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Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Steph Curry took a step closer towards owning the all-time leadership in career 3-pointers made in the playoffs when he passed former Indiana Pacers hotshot Reggie Miller on the list on Friday night. When Curry hit his second trey of Friday night’s Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals series against […]

The Golden State Warriors have the luxury of having Draymond Green on their team. A versatile piece on a roster full of scorers, Green acts as the team’s conduit on both offense and defense, able to plug the gaps and serve any needs that arise on any given moment in a game. At times, though, […]

The Golden State Warriors don’t have a three-headed monster. They have a four-headed one. While the defending NBA champions brandish a deadly offensive trio of Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson, Draymond Green is viewed as the glue that holds the team together. For New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry, Green is also […]

The 2018 NBA Draft is just a number of weeks ahead, so prepare to hear more of the names of the top NBA prospects in the leadup to the highly anticipated event. But before that, most of these prospects will be trying to impress scouts in the upcoming 2018 NBA Draft Combine, which is set […]

After defeating the Philadelphia 76ers at home twice to start the second round, the Boston Celtics now take their turn in traveling to enemy territory, as they pay the Sixers’ lair a visit for Games 3 and 4. The Celtics may now be in a different city, but Boston point guard Terry Rozier’s troll game […]

The Toronto Raptors are back in a familiar place. After a fantastic regular season that saw them lock up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors find themselves again in the same exact place they were in a year ago: down 0-2 in the second round of the playoffs against the same […]

It’s not only Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz who have been taking potshots at Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons. Prior to Thursday’s Game 2 of the series between the Sixers and the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, the Boston team of NBC Sports seemed to mock Simmons and his shooting when it posted this […]

This year’s NBA Playoffs feature a number of fresh figures. The Philadelphia 76ers have sort of completed The Process just by making it to the postseason. The goal is always to win an NBA title, but a playoffs appearance must feel like bathing in liquid velvet for Philly. Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Ben […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in early vacation mode after failing to make it this year’s NBA playoffs, but the team and its players continue to make the headlines. Unfortunately for Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, he’s back in the limelight for what seems to be a very unsavory reason. Very early Friday morning, Lonzo […]

Time is of the essence for Victor Oladipo. After the Indiana Pacers were knocked out by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs that went the distance, one of the first things Oladipo did was text his trainer and ask if they could start hitting the gym – ASAP. Oladipo knows hard […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon was in San Jose on Wednesday to show his support to the San Jose Sharks, who are currently behind their Western Conference semifinals series with the Vegas Knights, two games to one. Gordon got the honor of opening the door for the Sharks in Game 4 of the series at […]

When Boston Celtics fans learned early last month that Kyrie Irving has been ruled out for the rest of the season, it hit them like a freight train. They already had to go through an entire regular season without Gordon Hayward, whose first season in Beantown looked ephemeral after he sustained a gruesome lower-body injury […]

Darren Sproles is going to play at least one more season in the NFL after inking a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday, and he expects to play with the same effectiveness and strength that he had prior to suffering a season-ending injury in Week 3 of the 2017 season. Via Dave Spadaro […]

Tuesday night was not a good night for James Harden and the Houston Rockets as they failed to get to a 2-0 series lead against the Utah Jazz in their Western Conference semifinals matchup, losing to the Jazz, 116-108 at home. It’s still early in the series so there’s no need for either team to […]

Following the Utah Jazz’s 116-108 win in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinals series with the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, Chris Paul and James Harden went to the postgame presser together and, as usual, answered a number of questions from the media. While discussing the game and outlook of the series, Paul conveyed […]

Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell has simply been amazing this season. And he continues to blow people’s minds in the playoffs, where he is effectively spearheading what is developing to be an unlikely deep postseason run for the Jazz nearly a year after their former face of the franchise ditched them for greener pastures in […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell had an ugly shooting night Wednesday against the Houston Rockets, but his team got the win plus he set a new franchise rookie record, so it still all ended well for the former Louisville Cardinals hotshot. Mitchell, who finished Game 2 with 17 points on an atrocious 6-for-21 shooting from […]

Have you ever dreamed of a boxing match between a Twitter troll and an NBA player? We may be finally close to witnessing such an event with Portland Trail Blazers swingman Evan Turner looking to be the pioneer in that endeavor. On Tuesday night, Turner was mentioned in a post by a Twitter JakeTheHater, who […]

Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz evened up their series with the Houston Rockets Tuesday night with a statement 116-108 win in Game 2. Mitchell did not shoot the ball particularly well in the game with an atrocious 6-for-21 shooting from the field to finish with 17 points, but one of the rookie’s many misses […]

There is no such thing as a big lead the Houston Rockets can’t overcome. However, James Harden and the Rockets fell short of completing their comeback bid, suffering a loss in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Utah Jazz. It goes without saying that Harden has a lot to do with […]

