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The Philadelphia 76ers are rounding out a road trip with an important game against the Houston Rockets. The Sixers are looking to bounce back from two rough losses. Fortunately for them, they may have more reinforcements to help them get back in the win column. Before tip-off at Toyota Center, there is one big question […]

Reinforcements are on the way for the Los Angeles Clippers. With the start of the four-game road trip on hand, the Clippers will get Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Luke Kennard back from injuries. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Luke Kennard are all back today vs. the Hornets, Clippers coach Ty Lue says pregame, per […]

The Indiana Pacers were always poised to give the surging Golden State Warriors a better fight than most fans anticipated on Monday night. Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin and company, after all, have hardly proven the rebuilding pushover they were expected to be before the regular season tipped off, standing 12-11 behind a dynamic, uptempo offense. […]

The Golden State Warriors weren’t always a dynasty. Before his team won the first of an incredible four titles in eight seasons, Bob Myers needed to help Golden State evolve from plucky playoff upstart to a true championship threat. How’d he do it? Capitalizing on the Warriors’ first playoff berth in five years by pushing […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving received support from numerous NBA players during his eight-game suspension early this season, but none were more vocal than Jaylen Brown. The Celtics star backed Irving numerous times after Brooklyn suspended the guard for his repeated refusal to apologize for posts linking to an antisemitic film, saying he did not […]

Anthony Davis firmly belongs in the 2022-23 NBA MVP conversation. A few more historically dominant performances in Los Angeles Lakers victories and he may suddenly find himself in pole position. On Sunday, AD dropped 55 points (the second-most of his career) on 22-of-30 shooting (9-of-9 from the free-throw line), 17 rebounds and 3 blocks as […]

If the New York Jets fail to make the playoffs this season, they will look back to their Week 13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings with supreme frustration. They did a lot of things well and showed tremendous resolve but couldn’t overcome an inability to make the big play on both sides of the ball […]

The Boston Celtics have put the league on notice early this season. Boston stood atop the league at 18-5 heading into Sunday’s matchup with the streaking Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn came into the game winners of 7 of their last 9 and four straight. However, with the majority of those wins coming against lesser competition, the […]

Mike White struggled to get the New York Jets into the end zone all afternoon in their 27-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. He sealed the defeat by throwing an interception at the goal line with 10 seconds to play. But Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson had his QB’s back. “I’ll go to […]

Andrew Wiggins has never been known as a shooter. Miscast as an offensive alpha dog with the Minnesota Timberwolves, though, the former No. 1 pick is absolutely thriving in a supporting role with the Golden State Warriors, one that suddenly has him draining threes like a third Splash Brother. Wiggins went 8-of-10 from deep in […]

FOXBOROUGH — Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots fell to 6-6 on the season after another decisive loss to the Buffalo Bills, losing 24-10 in Week 13 action on Thursday Night Footblal. Here are the three most Patriots things to blame for what transpired on Thursday night, which was quite possibly the lowest point of the […]

After getting back in the win column on the first end of a back-to-back against the Washington Wizards, the Charlotte Hornets fell to the Milwaukee Bucks, 105-96. Both teams were severely short-handed, but the Bucks showed off their depth. No Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, or Jrue Holiday at the Bucks service on Saturday night. The […]

The Golden State Warriors staved off a late-game run from the Houston Rockets on Saturday, pulling away for a 120-101 win at Chase Center. Here are three key reactions to the defending champions’ second victory in as many days, a win that puts them two games above .500 for the first time this season. Jordan […]

Klay Thompson isn’t playing against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, listed as out due to injury management just as he’s been on either side of every back-to-back the Golden State Warriors have played this season. Before Steve Kerr spoke with reporters prior to tipoff, the prevailing assumption was that Thompson wouldn’t play two games in […]

It’s safe to say Klay Thompson has broken out of his rough early-season slump. Just because he’s found his footing while continuing to re-acclimate from lingering effects of separate major injuries, though, doesn’t mean the Golden State Warriors are ready for Thompson to play in back-to-backs. The Warriors announced that Thompson will sit out Saturday’s […]

It was a long and winding road back to the hardwood for Brooklyn Nets forward TJ Warren. After his breakout bubble performance drew league-wide praise, Warren was sidelined for two seasons by a stress fracture in his left foot. After 703 days of rehab, the newly-signed Net made his way to the scorer’s table to […]

Tobias Harris stepping up for the Philadelphia 76ers is nothing new. The veteran forward left the Sixers’ prior game due to feeling under the weather but bounced back to play a pivotal role for Philadelphia in a matchup with the mighty Memphis Grizzlies. Harris’ scoring was badly needed by the Sixers. Joel Embiid and Shake […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks brought out the best of LeBron James, Anthony Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday at the Fiserv Forum. Los Angeles’ thrilling 133-129 win — the first stop of a critical road trip — was their finest performance since the Russ trade and raises their […]

The Philadelphia 76ers picked up a loss in their first meeting of the season against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Sixers’ road trip has not been kind to them, losing 117-109 in De’Anthony Melton’s return to Memphis. Although they didn’t get blown out like in their prior game, it wasn’t a super close contest throughout. Head coach […]

