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The Boston Celtics are headed to the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs after finally getting the job done in the first round versus the pesky Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks eliminated the Hawks in six games after a 128-120 road win Thursday night, and as expected, Celtics and NBA fans are going bonkers on […]

The fact that Jimmy Butler and the eighth-seeded Miami Heat have beaten the team that finished with the best record in the entire NBA in the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs still seems surreal. After all, the Heat lost one of their best players in Tyler Herro to injury. […]

The Miami Heat first round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks needed to be seen to be believed. After barely qualifying for the playoffs at all, the number eight seed took down the number one seed and one of the title favorites in five games, shocking the NBA world in the process. That set up […]

The Sacramento Kings are facing a must-win situation in Game 6 of their first-round NBA Playoffs series against the Golden State Warriors. The Kings were in control of this series following their home wins in the first two games to take a 2-0 lead. But the Warriors have stormed back to win three straight, including […]

The Phoenix Suns are the odds-on favorite to win the Western Conference. But they are far from a finished product. Phoenix has Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, who have been a terrific in five playoff games together. Booker leads the NBA in postseason points per game (37.2) and Durant averaged 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and […]

Trae Young clearly has no intention of taking his foot off the gas — definitely not in their do-or-die Game 6 showdown against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Entering this must-win game, the Atlanta Hawks star is averaging 35.0 points over his last three contests, and there’s no denying that Trae came out for […]

The Memphis Grizzlies pulled off a dominating NBA playoffs Game 5 win against the Los Angeles Lakers to keep their season alive. While the Grizzlies still trail 3-2, Ja Morant has arguably been the best player during their NBA playoffs first round series. They’ll need more explosiveness from Morant to stave off elimination again and […]

The Miami Heat pulled off the biggest upset of the first round of the NBA playoffs with their 4-1 series win against the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks. Not only were the Bucks one of the favorites to win the championship, the Heat had to go through two rounds of play-in games to secure the […]

The Denver Nuggets surpassed the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games to advance to the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The Nuggets now prepare for a tough matchup with the Phoenix Suns, spearheaded by a red-hot Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Booker is averaging 37.2 points, and Durant is averaging 28.4 points per game […]

The Miami Heat absolutely shocked the basketball world on Wednesday night after mounting a sensational comeback in Game 5 of their NBA Playoff first-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. Jimmy Butler led the way yet again for the Heat as they escaped with a stunning 128-126 overtime victory to close out the series and eliminate […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Friday as the Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) visit the Los Angeles Lakers (43-39) for the sixth game in the Western Conference first round. Action tips off at 10:30 p.m. ET. Memphis stayed alive, bumping the series to 3-2 with their 116-99 win in game five. Below we continue our NBA odds […]

Draymond Green dropped 21 points, four rebounds, seven assists and four steals on 80% shooting in the Golden State Warriors’ epic Game 5 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night, leading his team to a 3-2 lead in the most exciting series of the first round. Before addressing one of the finest performances of […]

The Denver Nuggets, despite being the no. 1 seed in the West, are heading to the second round of the NBA Playoffs as the underdogs against Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns. While some might find that disrespectful, though, head coach Michael Malone understands the reality of their situation. Speaking to reporters on Thursday as […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Friday as the Sacramento Kings (48-34) visit the Golden State Warriors (44-38) for the sixth game in the Western Conference first round. Action tips off at 8:00 p.m. ET. Golden State took a 3-2 series lead thanks to their 123-116 win in game five. Below we continue our NBA odds […]

The first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs is coming down to the wire, and some series are needing some extra games to find a winner. That is the case for the first-round encounter between the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors. With Sacramento set to travel to face Golden State on Friday, it means […]

The Phoenix Suns won four straight games to beat the LA Clippers to win their first-round series of the NBA playoffs. The Suns advanced to the Western Conference semifinals and will face the top-seeded Denver Nuggets, who beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the first round.  Phoenix was not perfect in its first […]

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a tough loss in Game 5 against the Memphis Grizzlies, their largest margin of defeat in the 2023 NBA Playoffs so far. They lost 116-99, outpaced all game long by the Grizzlies, who were led by big performances from Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. Morant had 31 points on 13/26 […]

After days of basketball, the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs is coming down to an end. However, some series still have a lot left in the tank. That is the case for the matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers. With Memphis set to travel to face Los Angeles on […]

Draymond Green was booed every time he touched the ball early on Wednesday night, a raucous Sacramento Kings crowd welcoming him back to Golden 1 Center for the first time since he was ejected for stomping on Domantas Sabonis’ chest in Game 2. By the end of Wednesday’s pivotal Game 5, though, the loudest fans […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks survived another day! They host the Boston Celtics for Game 6 of the first-round series. Trae Young and Jayson Tatum headline the players featured on the NBA playoff’s same-game parlay sponsored by Bleacher Report. The Celtics are trying to clinch this series. They have had their eyes on Joel […]

