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The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in wild fashion to earn the seventh seed in the Western Conference in the NBA Playoffs, and it seems LeBron James did not get much sleep after the team’s 108-102 overtime win. “There’s just no way I’m up right now!! C’mon man! 🤦🏽‍♂️” LeBron James wrote on […]

The first play-in tournament game on Wednesday will be between the 9th-seeded Toronto Raptors and the DeMar DeRozan-led, 10th-seeded Chicago Bulls. The game will tip off at approximately 7:00 PM EST, and the winner will go on to play the Miami Heat on Friday for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. Ahead of Chicago’s showdown […]

Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan look to still be going strong if their latest trip is any indication. They were spotting cuddling and kissing amongst friends on a massive yacht in Miami, proving the relationship is as secure as ever, reports TMZ. Pippen and Jordan went public late in 2022, and social media had a […]

It will be a very interesting offseason for the Dallas Mavericks, especially after they finished with a disappointing 38-44 record, missing the play-in tournament entirely. How the Mavs front office decides to build around Luka Doncic will be fascinating. They know they will be on the clock as it is simply inexcusable for a team […]

After months of basketball in the regular season, the 2023 NBA Playoffs are finally here. Now, only the best of the best in the league remains in pursuit of the Larry O’Brien Trophy. With the Philadelphia 76ers set to face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round, it means it is time for some Sixers […]

Mikal Bridges developed his game growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The breakout Brooklyn Nets forward was a diehard 76ers fan, frequently attending games at Wells Fargo Center, then called the Wachovia Center. He went on to play at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, where he would earn All-State honors and a […]

Is this Trae Young’s last hurrah in Atlanta? Possibly—in fact, probably! But hidden in all the hubbub about Young’s future with the Atlanta Hawks is the fact that this team is as talented as just about any other in the league. Although the Hawks haven’t reached the same heights as they did in 2021 when […]

What’s the proper post-game celebration for a newly acquired benchwarmer from a Los Angeles Lakers team that barely eked out a play-in tournament game victory against a fractured 8-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves bunch? Maybe a nice bowl of soup followed by a good night sleep? Not so for Tristan Thompson, who took the more Kardashian route […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a tough loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Play-In tournament after holding a lead for most of the game, and Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch spoke about the game. “This is what we’ve done for a lot of the season other than the first part of the season,” […]

The NBA Playoffs are back as the No. 6 seed Golden State Warriors (44-38) take on the No. 3 seed Sacramento Kings (48-34) in the Western Conference first round. The series tips off on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET. With such an enticing matchup on deck, there are a number of juicy prop bets to […]

It’s a bit confusing how the Memphis Grizzlies (and to a greater extent, the Sacramento Kings) still fail to command the respect a top-seeded team in the Western Conference deserves, but here we are. There’s been talk that the 3/6, 2/7 route to the Western Conference Finals is an easier path, and there’s certainly an […]

To start the 2022-23 regular season there were a lot of question marks for the Boston Celtics. How would the team respond to a brand new coach? Could the Celtics play up to their potential without Robert Williams III? Would Jayson Tatum recover from a rough NBA Finals? The C’s answered all these queries by posting […]

With Los Angeles’ win on Tuesday night, LeBron James and the Lakers were the final piece of the California puzzle. The win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, while not exactly the most convincing of triumphs, secured LA’s spot in the NBA Playoffs. They join the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, and Golden State Warriors as the […]

Some teams simply perform better while playing with house money, and the Atlanta Hawks seem to be the epitome of that kind of team. Not many fans and pundits expected the Hawks to beat the playoff-tested Miami Heat in the 7/8 play-in tournament game, but they did so in convincing fashion, proving the naysayers wrong […]

Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie addressed his Twitter beef with Kyle Kuzma, per FanDuel TV’s Run It Back. Dinwiddie provided a look back at the beef between the players, and then made a response. “What’s that thing Draymond (Green) just said, where he said ‘insecurity is loud,’” Dinwiddie said. “Basically, here’s what happened. We lost […]

Russell Westbrook is a triple-double machine who has earned NBA MVP honors and nine All-Star Game appearances. For a guy as polarizing as Westbrook, have you ever wondered how the former NBA MVP lives? Well, wonder no more. This article will feature Russell Westbrook’s $25 million mansion in Brentwood Park. Around 2018, when Westbrook was […]

A pair of Michael Jordan’s signed shoes worn during the 1998 NBA Finals has just become the most expensive ever sold. The Nike Air Jordan 13 shoes were sold at a Tuesday auction for a record $2.2 million according to auction house Sotheby’s. The previous record was $1.47 million for a pair of Jordan’s Nike […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are staring down the most important offseason of the Damian Lillard Era. They’ve done well in recent years, adding talents like Shaedon Sharpe and Jerami Grant to their roster while hiring a head coach with a fresh outlook in Chauncey Billups that could lead them to a higher plane. Front office […]

Playoff Jimmy was nowhere to be found on Tuesday night. Jimmy Butler’s vaunted postseason persona may not translate the same way to the Play-In Tournament, where the Miami Heat got dismantled by the Atlanta Hawks, 116-105. Butler finished with 21 points and 9 assists, but his points came on a brutal 6-of-19 shooting clip that […]

