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Nets center Nerlens Noel will make his Brooklyn debut Tuesday at Houston after the team signed him to a 10-day contract Saturday. The 28-year-old struggled to carve out a role in Detroit early this year, playing just 12 games before eventually agreeing to a buyout. Noel, the 6th overall pick in the 2013 draft, ranked […]

The Golden State Warriors squandered a huge night from Steph Curry on Tuesday, losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder 137-128. Here are three key reactions from yet another humbling road defeat for the defending champions. Golden State gets roasted on-ball again and again and again Don’t be fooled by the Thunder’s lack of national notoriety […]

The Philadelphia 76ers (43-22) wrapped up their five-game road trip against the Minnesota Timberwolves (34-33). With James Harden sitting out, the Sixers won in convincing fashion by a score of 117-94. Let’s break down the Sixers’ win over the Timberwolves. Sixers player notes: Joel Embiid: 39 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 13-22 FG […]

The Golden State Warriors continue a crucial three-game road trip on Tuesday by meting the Oklahoma City Thunder. Coming off a tough loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Steph Curry’s long-awaited return from injury, breaking a five-game winning streak, the defending champions enter Tuesday’s action at 34-31, fifth in a tightly-packed Western Conference playoff race. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will conclude an action-packed road trip by facing the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Sixers will play their fifth road game in seven days. But, before Philly’s last stop on its road trip, an important question must be asked: Is James Harden playing tonight vs. the Timberwolves? James Harden injury status for Sixers vs. […]

Sauce Gardner is helping the New York Jets recruit Aaron Rodgers in his own unique way. The Jets corner tagged the legendary quarterback in a tweet Tuesday, promising he’d burn the cheesehead he wore in celebration after New York defeated Rodgers’ Packers 27-10 at Lambeau Field on October 16th if Rodgers would play for the […]

The Golden State Warriors continue a pivotal three-game road trip on Tuesday by facing off with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Coming off a tough loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Steph Curry’s long-awaited return from injury, breaking a five-game winning streak, the defending champions enter Tuesday’s action at 34-31, fifth in an overcrowded Western […]

LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard drilled five 3-pointers on Sunday night as the Los Angeles Clippers crowd ooh’d and ahh’d, nearly helping his team earn a stellar road win while shorthanded. The Clippers did squeak out a victory late on Sunday night, but it came against Kennard’s Memphis Grizzlies. It wasn’t supposed to be this […]

Joel Embiid and James Harden are making a strong case for being the best duo in the NBA. The Philadelphia 76ers stars have been tremendous together and showed just how special they can be in the Sixers’ high-scoring win over the Indiana Pacers. In the Sixers’ best win of the season against the Milwaukee Bucks […]

Not a lot went right for the Denver Broncos in 2022. Needless to say, not many Broncos players really want to remember all that went wrong last season. In an effort to fix some of the team’s woes, the team hired renowned head coach Sean Payton during the offseason. NBC Sports’ Peter King caught up […]

The Philadelphia 76ers (42-22) played the penultimate game of their current five-game road trip against the Indiana Pacers (29-37) while missing two starters. With Tobias Harris and P.J. Tucker on the mend, the Sixers played in a game that featured almost no defense and won 147-143. Let’s break down the Sixers’ win over the Pacers. […]

Mikal Bridges has turned heads across the league following a blockbuster trade to the Brooklyn Nets. The 26-year-old is emerging as the Nets’ leading scorer after the team acquired him as part of a package for Kevin Durant at the deadline. Bridges briefly impressed in an expanded scoring role for the Phoenix Suns with Devin […]

LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard made his return to Los Angeles to face Tyronn Lue and the Clippers for the first time since he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies at the NBA’s trade deadline. Kennard was sent to Memphis as part of a three-team trade that sent Eric Gordon to the Los Angeles Clippers […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers’ backs were once again up against the wall with another disappointing loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on the horizon Sunday night. That’s when Paul George and Kawhi Leonard stepped up and helped deliver the team their first win with Russell Westbrook, snapping a five-game losing streak. The Clippers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers need Anthony Davis to play monstrous two-way basketball to stay afloat in the playoff race while LeBron James nurses an ankle injury. Fortunately, AD is activating Beast Mode in the nick of time. The Lakers (31-34) are 6-3 since the trade deadline acquisitions came aboard and 4-2 since the All-Star break. […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 113-105 on Sunday, breaking the defending champions’ five-game winning streak. Here are three key reactions from the defending champions’ tough loss in Steph Curry’s long-awaited return to the floor. Steph Curry brilliant, inconsistent in return You can’t much tell given the final box score, but […]

Nets big man Ben Simmons has yet to play post-All-Star break and it remains unclear when he will be back. Brooklyn head coach Jacque Vaughn said Friday that Simmons is experiencing back soreness on top of a nagging knee issue that initially led to the extended absence. The coach said Sunday that the 26-year-old recently […]

Jordan Poole is still striving for game-to-game consistency, but played some of his best basketball of the season over the last month with Steph Curry sidelined by a left leg injury. Now that the reigning Finals MVP has returned, though, Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors made a lineup change that could disrupt Poole’s […]

Duane Brown reportedly is ready to run it back with the New York Jets next season. The news comes three days after Jets coach Robert Saleh called the 37-year-old tackle a “rock star.” Brown’s agent, Kennard McGuire, confirmed on Sunday the five-time Pro Bowl selection will play again in 2023, according to ESPN. Brown has […]