The New York Knicks may not have surprised themselves with their first-round win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA playoffs, but some in the basketball world saw it as upset. One analyst who didn’t was former NBA champion Kendrick Perkins. After the Knicks secured the series win, a video resurfaced of Perkins predicting New […]

The first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs is coming down to the wire with some series entering their final stages. That is the case for the matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings. With Golden State set to host Sacramento on Friday, it means it is time for some Warriors Game 6 […]

The Miami Heat have completed one of the most shocking upsets in NBA history by taking down the No. 1 overall seed as a No. 8 seed in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. On Wednesday night, the Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks by a score of 128-126 in an overtime thriller on […]

The Miami Heat stunned the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs and beat them in five games. Giannis Antetokounmpo and his team saw their title hopes end early, but Jimmy Butler and the Heat are now heading to the next round after winning the play-in tournament. After another masterful playoff performance, […]

The Boston Celtics have a history with the Miami Heat in the postseason, so Jayson Tatum wasn’t too surprised when the red-hot team from South Beach took down the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks. Although the Heat barely snuck into the playoffs after losing their first Play-In Tournament game, Tatum never underestimated them. “I wouldn’t necessarily call […]

The Milwaukee Bucks season came crashing down to an end Wednesday after the Bucks fell to the Miami Heat in Game 5 of their first-round series. Milwaukee became the sixth No. 1 seed to lose in the playoffs to an eight-seed. Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer admitted he should have handled the final possession of […]

With their Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the Minnesota Timberwolves season came to an end on Tuesday night. It was a disappointing end to the year for a Timberwolves squad with NBA Finals aspirations after trading for All-NBA center Rudy Gobert. A big reason why the Timberwolves lost the series was that Nuggets […]

The Miami Heat dumped the Milwaukee Bucks out of the NBA Playoffs and while it’s a team game, one could argue Jimmy Butler single-handedly willed his team to the second round. With the Bucks leading 118-116 with 2.1 seconds left in Game 5 on Wednesday, it appeared as if Giannis Antetokounmpo and company would prolong […]

The first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs is coming close to an end, but some series still have a lot left to be settled. That is the case in the matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. With Los Angeles set to host Memphis on Friday night, that means it is […]

The Milwaukee Bucks completely botched it. After finishing the regular season with the best record in the NBA, the Bucks were widely regarded as the favorite to win the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Rather than repeating their 2021 success, the Bucks struggled to get off the ground and were defeated in five games by the eighth-seeded […]

Since the dawn of the 21st century, the Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat have been two of the most successful franchises in the NBA. Both franchises have had some of the best players to ever play the game during this time, such as Stephen Curry, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade, just to name a […]

New York Knicks center Jericho Sims underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum and cuff tendon in his right shoulder, according to a Thursday article from ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. “The procedure, performed Wednesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery and considered successful, will require five months of recovery and rehabilitation,” wrote Wojnarowski. […]

Most one-seeds in NBA history can be forgiven for not paying too much attention to their first-round matchup. After all, the eight-seed in the conference is usually the worst among all teams that qualified for the playoffs. But the institution of the play-in tournament has brought forth some changes that have proven to be devastating […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers spoke about his legacy, and the reputation that he has from being the only coach to blow multiple 3-1 leads in NBA Playoffs series. “Well, the No. 1 thing is that people don’t realize is that winning’s hard,” Doc Rivers said, via David Aldridge of The Athletic. “And it’s […]

The Miami Heat made history with their Game 5 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. They became the first play-in team in league history to win a playoff series and the sixth eighth seed to beat a number-one seed. Jimmy Butler led the Heat to victory on Wednesday as he scored 42 points, […]

Mavs owner Mark Cuban loved how Giannis Antetokounmpo responded to a reporter following Game 5. The Bucks were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs in five games after an overtime loss to the Miami Heat in a result not many expected at all prior to the series. Antetokounmpo notably didn’t have his best performance and when […]

The Miami Heat Twitter page kept the receipts on Wednesday night following their series-clinching win over the Milwaukee Bucks, proceeding to troll their opponent and TNT’s Ernie Johnson. Just take a look at this tomfoolery: Were we supposed to fear the deer? Oops. pic.twitter.com/ytQ7cTBKHt — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) April 27, 2023 Oh deer 🥴 we […]

Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies may have stared at a 3-1 series deficit heading into Game 5 of their first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, but that hasn’t sapped the confidence of this young group, even by just a tiny bit. Desmond Bane remained confident in his team’s chances of forcing a Game […]

The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers by the score of 116-99 on Wednesday to force a Game 6, and Desmond Bane is already declaring that the Grizzlies will beat the Lakers in Game 6 in Los Angeles to face a Game 7 back home in Memphis, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. “We’re […]