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The Atlanta Hawks will look to be road warriors as they travel to “Hogtown” to square off with the sixth-seeded Toronto Raptors. Join us and take a sneak peek at our NBA odds series, where our Hawks-Raptors prediction and pick will be made.   The Atlanta Hawks enter Tuesday evening’s culmination as a group who is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are by far the biggest disappointment of the season. After winning the title in 2020 and then crashing out in the first round last year, the Lakers were one of the favorites for the title this year. Yet, a poorly done trade for Russell Westbrook, combined with injuries to some key […]

Welcome to the final week of the NBA regular season! With only a few games left to play, teams are looking to either gain momentum heading into the postseason or feel better about themselves on their way to the beginning of a long offseason. Fortunately, both the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat have playoff aspirations […]

The Chicago Bulls are inching closer toward successfully securing a playoff seat at the fifth spot of the Eastern Conference with a 45-33 record. Despite being in a good situation, it was still evident how the team’s level of play has regressed, especially as they’ve been struggling in their last few games. From being a […]

The Miami Heat are having a great season overall. The team that disappointed in the last season’s playoffs is now back and leading the pack in the Eastern Conference. With their 51-28 record, the Heat are on pace to be the first seed in an incredibly competitive East. Right now, only 2.5 games separate the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have already clinched a playoff berth and are sitting in the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers are jockeying for position at the top of the East, sitting 2.5 games behind the top-seeded Miami Heat while tied with the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and a half-game back of the No. 2 […]

Joel Embiid has had to carry a massive load this season. With the cloud of the Ben Simmons trade saga hovering over his Philadelphia 76ers earlier in the season, how things would play out throughout the drama was a huge question mark that needed to be answered. But even with Ben Simmons not playing a […]

The Brooklyn Nets entered the 2021-22 season as the odds-on favorite to win the NBA championship. But with four games remaining in their campaign, Brooklyn finds itself at 10th place in the Eastern Conference and in serious danger of missing the playoffs.   The Nets have lost three of their last four outings. Though they […]

Stephen Curry’s biggest fan lives in France. Meet Antonin Orgueil. He’s a 19-year-old college student who runs the Twitter account antonin_org. If you’ve spent any time on the Golden State Warriors’ side of Twitter, you’ve probably seen him around. Across his 25,000+ tweets, Orgueil regularly posts Curry’s highlights, Warriors’ highlights, Warriors-related numbers, and in-game commentary […]

While Magic Johnson is not blaming LeBron James alone for the Los Angeles Lakers’ disastrous 2021-22 season, he emphasized that the veteran forward should take responsibility for one major blunder that probably cost them a shot at the title. LeBron Cost Lakers DeMar DeRozan During his appearances on ESPN’s “Get Up” and “First Take,” Johnson […]

The 2021-22 LA Clippers season has been a fun one for fans. They’ve seen their team scratch and claw their way to victories that most other teams likely wouldn’t have been able to. One of the interesting things coming into training camp, at least for me, was seeing former Clippers forward Wesley Johnson with the […]

The Indiana Pacers are set to miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season with their current 25-54 record, which has them in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. Thanks to their struggles, the Pacers began going into rebuild mode, making two major trades ahead of the 2022 NBA trade deadline.   Indiana first traded […]

Damian Lillard gave away the game in an interview with Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports late last month. Discussing his tanking team’s path forward amid the most tumultuous, transformational season of his career, Lillard acknowledged the Portland Trail Blazers wouldn’t use their horde of theoretical cap space to sign outside free agents this summer. “But […]

Ben Simmons might make a return at some point this season. the Brooklyn Nets are certainly still hopeful. But they’re going to have to keep their season alive long enough to see that day. Because he won’t be available to them for the Play-In which begins on April 12. Simmons experienced a flare-up of an […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have yet to rediscover their old form as they currently sit at the 13th spot of the Western Conference with a 27-51 record. With the playoffs already out of reach, they are already looking forward to the next season where they will aim to get back into their winning ways. Portland’s […]

LOS ANGELES — With the return of Paul George to the lineup, the Los Angeles Clippers are rolling again. There could, however, be even more good news could be on the way in the form of Norman Powell as he looks to return from a foot injury. The Clippers guard has been out since Feb. […]

On the most recent episode of ClutchPoints’ Nothing But Nets podcast, we got a very intriguing question from a listener. Martin from the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn wanted to know this: “How relieved are Brooklyn Nets fans that the New York Knicks are blowing their draft position, conceding relevance to the Nets for the foreseeable future?” […]

It has been a crazy couple of years for Alex Caruso. The former Texas A&M guard has gone from being an undrafted rookie to a key piece in the Chicago Bulls ongoing attempt at a 2020 NBA Finals run. Famously nicknamed Carushow during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, Caruso’s NBA career is far […]

If you haven’t caught on quite yet, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in the midst of a rebuild. A long rebuild, in fact: the team is currently made up of young talent and undeveloped prospects looking to make it to the league. Sam Presti is looking at the long-term game here, as he’ll try to […]

