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If there’s any silver lining to the Philadelphia 76ers’ dreadful 24-win 2024-25 season, it’s that they were able to keep their first-round pick after winning the third pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, preventing it from conveying to the Oklahoma City Thunder (which it would have had it landed outside the top-six). After missing the […]

The Dallas Mavericks hit the lottery jackpot when they won the first overall pick of this year’s draft, granting them a mulligan after their controversial decision to trade Luka Doncic away by giving them the opportunity to draft the highly-touted Cooper Flagg. Flagg has long been regarded as a franchise-altering talent who can do his […]

The Golden State Warriors will go to battle on Wednesday night in Game 5 without the services of Stephen Curry, who hasn’t quite recovered from the hamstring injury that he sustained in Game 1 of their second-round matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Warriors will be facing long odds in winning this game, as this […]

On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder were locked into another slugfest against the Denver Nuggets in what has been a barnburner of a second-round matchup thus far. Facing an eight-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter, the Thunder relied on their depth yet again to cut into the deficit, paving the way for Shai […]

The Denver Nuggets, for the second consecutive game, have thrown away a fourth-quarter lead and ended up losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder, this time suffering a 112-105 defeat in Game 5 to fall behind 3-2 in the series. To start the fourth quarter, the Nuggets couldn’t buy a bucket, so they were unable to […]

The Denver Nuggets’ season has been put on the brink of its end by the Oklahoma City Thunder after OKC overturned another fourth quarter deficit en route to taking a 112-105 win in Game 5. The Nuggets lost all offensive rhythm by the time the fourth quarter came along, and the heavy minutes appear to […]

In a game that was eerily similar to how Game 4 turned out, the Oklahoma City Thunder came back from a fourth-quarter deficit to take a 112-105 Game 5 win over the Denver Nuggets to grab the lead in the series, 3-2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who’s had his fair share of rough shooting nights in the […]

Donovan Mitchell may have missed some crucial free throws towards the end of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ season-ending 114-105 Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers, but he showed up with a steely determination and the resolve that they were not about to be sent packing just yet. He battled through an ankle injury, risked further […]

The Indiana Pacers are not to be trifled with come postseason time, and the Cleveland Cavaliers learned that the hard way. Despite being heavy underdogs entering the series, the Pacers finished off the 64-win, Eastern Conference-leading Cavs in five games. In Game 5, Indiana took care of business, securing their spot in the Eastern Conference […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were a historically great team to begin the 2024-25 season. They won 33 of their first 37 games and went on three separate 12-plus game winning streaks during the regular season. From the looks of it, the stars were aligning for the Cavs to make it deeper than they ever have in […]

The Indiana Pacers have displayed incredible poise all playoffs long, and Tuesday night was no different for them even as they faced a desperate Cleveland Cavaliers team that was on the brink of elimination in Game 5 of their second-round matchup. During the dying minutes of the game, the Cavs were still scrapping and clawing […]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers’ backs against the wall in Game 5 of their second-round matchup against the Indiana Pacers, they needed a herculean effort from Donovan Mitchell to avoid seeing their season come to such a premature end. Mitchell may have struggled shooting from the field, but his effort and will was undeniable, as he […]

There might be hope after all for the Dallas Mavericks. Their long-term outlook was the stuff of horror stories, as after trading away Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick as well as seeing Kyrie Irving tear his ACL shortly after, the Mavericks went all the way from the team […]

The Boston Celtics could not have envisaged a worse ending to Game 4 of their second-round matchup against the New York Knicks than the one that transpired on Monday night. In addition to losing a barnburner to the Knicks, 121-113, to fall down 3-1 in the series, they saw Jayson Tatum go down with a […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves need to win just one more game in their second-round matchup against the Golden State Warriors to make it to the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive season. Thanks to a barrage from Anthony Edwards, who ended the night with 30 points on 11-21 shooting from the field, the Timberwolves overcame […]

The Golden State Warriors are teetering on the edge of elimination after the Minnesota Timberwolves took a 117-110 win in Game 4 after overturning a halftime deficit with a third-quarter rout of the Dubs. Suffice to say, the Warriors need their best player back in the worst way, as they look dead in the water, […]

What’s been evident over the past three games became so much more obvious for the Golden State Warriors in the aftermath of their 117-110 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 of their series that now has their season on the ropes down 3-1. The Warriors need Stephen Curry to sustain winning basketball, although […]

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are only one win away from making it to their second consecutive Western Conference Finals after taking a 117-110 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of their second-round matchup. Edwards was brilliant once more; he posted his second consecutive 30-point outing, as he dropped 30 points […]

On Monday night, the NBA held its annual draft lottery, and to everyone’s surprise, it was the Dallas Mavericks, a team that had a 1.8 percent chance at winning the first overall pick, that ended up being the night’s biggest winner. In fact, three teams jumped from less advantageous places all the way to the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers entered the 2025 NBA playoffs with so much hope that they could finally get a fair shot at mounting a deep playoff run, what with Kawhi Leonard being healthy and looking like the superstar of yore. Leonard was especially brilliant in Game 2 of their first-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets […]

