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The Boston Celtics, until further notice, remain the team to beat for the 2024-25 NBA championship, and on Friday night, they continued to show why this is the case. Thanks to another stellar outing from Jayson Tatum, the Celtics managed to take home a 111-105 victory over a Milwaukee Bucks team that has been surging […]

The Los Angeles Lakers must have been raring to redeem themselves after enduring a pitiful two-game stretch in which they lost by a combined 70 points to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat — sending them deeper into their spiral and even sparking rumors of team division. And on Friday night, the Lakers put up […]

The Golden State Warriors will have to finish their Friday night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves down two rotation players, with, most prominently, Andrew Wiggins having to exit early after aggravating his ankle injury. Wiggins, as per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, will not be returning to tonight’s contest, and Moses Moody will be joining him […]

Winning a World Series trophy requires the contributions of everyone on the roster, from the first name penciled into the starting lineup to the 26th man filling the back end of the roster. For the Los Angeles Dodgers, it was the power of their collective excellence that led to their triumph in 2024, with Blake […]

The Boston Red Sox have made it clear that this offseason will be a huge one for them; clearly done with being a middling team, they have signaled their intention to make a splash in free agency, most notably setting their sights on the best free agent on the market in Juan Soto. But Soto […]

Brandon Ingram’s days as a member of the New Orleans Pelicans are clearly numbered. Ingram was among the most prominent players available on the trade block this past offseason amid the Pelicans’ refusal to give the 27-year-old a contract extension. And he only served to add more fuel to the fire after changing representations, joining […]

The good vibes the Golden State Warriors began the 2024-25 season seem to be all but gone by now. It seems like a long time has passed since the Warriors started off the campaign by winning 12 of their first 15 games, as they have fallen all the way down in the Western Conference standings […]

The Golden State Warriors entered their Thursday night matchup against the Houston Rockets in need of an ambulance… but not for them. Despite missing Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, who are dealing with knee and calf injuries, respectively, the Warriors managed to snap their five-game losing skid by defeating their longtime nemesis, 99-93, behind Jonathan […]

It looked as though the stars were aligning for the Houston Rockets coming off a frustrating loss against the Sacramento Kings. On Thursday night, they faced a Golden State Warriors team that was without two of its best players in Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, favoring the Rockets heavily. But in classic trap game fashion, […]

It’s a testament to the Memphis Grizzlies’ depth and resolve that they managed to pull out a 115-110 win over the Sacramento Kings despite witnessing Ja Morant get himself ejected with 6:49 remaining in the fourth quarter with an animated protest to a foul call against him. Morant was whistled for a shooting foul on […]

In 2025, the NBA will be returning to Mainland China for two preseason games between the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns, as revealed by Shams Charania of ESPN. By the time the Nets and Suns tip off their preseason game in October 2025, it will be six years since the NBA last played a […]

Payton Pritchard has been a huge part of the Boston Celtics’ success thus far in the 2024-25 season. He’s averaging 16.5 points per game while coming off the bench for most of his games, emerging as one of the favorites to win the coveted Sixth Man of the Year award. However, Pritchard hasn’t yet commanded […]

The Washington Wizards are approaching the levels of putridity that the historically bad 2023-24 Detroit Pistons reached; on Thursday night, they lost their 16th game in a row, and in non-competitive fashion as well, as they suffered a brutal 137-101 drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks that, as hard as it may be […]

On Thursday night, the Green Bay Packers face the Detroit Lions in a hotly-anticipated matchup that could have major repercussions in the NFC North standings. However, it did not seem as though quarterback Jordan Love was at his best, particularly in the first half, as the Lions took a 17-7 lead into the halftime intermission. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a record-setting 10-year, $700 million deal while knowing full well that the superstar two-way player won’t be pitching at all in 2024. Even then, the signing of Ohtani was as successful as it can be. The 30-year-old Japanese international played as LA’s full-time designated hitter and he […]

On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered their worst defeat of the 2024-25 season (thus far), spiraling even deeper after getting demolished by the Miami Heat, 134-93. There is a bit of a rot festering within the Lakers as of the moment, although LeBron James and Anthony Davis are doing their best to not […]

On Wednesday night, reports came out that Seattle Storm star guard Jewell Loyd has requested a trade after spending her entire 10-year career thus far in the Pacific Northwest. Loyd was an instrumental part of two championship-winning teams, and the Storm were even on the upswing last season, posting an impressive bounce-back 25-15 record after […]

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team has yet to prove themselves against tough opposition in the 2024-25 season; in fact, the much-ballyhooed Cooper Flagg is coming off a major struggle in Duke’s loss to Kansas last week. But on Wednesday night, Duke showed why they entered the season with much hype as they took down […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have managed to turn things around after a nightmare start to the 2024-25 season; they have gone 9-1 over their past 10 games heading into their Wednesday night clash against the Atlanta Hawks, climbing all the way up to the top five of the mediocre Eastern Conference. But all good things come […]