OG Anunoby just can’t catch a break from injuries, man. The Toronto Raptors forward has shown significant progress this season, but he has been sidelined with an injury multiple times already. It seemed like he was headed on the right track after returning from a nasty finger injury prior to their game against the Miami […]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played a prominent role in the Los Angeles Lakers orbit on Sunday — and I don’t mean on episode five of “Winning Time.” The Lakers legend was on-hand at Crypto.com Arena to personally award Carmelo Anthony with the brand-new Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, which honors the NBA’s Social Justice Champion. “It’s an honor for […]

Kyle Lowry’s legacy will forever be tied with Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors, for all the good reasons. The star point guard helped usher in the most successful era of basketball in the franchise’s history. It all culminated with the team’s first-ever championship back in 2019, with Lowry playing a crucial part in that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently on life support to make the play-in tournament, particularly so after their Sunday night defeat against the Denver Nuggets. But the biggest game of the season was arguably the game prior against the New Orleans Pelicans. In order to keep pace with the San Antonio Spurs for the 10th […]

LeBron James has been a trend-setter ever since he came into the league. The Los Angeles Lakers star was one of the most hyped high school prospects in 2003, and he parlayed that hype into being the first overall pick in that draft. Since then, he’s gone on to be the greatest player of his […]

No team in the NBA was more active at this season’s trade deadline than the Portland Trail Blazers. Even after making multiple deals prioritizing the future over the present, though, interim general manager Joe Cronin apparently still had hopes of bringing in an impact player. According to veteran league scribe Marc Stein, the Trail Blazers […]

The Brooklyn Nets find themselves in some uncharted waters. According to FanDuel, they’re still among the favorites to win the Eastern Conference. Yet if it weren’t for the NBA adding a play-in tournament, they wouldn’t even be playoff bound right now, which is crazy to think about. The Nets are tied for 10th place in […]

After being swept by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs last year, the Miami Heat were at one point running through the Eastern Conference this season, on track to finish with the number one seed. Injuries have been a factor for Miami since 2021-22 tipped off, but coach Erik Spoelstra has […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will pay a visit to Crypto.com Arena to take on the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Pelicans-Clippers prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The Pelicans are coming off a massive 114-111 […]

The Denver Nuggets will pay a visit to Crypto.com Arena to take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday afternoon. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Nuggets-Lakers prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. Denver’s most recent outing came in a 136-130 loss […]

It is a possible first-round playoff preview as the Miami Heat head north to face the Toronto Raptors on the tail-end of a back-to-back. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Raptors prediction and pick. The Heat destroyed the Chicago Bulls 127-109 on Saturday night. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points while shooting […]

After experiencing an unprecedented and unique situation of playing all their home games in Tampa, Florida, the Toronto Raptors are back in Canada and proving once again that they are part of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Despite losing their leader Kyle Lowry in the offseason, Fred VanVleet has raised himself to All-Star […]

The Sacramento Kings have already clinched a league-worst 16 straight losing seasons towards the tail-end of their 2021-22 campaign. Currently, they are holding a 29-49 record for the 12th spot in the Western Conference. The Kings previously engaged in a blockbuster deal that gave them an All-Star caliber player in Domantas Sabonis and other assets […]

Kevin Durant turned a few heads with his latest take on his tenure with the Golden State Warriors. The Brooklyn Nets star was adamant that the Warriors should retire his jersey in the rafters, no questions asked. Via The Ringer: “Every one of these places I played is my home,” Durant said of his three […]

The Philadelphia 76ers begin a three-game road trip as they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Sunday night showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a 76ers-Cavaliers prediction and pick. The 76ers demolished the Charlotte Hornets 144-114 at home on Saturday. Philadelphia snapped a three-game skid in colossal fashion. After building […]

The Dallas Mavericks will pay a visit to Fiserv Forum to take on the Milwaukee Bucks in a 1 PM ET Sunday tip. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Mavericks-Bucks prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The Mavericks are coming off a […]

The Orlando Magic is on the verge of finishing the 2021-22 season with another losing campaign with a 20-58 record. Currently settling at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, the team would surely want to look forward to the next season and focus on improving in order to gain greater results moving forward. Luckily for […]

With 7:17 left in the fourth quarter of their contest against the Golden State Warriors, the Utah Jazz had piled on a 99.5% chance of winning according to ESPN’s win probability metric. The Jazz were up 16 points and had possession of the basketball at that point. It’s possible the Warriors don’t even score 16 […]

The Brooklyn Nets really wanted this one. They wanted it badly enough that Kevin Durant played through what he said was a sore ankle and dropped a career high 55 points. In the end it wasn’t enough and the Nets fell to Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 122-115. The Hawks have now supplanted the […]

With arguably the most surprising and most impressive ascension this season, the pressure heightens for the young Memphis Grizzlies squad in the playoffs. Being in the eighth seed last season put them in a “nothing to lose” situation last year, but they have risen to the second seed in the Western Conference despite the 22 […]