The 2024-25 season has to count as a rousing success for the Detroit Pistons; they went all the way from winning 14 games to mounting a great challenge to the New York Knicks before falling in six games in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. And with a bright young core led by […]

In quite a shocking turn of events, the Dallas Mavericks won the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft during tonight’s Draft Lottery, overcoming their miniscule 1.8 percent odds of doing so. After confoundingly trading away Luka Doncic in early February, the Mavericks have somehow been granted a mulligan, as they are on their […]

The Indiana Pacers are currently floating on cloud nine after taking a 3-1 lead in their second-round matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers courtesy of a 129-109 win in Game 4 that wasn’t as close as the final score would suggest. They were so dominant to the point that they took a 41-point lead into the […]

The Indiana Pacers went off to a stellar start in Game 4 of their second-round matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Raring to redeem themselves after a substandard Game 3 performance in a blowout loss, the Pacers started the game out strong, wasting no time in taking their first double-digit lead of the game courtesy of […]

Following the Indiana Pacers’ blowout loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their second-round matchup, many believed that the 64-win Cavs team, the best in the Eastern Conference, was going to use that victory as a springboard to get right back on track in hopes of overturning a 2-0 series deficit. Instead, the […]

Coming off a solid Game 2 performance which he punctuated with a stunning stepback game-winner that he celebrated with Sam Cassell’s iconic “obscene” celebration, Tyrese Haliburton’s stock was at an all-time high as the Indiana Pacers took a 2-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers despite not having homecourt advantage. Haliburton, however, couldn’t keep it […]

The 64-win Cleveland Cavaliers were on the ropes after losing the first two games of their second-round matchup against the Indiana Pacers at home. Indiana took advantage of the absences of their key guys, such as Evan Mobley and Darius Garland, but that has only served to bring out the best in Donovan Mitchell, who […]

The Indiana Pacers and their fanbase were on cloud nine after taking the first two games of their second-round matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road. Game 2 was a particularly thrilling experience for the Pacers, as they managed to overturn a seven-point deficit in the final minute or so of the ballgame and […]

Over the past three seasons, things have had a tendency to get heated whenever the Minnesota Timberwolves face the Golden State Warriors. The Timberwolves have embraced their identity of overwhelming other teams with their size, and the Warriors, as a result, look to ramp up the physicality to make up for the height disparity. The […]

Ever since he came over via trade back in 2023, Mike Conley has overall been a positive presence for the Minnesota Timberwolves, both on and off the court. They have a win rate of 63.7 percent with Conley active, and even with the veteran point guard being 37 years of age, he continues to be […]

What made Jimmy Butler such an appealing trade target for the Golden State Warriors was that he has a stellar track record of excellent playoff production, and he’s not afraid of doing the dirty work and the complementary duties that were necessary to complement the Dubs’ Stephen Curry-led squad. But with Curry nursing a hamstring […]

It has been a rough past few weeks for Jonathan Kuminga. The Golden State Warriors have (mostly) phased him out of their rotation with head coach Steve Kerr not liking the floor-spacing whenever Kuminga and Jimmy Butler share the floor. But with Stephen Curry nursing a hamstring injury that would keep him out for at […]

In the pursuit of a championship, the standards are so high. Anyone who can’t handle the pressure may not be cut out to play for a team with championship aspirations. This is what sets the Minnesota Timberwolves apart from the other teams, as they have plenty of guys in the locker room who want nothing […]

The Golden State Warriors are in for a rough time in the next couple of games (at the very least) as they look to navigate their second-round matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves without Stephen Curry, who will be out for at least one week due to the hamstring injury he sustained in Game 1. Curry […]

Stephen Curry can do nothing but sit on the sidelines in Game 2 of the Golden State Warriors’ second-round matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Curry started off Game 1 on such an excellent note that it looked like he was in for a big series, but he ended up sustaining a hamstring injury, a strain, […]

Minnesota Timberwolves fans waited with bated breath to see whether or not the ankle injury Anthony Edwards sustained in the second quarter of their eventual 117-93 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their second-round matchup was serious and would keep him out for an extended period. At the halftime interval, he […]

There was pressure on the Minnesota Timberwolves to win Game 2 of their second-round matchup against the Golden State Warriors after they failed to take care of business in Game 1 despite seeing the Warriors’ best player, Stephen Curry, have to exit the game early due to a hamstring injury. Julius Randle even decided to […]

In hindsight, the Milwaukee Bucks may have overreacted to their disastrous first-round exit at the hands of the Miami Heat back in 2023. That playoff heartbreak caused them to fire Mike Budenholzer from his head coaching post, and then in a stunning turn of events, they decided to trade Jrue Holiday in the deal that […]

Regardless of the outcome, the 2024-25 season was an overall net positive one for the Houston Rockets. They finally saw their rebuild bear fruit, with their winning identity being built around grit, suffocating defense, and overwhelming dominance on the glass. The Rockets won 52 games, earned the two-seed in the stacked Western Conference, and they […]