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The Dallas Mavericks gave an important game away to the Los Angeles Clippers, as the first-round series between both teams is now at 2-1. The Mavs still have the advantage in the series, but they are somewhat still the underdogs just because they’re not as talented as the Clips. While Games 1 and 2 went […]

The Washington Wizards now find themselves in a nearly inescapable hole against the Philadelphia 76ers. At the heart of their problems lies the unstoppable force known as Joel Embiid. The Cameroonian big man has tortured Washington in every game of the series. Embiid has averaged 29.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game through three contests. […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant didn’t need “experience” to make an impact on his first playoff series. Just give him the ball and he’ll score, no matter what the situation or how high the pressure is. While the Grizzlies have fallen to a 2-1 deficit to the Utah Jazz, Morant can’t be blamed for their […]

The Golden State Warriors may have missed the playoffs, but according to Steve Kerr, that only lit a fire in Draymond Green and the team. During his appearance on KNBR’s “Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks,” Kerr talked about a variety of topics, including the longevity of Stephen Curry and the season Green had with the Warriors. […]

Damian Lillard is never bashful when it comes to interacting with his fans on social media. The Portland Trail Blazers star is a very active persona online, which leads to some hilarious star-to-fan interactions. Lillard famously had a long-standing saga when he responded to a fan who claimed he had bet the equivalent of his […]

The Washington Wizards aren’t eliminated from the playoffs just yet, but they’re all but there after the brutal beating they received in Game 3. Wizards star Bradley Beal knows the road back is near-impossible, but he had some words of wisdom for his D.C. side, via The Athletic’s Fred Katz. “I’m a huge fan of […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is still rehabbing his right foot plantar fasciitis, which is why he made the decision not to play for Team Canada this summer. SGA confirmed the heartbreaking decision in an announcement on social media, in which he also thanked Canada for their overwhelming support throughout his career. “Thank you […]

A lot has been said about Julius Randle’s performance for the New York Knicks in the 2021 playoffs so far. Naturally, most of them are not good, with some even teasing him of choking in what could be said the biggest moment of his career. However, head coach Tom Thibodeau is not losing faith in […]

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony have been linked together for their entire careers. Before the Los Angeles Lakers star was making endless NBA Finals runs and winning championship rings, he was pitted as the perfect rival for Melo. Now 20 years after they first met, they’re both much closer to the finish line than the […]

Dennis Schroder and Andre Drummond have the same two items on their agenda: help the Los Angeles Lakers win the 2020-21 NBA championship, then get paid in free agency. Three games into the Lakers’ first-round series vs. the Phoenix Suns, we’ve seen what Schroder and Drummond can do to achieve both, which, ironically, jeopardizes their […]

Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons got no chill on the Washington Wizards’ Russell Westbrook. In one play during Game 3 of the Sixers and Wizards’ first-round matchup, Simmons got the better of Westbrook and continued to rub it in the face of the 2017 Most Valuable Player. Simmons finds space inside the paint then […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard scored just 10 points in Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets, but that doesn’t matter to him since they got the win. Lillard shot 1-of-10 from the field, making most of his points (seven) from the free-throw line. While such poor production from Dame often leads to losses for […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is considering a temporary expansion of Big Face Coffee in Tokyo, Japan. After the Heat’s playoff elimination at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks, Butler sounded off on the idea of playing for Team USA in this year’s Olympics, per Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. Jimmy Butler says he […]

The Denver Nuggets lost to the Portland Trail Blazers by 20 points in Game 4 of their playoff series, but that is not what head coach Michael Malone is angry about. In his postgame presser after the Blazers tied the series at 2-2, Malone highlighted his shock and disappointment that they didn’t play hard enough. […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic isn’t letting Kendrick Perkins’ criticism of his defensive play slip by. To recall, Perkins was critical of the Bosnian big man’s lockdown ability following the Blazers’ loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 3. Mike Malone flat out coached Terry Stotts!!! Nurkic and Kanter are the worse defensive bigs […]

While the Golden State Warriors missed the 2021 playoffs, there’s no denying the spectacular season Stephen Curry had with the team. In fact, it had head coach Steve Kerr marveling Steph’s ability to performance at such stage in his career. At age 33, Steph has remained an MVP candidate (and finalist!) and even finished the […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has been listed as questionable for Sunday’s Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers due to a neck injury, but head coach Rick Carlisle is not too worried about it. In his talk with reporters on Saturday–just over an hour after the Mavs’ injury report was released–Carlisle expressed his optimism […]

It’s Carmelo Anthony’s birthday, and Portland Trail Blazers fans made sure to greet him and show their appreciation for the veteran forward who has been phenomenal for the team and the city since his arrival. During Game 4 of their first-round playoffs series with the Denver Nuggets, the fans at Moda Center belted out the […]

Kawhi Leonard knows that the Miami Heat had a very disappointing season. They got swept by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. They had defeated the Bucks in five games in the 2020 playoffs but looked horrible this year. Star forward Jimmy Butler struggled offensively throughout this 2021 series and it really changed the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have not yet solved their Luka Doncic problem, but they are not too concerned about it. After all, that’s part of their plan. In the Clippers’ Game 3 win over the Dallas Mavericks to cut the lead down to 2-1, Doncic put up 44 points. However, that wasn’t enough as the […]

