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Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers got a lot of heat after their their Game 5 loss in Miami. The Sixers were run out of the arena in the 120-85 loss and looked like a team ready to roll over. That set off the national media to go at Joel Embiid for his rather lethargic […]

Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine was battling knee pain for most of the season and despite missing time, he vowed to play through it and help his team make a postseason run. With free agency looming and LaVine looking to get back to tip-top shape, the Bulls guard will undergo a procedure in the next […]

The Dallas Mavericks are in a bit of trouble after falling down 3-2 in their series against the Phoenix Suns. The Mavs suffered a brutal 30-point loss to Phoenix in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals. As they usually are in the NBA Playoffs, tensions were high in Phoenix, specifically between Luka Doncic and […]

It’s officially do-or-die time for the Boston Celtics. After blowing a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter in Game 5, the Milwaukee Bucks came up with clutch plays down the stretch to take the 3-2 series advantage from Jayson Tatum and the Celtics. They are now in a fight for their lives in the NBA […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson received quite the honor on Thursday as the NBA renamed the Western Conference Finals MVP award after him, while the Eastern Conference Finals MVP will be named after Larry Bird. Magic quickly reacted to the news on social media and expressed his gratitude: Thank you to the @NBA for […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies find themselves in a heated Western Conference Semi-Finals battle. The former of those teams was expected to be there before the season began. The latter would have just been happy to get to this point based on preseason expectations from outside observers. And yet it’s the Grizzlies […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to host the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series. Momentum is on their side after a stunning comeback win in Game 5, the Bucks now leading the series 3-2 with a chance to close out the series at home Friday night. The Bucks vs Celtics […]

The Boston Celtics held a 93-79 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks after a Payton Pritchard bucket with 10:16 remaining in Wednesday’s Game 5. After a big comeback win on the road in Game 4, it looked like the Celtics were about to cruise their way to a 3-2 series lead to sit on the doorstep […]

The Philadelphia 76ers struck gold in the 2020 NBA Draft when they selected Tyrese Maxey with the 21st overall pick. Just two seasons into his career, Maxey is one of the best players for a Sixers team looking to compete for a championship. He can exact revenge on the Miami Heat, one of the teams […]

The night began with Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry saying the game plan was to Whoop That Trick. That’s the name of the Memphis Grizzlies theme song that came from the movie Hustle and Flow. The Warriors talked the talk, but in Game 5, the Grizzlies walked the walk. The Ja Morant-less team gave […]

The Golden State Warriors had a chance to close out the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 5 on Wednesday night, but instead they put forth their worst performance of the season. The Warriors trailed by as many as 55 points (yes, 55 points) en route to a 134-95 loss. The only reason it was “only” a […]

The Golden State Warriors looked far from golden in Game 5 against the Memphis Grizzlies. They went down by as much as 55 points in the 134-95 defeat. Now, they’re fighting to advance in the NBA playoffs with the momentum against them. The Warriors came out flat against the Grizzlies and did nothing to fix […]

The Milwaukee Bucks proved once again why they are the defending NBA champions. They came out victorious over the Boston Celtics in their hard-fought Game 5 battle Wednesday night. While it was a team effort, things could have gone the opposite way if it wasn’t for Jrue Holiday’s late-game heroics on defense. With less than […]

Just a win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat will look to finish business in the second round this Friday on the road versus the Philadelphia 76ers? Is this the end for the Sixers? Or, will the Heat send Joel Embiid and company on an early vacation? With that said, […]

No Ja Morant, no problem. With their backs against the wall facing elimination, the Memphis Grizzlies moved to 21-6 without their All-Star guard in a massive 134-95 spanking of the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 at home to extend the series.   Absolutely no one could’ve predicted the Grizzlies would dominate to this extent, […]

Rudy Tomjanovich’s “Don’t ever underestimate the heart of a champion” quote rang true in the Milwaukee Bucks’ thrilling Game 5 win over the Boston Celtics. Facing a 14-point deficit with just over 10 minutes remaining, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday led the charge to take the win and grab a 3-2 series advantage. Antetokounmpo led […]

The NBA is adding a few more pieces of hardware for its stars to collect. In the league’s 75th anniversary season, two legends of the game, namely Boston Celtics’ Larry Bird and Los Angeles Lakers’ Magic Johnson, will have two new trophies named after them. The league is introducing the Conference Finals MVP awards, named […]

The Golden State Warriors are one game away from making it to the Western Conference Finals. They are heavy favorites to advance to the next round, but the Memphis Grizzlies don’t care and have other plans. Without Ja Morant in the lineup, the Grizzlies took down the Dubs. The final score was 134-95, and at […]

The Memphis Grizzlies snapped the Golden State Warriors in half in Game 5 of their matchup in the second round of the NBA playoffs. With Ja Morant watching from the sideline, the Grizzlies went up by as much as 55 points in a 134-95 loss.  They set a new franchise record that they had previously […]

Jrue Holiday put the exclamation point on Wednesday night’s heavyweight bout between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics. The Bucks point guard put the clamps on newly minted Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart on two crucial defensive possessions for Milwaukee: Jrue Holiday comes up with BACK-TO-BACK stops to close out GAME 4 😤 […]