The Brooklyn Nets came into Friday’s matchup against Toronto winners of six of their last eight and three straight. After a 1-5 start, Brooklyn had posted the league’s third-best record (10-5) over their last 15 games heading into the contest. The Nets continued their hot streak Friday, running wild on the Raptors out of the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers continued their road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies. In De’Anthony Melton’s return to his former home, the Sixers let a close game get away from them and couldn’t make up for the deficit in time, losing 117-109. Joel Embiid recorded 35 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and Tobias Harris tallied 21 […]

It’s been hard to find the right moment to genuinely evaluate the Los Angeles Lakers in the Post-Russ-Trade Era. In poker parlance, last season’s Lakers checked questions about their team’s ceiling on a daily basis, citing a combination of roster churn, injuries/COVID issues, and a corresponding lack of cohesion. When the sailing didn’t smooth by […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are out of rock bottom and hovering in the middle of the Eastern Conference standings. The Sixers stumbled out of the gate before all their best players got injured at the same time. Despite the impending sense of doom after a rocky first month and injuries to each of their stars, they […]

PLAYA VISTA — The Los Angeles Clippers have been holding down the fort with some key players sidelined, and it would appear that they’re close to a return. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George fully participated in Clippers practice on Friday afternoon with their status for Saturday’s game against the Sacramento Kings to be determined. “I’m […]

FOXBOROUGH — Mac Jones showed his frustration on the sideline during the New England Patriots’ 24-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. He wasn’t the only offensive player for the Patriots to express their frustration on Thursday night. Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne was pretty blunt in his assessment of Thursday’s game, which saw the Patriots’ offense […]

FOXBOROUGH — In an evening full of frustration and disappointment for the New England Patriots, there was one pleasant surprise: rookie cornerback Marcus Jones. The youngster made one of the more impressive plays of the game when he scored a 48-yard touchdown on a screen pass in his first NFL offensive snap in the 24-10 […]

FOXBOROUGH — It didn’t go down the same way that it did in the playoffs in January, but the New England Patriots were on the wrong end of another beatdown from the Buffalo Bills on Thursday, losing 24-10. A week after it looked like they might have turned the page on offense, the Patriots took […]

FOXBOROUGH – Next to nothing went the New England Patriots’ way on offense in their 24-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night – and it left starting quarterback Mac Jones extremely frustrated. Jones was seen on Amazon Prime’s broadcast at one point during Thursday night’s game yelling “throw the [expletive] ball. [Expletive] short […]

It only took six weeks of the regular season for the Golden State Warriors to finally find workable second units. It’s going to be even longer until a pivotal past component of the defending champions’ bench makes his 2022-23 debut. Asked about Andre Iguodala’s status following Thursday’s practice, Steve Kerr revealed that the 38-year-old has […]

New York Jets fans were chanting Mike White’s name during his dominant performance against the Chicago Bears last week at MetLife Stadium. But when he came home after the game, his wife seemed shocked to see a star walk through the door. “Who ARE you?!” Funny line from Mike White. When he got home after […]

Nets forward T.J. Warren is officially set to make his season debut Friday vs. the Toronto Raptors. Warren played just four games over the last two seasons while undergoing several surgeries to repair a navicular stress fracture in his left foot, last appearing on Dec. 29, 2020. The 29-year-old signed with Brooklyn on a minimum […]

At 36 years old, Boston Celtics veteran Al Horford is older than most NBA starters (and even older than head coach Joe Mazzulla). Yet, he has shown he still has an important role to play for the C’s, and the front office recognizes it. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the center agreed to a two-year, $20 million […]

Breaking the Thanksgiving curse against a projectable playoff team was a big hurdle for the Dallas Cowboys. Now they kick off the weakest stretch of their schedule with a road date against the 4-7-1 Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football, and it’s time to make some Week 13 Cowboys predictions. The Colts are an enigma […]

A quarter of the way through their quest for back-to-back titles, the Golden State Warriors are stuck in the same place they were when the regular season tipped off with ring night. The defending champions are 11-11 heading into December, outside the top-eight of the Western Conference, an abjectly disappointing standing that nevertheless obscures recent […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies will duke it out on Friday night. Sixers center Joel Embiid and Grizzlies point gaurd Ja Morant may not spend much matching up one-on-one but all eyes will be on the two All-Stars. After a blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, Embiid was asked about Morant, who […]

Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ comfortable win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, LeBron James finished his postgame remarks by wondering why he was asked about the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving’s antisemitic posts but had not received questions about a resurfaced photo from 1957 showing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones amid a group of students […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (8-12) comfortably defeated the Portland Trail Blazers (11-11), 128-109, on Wednesday, in LA’s final bout before the schedule dramatically ramps up in difficulty. It was their best performance of 2022-23, and it couldn’t come at a better time. In the first matchup between these two Western Conference foes this season, the […]

For the first time this season, Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets can call themselves a winning basketball team. Brooklyn clawed over .500 Wednesday with a 113-107 win over the Washington Wizards. The Nets have won six of their last eight since an embarrassing 153-121 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Nov. 15. And if […]

After another win Wednesday night for the red-hot Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum made NBA history. During Boston’s 134-121 win over the Miami Heat, Tatum put up a whopping 49 points and became the youngest player in league history to make 900 3-pointers. Jayson Tatum just became the youngest player in NBA History to reach 900 […]