Luka Doncic just scored 44 points in Game 3 of the Dallas Mavericks’ first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers… and yet he is listed as questionable for Game 4 in a series the Mavs lead 2-1. The Mavs evidently felt the need to classify Luka Doncic as questionable, even though no one in his […]

The Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks’ Eastern Conference first-round series wrapped up quickly. The Bucks took a commanding 3-0 series lead and ultimately completed the sweep in South Beach. Miami pulled off the upset in this series in last year’s playoffs, but they couldn’t recreate that magic. Let’s take a look at the final […]

It has been a tale of two postseasons between the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets star James Harden. The Heat have just been dealt arguably their most embarrassing playoff series defeat in franchise history. James Harden, meanwhile, is playing for the odds-on favorite to win the NBA title this season. The Brooklyn Nets just lost to […]

Well, the Milwaukee Bucks finally got revenge. Giannis Antetokounmpo and co. made quick work of the Miami Heat, sweeping them 4-0 after securing a comeback win on Saturday afternoon in South Beach. Giannis meanwhile, had a hilarious response postgame to knocking out last years NBA finalists: "There's a saying, don't play with your food. We […]

In Game 3 of the first-round series between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns, Anthony Davis was seen at times grabbing his knee or his hamstring. He powered through and led the Purple and Gold to victory, but his endurance level in this series was freshly thrown into question. New questions have surfaced […]

Are the Miami Heat “bubble frauds”? That question has been asked a lot over the past several months. After being swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks, that question will dominate NBA discussions this weekend, and it will be a primary topic throughout the offseason. It will linger into […]

Metta World Peace wants you to know that Joel Embiid and the Sixers aren’t playing around this season. @sixers are being slept on. The big fella is dominant. Watch out — Metta World Peace (@MettaWorld37) May 29, 2021 I mean, he does have a point. Philly was the No. 1 seed heading into the 2021 […]

While the Utah Jazz prepare for Game 3 against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, there will be some heavy hearts after the passing of Jazz legend Mark Eaton. Rudy Gobert actually built quite the relationship with him and paid his respects to Eaton on social media just after hearing about his death at the […]

No star in the NBA carried his team as much as Stephen Wardell Curry carried the Golden State Warriors. But with his team out of playoff contention, the two-time MVP is getting some well-deserved rest. The Warriors hasn’t been posting on his own social media accounts. But thankfully, his wife Ayesha has given us a […]

In what many deemed as a potential sweep, the Boston Celtics were able to scratch out a win in Game 3 against the Brooklyn Nets at the TD Garden on Friday night thanks to a 50 piece from Jayson Tatum. The Celtics star responded after back-to-back cold nights with a ridiculous performance as Boston now […]

Russell Westbrook made headlines for the wrong reasons during the Washington Wizards’ Game 3 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. The 9-time All-Star was involved in fan-related incident on Wednesday night, when a member of the Sixers crowd poured his bucket of popcorn at the Wizards point guard. But overshadowed by the fiasco was the actual […]

Former Utah Jazz big man Mark Eaton reportedly passed away at the age of 64, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. “Former NBA player Mark Eaton, a one-time All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year, has passed away at the age of 64. Eaton played 12 seasons with the Utah Jazz from 1982-1993.” Although specific […]

Derrick Rose has been the secret stuff keeping the New York Knicks alive in the postseason. The former MVP is playing at an All-Star level once again, and he’s had to go toe-to-toe with Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young. While the Hawks have the upper hand after taking Game 3, Derrick Rose spoke out about […]

The Denver Nuggets head to Portland to take on the Trail Blazers in the fourth game of this best-of-seven series. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Nuggets-Blazers prediction and pick. Portland took the crucial first game of the series and stole home-court advantage from Denver. The Nuggets bounced back with […]

All we usually hear about is the Big 3 in Brooklyn of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. But what about the one in Philly? The Sixers have a brilliant trio of their own in MVP candidate Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and Tobias Harris. While they may not be the Nets, the development these […]

It’s not in Derrick Rose’s nature to put his team on blast when things don’t go right But by God, Julius Randle and the New York Knicks are getting Rose in a reasonable position to go full Gunnery Sergeant Hartman on his team. That’s after a hard-to-watch (for Knicks fans at least) New York 105-94 […]

The Sixers might have a 2-0 stranglehold on their series with the Washington Wizards, but they couldn’t care right now. The top seed in the East was completely dominant in Game 2 on Wednesday in Philly but as far as Doc Rivers is concerned, this first-round matchup might as well be tied. Doc Rivers says […]

We’re three games into the series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks. If there’s one thing we’ve learned so far, it’s that nobody’s stopping Luka Doncic. The Clippers had every incentive to throw all that they had into muzzling Luka Doncic in Game 3. Their backs were clearly against the wall with […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has been a superstar through the first three games of the playoffs against the Knicks and with the way he’s playing, there is absolutely not a chance New York is winning this series. Young went off at Madison Square Garden, erupting for 32 in his postseason debut. He instantly became […]