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The Charlotte Hornets played an overtime thriller against the Philadelphia 76ers. Unfortunately, they lost 127-124, but Kelly Oubre Jr. came out to play. He had a team high 35 points and made timely baskets to put his team in position to win this game. He was exactly what the team needed, especially after receiving more […]

Practice? We talkin’ ‘bout practice? Well, Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors certainly are, with the team putting in more work at the OVO Athletic Centre this season than is typical for most NBA teams. Often, rest days wind up taking the place of practices due to the arduous nature of the league schedule, but […]

LeBron James is one-quarter of the way through his 19th NBA season, and he’s less than one month from turning 37 years old. However, for a host of reasons — including a lingering abdominal strain — James has only appeared in 12 of the Lakers’ 24 games. On Monday, LeBron James was asked about how […]

LeBron James believes facing criticism and adversity is part of the job description for any high-profile employee of the Los Angeles Lakers. Certainly, this applies to head coach Frank Vogel. During a post-practice media availability on Monday, James was asked by Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times whether the criticism that has been levied […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers are two teams that have been intertwined all summer. Following the latest news to surface, they continue to look like a perfect match in terms of trade partners. As we know, the stalemate between Ben Simmons and the Sixers has been never-ending. The three-time All-Star has yet to […]

The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Atlanta Hawks, 130-127 without many of their key players available. LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Jalen McDaniels, and Mason Plumlee were all out due to COVID-19 protocols, but the Hornets got the job done. It was largely due to Miles Bridges, who dropped 32 points in the win. It’s his sixth […]

Chauncey Billups, in an increasingly common postgame refrain during the season’s early going, saved his harshest criticism for Portland Trail Blazers’ starters after a dispiriting blowout loss. The bench was a lone bright spot for Portland in its ugly 145-117 loss to the short-handed Boston Celtics on Saturday night at Moda Center, an especially damning […]

The San Antonio Spurs entered their 2021-22 campaign with low expectations after losing key veteran players like DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Rudy Gay. Their priorities were developing their young players and improving the team chemistry of youngsters such as Dejounte Murray, Derrick White, and Keldon Johnson. After suffering six successive defeats in November, the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers aren’t exactly responding well amid mounting injuries and organizational upheaval. Chauncey Billups’ team was never all that competitive in a 145-117 loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday night at Moda Center, a second straight home defeat that was over long before the final buzzer. Even Portland’s excuses for another ugly […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday night, the Golden State Warriors had their 11-game home winning streak snapped. It came to an end at the hands of a team they knew they could beat. The San Antonio Spurs went to the Chase Center and left with a victory improving their record to a not-so-impressive 8-13, though they […]

San Francisco, CA – When playing against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, you have to understand you’re not going to stop no. 30. The only way you can stop Curry is if he stops himself. It’s a concept that San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich understands. Saturday, the Spurs stole a game against […]

The Brooklyn Nets led for a significant portion of their game against the Chicago Bulls Saturday, but they didn’t make enough shots when it mattered most. The Nets drop to 16-7 and are now just a half game up on the Bulls, who emerged victorious in the second meeting between the two Eastern Conference powerhouses. […]

Kevin Durant has been locked and loaded since the season jumped off. Some mere mortals might have felt more pressure, but he has a certain way about him where he really doesn’t seem to feel much of it. Durant came in ranked the best player in the NBA by ESPN and Sports Illustrated. That was […]

LOS ANGELES – LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had been trying to find a rhythm, winning two games in a row. Unfortunately, their short winning streak came to an end at the hands of Tyronn Lue and the LA Clippers Friday night. The Clippers defeated the Lakers 119-115, despite a 23-point, 11-rebound, six-assist […]

In the final meeting between the two crosstown “rivals” with their joint home arena still called “Staples Center”, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Los Angeles Clippers, 119-115 on Friday — the Lakers 8th loss to the Clippers in the past 12 meetings. Afterward, LeBron James and Anthony Davis were more complimentary about the […]

The LA Clippers marched into Staples Center for a road contest against the Los Angeles Lakers having lost two straight. But on Friday night,  club, led by Paul George and Tyronn Lue, ended a three-game losing streak, defeating LeBron James and the Lakers, 119-115. LeBron James finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and six assist […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on Friday, LeBron James had the opportunity to articulate his feelings about being placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for two days following what turned about to be a false positive COVID-19 test. LeBron — as his cagey tweet […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers come into Friday night’s showdown against LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers having lost seven of their last 10 games. Tyronn Lue has seen enough. Ahead of Friday’s game, Lue revealed a chance in the starting lineup: Reggie Jackson, Paul George, Marcus Morris, Serge Ibaka, and Ivica Zubac. That’s […]

Despite not having Kyrie Irving around, the Brooklyn Nets still sit atop the Eastern Conference standings with a 15-6 record through 21 games. That is, of course, thanks in no small part to the efforts and brilliance of one Kevin Wayne Durant. It was announced that the Nets’ MVP candidate is the KIA Eastern Conference […]

