronto Raptors on the road. The 12-year veteran went zooming down the lane, careening into Marc Gasol, before finishing a tough and-one layup: Russell […]

The Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat on Wednesday night handily, by a final margin of 112 to 93. Though Jimmy Butler logged 37 points in 37 minutes, the star of the winning team was Jaylen Brown, who punctuated his 31-point night with a smooch directed towards the Heat bench: A 😘 from Jaylen to […]

Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers is in the midst of his third season in the league, and his Lakers took on the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. In the first half of that game, Kuzma hit, not one, but two buzzer-beaters to end each quarter. Both in the first quarter: KUZMA AT THE […]

The San Antonio Spurs played without All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge on Tuesday night against the Houston Rockets, yet the team was able to fight hard and force overtime through a thrilling sequence of events from second-year guard Lonnie Walker and big man Jakob Poeltl. The Spurs force OT on this crazy sequence! 🤭#GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/9D7EjQY1wb — NBA […]

Eight-year NBA veteran Isaiah Thomas has bounced around to multiple different franchises ever since becoming the “King of the Fourth” with the Boston Celtics in the 2016-17 season. Now on the Washington Wizards, IT is having one of his best season since his heyday with the Cs, and he even produced a memorable highlight after […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is coming off one of the greatest freshman seasons in NCAA Men’s Basketball history, becoming the driving force behind a dominant Duke Blue Devils team. However, though he was slated to take the NBA by storm in his first season, the 19-year-old phenom tore his meniscus in the offseason, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are tied for the best record in the NBA at 17-3 heading into Monday night’s action and Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets believes that it is LeBron James that is driving the team’s early season success more than anything else: When asked by Harrison Wind of DNVR Sports if he […]

Despite the seemingly interminable discussion surrounding Kawhi Leonard not playing (i.e. load management), he is still a supreme talent, and when he plays, the LA Clippers are one of the most threatening teams in the NBA. On Friday night, the Clippers faced off against Leonard’s former team, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Spurs got […]

Hassan Whiteside is seemingly experiencing something of a career resurgence as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. After spending 5 productive seasons with the Miami Heat, the team sent Whiteside away to the Blazers as part of the exceedingly complex Jimmy Butler trade. Despite putting up monster rebound and block numbers throughout his career, […]

Spencer Dinwiddie has long been one of the most underrated players in the NBA, yet he might be leaving that role behind as the lead guard on a Nets team that has been playing extremely well of late – despite not having superstar Kyrie Irving in the lineup due to injury. With no real player […]

D’Angelo Russell was one of the biggest players in the fascinating 2019 offseason, as he was sent to the Golden State Warriors in a sign-and-trade with the injured Kevin Durant. While this was a seismic move in a number of ways, Russell has been nothing short of spectacular on offense to start his Warriors tenure, […]

The Houston Rockets are currently 12-6 in the Western Conference behind the scoring exploits of James Harden and the pace-pushing point guard play of Russell Westbrook. However, the team will likely be without two of their key contributors in their Saturday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Both starting center Clint Capela and starting small forward […]

Last season, Bradley Beal was told by a Denver Nuggets fan that he “sucked,” which led to a hilarious viral moment. Now, ahead of Tuesday night’s matchup between the Washington Wizards and Nugs, Beal recreate the famous pose in extremely entertaining fashion. Bradley Beal is back in Denver, so he had to make the famous […]

Despite being in the NBA since the 2003-04 season and the fact that he’s nearly 35 years old this year, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems to show no signs of slowing down in his second year in Tinseltown. In Monday night’s game in which the Lakers faced off against the San Antonio […]

Carmelo Anthony is trying to rehabilitate his career with the Portland Trail Blazers in his what might be his final season in the NBA. However, he still provides enough flashes that his offseason workout videos continue to intrigue NBA fans and front offices alike. In the Blazers’ Monday night game against the Chicago Bulls, Melo […]

Cam Reddish, the 20-year-old rookie of the Atlanta Hawks, did not play in Friday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons due to a left wrist sprain. Apparently, the injury is still not resolved, as the former Duke Blue Devil is also questionable in the Hawks’ Saturday night game against the defending champion Toronto Raptors. Reddish […]

The Phoenix Suns will roll out the same starting lineup they did on Thursday, which included Frank Kaminsky at the five against Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday afternoon. Kaminsky was questionable due to a hip issue, but the Suns have confirmed that he will indeed match up with KAT to start the […]

Alex Caruso of the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a calf injury during the team’s 130-127 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. The 25-year-old was originally listed as doubtful in the team’s back-to-back against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. However, Caruso was upgraded to probable closer to the time of tip-off. #Lakers’ […]

Like a fine wine, JJ Redick of the New Orleans Pelicans seems to improve with age in the NBA, as he has produced career-highs in points in each of the past two seasons – both of which as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. While his numbers are down slightly from the heady highs of […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is the NBA’s reigning MVP, and he continues to put up superlative numbers in the early going of the 2019-20 season. Against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, Antetokounmpo piled up a career-high 15 assists: Giannis dropped a career-high 15 AST against the Trail Blazers 😳 24 PTS […]

Carmelo Anthony, NBA legend and 16-year veteran, now finds himself on his fifth NBA team after signing with the frontcourt-depleted Portland Trail Blazers. Though Melo was inefficient in his first game with Portland (10 points on 14 shot attempts), the Blazers truthfully need his offense – especially with Damian Lillard sitting out the past two […]

Taj Gibson of the New York Knicks was signed as part of a bizarre offseason in which the team nabbed multiple veterans and no big names. Despite that, Gibson has provided veteran savvy and solid, mistake-free basketball for the Knicks, which has been a big influence on the team’s young core, which includes R.J. Barrett, […]

For the first time all season, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers played on the same night Wednesday against the Boston Celtics. The game was a nationally televised affair, and the duo got right down to business early in the first quarter by combining for this three-pointer by George. Kawhi to PG […]

New York Knicks forward Marcus Morris and Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Joel Embiid got into a minor spat in their Wednesday night game, which the Sixers won by a final score of 109 to 104. The game was testy and extremely competitive all night, as both teams experienced wild swings — especially the Knicks, who were […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who is simultaneously a national treasure and an NBA legend, had some sage words after his team lost to the Washington Wizards in a high-scoring affair in the nation’s capital. “All-in-all, if you score 132 points, you should probably have a pretty good chance to win a game. […]

Luka Doncic, Wonder Boy of the Dallas Mavericks, produced a staggering feat in his team’s blowout victory against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, according to ESPN’s Tim McMahon. There had been seven previous 25-minutes-or-under triple-doubles in NBA history. Highest-scoring of those: Julius Randle with 21 points. https://t.co/xdFw64k34X — Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 21, […]