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The return of Kawhi Leonard for Game 2 of the Los Angeles Clippers first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks was exciting for fans, especially after they picked up a victory in Game 1 of the series. It’s safe to say the team was riding high heading into this game, but they came crashing back […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are out to prove that they can contend for an NBA championship. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams and company are two games up on the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs, giving them a solid edge as they look to go dancing in the […]

After keeping it close in Game 1, the New Orleans Pelicans got blown out of the water in Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC was able to adjust and get their offense going after struggling in Game 1. New Orleans, on the other hand, continued to struggle on offense. The result is a […]

In the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 124-92 Game 2 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, rookie center Chet Holmgren, who scored 26 points and pulled down 7 rebounds in the win, grabbed the microphone and praised teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the league’s MVP. But once the euphoria of the win and Holmgren’s […]

The Miami Heat are at it again. Despite the absences of Jimmy Butler and Terro Rozier, they defeated the Boston Celtics by a final score of 111-101 in Game 2 with a historic barrage of three-pointers. Tyler Herro lived up to his last name with a heroic performance to even up the series following a […]

It’s back to the drawing board for the Philadelphia 76ers after dropping the first two games of their NBA playoff series against the New York Knicks. After losing Game 2, Joel Embiid declared that the 76ers would still win the series and that they should be up 2-0. It’s a bold statement but not one […]

The Boston Celtics opened their postseason campaign with a blowout 114-94 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of their first-round series, and it seemed like all was well in the world. The Heat have been a thorn in the Celtics side in the playoffs over the past few years, but without Jimmy Butler […]

The Boston Celtics aren’t some regular-season paper tiger. Any team in NBA history would struggle to emerge victorious when its opponent shoots 53.5% from beyond the arc en route to 23 made triples. Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier both remained sidelined, but the shorthanded Miami Heat’s stunning 111-101 victory over Boston in Game 2 should […]

Shaquille O’Neal is a rich man but he just got a little richer after Game 2 of the first-round series between two of his former teams, the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, Wednesday night. Before the game, Shaq predicted that Miami would beat Boston by 10 points and made a bet on it against […]

The New Orleans Pelicans showed their capability to pull off an upset in Game 1, when they put the fear of a higher being into the Oklahoma City Thunder by keeping it close throughout what ended up being a 94-92 win for OKC. Fans even began to clamor for a return from Zion Williamson, as […]

The Arizona Coyotes are no longer in business as Ryan Smith bought the franchise and will see them pack up for Utah. This squad has gone through a lot and has amassed a dedicated fan base during its stay. Now, it will see a new environment where avid spectators of the Utah Jazz get to […]

The Miami Heat stunned the Boston Celtics 111-101 on Wednesday night to tie up their NBA Playoffs series at one game apiece. The fact that the Heat are back in this series despite star Jimmy Butler’s absence is cause for celebration among Heat fans, and apparently for Butler himself. Jimmy caught the Heat’s win in […]

The NBA will soon name who is the 2023-24 NBA Most Valuable Player and among the three finalists for that honor is no other than Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. There are not a few people who think that SGA should win the award, including, of course, his Oklahoma City teammates. Chet Holmgren even […]

For what feels like the millionth time, the Boston Celtics are tied in a playoff series with the Miami Heat. On Wednesday night at TD Garden, Miami torched the C’s from beyond the arc en route to a 111-101 upset win in Game 2. The C’s took Game 1 by tying a franchise record for […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are shedding the perplexing “fake one-seed” allegations game by game. In OKC’s 124-92 Game 2 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, Chet Holmgren put up a stellar first-half performance that would lend further credence to the idea that he is a deserving Rookie of the Year winner. In the first half, […]

The Boston Celtics were overwhelming favorites heading into Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Miami Heat. However, that doesn’t mean they can overcome a record-breaking shooting night from their Eastern Conference rivals. During the Heat’s 111-101 victory in Beantown on Wednesday evening, they set a new franchise record for 3-pointers made in […]

The Miami Heat have accomplished what they set out to do in the first two games. All Coach Erik Spoelstra and the Bam Adebayo-led squad had to do was steal one game from the Boston Celtics. They bounced back fairly well after getting blown out in Game 1. A lot of it had to do […]

If the Boston Celtics and their fans have a villain at the moment, it’s Miami Heat star Caleb Martin who made a huge impact on the team’s 111-101 win in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs. After the game, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and Martin himself talk about his performance and the win as […]

The Boston Celtics fell 111-101 to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night to even their NBA Playoffs series at one game apiece. After the game, Celtics star Jaylen Brown issued a challenge to his teammates, per Jack Simone of Celtics Blog: “Jaylen Brown on how the Celtics need to respond to their Game 2 loss […]

Not too many fans gave the Miami Heat much of a chance when they entered their first-round series against the Boston Celtics without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier. Fans even made fun of how Heat supporters chanted “We want Boston” during their play-in tournament, but on Wednesday night, Miami showed that they remain the bane […]

