NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 137

Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon injury in his left knee, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. “Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo has suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon in his left knee,” Charania reported. “Just another injury the two-time All-Star will work to overcome.” Victor Oladipo, a two-time All-Star and the […]

After missing the previous game of the first round with an illness, Golden State Warriors wing Gary Payton II is available to play in his team’s pivotal Game 4 matchup with the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. Steve Kerr told reporters during pre-game media availability that Payton is feeling better and set to take the floor […]

After being suspended for Game 3, Draymond Green will come off the bench in Game 4 of the Golden State Warriors‘ first round series against the Sacramento Kings, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater. With Draymond Green coming off the bench, the Warriors will start Stephen Curry, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins […]

The Milwaukee Bucks take a 2-1 series deficit into the Kaseya Center as they take on the Miami Heat in game four of their Eastern Conference playoff series. This game will continue our NBA odds series with a Bucks-Heat prediction and pick. We will also tell you where to watch the game. Game one was […]

For the most part, the Boston Celtics have looked dominant against the Atlanta Hawks in their first-round playoff series, which is why their 130-122 loss in Game 3 was so surprising. The Hawks simply could not miss from the field, shooting 56 percent in this one, and Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum quickly went back […]

The worst is confirmed for Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo. The Heat veteran will miss the rest of the playoffs with a torn patellar tendon in his left knee, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Oladipo suffered the injury in Miami’s dominant Game 3 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. He had made quite […]

The Memphis Grizzlies first-round playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers has created a lot of headlines through three games, and it’s not particularly hard to see why. Easily the biggest headline for this series, though, revolves around Dillon Brooks and his desire to continue to trash talk LeBron James as this series goes on. […]

Though the Milwaukee Bucks are the top seed in this year’s NBA Playoffs, it is their first-round opponent the Miami Heat that holds a 2-1 series lead following a spectacular Game 3 win Saturday evening. Paving the way for the eighth-seeded Heat was Jimmy Butler, who had a monster performance before being shelved midway through […]

The Atlanta Hawks’ Game 4 matchup with the Boston Celtics is a virtual must-win situation for the East’s No. 7 seed. With the Hawks-Celtics game set for Sunday night, we’ll be making our Hawks Game 4 predictions. The Hawks gave themselves some life with a 130-122 Game 3 win over the Celtics Friday night. After […]

The Memphis Grizzlies didn’t have a good outing in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers, and things were made even worse when Dillon Brooks was ejected early in the second half after hitting LeBron James in the groin. Given how we just saw Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors pick up a suspension […]

The Los Angeles Lakers pulled out a major win on their home floor in Game 3 against the Memphis Grizzlies Saturday evening, and, in turn, now find themselves up 2-1 in their best-of-seven quarterfinals series. Post-game, star guard D’Angelo Russell was in good spirits and in a joking mood, as he toyed around with the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of being swept by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Losing three straight games against the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, the Timberwolves are headed for yet another early playoff exit. The Timberwolves’ first season after going all-in with the […]

The Memphis Grizzlies traveled to face the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their first-round series on Saturday night. The Grizzlies tied up the series at 1-1 without Ja Morant, and they were hoping his return to the lineup would spark them to a key road victory.  Instead, Memphis laid an egg after Dillon […]

The New York Knicks find themselves up 2-1 in their quarterfinals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers and, Sunday afternoon, they’ll be looking to extend this series lead in front of what is presumed to be a packed home crowd at Madison Square Garden. Though their main stars Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson, and RJ Barrett all […]

This year’s quarterfinals matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies has certainly garnered a tremendous amount of attention from both fans and media alike, and a large reason for this publicity has been due to the back-and-forth banter between LeBron James and Dillon Brooks. From on-court chirping to post-game interview jabs, the two […]

Heading into Game 3 of the Memphis Grizzlies first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, all eyes were on Dillon Brooks and LeBron James. Brooks called out James after the Grizzlies Game 2 win, and everyone was expecting James to put together a big outing to show up Brooks. Instead, Brooks got ejected early […]

A New York Knicks’ Game 4 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers would put the Cavs on the brink of elimination in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Ahead of Sunday’s Knicks-Cavs matchup, we’ll be making our Knicks Game 4 predictions. It was less than two days ago that the Knicks embarrassed the Cavaliers to take a 2-1 […]

The Phoenix Suns shook up their roster in a massive way when they traded for Kevin Durant. The idea of him meshing with Chris Paul and Devin Booker in the 2023 NBA playoffs seemed like a tough task after playing just eight games together. So far, though, so good. In the first round of the […]

The Denver Nuggets finished the last 17 games of the regular season with a 7-10 record, and that shoddy stretch run may negatively affect the MVP run of Nikola Jokic. The organization knew the No. 1 seed was locked up, so they took the foot off the gas. The losing record was a cause for […]

The Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat first-round series seemed inevitable, but the Atlanta Hawks spoiled the party and toppled the Heat in the play-in tournament. Celtics fans may have preferred to face Atlanta instead of Miami, and that seemed like a brilliant choice, as they beat the Hawks easily in the first two contests of […]

The Boston Celtics appeared to be in total control in their first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, but suffered a surprising 130-122 loss in Game 3. The Celtics still have the upper hand, but they will have a bit of added motivation to come out and regain full control of this series in Game […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are 2-1 in their first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. Ja Morant put up a ridiculous performance in Game 3 with 45 points (22 straight at one point in the fourth quarter), 13 assists and nine rebounds, earning some big praise from LeBron James. James and the Lakers rode a sensational […]

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are unlikely to return for the Los Angles Clippers, but that’s not stopping head coach Tyronn Lue from instilling the utmost confidence in his team. Despite Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns having the star-power advantage, Lue’s club is not satisfied with just playing hard. The Clippers dropped Game 4 […]

The Memphis Grizzlies suffered another tough loss in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers, and making matters even worse, they saw one of their top players in Dillon Brooks get ejected early in the third quarter for hitting LeBron James below the belt on a steal attempt. All eyes were already on Brooks after […]

In his one basketball game and two media availability sessions since Game 2, LeBron James has largely avoided adding spice to the beef Dillon Brooks has been trying to cook up. This approach includes restraining from commenting on whether Brooks should face further discipline after being ejected for hitting LeBron in the groin early in […]

Following the Los Angeles Lakers‘ relatively easy Game 3 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, LeBron James made one thing clear: He’s done talking about Dillon Brooks. In fact, in Year 20, he’s out of the business of making “statements”, altogether. LeBron spearheaded the charge at the outset of the first full-capacity Lakers home playoff game […]

The Memphis Grizzlies were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday despite a tremendous performance from Ja Morant. One of the primary storylines from the game was Dillon Brooks’ dirty foul on LeBron James which led to a flagrant 2 call and an ejection. Rather than explaining himself after the game, Brooks opted to […]

LeBron James looked like a man on a mission on Saturday night. He led the Los Angeles Lakers to a whirlwind start in the first quarter that saw them outscore the Memphis Grizzlies 35-9 in the opening frame. Ja Morant and the Grizzlies did all they can to try and mount a comeback, but in […]

Ja Morant scored 45 points against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Morant is the only player in Memphis Grizzlies history to score 45 or more points in a playoff game, having now done it three times, per StatMuse. His 22 fourth quarter points is also the most in a single quarter in Grizzlies’ […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant scored 45 points on Saturday. However, his effort wasn’t enough against the Los Angeles Lakers. Memphis was ultimately defeated by a final score of 111-101 in Game 3 of the series. To make matters worse, Morant suffered an injury scare late in the game, per Dr. Evan Jeffries on Twitter. […]

The Miami Heat may have just lost guard Victor Oladipo for the rest of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Oladipo went down with what seemed to be a serious knee injury late in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s 121-99 home win for the Heat over the Milwaukee Bucks at home. Victor Oladipo was helped off […]

There was no shortage of action in Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs first-round matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. So much so, that Lakers big man Anthony Davis ended up getting himself a fat lip after hitting the deck hard while trying to save the ball from going out of […]

As if the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzles needed to get even more interesting, Dillon Brooks supplied yet another controversial moment when he hit superstar LeBron James below the belt during the third period of Game 3 of his first-round NBA Playoffs matchup. Unsurprisingly, Brooks was assessed with a flagrant […]

Dillon Brooks was ejected from the Memphis Grizzlies-Los Angeles Lakers Game 3 NBA Playoffs affair after a hard foul on LeBron James. The play was reviewed and the referees decided it was enough to kick Brooks out of the contest. Dillon Brooks apparently hit LeBron James below the belt 👀 Brooks was given a flagrant […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are showing Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies no mercy early in Game 3 of this first-round series. The Lakers started the game clearly with the intention of embarrassing the Grizzlies right out of the game, as Los Angeles finished the first quarter with 35 points while holding […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Milwaukee Bucks again as they scored a 121-99 victory at home Saturday night to take a 2-1 series lead. However, there’s a cause for concern for the Heat heading into Game 4. Butler suffered a lower-body injury following a scary fall in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers matched the largest ever first quarter lead in NBA Playoffs history against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, per ESPN Stats & Info. LA led Memphis 35-9 heading into the second quarter. It was an incredible start to a crucial game for the Lakers. LeBron James helped propel the Lakers to […]

The Golden State Warriors have a must-win contest coming up on Sunday when they battle the Sacramento Kings in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round matchup. The defending champs are coming off a huge win in Game 2 to cut the series deficit to 2-1, but they now need to win again on Sunday […]

Victor Oladipo may have just suffered another serious knee injury. To make matters worse, the injury came in garbage time of Saturday’s Game 3 matchup between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks. It looked like Oladipo slipped on a non-contact play, and he knew something was horribly wrong the moment he went down. His […]