Regardless of when the investigation into allegations of Neil Olshey fostering a “toxic” workplace was finished, Jody Allen almost certainly wasn’t going to find a better time to fire the Portland Trail Blazers’ longtime general manager than Friday morning. The Blazers included no conclusions from that probe in their announcement of Olshey’s dismissal, simply specifying […]

LaMelo Ball and Charlotte Hornets are currently sitting at the ninth spot in the Eastern Conference at 13-11. While being in ninth is nothing to write home about, the Hornets have played well and there are also five other teams with 10 or 11 losses, so they are in a good place. Overall, the team […]

If Thursday’s game proves a harbinger of their play to come while Damian Lillard is sidelined by abdominal tendinopathy, the Portland Trail Blazers’ season could very well be at risk of going off the rails. The San Antonio Spurs came to Rip City and throttled the depleted Blazers, 114-83, in a game every bit as lopsided […]

Frank Vogel uncharacteristically tooted his own horn after the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a blowout “road” win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday — sparked by a 40-8 second-half run. First, in their postgame remarks, Vogel and multiple Lakers players cited his fiery halftime speech as an effective motivator. Vogel also made a crucial […]

With only 30 minutes or so before the Toronto Raptors tipped off against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, the team was informed that superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo would not be suiting up. But Raptors coach Nick Nurse said that didn’t affect them too much. “I guess I was pretty neutral on it, to be honest,” […]

We’re now into December, and there has been no progress on the Kyrie Irving front. It was back in late September around Brooklyn Nets training camp when we first began to hear rumors he was not vaccinated. That was an especially big deal since New York City has local vaccination mandates which apply to venues […]

In yet another plot twist, LeBron James has cleared the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will play for the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center. Just in: Lakers star LeBron James has been cleared from health and safety protocols to return on Friday vs. Clippers, after testing […]

Chauncey Billups touched on the pitfalls of Damian Lillard’s abdominal tendinopathy well before it was officially announced the Portland Trail Blazers superstar would be sidelined for at least the next 10 days. Lillard was clearly more affected by his nagging core injury than normal during Portland’s blowout loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday. He […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook is not a fan of the media. He has made his skepticism and distaste for the media abundantly clear throughout his NBA career. Westbrook was jovial and often quotable during his first training camp with the Lakers. However, since his opening night struggles and through a shaky first quarter of […]

Similar to most matchups between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, things went down to the wire on Wednesday night. After getting a stop on the defensive end, the Sixers found themselves with an opportunity to steal a win in the game’s final seconds. Coming out of a timeout, Doc Rivers drew up a play […]

One observation from the Houston Rockets’ last win against the Oklahoma City Thunder was how underappreciated Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate has become. Well, that certainly shouldn’t be the case after Wednesday night’s rematch. Not only did Tate score 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field in the Rockets’ first road win of the season […]

LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets just took the defending champions, Giannis Antetkounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, down to the wire. Normally, they would have slow first-half starts, but that was not the case on Wednesday night. Charlotte found itself leading by as many as 17 points at one point. The Bucks woke up in […]

The New York Knicks hopped a subway to visit the Brooklyn Nets in a battle of the boroughs, with both teams convening to provide an exhilarating reminder that New York City is absolutely obsessed with roundball. The energy at Barclays Center reached a fever pitch as a record 18,081 packed into the arena. The Nets […]

Frank Vogel and the Los Angeles Lakers still have a long list of issues to sort out — further complicated by LeBron James’ unexpected stint on the NBA’s health and safety protocols. On the plus side, though, they seem to have remedied one of their early-season maladies: the third quarter. Entering last Sunday’s visit to […]

Anthony Davis is locked in on game days. Even when his Los Angeles Lakers teammate and close friend, LeBron James, tests positive for COVID-19. Davis opened up to Yahoo’s Chris Haynes about his eventful Wednesday, which began with James undergoing three COVID-19 tests, two of which came back positive. (James entered the NBA’s health and […]

Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns halted the Golden State Warriors’ winning streak on Tuesday night. The two teams are now tied for the best record in the NBA at 18-3. The Suns won this game on the defensive end. They held Stephen Curry to 4-of-21 shooting and forced the Dubs into 22 turnovers. These […]

The Portland Trail Blazers didn’t need their franchise player, third-leading scorer or most impactful reserve to get a blowout victory on the second leg of a back-to-back Tuesday night, beating the Detroit Pistons 110-92 at Moda Center. C.J. McCollum led Portland to its wire-to-wire win, scoring 28 points and doling out six assists, both team-highs. But […]

Coming off a three-game winning streak, the mood in Toyota Center has been more jovial of late. Gone is this feeling of uneasiness and in is the feeling of stress-free basketball. Winning, even on a small scale, alleviates so much pressure for NBA teams, and the Houston Rockets are a good example of that right […]

A few hours after LeBron James was placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for reportedly testing positive for COVID-19 (twice), the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings, 117-92, behind strong efforts from Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. Following a sluggish first half — in which the Lakers looked understandably demoralized by yet […]

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols and reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 (twice). Following the Lakers’ 117-92 win over the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center (sans LeBron), Anthony Davis confirmed that he spoke to his Klutch compadre and essentially confirmed that LeBron had indeed […]