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Fans who left the BMO Harris Bradley Center before the final buzzer of Tuesday’s game between the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks sounded all missed a bonus fight between Bulls guard Kris Dunn and Bucks forward Khris Middleton. Another embarrassing loss for the #Bucks against the #Bulls tonight. Here's that double technical that got […]

Just when the Detroit Pistons are starting to turn things around after a lengthy skid, they seemed to have suffered a major setback with starting point guard Reggie Jackson sustaining an ankle injury in the third quarter of Tuesday’s dominant 107-83 win over the Indiana Pacers at home. Jackson hurt his ankle in the third […]

There was perhaps no appetizer as delicious for basketball fans after feasting on their Christmas Day dinners as that of watching statistical juggernauts James Harden and Russell Westbrook duke it out on the court. According to Ben Cafardo of ESPN, Monday’s colossal showdown between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder owns the highest […]

Earlier this week, L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers had a surprising pronouncement that injured power forward Blake Griffin could return to action even before this year ends. In fact, Rivers thinks that Griffin is ready to give it a go this Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers, per Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. #Clippers coach […]

Injured Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will remain sidelined and won’t see action Wednesday when the defending NBA champions host the visiting Utah Jazz, according to Melissa Rohlin of The Mercury News. Stephen Curry, who has been sidelined for three weeks because of a sprained right ankle, will miss Wednesday’s game against the Utah […]

New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek had something to say about his Detroit Pistons counterpart Stan Van Gundy’s insinuation that the Knickerbockers are enjoying a preferential treatment from the NBA in terms of scheduling, pointing that whichever way you cut it, each and every NBA team will still have to play 41 teams at […]

The Houston Rockets own the best offense in the league, an assessment you could make straight up simply by looking at their league-best 115.4 points per game average. While that’s not the be-all and end-all number to conclude that Houston’s offense is the best, it clearly tells a lot. What it fails to illuminate, however, […]

You wouldn’t trust your life on the chances of Oklahoma City Thunder swingman Andre Roberson making a free throw. Roberson has garnered probably as much fame for his ability on the defensive end of the floor as his apparent ineptitude on the free throw line. For the record, Roberson is shooting just 29.4 percent from […]

Aside from being a deadly offensive weapon for the Dallas Mavericks, power forward Dirk Nowitzki is also known for being an all-around good guy. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who has negative things to say about the 19-year NBA veteran. And if you need any more reason to love Nowitzki, all you have to […]

The Phoenix Suns aren’t the type of team this season that particularly warrants the nation’s attention. Nevertheless, Suns shooting guard Devin Booker wants the NBA to schedule Phoenix to a Christmas Day game sometime in the future. We need a Christmas game @NBA 🤷🏻‍♂️ — Book (@DevinBook) December 26, 2017 The NBA usually reserves Christmas […]

It hasn’t been too good of a Christmas Day for the Boston Celtics. Other than the fact that they picked up a 111-103 loss at home Monday at the hands of the Washington Wizards, the Celtics also saw shooting guard Jaylen Brown suffer a leg injury late in the fourth quarter of the contest. According […]

For all the success Klay Thompson is having with the Golden State Warriors, there are still moments in his life that reminds him that he can’t always be on top. When he’s not embarrassing himself by muffing a dunk attempt in a foreign land or getting clubbed at the back of his head, Thompson could […]

Just because he’s now retired, it doesn’t mean that former NBA star Paul Pierce won’t have the elevated platform to spread some more anti-LeBron James propaganda. Riding an Uber driven by ESPN’s Cari Champion, Pierce was asked by the host about LeBron James. Pierce would mumble his way through saying that he enjoyed his many […]

The Tennessee Titans got a pair of bad breaks Sunday. Not only did they lose a tight contest to the Los Angeles Rams at home, 27-23, they are also in danger of missing running back DeMarco Murray at least for Week 17’s regular-season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Murray […]

Another week, another letdown of a performance from the New York Giants, who dropped to 2-14 after a 23-0 road loss to the Arizona Cardinals, who improve to 7-8 after 16 weeks of football. Ageless Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, as always, stole the show for Arizona, as he plucked down nine passes for 119 […]

Portland Trail Blazers forward Evan Turner had an unexpected visitor at his Portland home last Wednesday, when a truck literally crashed into his property. The said vehicle, which was carrying dirt, landed on Turner’s swimming pool after it hit and went through the metal fence that separates Turner’s home from the road. Although the crash […]

Chandler Parsons hasn’t been a big help to the Memphis Grizzlies this season. Good games from the 29-year-old small forward are few and far in between, and Parsons is averaging just 8.9 points, 2.0 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game – numbers that do not justify the $24 million the Grizzlies are paying him this […]

James Harden’s 51-point explosion on Friday was wasted in a 128-118 loss to the severely undermanned L.A. Clippers at home. However, that might not have been the game’s result had the game officials not fumble a foul call late in the fourth quarter of the contest. According to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle, the […]

With the way they’re playing this season, the Dallas Maverick must not be finding it easy to earn new fans. The Mavericks have one of the worst records in the NBA today. You shouldn’t bet on them turning it around at any point this season with the kind of roster they have. Perhaps the only […]