With a Phoenix Suns Game 6 scheduled against the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022 Western Conference Semifinals, the pressure will be on the Arizona franchise to close out this series on the road. Ahead of the Suns-Mavs match-up, we’ll be making our Suns Game 6 predictions. There’s no denying that Phoenix played like a team […]

The Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. Milwaukee erased a 13-point deficit in the final nine minutes, and were down six with just over two left. Yet, some late-game heroics from the Bucks and some mental errors from the Celtics led to the comeback victory. Apparently, […]

Whoop that trick. If you haven’t heard that three-word mantra before then, odds are, you’re going to be familiar with this from here on out. This has become the battle cry for Grizzlies fans, and for some reason, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry decided to use this same statement to talk smack towards them […]

Ja Morant is brimming with confidence after his team blew out the Golden State Warriors in Game 5, so much so that the injured superstar guard even boldly declared a series victory for the Memphis Grizzlies. With Morant sidelined due to a knee injury, the Grizzlies were largely expected to get knocked out of the […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo carried the Milwaukee Bucks throughout the entire Game 5. That kept them in the contest even as the Boston Celtics led for most of the game. His effort wasn’t for naught as Jrue Holiday put the finishing touches on a magnificent fourth-quarter comeback. Jrue Holiday hit the game-tying triple with 42.4 seconds left […]

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant was clearly ecstatic after seeing his team destroy the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 to the tune of 39 points. In fact, he can’t help but troll some Dubs fans following the victory. On Twitter, Morant mentioned popular online content creator Famouslos32 and asked him to do the griddy […]

The Memphis Grizzlies absolutely destroyed the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night en route to a 39-point win. At one point, the Ja Morant-less Grizzlies were up by as much as 52 points in the game and they made sure to let the Warriors know about it. Before Wednesday’s drubbing, Stephen Curry came out with […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics are playing one of the more entertaining playoff series in a while. On Wednesday night, the series might have finally tipped heavily in favor of the Bucks. Milwaukee managed to erase a 13-point deficit in the final nine minutes and change to defeat the Celtics, 110-107 in Boston. The […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are now in the driver’s seat with a commanding 3-2 lead over the Boston Celtics. But Giannis Antetokounmpo knows it’s far from over. Giannis had a succinct four-word message during the postgame presser after the Bucks win: “The job’s not done,” said the Bucks star, per Lily Zhao of FOX6. He took […]

LeBron James has done a very impressive job of not even acknowledging the existence of Skip Bayless throughout his decorated career. That’s not easy to do. Well, others choose not to take the same high-road approach LeBron has been on. For his part, former Los Angeles Lakers stud Kyle Kuzma has decided to fire back […]

While Damian Lillard thought Canelo Alvarez would win against Dmitry Bivol, the Portland Trail Blazers star admitted he was not surprised it went the other way around. Bivol took down Canelo during their WBA light heavyweight title fight over the weekend. The Russian boxer bagged a unanimous decision victory, although the scores were close with […]

No Ja Morant, no problem. The Memphis Grizzlies proved on Wednesday night that they can find success without their superstar point guard as they blew out the Warriors in the first half of their Game 5 showdown in Memphis. The Grizzlies entered the half with an astounding 27-point lead after dropping 77 points in the […]

The first two months of the season, the Boston Celtics struggled to hold onto leads. They appeared to rectify that as the season progressed, helping them earn the no. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Well, that same old issue reared its head again in Game 5 Wednesday. The Celtics held a 13-point lead a […]

There were a lot of things that went wrong for the Boston Celtics during the closing seconds of their Game 5 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Perhaps, however, nothing was more crucial than the miscommunication between Jayson Tatum and the rest of the team near the end that doomed them. During the play when Marcus […]

The never-ending GOAT debate between LeBron James and Michael Jordan will likely never be truly settled. But the Los Angeles Lakers star has one additional Hall of Famer in his corner. Dallas Mavericks head coach and legendary point guard Jason Kidd was asked to weigh in on the GOAT debate on the spot during the […]

As Trae Young said it, Nikola Jokic is a funny dude. The Denver Nuggets star showed that side once again as he talked about his MVP win on NBA on TNT. Jokic has never made a big deal about individual accolades, including the MVP award. And while he has kept the same stance after he […]

While a lot of people are questioning Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic’s MVP win over Joel Embiid, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young shared his belief that it’s a well-deserved award for the Serbian. Even before the NBA confirmed the MVP winner for 2021-22, there had already been leaks and reports citing Jokic’s win. True enough, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are deep into the hunt for their next head coach after the unceremonious firing of Frank Vogel. Could a former Brooklyn Nets coach and current Golden State Warriors assistant be their guy? That’s emerged as a true possibility given the latest report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. ESPN Sources: The Los Angeles […]

Game 5 between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks went down the wire. In the end, it was Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. who escaped with a 110-107 win in what was an asbolute thriller. Celtics head coach Ime Udoka was not at all pleased with how his team let the Bucks come from behind […]