Utah Jazz point guard Rubio could not join his teammates on the floor for Tuesday night’s Game 2 the series with the Houston Rockets because of a nagging hamstring issue, but it’s not going to stop him from lending his support to the Rookie of the Year candidacy of his backcourt partner and teammate Donovan […]

Charles Barkley is man enough to apologize to Golden State Warriors do-it-all forward Draymond Green after the Hall of Famer said that he just wants “somebody to punch him [Green] in the face” on Tuesday. Barkley made that remark while watching a replay of the minor skirmish between Green and Rajon Rondo at the end […]

There have been reports sprouting Tuesday saying that Minnesota Timberwolves reserve shooting guard Jamal Crawford is set to decline his player option to become an unrestricted free agent this coming summer, but if it is up to Jimmy Butler, Crawford should be suiting up for at least one more year in Minnesota, per Chris Haynes […]

The heavy minutes, the gargantuan workload, and the pressure to deliver in the playoffs all suggest that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is one tired human being. Even LeBron himself is saying that he’s exhausted. Don’t tell that to Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, though, as he is not buying the idea that James […]

The Phoenix Suns have found their man to be the franchise’s next head coach. That’s Utah Jazz assistant Igor Kokoskov, whom Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting as the Suns’ final choice to call the shots for the team starting next season. The Phoenix Suns are hiring Utah Jazz assistant Igor Kokoskov as their new […]

Donovan Mitchell did not have a lot of fanfare surrounding him ahead of the 2017 NBA Draft. Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball got most of the attention. In the strange world of the NBA, Fultz and Ball have now been reduced to mere afterthoughts while Mitchell is busy hugging the headlines with one smash hit […]

The Boston Celtics’ Monday night 117-101 win over the Philadelphia 76ers at home must have given Celtics forward Jaylen Brown a bittersweet feeling. While it was nice to see his Celtics strike first in the series, him watching helplessly from the sidelines because of a hamstring issue was not the way Brown envisioned he’d begin […]

The Miami Heat had a disappointing end to their 2017-18 season, as they struck out in the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, who convincingly won the series, four games to one. The Heat’s early exit has also put big man Hassan Whiteside in a bad light. Whiteside was simply ineffective against […]

The Boston Celtics are having the time of their lives in these playoffs. How could they not? Their team is winning and defying odds. On Monday night, the Celtics’ success continued, as Boston took down the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals at home, 117-101. That despite the fact that the […]

There are at least a few reasons why the Philadelphia 76ers lost to the Boston Celtics 117-101 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series, but for Sixers center Joel Embiid, that does not include the fact that the Sixers were coming off a long rest. “You can’t blame that on being rusty or […]

An undermanned Boston Celtics squad somehow found a way to take down the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their series Monday night at TD Garden, 117-101. Without Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown, and Gordon Hayward, the Celtics leaned on their top remaining healthy players to draw first blood in the series. Terry Rozier, Jayson Tatum, […]

Welcome to the new NBA, where the intensity of the playoffs can only be matched by the pettiness of its players. Take for example how Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier just arrived at a game wearing a Drew Bledsoe New England Patriots jersey in an apparent gesture to troll the heck out of a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are lucky to have Ben Simmons in their fold. Simmons is only 21, and in just one season in the NBA, he’s shown that he could be the league’s next face. For now, though, Simmons content himself in leading the Sixers in the playoffs and dropping highlight plays that only add proof […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have found themselves in a dog fight with the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals showdown Monday night. Although the Sixers are the lower-seeded team, they were installed as the favorites to win this series with Boston dealing with injuries to some of their key players and also […]

After a terrific performance in the first round of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics guard did not take too much time to show that he’s going to be a big factor for the Celtics in their Eastern Conference semifinals showdown with the up-and-coming Philadelphia 76ers. In the first quarter of Monday’s Game […]

For the first time in several years, the Philadelphia 76ers are still playing meaningful basketball at this point of the season. Powered by two of the best youngsters in the league in point guard Ben Simmons and center Joel Embiid, the Sixers did not just reach the playoffs – they notched a no. 3 seed. […]

Terry Rozier is not done making Eric Bledsoe pay for disrespecting him in the first round. It could be remembered that in the middle of the heated and recently concluded series between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks, Bledsoe told reporters that he does not know who Rozier is, prompting the Bucks guard to […]

There is not a lot of time for the Boston Celtics to prepare for the second round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, as their first-round series with the Milwaukee Bucks went the distance. What that also meant is that Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has little time to fully recover from a hamstring injury […]

As much as the NBA playoffs magnify the focus on the stars, the postseason also gives second-tier and unexpected players a chance to prove that they, too, matter in determining how deep their teams will go. Here we have five players who have been stepping up for their respective squads and surpassing expectations in the […]