The last time the New York Knicks were in the playoffs, Trae Young shushed and bowed and promptly bounced them in five games. But entering the 2023 NBA Playoffs, this Knicks team feels different. For years, the Knicks have been in a weird half-space of trying to compete while simultaneously looking to make a major […]

Not many people outside the team’s most loyal fans believe that the Los Angeles Clippers are capable of taking down one of the heavy favorites to win the 2023 NBA championship in the Phoenix Suns. And as much as fans believe in the Clippers’ ability to mount a stunning upset, it will be an extremely […]

The Miami Heat lost their first play-in tournament matchup to Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. But when it comes to Young and the Heat, Miami believes that if you can’t beat em’, join em’. Miami is the favorite to be Young’s next team if he is traded from the Hawks, via sportsbetting.ag. The Heat’s […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo already has a ring in hand with a chance to win another this postseason. But there’s a multiverse reality wherein neither of those things would be true had the Milwaukee Bucks star listened to the creeping doubt in his head back in 2020. Antetokounmpo made a stunning revelation about nearly calling it quits […]

The Los Angeles Lakers expended most of their time and energy on defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in Tuesday’s Play-In Tournament thriller, but LeBron James had evidently allowed himself to look ahead to their first-round matchup with the West’s No. 2 seed, the Memphis Grizzlies. “Really good team. Very well-coached. Very well-balanced,” LeBron said about the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves went down to the wire with the Los Angeles Lakers in the first play-in game for the Western Conference. They ended up losing 108-102 in overtime after a wild finish in regulation despite big scoring outings from Karl-Anthony Towns and Mike Conley. Towns played a very solid game, scoring 24 points on 8-12 […]

According to LeBron James, Anthony Davis, “analytics” guys, and a whiteboard in the locker room, the Los Angeles Lakers had a 0.3% chance of making the NBA Playoffs after beginning the 2022-23 regular season with a 2-10 record. Or, another way to look at it, to paraphrase Lloyd Christmas: So they were telling the Lakers […]

Winning tends to remedy bad optics. But losing always exacerbates them. The Minnesota Timberwolves were desperate for a victory versus the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Play-In Tournament. Not just because it would mean formal entrance to the postseason, but so the team could regain an air of competence after a drama-filled last couple […]

Picking the 15 players who are the most deserving of becoming part of the illustrious 2023 All-NBA teams is a thankless task, especially when millions of dollars in real life money are on the line for players based on whether they make it or not. In today’s NBA, that task is even more difficult given […]

The Los Angeles Clippers may not have had the most impressive 2022-23 regular season campaign, finishing 44-38 despite all the championship prognoses they received during preseason. While the Clippers are one of those teams that many expect to turn it on when the playoffs begin, they have an extremely steep mountain to climb in the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves almost had the No. 7 seed in the bag, but the Los Angeles Lakers had other plans. But even when it looked as though the Lakers also had the victory toward the end of regulation, the Timberwolves were still able to pull off a miracle to force overtime. Former Lakers forward, Kyle […]

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday night in the NBA’s Play-In game, but it didn’t come easy. The Lakers erased a 15-point deficit and won in overtime, 108-102. It appeared as though LeBron James and Dennis Schroder were going to be heroes. With the game tied at 95, James drove and found […]

Los Angeles very nearly blew their comeback bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Play-In Tournament. The Lakers managed to survive in overtime and salvage the same result despite Anthony Davis‘ glaring blunder right at the buzzer in regulation. AD fouled Mike Conley on a corner three, which allowed the Timberwolves veteran to sink all […]

Trae Young has been the subject of controversy for a bit now, but no one is talking about any of that following the Atlanta Hawks’ 116-105 win over the Miami Heat in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday. TNT analyst and Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal wanted to hear the team’s battle cry, and the […]

With seconds to go in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers were right at the cusp of completing an epic Play-In Tournament comeback against the Timberwolves. It was a little more complicated than it appeared. LeBron James found Dennis Schroder for a wide-open corner triple that looked to be the nail in the coffin. […]

Karl-Anthony Towns got a ton of backlash during their Play-In game against the Los Angeles Lakers over his foul trouble that put the Minnesota Timberwolves in a difficult situation. With Rudy Gobert suspended and Jaden McDaniels injured, the Timberwolves headed to the Lakers game with a thin frontcourt. That is already a difficult spot to […]

Shannon Sharpe is the biggest LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers fan. He has shown that multiple times throughout the 2022-23 season. However, considering his fandom and job as a sports analyst for FOX, he can also be the team’s biggest critic when they are not playing well. That is the case on Tuesday as […]

When a franchise stays stagnant over multiple years, it is hard to deny that there may be a culture problem deeply embedded in the organization from top to bottom. After a fifth-straight losing season, fans have to accept that the Washington Wizards might fit this mold. However, they probably weren’t expecting to get validation from […]

Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns got the harsh Josh Hart treatment on Tuesday as they play the Los Angeles Lakers in the Play-In. Midway through the second quarter after he took a free throw, Towns proceeded to walk forward to get some high fives from his teammates. While Kyle Anderson gave him some love, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are hosting the Play-In game Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers came out flat and trailed for the majority of the first half. Things appeared to get worse as point guard Dennis Schroder suffered an ankle injury and was forced from the game early in the second quarter. Dennis […]