Much has been made about the New York Knicks’ lack of depth in the aftermath of their blockbuster offseason trades for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. What was once a strong suit of the team has turned into a major weakness, although a crucial bench piece remains in Miles McBride. McBride continues to thrive as […]

The road ahead isn’t getting any easier for a Golden State Warriors team that has seemed to lost the golden touch they had to begin the 2024-25 season. Heading into their Thursday night battle against the resurgent Houston Rockets, the Warriors have lost their past five games, falling all the way down to seventh place […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been shaken to their core. On Wednesday night, they suffered their worst loss of the 2024-25 season to this point after the Miami Heat laughed them off Kaseya Center by demolishing them by 41 points, 134-93. For a team that had such high hopes to start the season, especially after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024-25 season has taken a drastic turn for the worse — and quickly. All the good vibes brought forth by their strong start to the season are completely gone now, especially after they took inarguably their worst loss of the season on Wednesday night when they came into South Beach and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been reeling over their past few games; coming off a 29-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, the Lakers were surely raring to redeem themselves on Wednesday with a trip to South Beach to face the Miami Heat. But somehow, the Lakers kept digging themselves deeper and deeper […]

On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks destroyed the Orlando Magic, 121-106, in an NBA Cup game that was not as competitive as the final score line would indicate. This win meant that the Knicks will be advancing to the quarterfinals of the competition, going unbeaten and therefore booking a matchup against the Atlanta Hawks […]

Thanks to a third-quarter spurt, it looked as though the Memphis Grizzlies were going to hand the Dallas Mavericks a devastating loss that would have knocked them out of contention for the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. But the Mavericks turned things around with a furious fourth-quarter rally, with three right-wing threes (two from Spencer […]

On Tuesday night, the Phoenix Suns took on the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA Cup game that had major repercussions regarding which team will make it to the quarterfinals of the competition. The Suns may have taken care of business, 104-93, despite Kevin Durant’s injury, but their point differential wasn’t enough to take them […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have been playing above everybody’s expectations to begin the 2024-25 season. On Tuesday night, they took a dominant 127-105 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Cup to move to 14-9 on the season — a far better record than most analysts expected out of them especially with Kawhi […]

The Sacramento Kings are finally back to winning ways, as they managed to overcome the up-and-coming Houston Rockets team in an emotional affair to take a 120-111 victory at home. De’Aaron Fox got the ball rolling for the Kings in the first half after he stood up to Dillon Brooks after the Rockets wing appeared […]

As if the Golden State Warriors’ 119-115 loss to the Denver Nuggets wasn’t already heartbreaking enough, head coach Steve Kerr felt hard done by the fact that the officials missed an obvious call for a timeout from Christian Braun when the Nuggets no longer had any. In a four-point game, that could have given the […]

The Golden State Warriors are spiraling; they suffered their fifth defeat in a row on Tuesday night, and in heartbreaking fashion once more, with the Denver Nuggets pulling out a 119-115 NBA Cup victory. Despite leading by seven with only 2:32 left in the game, the Warriors couldn’t pull out the win — with their […]

The NBA Cup was introduced by the league for the sole purpose of driving added interest to the league in the early goings of the season in what would otherwise be perceived as “meaningless” games. And for the Oklahoma City Thunder, they managed to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the competition after demolishing […]

The Indiana Pacers continue to endure a topsy-turvy start to the 2024-25 season, and on Tuesday night in NBA Cup action, they suffered another disappointing loss, this time with the rebuilding Toronto Raptors taking a 122-111 win. The Pacers put up a spirited comeback attempt, but in the end, it wasn’t enough — with Scottie […]

The New York Knicks may be starting to figure things out. They have now won three straight games, and their defense has shown a marked improvement during this stretch. On Tuesday night, the Knicks won their fourth game in four NBA Cup group stage games, sealing their fate in the quarterfinals of the competition by […]

The Los Angeles Lakers just hit the lowest point of their 2024-25 season (thus far) on Monday night when they suffered a 29-point defeat, 109-80, at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a miserable effort from the Purple and Gold — with LeBron James enduring perhaps the worst game of his professional career […]

It is safe to say that the Brooklyn Nets have already played above expectations despite it being only a quarter of the way through the 2024-25 season. After trading away Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks for a boatload of picks, the expectation of many was that the Nets, a team that finished with […]

The Atlanta Hawks were expected to have a bit of a fall-off heading into the 2024-25 season after they traded Dejounte Murray away to the New Orleans Pelicans — admitting that their trade for the 6’4″ guard back in 2022 was a failure after going 77-87 over the past two seasons. But there may be […]

The Detroit Pistons have clearly had enough of dwelling in the league’s basement, setting out to be more competitive on a regular basis heading into the 2024-25 season. This was seen in their hiring of JB Bickerstaff as the team’s new head coach, owing to his work in helping turn the Cleveland Cavaliers around, and […]

All the good vibes brought forth by the Los Angeles Lakers’ incredible start to the 2024-25 season have to be gone by now especially after their demoralizing 109-80 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Facing their fifth game in seven nights, the Lakers came out flat — with LeBron James and Anthony Davis […]