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In what looked like a possible preview of this year’s NBA finals, the Denver Nuggets defended their homecourt against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Led by Nikola Jokic’s triple-double of 32 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, the defending champions carved out a 115-109 win against the Eastern Conference’s leading team. Jokic recorded his […]

Domantas Sabonis has been putting the league on notice but no one seems to be paying attention. Mike Brown’s squad may have hit an inconsistent stretch after the NBA All-Star break but they have been ticking boxes in the win column for the past two games. The latest win came at the expense of the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry and company had a golden opportunity to follow up Wednesday’s beatdown of the Milwaukee Bucks with three straight wins, gaining crucial ground in a jam-packed race for sixth in the Western Conference. The Golden State Warriors led the Chicago Bulls by two with a few minutes left in the fourth […]

The Phoenix Suns have been able to weather Devin Booker’s absence quite well thanks in large part to Kevin Durant’s superstar exploits and Grayson Allen’s torrid shooting. Bouncing back from a rough weekend, the Suns have now won two straight, including a 117-107 win over the Denver Nuggets and a 120-113 victory over the Toronto […]

Isaiah Thomas has been angling for a return to the NBA for quite some time now that he has become a meme for doing so. But he may be one step closer to making his dream a reality with how well he played in his debut for the Salt Lake City Stars of the G-League. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry left the Golden State Warriors’ battle with the Chicago Bulls late in the fourth quarter after twisting his right ankle. The dreaded Steph Curry rolled ankle pic.twitter.com/J0XOe1DRxl — Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) March 8, 2024 The injury occurred just under the four-minute mark of the fourth quarter, as the Warriors led […]

On Thursday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves were hit with the unfortunate news that Karl-Anthony Towns had suffered a torn meniscus, which puts his status for the postseason in doubt. But Anthony Edwards, during their contest against the Indiana Pacers, took it upon himself to breathe life into his team with an outstanding two-way performance in […]

As devastating news struck the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday that Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a torn meniscus, it was clear the team would need a boost from others to fill his void. Thursday night was the first game of an extended road trip for the Timberwolves as they took on the Indiana Pacers. Minnesota wasted no […]

The Dallas Mavericks are slowly climbing out of the play-in with 20 games remaining in the season. Coach Jason Kidd ran insane schemes and made tough rotational calls to edge out the Miami Heat. Execution was also on point for most of his players but when things went south on broken plays, Luka Doncic came […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are hanging on for dear life in the heated Western Conference playoff race, but their uptick in form following the trade deadline appears to have vanished completely. They entered their Thursday night contest against the Miami Heat having lost three in a row, suffering blowout losses to the Boston […]

Early March presented the Brooklyn Nets an opportunity to re-enter the Eastern Conference play-in conversation. While Brooklyn opened the month with a pair of wins over the Atlanta Hawks, who sit directly ahead of them in the standings, they’ve failed to take care of business since. And with each loss, they watch their season slip […]

Josh Hart has been pushed into perhaps a larger role than he was expecting this year with a recent slew of injuries to the New York Knicks. The Knicks most recently lost at home to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday in a game that Hart played reasonably well but didn’t find much help from his […]

It had been more than a week since Anthony Edwards treated Minnesota Timberwolves fans to a true superstar game, but he chose the right time to give them a desperately-needed adrenaline boost. Fresh off the news that Karl-Anthony Towns would be sidelined with a torn left meniscus, the 22-year-old sent a strong message that the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a devastating blow this week when it was announced that All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns would be sidelined due to a meniscus injury. But all hope might not be lost for Wolves fans. While the there was no initial timeframe for Towns’ recovery, it’s now clear that he will undergo surgery […]

On Tuesday evening, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics blew a 22-point fourth quarter lead en route to a crushing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. A large portion of the post-game criticism was directed in Tatum’s direction, as the MVP candidate reverted to some poor isolation basketball habits despite statistics suggesting he has been a […]

The Phoenix Suns were hit with an unfortunate development earlier in the month when reports came out that Devin Booker would be out for 7-10 days after Booker sustained an ankle injury. Given how top-heavy the Suns’ roster is, an absence from one of its stars can be truly detrimental to their hopes of clinging […]

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has not been ruled out of the team’s game Saturday against the NBA’s best team, the Boston Celtics, according to Suns coach Frank Vogel. Booker suffered a right ankle sprain this past weekend against the Houston Rockets. When asked about his starting shooting guard and four-time All-Star’s progress, Vogel said […]

With the final month of the regular season underway, the name of the game for the Utah Jazz is development. With quite a few potential long-term prospects on the roster in Taylor Hendricks, Keyonte George and Brice Sensabaugh among others, the final weeks of the season are for them to show what they’re capable of. […]

During Tuesday’s loss to the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama appeared to roll his ankle shortly before halftime before returning to play most of the second half. Now, the extent of that injury is getting more clarity, as Wembanyama is being held out of Thursday’s Spurs contest vs the Sacramento Kings, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green seems primed to finish his Hall-of-Fame career having one just a single Defensive Player of the Year award. It’s been six-and-a-half seasons since the Golden State Warriors star raised the trophy as the NBA’s top defender in 2017, a reality detractors would paint as a chink in Green’s loudly self-proclaimed […]

Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics are alone at the top of the NBA standings. With the way the season is looking, the Celtics have a good shot at remaining number one. Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari and his former star John Wall recently revisited a memorable game from 2010. In that game, Mazzulla, […]

On Wednesday evening, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers dropped a game that they really could not afford to lose with a blowout home loss to their Pacific Division rivals, the Sacramento Kings. The Lakers actually raced out to a near 20-point lead in the first quarter of this one, and although James played […]

On Thursday morning, the Minnesota Timberwolves were dealt some devastating news when it was revealed that star big man Karl-Anthony Towns had suffered a torn left meniscus that will keep him out of the lineup indefinitely, per ESPN. Towns and center Rudy Gobert had finally begun to show some semblance of synergy this season which […]

On Wednesday evening, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a crushing home loss to the Sacramento Kings, a team they are desperately trying to catch up to in the Western Conference standings. James played well in this one before leaving early with an ankle injury, but ultimately the Lakers were unable to do […]

The Chicago Bulls are in the final stretch of the regular season as there is just a little over a month remaining before the postseason. Chicago has their eyes on the postseason, and if the season ended today, they would be in the play-in tournament. The Bulls are 30-32 and in ninth place in the […]

On Wednesday evening, head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks in blowout fashion in a highly-anticipated game from the Chase Center in San Francisco. The game marked the return of former Warriors general manager Bob Myers, whose hiring of Kerr in 2014 helped push the team to its […]

The Chicago Bulls are currently two games through their four-game road trip, and so far so good for Chicago as they have won both games. The Bulls took down the Sacramento Kings on Monday and the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, and they are feeling good. However, one thing that the team needs to clean up […]

Phoenix Suns are hosting the 2027 NBA All-Star weekend, Suns majority owner Mat Ishbia, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and state governor Katie Hobbs announced in a press conference Thursday at Footprint Center, the home of the Suns and Phoenix Mercury. https://twitter.com/TrevorMBooth/status/1765882835775414311 The Suns, who are in their first full season with Ishbia as majority owner, […]

On Tuesday evening, the Boston Celtics suffered arguably their most embarrassing loss of the season (there haven’t been many to choose from) with a 22-point blown lead vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics found themselves victimized by Cavs’ sharpshooter Dean Wade, who outscored Boston by himself in the fourth quarter en route to the comeback […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are headed to the lottery once the NBA Draft rolls around, but by no choice of their own. The team was behind the eight-ball from the get-go with All-Star point guard Ja Morant beginning the season serving his 25-game suspension. Then a wave of injuries hit forcing the Grizzlies to focus on […]

Although Trae Young has continued to play at an elite level, the Atlanta Hawks as a whole have fallen off of a cliff since their magical run to the Eastern Conference Finals back in 2021. That season, Young led an underdog Atlanta squad past the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers and then came […]

The Chicago Bulls played in another tight game on Wednesday night as their game on the road against the Utah Jazz came right down to the wire. That has been a theme for the Bulls lately, and they’ve been doing pretty well in those situations. Chicago was able to come out with another win, and […]

The Chicago Bulls won a thriller against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, but there was a late-game scuffle that wasn’t pretty. The incident happened over by the Bulls bench, and Jazz forward John Collins and Chicago assistant coach Chris Fleming had some back and forth shoves. Seeing a physical altercation is never good, but […]

On Wednesday evening, the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks picked up a home win over the equally shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers in a game that was largely overshadowed by an injury sustained by forward Jalen Johnson early in the third quarter. On the play, Johnson appeared to roll his ankle, and the Hawks elected to keep him out […]

The stars who were shining the most in the 2010s are nearing the twilight of their careers. A set of them played for Steve Kerr and established a dynasty with the Golden State Warriors. They won three rings in that decade and one in 2022. It will only be a matter of time before Stephen […]

Sports families are always impressive, as it captivates fans when multiple athletes from one family are at the top of the game in a particular sport. For years, basketball fans knew about Victor Wembanyama. The 7-foot-4 Frenchman was in the public eye during his early playing days, and he eventually became one of the greatest […]

Look, there’s no reason to try to pull one over on you here. We’re talking about the 22-41 Memphis Grizzlies, who last year were the #2 seed in the Western Conference, and this year are undergoing one of the all-time brutal seasons from hell. No one move is going to turn things around for Memphis […]

With nearly 20 games to go until the start of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers are battered, bruised and trying their best to hold onto a top-four record in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately, the Cavs will be without several key players against the Minnesota Timberwolves at home, making the challenge even more difficult. […]

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama is regarded as one of the best basketball prospects of all time, and his brother is not far behind. Sixteen-year-old Oscar Wembanyama is making waves in EuroLeague basketball. Moreover, his attributes will have fans and analysts excited for the 2026 NBA Draft. Will Victor Wembanyama’s brother join the Spurs star in […]