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The NBA Playoffs bring a certain kind of seven-game series pressure but the introduction of the NBA Play-In Tournament has injected some elimination game intensity into the postseason. The extra opportunities to keep a team’s NBA Finals dreams alive have been a lifeline to the New Orleans Pelicans. They’ve been in the Play-In three consecutive […]

With the Charlotte Hornets season ending earlier than they wanted, offseason storylines are already picking up steam slowly but surely. None might be bigger than Miles Bridges’ contract. After sitting out the entire 2022-23 season and missing the first 10 games serving his suspension, he came back with the same kind of production. His stat […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to host the Miami Heat in a play-in game, Joel Embiid’s injury status is up in the air. But all signs point to Embiid being back in action on Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Embiid was held out of the Sixers’ final regular-season game despite […]

The Miami Heat are about to embark on another hopeful postseason run like last season where they went to the NBA Finals, but they first have to start by getting out of the play-in tournament. For success, it all starts with Heat star Jimmy Butler who was the main reason of many that led them […]

When fans and analysts discuss the best duos in the NBA, the first ones that come to mind are LeBron James-Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving, and Giannis Antetokounmpo-Damian Lillard. Rarely do Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets get mentioned. But, if you’re asking Murray, he knows he and The Joker and the […]

The 2024 NBA Draft decisions are coming in with the college basketball season over. The latest big name to head for the draft is Baylor star Ja’Kobe Walter, who announced his decision on Monday, via an interview with Shams Charania. ‘Baylor freshman guard Ja’Kobe Walter — a potential top-10 pick — tells @Stadium he is […]

The 2024 regular season is over, so a number of NBA teams are already looking forward to the offseason to see how they can improve for next season. Normally, the NBA Draft would be a great way to add to your roster, but the 2024 draft class is considered weaker than normal. Additionally, a number […]

The time has finally come to determine who the NBA MVP will be. All season long, so much conversation has been made about the rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder with breakout superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. There has even been noise as of late surrounding Jalen Brunson and Luka Doncic making their way up the MVP […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings are on a collision course again after the regular season a year after they met each other in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. This time, they don’t have at least four games to duke it out on the court. On Tuesday, Golden State and […]

It wasn’t a great final day of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans, or for their star forward Zion Williamson. With a win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Pelicans would’ve clinched the 6th seed in the Western Conference and assured themselves a spot in the NBA Playoffs. However, the Lakers had other plans. […]

There’s no question that NBA legends deserve a statue. It is a way for fans and teams to honor a particular player for his legacy and contributions to the game of basketball. Just recently, we witnessed how the Los Angeles Lakers honored the late great Kobe Bryant by putting up a statue just outside of […]

The NBA playoffs matchups are set! In the Eastern Conference, we have a pretty interesting matchup between two teams. The third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks will be facing off against the sixth seeded Indiana Pacers. The two teams have some history against each other: who could forget the great game-ball fiasco from this season? This matchup is […]

Ric Flair knows what it’s like to have his age scrutinized. Many fans considered the wrestling legend too old to be working in the ring when he was with WWE in the 2000s. That did not stop him, though, as he continued his craft in other companies and competed in what was officially billed as […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading into the NBA playoffs with a calf injury that kept him out of the final three games of the regular season. While the team was hopeful that he would be able to progressively work his way back to full speed rather quickly, things are not looking good as […]

Phoenix Suns majority owner Mat Ishbia acted like he didn’t know about the NBA’s new second-apron measure in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. “What is that?” he joked following the Suns’ announcement of the 2027 NBA All-Star Game. Ishbia has made it clear in his year-plus as majority owner that winning is the priority. He backed […]

The Phoenix Suns and Grayson Allen are reportedly in agreement on a four-year, $70 million contract extension, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. The deal reportedly has a player option as well, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Phoenix endured some ups and downs during the 2023-24 season, but Allen played a big role […]

The last day of the regular season gave fans a bit of a taste of what awaits them in the playoffs; there were a few games that had major seeding implications, imploring teams to play with a playoff-like intensity. But for the Houston Rockets, they were locked in a game with no stakes against a […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey is the leading candidate to win the 2023-24 Most Improved Player Award. After making his first All-Star team, ascending into the second option behind Joel Embiid, and taking over as the lead option for months during Embiid’s absence, Maxey has had a sensational season. The expectation was that Maxey would […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves ended their regular season with a 125-106 loss to the Phoenix Suns, which is interestingly the team they’ll be going up against in the first round of the playoffs. As all of Sunday’s games concluded, the Timberwolves took home the Western Conference’s third seed while the Suns managed to clinch the sixth […]

On Sunday afternoon, Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks had one final chance to tune up this regular season on the road vs the Indiana Pacers before hitting the road to take on the Chicago Bulls in a do or die Play-In game Wednesday evening. The effort the Hawks put up on Sunday was not […]