The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks for perhaps their best win of the season. Down 18 on the road to a team with a 16-game winning streak AND despite losing Tobias Harris and P.J. Tucker to injuries during the game, the Sixers rallied to win 133-130 with a 48-point fourth quarter. Joel Embiid and […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are responsible for snapping the longest winning streak to this point of the 2022-23 regular season. The Sixers’ come-from-behind win over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks marked a signature win for this year’s squad and is just the latest example of James Harden and Joel Embiid showing they can shine together. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers (41-22) faced off against the Milwaukee Bucks (45-18), owners of a 16-game winning streak. The Sixers snapped the streak with an incredible comeback win by a score of 133-130. Let’s break down the Sixers’ win over the Bucks. Sixers player notes: Joel Embiid: 31 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 11-22 FG shooting […]

Steph Curry isn’t the only longtime member of the Golden State Warriors’ ongoing dynasty set to return against the Los Angeles Lakers. Veteran swingman Andre Iguodala has joined his fellow four-time champion as probable on Golden State’s official injury report for Sunday’s matinee clash with its Southern California rivals. The Warriors made it clear in […]

The Golden State Warriors are set to take one major step forward toward full-strength on Sunday. Before Stephen Curry makes his long-anticipated return against the Los Angeles Lakers, though, the defending champions made a move to get one of their youngest players some much-needed developmental minutes. The Warriors announced on Saturday that sophomore guard Moses […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will play the most important game of their current road trip when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks. It will be a huge test for the Sixers, as they will get the chance to snap their 16-game winning streak and pick up a win over the top team in the NBA. But, […]

Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers dropped their fifth game in a row on Friday night to De’Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings. After the win, Fox took time to praise Westbrook. Westbrook finished the Clippers’ loss with 27 points, two rebounds, 10 assists, and 2 blocks on 12-of-16 shooting from the field. Fox […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham blasted his team for what he felt was a subpar effort in their deflating 110-102 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena on Friday night. “Too many times I felt like our energy was off, our effort was off in certain plays. We didn’t seem to have […]

Friday’s Nets-Celtics matchup at TD Garden looked like a continuation of Brooklyn’s post-Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving nightmare early in the second quarter. The Nets trailed Boston by 28 points and appeared more disinterested with each point the seemingly insurmountable deficit grew. Then something changed. The high-level defense the Nets pictured when they brought in Mikal […]

The Golden State Warriors finished a five-game home stand undefeated by holding off the New Orleans Pelicans for a 108-99 victory. Here are three key reactions—with related film and analysis, of course—from another pivotal Dubs win as the stretch run of the regular season continues. Klay Thompson, Golden State’s alpha dog Thompson definitely isn’t an […]

Trading a deep reserve for a player who helped them win a championship last season while saving millions in luxury tax payments, at least on the surface, was an easy decision for the Golden State Warriors. But James Wiseman is much different than most third-string centers, obviously, a reality Warriors owner Joe Lacob is still […]

David Andrews offered a strong defense of Robert Kraft and the New England Patriots after an NFLPA report card graded the teams’s facilities among the worst in the league. Andrews said that the survey doesn’t reflect the way he views the organization and its workplace environment. “Any survey can be skewed,” he told the Boston […]

One day after Robert Saleh said he wants Mike White to return to the New York Jets next season, the free agent quarterback shared similar feelings about a reunion. “I would love to be back with the Jets,” White told WQAM radio in Miami on Friday. Despite the Jets’ heavy pursuit of Derek Carr, interest […]

Even though they haven’t played together in a couple of years, Bryce Young is still learning from fellow Alabama football legend Mac Jones. Young, who is widely considered to be the top quarterback prospect in the 2023 NFL Draft, shared Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine that Jones, who Young played with at Alabama in […]

For a basketball-crazed country like the Philippines, welcoming hoops royalty like Carmelo Anthony onto its shores constituted a historic moment. There was no venue more fitting to introduce the newly minted FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Global Ambassador than Araneta Coliseum, which hosted the country’s most iconic global sporting event, the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier bout […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped to 0-4 since the NBA All-Star break, with their latest loss coming against the Golden State Warriors in stunning fashion thanks to a huge second-half collapse in which they got outscored 70-35. The Clippers are also 0-4 since adding Russell Westbrook, all of which have come with him as the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped their fourth straight matchup coming out of the All-Star break. It was a 70-35 onslaught in the second half that saw the Warriors come back from down 11 at the half to lead by 15 after three quarters of play. The talk of social media early in the game was […]

The Golden State Warriors seemed headed for a disappointing loss in arguably their biggest game of the season to date. Once the ball was inbounded for the second half, though, a struggling Jordan Poole immediately put his comeback plans in place. Behind Poole’s 22-point third-quarter explosion, the Warriors rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit on […]

Russell Westbrook certainly wasn’t the only reason the LA Clippers were blown out 115-91 by the surging Golden State Warriors. Almost from the opening tip of Thursday’s game, though, it became abundantly clear the Warriors’ strategy of ignoring Westbrook on the perimeter neutered the Clippers’ offense—and Draymond Green understands why he was unable to exploit […]

In the Philadelphia 76ers’ first matchup of the season against the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving were too much for them to handle. The Sixers lost 133-126 in a crazy game where Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey all scored very efficiently and above their league average. The Mavs stars simply couldn’t […]