The Boston Celtics engaged in a heated matchup against the Miami Heat in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal. Boston lost 111-101 after an incredible shooting display from Miami. Still, the Celtics needed greater production from two key players to beat the white-hot Heat. Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday are the contributors in question […]

The Chicago Bulls finished up yet another mediocre season on Friday night as they lost to the Miami Heat in the NBA play-in tournament. It was a disappointing season, so it was fitting for it to end in disappointing fashion. The Bulls got out to a good start in Miami as they hit a few […]

This was supposed to be a season of progress for the Detroit Pistons. Cade Cunningham returned after playing just 12 games last year and put up career-highs nearly across the board. Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey flashed in their first two seasons in the league. Detroit added Ausar Thompson to its young core and hired […]

The Chicago Bulls finished up yet another mediocre season last Friday night as they lost to the Miami Heat in the NBA play-in tournament. It was a disappointing season, so it was fitting for it to end in disappointing fashion. The Bulls got out to a good start in Miami as they hit a few […]

Tyler Herro had 24 points and 14 assists while hitting six of Miami’s franchise playoff-record 23 3-pointers to lead the Heat to a 111-101 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night and tie their first-round playoff series at one win apiece. With Boston unable to put a dent into the Heat’s lead throughout the […]

The Miami Heat shock the fans inside the TD Garden and steal a game as they beat the Boston Celtics in a huge upset in Game 2, 111-101. While some saw this series as a potential sweep candidate, the Heat had other plans and tie the series up coming back home. Heat win 111-101 to […]

The Miami Heat shockingly defeated the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night with a team led by Tyler Herro, the star of the show as Jimmy Butler sat out the game with an MCL injury. Herro did something that not even Butler, LeBron James, or Dwyane Wade have done with the Heat franchise, and now fortunes […]

Nothing is ever guaranteed in the NBA, and that rings true, especially for end-of-the-bench role players. Atlanta Hawks guard Trent Forrest is no stranger to that plight. Forrest went undrafted in the 2020 NBA Draft and ended up signing a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz. While two-way contracts are still NBA roster spots, they […]

Timberwolves forward Naz Reid has won the 2023-2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award after a stellar season for Minnesota. Reid won the award over Kings guard Malik Monk, whom many believed would win the award, and Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. Reid was announced as the winner during the NBA on TNT pregame […]

With 2023-24 officially over for the Detroit Pistons, ideas for roster reconstruction are flowing in like crazy. Beat writer James Edwards of The Athletic created an offseason proposal with the Brooklyn Nets that would shake up this franchise to hopefully a winning product. Detroit wrapped up their regular season on a miserable note with not […]

The NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award has been decided by only a few votes. It went to Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid. This was quite unexpected given that a lot of the league’s avid watchers and everyone who is part of the Sacramento Kings faithful had Malik Monk winning as a foregone […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers could be getting reinforcements in their frontcourt for Game 3 vs. the Denver Nuggets, in the form of Jarred Vanderbilt and Christian Wood. Vanderbilt, out since Feb. 3 with a right foot sprain, is reportedly targeting a Thursday return. The versatile forward has been ramping up his on-court […]

Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk finished second in the voting for NBA Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday. Monk, who was viewed as the favorite for the award almost the entire season, suffered an MCL injury in his right knee, causing him to miss the Kings’ final nine games. But even with the absence, Sacramento […]

During a recent poll conducted by The Athletic, it turned out that former Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce got a lone vote for the Greatest of All Time honor from an unnamed player. Could that lone vote be from Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James? Pierce is not eliminating that theory. While on Tuesday’s […]

The Charlotte Hornets are entering a new in 2024-25. Finally disabused of the notion Charlotte could be competitive in the foreseeable future after finishing toward the bery bottom of the standings yet again this season, new owners Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall have begun turning over the Hornets’ lead decision-makers. Jeff Peterson, long considered one […]

A sometimes forgotten aspect of Shaquille O’Neal’s legendary career is that he played with LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2009-2010 season. The then 37-year-old O’Neal arrived in Cleveland after a stint with the contending Steve Nash-Amar’e Stoudemire-led Phoenix Suns team. He arrived to the Cavaliers with much fanfare, winning an NBA championship […]

Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid has officially been named the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Reid, who was honored on Wednesday night as the best bench player in the league this past season, helped lead the Timberwolves to a 56-26 record, their second-best season in franchise history. As a result, they were […]

The highly anticipated first-round matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns shifts to the desert with the home team facing what might as well be a must-win Game 3. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and company were sorely out-classed at Target Center during the first two games of this series, unable to stem […]

Ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers’ must-win Game 3 versus the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, the 87th game of the season, head coach Darvin Ham said he and Anthony Davis will have to “agree to disagree” about how organized — or not — their basketball team is. In the aftermath of Game 2’s gut-wrenching loss […]