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The NBA Playoffs first-round series between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks took a significant turn on Monday after it was announced that Dejounte Murray is going to be suspended for Game 4 after making contact with a referee at the end of their Game 3 loss on Sunday. At this point, Celtics superstar […]

The basketball world was in shock on Saturday night after seeing Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo hit the deck during Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. The two-time All-Star collapsed to the floor during a lay-up attempt because of what was later diagnosed as a torn patellar tendon in […]

Former UFC star Nate Diaz is in a world of trouble right now. This is after the 38-year-old was involved in a disturbing street fight in New Orleans on Saturday that led to a man — who happens to be a Logan Paul impersonator — getting himself choked out unconscious by Diaz. According to reports, […]

LeBron James looked like a man on a mission on Saturday night. He led the Los Angeles Lakers to a whirlwind start in the first quarter that saw them outscore the Memphis Grizzlies 35-9 in the opening frame. Ja Morant and the Grizzlies did all they can to try and mount a comeback, but in […]

A lot was on the line on Saturday night’s Game 3 action between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers, in particular, needed a win on their home floor after allowing the Grizzlies to tie the series at 1-1 after a win in Game 2. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the rest […]

Ja Morant wasn’t even supposed to play on Saturday in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead, the Memphis Grizzlies superstar chose to play through an injury in his shooting hand — and boy did he come to play. LeBron James and the Lakers came out of the […]

There was no shortage of action in Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs first-round matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. So much so, that Lakers big man Anthony Davis ended up getting himself a fat lip after hitting the deck hard while trying to save the ball from going out of […]

The Golden State Warriors have a must-win contest coming up on Sunday when they battle the Sacramento Kings in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup. The defending champs are coming off a huge win in Game 2 to cut the series deficit to 2-1, but they now need to win again on Sunday […]

Victor Oladipo may have just suffered another serious knee injury. To make matters worse, the injury came in garbage time of Saturday’s Game 3 matchup between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks. It looked like Oladipo slipped on a non-contact play, and he knew something was horribly wrong the moment he went down. His […]

Dennis Schroder has been a non-factor for the Los Angeles Lakers thus far in their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. He laid a goose egg in Game 2 after coming off the bench to log 15 minutes of action, and you know that the veteran is looking to bounce back in Game […]

Saturday night’s NBA Playoffs action will feature a crucial showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of their first-round matchup. It’s the Lakers who are facing a lot of pressure to win their first home game with the series currently tied at 1-1. As usual, Anthony Davis has been […]

A lot will be on the line on Saturday night when the NBA Playoffs first-round series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies shifts to LA for Game 3. It has now become a best-of-5 series after both teams split the first two games in Memphis. At this point, however, with LeBron James […]

For the first time since 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers are playing in the same arena in the playoffs on the same night. The Clippers lost to the Phoenix Suns earlier in the evening, while the Lakers get to host the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs […]

The Phoenix Suns took care of business on Saturday night as they held off Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers en route to a 112-100 win in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs opening-round series. This was thanks in large part to another masterful performance from Kevin Durant, who after the game, shared his […]

Game 4 between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers was a big one for both teams. LA was in dire need of a win after losing back-to-back games, while the Suns also wanted to make sure that the Clippers were not going to be able to crawl their way back into this series […]

Russell Westbrook was a man on a mission on Saturday night. He knew what he had to do amid injuries to both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and with the Los Angeles Clippers in danger of taking a massive blow in their playoff hopes this season against a powerhouse Phoenix Suns side. Russ delivered for […]

Russell Westbrook did all he can to lift the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday but in the end, not even his heroic effort was enough to prevent LA from losing to the Phoenix Suns in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup, 112-100. Russ kept his foot on the gas until the very end, […]

The Atlanta Hawks stormed back to life in their NBA Playoffs first-round series on Friday night with a 130-122 win over the Boston Celtics. The Hawks have now made it 2-1 and will be looking to tie the series up when they host the Celtics again on Sunday for Game 4. Unfortunately for Boston, it […]

The Philadelphia 76ers did not mess around on Saturday night as they took care of business against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup. The Sixers hit the Nets with a haymaker that they simply couldn’t recover from, which resulted in Philly taking Game 4, 96-88, thereby completing a clean […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves came into Game 3 in desperate need of a win after going down 2-0 in the first two games of their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the No. 1 seed Denver Nuggets. In spite of their commanding lead, however, the Nuggets also knew how important it was for them to secure the […]

