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Jayson Tatum has grown into one of Jordan Brand’s biggest ambassadors with the debut of his second signature sneaker, the Jordan Tatum 2. He always makes sure to keep the entire Boston Celtics organization strapped in a pair of his shoes, along with constantly showing love to those under the Jordan family. Check out our […]

Monday’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks could not have started any uglier for Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves, as he was emphatically dunked on by Jalen Johnson within the first 20 seconds of the game. Johnson pulled off a Dunk of the Year contender, taking advantage of Reaves’ ill-advised attempt to draw a charge. […]

Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart has not seen action on the court since the second week of January, but he still goes with the team to watch games from the bench. But despite not being in uniform Monday night when Memphis played against the Sacramento Kings on the road, Smart got ejected from the contest […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came out with a 136-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks, and LeBron James’ performance in the game sparked a scary takeaway from Anthony Davis after the game. “Bron’s Bron, obviously it’s that time of the year, shooting the ball extremely well, been in attack mode finding guys, he’s been locking in […]

D’Angelo Russell matched Nick Van Exel’s single-season franchise 3-point shooting record in the Los Angeles Lakers’ breezy 136-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday at Crypto.com Arena. With Anthony Davis available, the Lakers bounced back from their bizarre loss to the Golden State Warriors — and hopped back over them in the playoff race. […]

Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis said doctors are still “figuring things out” in regard to his left corneal abrasion, but he expects his eye to be “fine”. Following the Lakers’ 136-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, AD detailed the eye contusion that forced him to leave Saturday’s loss to the Golden State […]

DeMar DeRozan, at age 34, doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, the Chicago Bulls star appears to be in the best shape of his career. Despite being in his 15th NBA season, DeRozan is averaging 37.7 minutes per game, the second-highest average of his career and a league-leading figure. On Monday […]

The Indiana Pacers’ hot start has started to cool off. Rick Carlisle’s squad has been struggling to get wins in the latter half of the season and might find themselves in the play-in race if they do not pick up pace. They had the opportunity to get a streak going as they went up against […]

The Detroit Pistons limped into their Monday night road matchup against the Boston Celtics courtesy of a number of critical injuries. Their health concern snowballed during the 119-94 blowout as forward Isaiah Stewart strained his hamstring in the third quarter. Stewart started favoring his leg after grabbing a rebound, which caused him to miss the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were out-hustled, out-muscled and out-classed from the opening tip by the shorthanded New York Knicks on Monday, falling 119-112 at Chase Center. New York scored the game’s first eight points and led 15-4 five minutes into the first quarter, setting the tone for a disappointing effort from the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have endured quite a tough season; for the past one and a half months, they have been without Joel Embiid, while Tyrese Maxey has also missed his fair share of games after sustaining a concussion. But Maxey, pressed into action as the 76ers’ number one option with Embiid out, has more than […]

The Boston Celtics continue to cruise as the best team in the NBA; despite being without Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Al Horford during their Monday night contest against the Detroit Pistons, the Celtics handily took care of business, claiming a 109-94 victory to boost their league-leading record to 54-14. At this point, all the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to take on uphill battles in the final quarter of the regular season. Taking on the Utah Jazz for the second game in a row, Minnesota was once again without star big men Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. With KAT recovering from his recent surgery on his left meniscus tear and […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards pulled off an instant ‘dunk of the year’ contender against the Utah Jazz on Monday night that had NBA fans going wild. With the Timberwolves down by one, 66-65, in the middle of the third quarter, Edwards burst into the lane in transition, throwing down an emphatic poster jam over […]

On Monday night, Anthony Edwards may have thrown down the dunk of the year. Edwards, in the third quarter of what ended up being a 114-104 win for the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Utah Jazz, took off on the fastbreak, jumping from the inner circle of the charity stripe while stiff-arming John Collins (forcing him […]

Utah Jazz big man John Collins was forced to exit his team’s matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night due to a head injury cause by an explosive Anthony Edwards dunk: ANTHONY EDWARDS WITH THE DUNK OF THE YEAR?! WOW 🤯pic.twitter.com/KDXVUgnbvi — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 19, 2024 Collins, who attempted to contest the Edwards […]

The three-point shot revolutionized the NBA, and it’s been the Boston Celtics’ favorite weapon throughout the 2023-24 season. In fact, the C’s became the first team in league history to make 20 or more 3-pointers in four consecutive games following their 119-94 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, per Forbes NBA reporter Shane […]

On Friday, an arena record 16,223 people filled the Moody Center. Two nights later, the crowd was so loud that a couple of long time Austin columnists in attendance said they hadn’t heard the two-year-old venue louder. Despite that great support in Austin, Texas for the San Antonio Spurs, coach Gregg Popovich hopes the “I-35” […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is the rare player fans should never take their eyes off at any time. After all, Edwards is capable of pulling off some jaw-dropping feats of athleticism without prior notice, and during their Monday night clash against the Utah Jazz, that’s exactly what Edwards did. With the Timberwolves down by […]