It looks like veteran forward Luol Deng will be serving the Purple and Gold for the entire duration of this season. It’s not a secret that the Lakers are fixated on finding ways to open up some extra cap space in order to put the team in a more favorable position to lure star free […]

The Golden State Warriors have an injury-riddled roster right now, and could use some hand in covering some of the temporary holes in their lineup. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr believes he has an answer to ease the team’s quandary of having such a short rotation and that’s by signing another Steve. That would be Steve […]

Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have been playing together for the San Antonio Spurs longer than they have been married to their current wives, so it only some sense that they have developed a strong relationship that sometimes manifests in the weirdest of ways. Just take for example their oddly synchronized sequence of reactions while […]

The L.A. Clippers have a banged-up roster, and it’d be a great help to the team if their do-it-all power forward Blake Griffin could come back soon. According to Clippers head coach Doc River, Griffin could return to active duty as early as this week, via Tomer Azarly. #Clippers' broadcaster @Ohmeomy says in an interview […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has yet to play since suffering a groin injury in a game against the Toronto Raptors earlier this month, which is why you’d spot him sporting a much different attire on the sidelines during Suns games of late. The Suns’ Twitter account tried to make fun of Booker’s garb […]

The Orlando Magic got another body to add to their crowded injury list. That’s center Nikola Vucevic, who sustained a fractured hand in the first half of Saturday night’s road game against the Washington Wizards. He has been ruled out of the game and for at least 6-8 weeks, according to Shams Charania of The […]

Can 2017 get any more 2017 before it ends? It could, actually, especially if Kobe Bryant accepted the challenge from Floyd Mayweather. Perhaps missing the attention he used to get before he hung up his gloves, Mayweather issued a challenge to Bryant – a game of one-on-one basketball for $1 million. Floyd wildin' pic.twitter.com/GFhiZaNGNH — […]

The 6-8 Oakland Raiders are unlikely to go back to the playoffs a year after making it that far. In any case, they still want to give their fans a nice present on Christmas Day – a win over the NFC-leading Philadelphia Eagles. Their chances of accomplishing just that should go up if wide receiver […]

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr has become public enemy No. 1 in Green Bay after his hit on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers back in Week 6’s 23-10 win. Barr suffered a concussion following that collision with Rodgers, but the latter also landed on the injured reserve list, missing eight weeks of action, because […]

Mike James’ brief time under the sun in the desert comes to an end Friday. According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, the Phoenix Suns are waiving James a little over two weeks since the team signed him to a one-year contract. Sources: Phoenix is releasing guard Mike James. He joined the Suns on a […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green is back in the lineup after missing the last four games due to a shoulder injury. In his first game back from a stint on the sidelines, he’ll be facing the Los Angeles Lakers at home Friday night. He’s likely studied tapes of Los Angeles before going up […]

The Chris Paul era for the L.A. Clippers ended unceremoniously last summer, when the Clips traded the future Hall of Famer point guard to the Houston Rockets for a package of players and some cash. Paul played for six seasons for the Clippers from 2011 to 2017, helping the Clippers become a perennial title contender […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball has been constantly getting heat from people who believe the team from Tinseltown got themselves a bust. It’s fair to say that in Ball’s first year in the NBA, he doesn’t look as good as advertised. When you have a brash hype man like LaVar Ball on your […]

The Miami Heat have a banged-up lineup that is putting Erik Spoelstra’s head coaching acumen to the test. That didn’t stop the Heat from making an upset road win over the Boston Celtics last Wednesday, however, and they will try to get another victory with a number of their key players out of commission Friday […]

The Green Bay Packers are out of playoff contention, but they still owe it their fans to finish this season on a positive note. However, there are a few Packers players,who are going to miss games late this year with various injuries. Green Bay is also in danger of missing a couple of outside linebackers […]

The injury bug seems to be not done messing with the Washington Redskins backfield. According to Josh Keim of ESPN, Redskins running back Samaje Perine hurt his groin during Thursday’s practice session, forcing him to spend the rest of the day resting. Samaje Perine tweaked his groin during the early part of practice and sat […]

Someone must have soaked the ball used by the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks Thursday in some slippery substance because how else can this happen if someone didn’t? Who greased the ball? 😂 pic.twitter.com/ufmW5mCxyq — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 22, 2017 That’s a good eight-second stretch of players scrambling for the leather. It’s […]

The Boston Celtics fell at the hands of Michael Beasley and the New York Knicks Thursday night at the Madison Square Garden, but for at least one fan, the Celtics had already won him over way before the game even started. Eight-year-old Walker, who is battling through brain cancer, watched the game and was on […]

While everyone is getting so high on New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley’s huge night at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, it shouldn’t be forgotten that before Beasley erupted for 28 points in the second half, he had a Shaqtin’ a Fool moment in the second quarter of the game against the Boston Celtics. While […]

Michael Beasley played out of his mind Thursday night against the Boston Celtics in the Big Apple. He really did. Beasley outshone everyone in that game, as he racked up a career-high 32 points on the strength of a 13-of-20 shooting from the floor to propel the New York Knicks to a 102-93 takedown of […]