The New Orleans Pelicans came out with a sluggish effort in the regular season finale against the Los Angeles Lakers. Now the two squads are locked into the seventh vs. eighth-seed NBA Play-In Tournament game on Tuesday. LeBron James finished with 28 points, 17 assists, 11 rebounds and five steals to set up a rematch. […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks’ 2023-24 regular season came to an end on Sunday. It was not an ideal ending to the regular season, as Dallas was defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-86. However, a number of the Mavs starters and key role players did not play, including Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Daniel Gafford, […]

The Detroit Pistons have had an underwhelming season, finishing with the worst record in the NBA at 14-68. Detroit has some talented young players on its roster but has not been able to put it together. This makes the offseason crucial for the Pistons, as they will need to have a successful free agency (aside […]

The Golden State Warriors are set to take on the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday, in a rematch of last year’s epic seven-game series, in which Stephen Curry turned in an iconic 50-point performance in the clinching game on the road, and Brandin Podziemski spoke about what he thought of Curry’s […]

Harry Giles III’s NBA career didn’t quite get off to the start he expected, but he’s hoping to get back on track with the Los Angeles Lakers. Giles was once considered the absolute best high school player in the country and a can’t miss prospect. A five-star recruit, he suffered a torn ACL during his […]

With Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert unavailable for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Charlotte Hornets, other players needed to step up in Cleveland’s regular-season finale. Well, actually, the Cavs would need other key players to step up for the first three quarters since Cleveland didn’t plan to run their guys into the […]

On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the number eight seed in the Western Conference playoff picture with a road win over the New Orleans Pelicans, a team they will coincidentally face in just 48 hours in the Play-In game, with the winner moving onto face the Denver Nuggets in the […]

The OG Anunoby trade has been nothing short of a godsend for the New York Knicks. New York is 20-3 with the former Toronto Raptors forward in the lineup, and he’s had a positive plus-minus in each contest. Anunoby expressed his love for New York after the team clinched the Eastern Conference’s second seed following […]

The Los Angeles Lakers sure know how to shine an enormous amount of negative national media attention towards the New Orleans Pelicans. During the ESPN-televised regular-season finale, Willie Green’s group did little to stem the tide spurred on by LeBron James. The two teams came into the game facing drastically different final-day situations but now […]

After an eventful 2023-24 season, the Phoenix Suns are preparing for their first-round NBA Playoffs matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The sixth-seeded Suns need to bring their all against the third-seeded Minnesota team, and Kevin Durant knows the matchup will be tough. The Suns swept their regular-season series against the Timberwolves 3-0, but Durant acknowledged […]

The 2023-24 Boston Celtics experienced a huge shakeup before the regular season started, with new faces coming in and franchise cornerstones getting shipped out. Yet, despite all the turnover, the Celtics developed a strong identity over the course of 82 games. On Sunday afternoon, Boston closed out the regular season the same way it started […]

On Sunday afternoon, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder officially clinched the number one seed in the vaunted Western Conference playoff picture with a win over the Dallas Mavericks at home, setting the stage for what fans hope is a deep run into the playoffs on the heels of their historic regular season success. […]

Playing for the city of New York isn’t easy. Home to fans that exude high expectations and sporting organizations rich in wealth and history, the Big Apple brings pressure that isn’t for every athlete. Nevertheless, that said pressure seems to be something that New York Knicks players aren’t fazed about. The Knicks took home an […]

LeBron James and Anthony Davis were well-rested going into the NBA regular-season finale against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Los Angeles Lakers had two days off following a 45-minute flight from Memphis before squaring off against Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans lost, setting up a rematch with the Lakers after a day for […]

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff hopes hinge on the play-in tournament. Last year they won their opening round play-in game to secure the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. This season, they’re hoping to do the same. And the Lakers apparently won’t have to worry about a potential Anthony […]

The 2023-24 NBA season of the Memphis Grizzlies is certainly not going to go down as one of the franchise’s best ever. For one, they won just 27 games against 55 losses and even failed to reach 28 victories in their last try, as Memphis fell prey to the reigning and defending NBA champions Denver […]

Bruce Brown had a very tough and eventful season, being traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Toronto Raptors in the Pascal Siakam blockbuster, all while dealing with leg injuries, and he got real about how he was impacted after the Raptors’ 118-103 loss to the Miami Heat in the season finale. “I haven’t been […]

With a win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon, star point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder officially locked up the number one seed in the Western Conference by winning their 57th game and will now get a week off before hosting Game 1 of their playoff series–opponent yet to be determined–on […]

The Golden State Warriors clinched a play-in tournament spot after finishing 10th in the Western Conference. Although they’re facing elimination with a loss to the Sacramento Kings, it sounds like head coach Steve Kerr is confident about the matchup. During a press conference, Kerr claimed he believes the Warriors can put together a playoff run, […]