Anthony Edwards kept his foot on the gas on Friday night with another eye-popping performance for the Minnesota Timberwolves in their heartbreaking 120-111 loss against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. The loss puts the Wolves in a seemingly insurmountable 0-3 hole, but I guess the fans can take some sort of consolation from Edwards’ […]

The New York Knicks destroyed the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night in what turned out to be a lopsided Game 3 matchup between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in the East. Jalen Brunson and Co. came out the gates firing and they never took their foot off the gas. It resulted in a […]

Losing was not an option for the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 on Friday. They came into the contest down 0-2 in the series against the mighty Boston Celtics, and defeat on their own home floor would have doomed Atlanta’s playoff hopes this season. Trae Young knew what he needed to do and he answered […]

The Atlanta Hawks were in desperate need of a win against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, and both Trae Young and Dejounte Murray knew this coming in. There was no way they were losing this game for the Hawks, and both stars balled out to secure a massive 130-122 win over Jayson Tatum and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers just announced that Kawhi Leonard will remain sidelined for their Game 4 showdown against the Phoenix Suns on Saturday. Leonard was forced to sit out Game 3 due to a right knee sprain, and he is now set to miss a second straight game with the Clippers’ playoff hopes in the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers escaped with a hard-fought win on Thursday night in their Game 3 encounter against the Brooklyn Nets. The Sixers, however, did not come out of that crucial win unscathed, with Joel Embiid reportedly suffering an injury that could potentially derail Philly’s playoff run this season. According to ESPN’s NBA gurus Adrian Wojnarowski […]

The career of former UFC fighter Ray Borg has taken a massive turn for the worse. Ahead of what was supposed to be a high-profile Bellator debut against former champion Kyoji Horiguchi in Bellator 295. However, it has now been reported that not only has the fight been called off, but to make matters worse, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have to win Game 3 on Saturday. Another win for the Memphis Grizzlies would put them in the driver’s seat with a 2-1 series lead, while also applying a lot of pressure on LA to win at least one game at home before the series shifts back to Memphis. For his […]

It comes as no surprise that there has been a lot of back and forth between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies amid their NBA Playoffs first-round encounter. Dillon Brooks has once again taken the role of instigator, and he’s gone as far as firing direct shots at none other than LeBron James. […]

Game 3 between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets was anything but short in action. In the thick of it all was Nets big man Nic Claxton putting up a formidable fight against Sixers superstar Joel Embiid. At one point, however, Claxton got a little bit too excited in his one-on-one battle with Embiid, […]

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has been dealing with a nagging wrist injury that somewhat limited his production in their Game 2 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. This did not prevent him from leading the Nuggets to a 122-113 victory, en route to taking a 2-0 advantage in their NBA Playoffs opening-round series. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies took care of business on Wednesday, taking down LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of their first-round NBA Playoffs matchup to even the series at one game apiece. The Grizzlies also did it without Ja Morant, who was unable to suit up due to a significant injury in […]

The Golden State Warriors took care of business on Thursday night, taking down the Sacramento Kings in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round series, 129-124, to cut down the series deficit to 2-1. The defending champs did it without Draymond Green too, as the former Defensive Player of the Year served his one-game suspension […]

The Miami Heat suffered a huge blow after it was revealed that Tyler Herro would have to undergo surgery to address a hand injury he suffered in Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs opening-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. The reigning Sixth Man of the Year went under the knife on Friday, and according to […]

Devin Booker came out with another massive performance on Thursday as the Phoenix Suns took care of business against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 3. After exploding for 26 and 38 points in Games 1 and 2, respectively, Book took it even a notch higher on Thursday with a 45-point eruption against a shorthanded […]

The Golden State Warriors came up with a statement win on Thursday night after taking down the Sacramento Kings in Game 3 of their opening-round NBA playoffs matchup. There was a lot of noise coming into this game, with the majority of the buzz stemming from Draymond Green’s suspension. The Warriors knew what they had […]

The Golden State Warriors were in desperate need of a win on Thursday night after going down 0-2 in their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Sacramento Kings. The defending champs were put in an unenviable position too after Draymond Green was slapped with a one-game suspension for his foot stomp on Domantas Sabonis in […]

It was the Philadelphia 76ers who emerged with a 102-97 win after an action-packed encounter against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3. The victory, which has now given the Sixers a 3-0 advantage in this NBA Playoffs first-round series, did not come without incident, though. Joel Embiid nearly got himself ejected early on after a […]

The Golden State Warriors are on a mission in Game 3 as they look to secure their first win of this NBA Playoffs opening-round series against the Sacramento Kings. They fared well in the first half while playing on their home floor for the first time in the postseason, and it looked like they didn’t […]