Already thin behind Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to be without backup center Christian Wood (left knee surgery) for several more weeks. News of Wood’s “arthroscopic procedure” was reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Dave McMenamin as the Lakers tipped off at Crypto.com Arena against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. In […]

The Boston Celtics topped the Detroit Pistons 119-94 behind Derrick White’s first career triple-double. White notched 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Celtics’ win, and reaction is pouring in. Not only from fans, but from his Celtics teammates: The Celtics doused Derrick White with water after he dropped his first career triple-double […]

Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom have joined forces for an upcoming sports podcast series titled “Keeping Up with Sports.” The trailer for the series was released on Tuesday, drawing inspiration from the popular E! show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which concluded in 2021. The former in-laws, Jenner and Odom, are launching a podcast with […]

Monday night was one to forget for the Miami Heat. In addition to their 98-91 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, the team is unsure of a certain player’s status for their upcoming clashes. During the Heat’s outing against Philly, Duncan Robinson exited the game with back discomfort and was unable to return, per Sun Sentinel’s […]

The Miami Heat may be the most injury-ravaged team in the NBA outside of Memphis; during their Monday night contest against the Philadelphia 76ers, they were without Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Kevin Love, Nikola Jovic, and Josh Richardson, and to make matters worse, Duncan Robinson exited the game early due to back discomfort. All of […]

Finally, after nearly five months into the NBA season, Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green has arrived. After what seemed like a forgotten individual season for the former second overall pick who was expected to take a significant leap in his third year, Green’s turned a promising corner, winning his first career Western Conference Player of […]

Late last week, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal spoke with Mario Chalmers on his podcast about whether or not Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is feared. Now it appears that LeBron is clapping back with this post on his Instagram Story: Last week, Shaq said that “nobody fears LeBron”. Today, LeBron’s story: (More on @Digits3App: […]

SAN FRANCISCO — As the Golden State Warriors vie to move up the Western Conference standings during the stretch run of the regular season, they’ll be relying on a long-awaited yet fully ingrained identity to better their chances of advancing past the play-in tournament or, ideally, avoiding it altogether. Just because the Dubs have fully […]

The Philadelphia 76ers (38-30) faced the Miami Heat (37-31) in a game that was pivotal for playoff seeding. With Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler out for the third time for this matchup this season, the Sixers played some of their best Embiid-less basketball and held on to win, 98-91. Let’s break down the latest Sixers-Heat […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have tended to play down to the competition at times this season, and it’s led to some heartbreaking losses. They also play better on the road, going by their record outside of the Smoothie King Center. One of the team’s All-Stars even prefers road dates over a string of home games, […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors are trying to find a way into the NBA Western Conference picture, currently sitting in 9th place and on pace to participate in the NBA Play-In Tournament. On the latest edition of the Gil’s Arena podcast, Gilbert Arenas dropped the truth on Draymond’s role with the Warriors: "Draymond […]

The New York Knicks are slowly finding their footing again after getting hit with the injury bug. They have won six out of their last 10 games and hope to add to that streak as they face the Golden State Warriors. Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo, and Josh Hart have all increased their production which showed […]

The Detroit Pistons have been losing games left and right in the 2023-24 NBA season but perhaps none was more painful than the one they suffered on Sunday at the hands of the Miami Heat when Bam Adebayo, of all people, drained a game-winnning 3-pointer at the buzzer to give his team a 104-101 win […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are still fighting for the top spot in the Western Conference. Even though Karl-Anthony Towns went down with a meniscus injury, Anthony Edwards has kept his team in contention against the likes of the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. After picking up their 46th win of the season against the Utah […]

The Washington Wizards have had a rough 2023-24 NBA season. Washington sits last in the Eastern Conference standings. Furthermore, Jordan Poole and company lost the services of rookie shooting guard Bilal Coulibaly after an untimely wrist injury. Wizards hit with season-ending Bilal Coulibaly injury amid tough year Coulibaly will miss the rest of the regular […]

The Boston Celtics own the NBA’s best record at 53-14 overall, thanks to All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. These two have once again put together marvelous seasons in Boston, and they have their eyes set on making yet another deep postseason run. Before they are able to do so, the Celtics will look to […]

Jonathan Kuminga stepped into the starting lineup for the Golden State Warriors, taking over for Draymond Green who was suspended after an incident where he struck Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face during a December 13th game. After facing his second suspension of the season, Green stayed away from the Warriors. He spent […]

The end of the NBA regular season is less than a month away and the final stretch is a big one for the Chicago Bulls as they are pushing for a playoff spot. The Bulls did a good job earlier in the season of climbing up the standings into postseason position, but they have been […]

The Chicago Bulls saw their young star Coby White go down with what looked like a concerning injury last week in a win against the Indiana Pacers. The Bulls have been dealing with a lot of injuries this season, and if they lost White for good, it would’ve been detrimental to their season. Luckily for […]

Kyle Lowry signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on the buyout market in February. Prior to joining the 76ers, though, Josh Hart recently said he tried to pitch the New York Knicks to Lowry, per James Herbert of CBS Sports. “Yeah, I texted his a*s,” Hart said of Lowry. “I told him, ‘Pull up.’ Told him, […]