NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 144

PHOENIX — Kawhi Leonard did everything he could to keep the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2, but Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns came out on top to even the series at 1-1. Behind Devin Booker’s 38 points and nine assists, the Suns defeated the Clippers, 123-109. Kevin Durant added 25 points, six rebounds, […]

The Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors have captivated NBA fans with an intense first-round series. The Kings secured wins in the first two games of the series amid a controversy surrounding Draymond Green and Domantas Sabonis. The Warriors star stomping on the Kings star’s chest after he grabbed his foot has changed the course […]

The Boston Celtics entered the 2023 NBA Playoffs largely believing that they would be playing the Miami Heat in their first-round series. Instead, the Atlanta Hawks upset them in their Play-In Tournament contest, and many folks believed Boston lucked out. Two games into their series, that has mostly been the case, but they also owe […]

After a resounding Game 1 win punctuated by a Russell Westbrook block on Devin Booker, it seemed like the momentum of the first-round NBA playoff series was strongly in the Los Angeles Clippers’ favor.  Scott Foster’s involvement as the officiating crew chief only fanned that flame even further. And for the first 18 minutes of […]

The Phoenix Suns came out victorious in Game 2 of their first round series with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the win also marked the end of an historically funny streak: Chris Paul’s 13-game losing streak when Scott Foster officiates. Entering Tuesday night’s game, Chris Paul had lost 13 consecutive playoff games when Scott Foster […]

The New York Knicks had the opportunity to seize a convincing 2-0 lead with the series shifting back to Madison Square Garden, but they simply could not keep up with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ firepower. After a solid performance that led to a back-and-forth first quarter affair, the Knicks simply ran out of gas in the […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is now the sole member of a modern day NBA club that no one would want to be part of. After the NBA announced Green’s suspension for Game 3 of their playoffs series against the Sacramento Kings, the Warriors vet has now become the only player in the last […]

Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul has the whole NBA Twitterverse celebrating alongside him after he broke his Scott Foster curse. Prior to Game 2 of their NBA Playoffs series with the Los Angeles Clippers, Paul was on a 13-game losing streak in playoff match-ups that Foster officiated. The beef between the two and Paul’s frustrations […]

Chris Paul has long had a monkey on his back, and its name is Scott Foster. The Phoenix Suns point guard had been unable to win a game with Foster officiating a playoff game in a long, long time. That streak ended Tuesday in the Suns’ Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Nobody’s […]

The NBA announced Tuesday night that Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been suspended for Game 3, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The discipline comes after Green appeared to stomp on the chest of the Kings’ Domantas Sabonis. The incident occurred early in the fourth quarter of a close game Monday night. Sabonis […]

Home-court advantage is a valuable thing in the NBA playoffs, and the Boston Celtics have protected it with ease in the first round. The C’s downed the Hawks 119-106 to take a commanding 2-0 series lead before they head down to Atlanta for Game 3. Both wins for the Celtics have featured large leads that […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are now looking to bounce back from their Game 1 humiliation at the hands of the Denver Nuggets. The Wolves just had no answer to Nikola Jokic and Co. on Sunday, with the Nuggets cruising to a wire-to-wire victory that ended with a final score of 109-80. Unfortunately for Minnesota, they could […]

Julius Randle has been an iron man for the New York Knicks during the 2022-23 season. Randle may have missed the last five games of the regular season due to an ankle injury, but he played in 77 consecutive games before that and he surely wouldn’t miss any playoff action for the world. However, in […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been suspended for Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs series against the Sacramento Kings following his stomping incident with Domantas Sabonis. While there have been reports that it’s unlikely Green would be suspended for his actions in Game 2, the NBA ultimately decided to punish him for it. […]

The saying goes that in the NBA Playoffs, it’s never really a series unless a team wins a road game. This is what Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks are hoping for right now after suffering another lopsided defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday to go down 0-2 in this first-round […]

The security team at Footprint Center is making sure that the incident involving a fan and Los Angeles Clippers point guard Russell Westbrook won’t have another version Tuesday night when the Phoenix Suns host LA for Game 2 of their first-round series in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, as people have now been assigned to guard […]

Game 1 of the Golden State Warriors-Sacramento Kings NBA Playoffs series didn’t disappoint, and it delivered plenty of eyes for the league. The start of the 2023 NBA Playoffs turned out to be the most-watched opening weekend of the postseason since 2011, with the games garnering an average of 4.15 million viewers across ESPN, ABC […]

Derrick White came up big for the Boston Celtics on Tuesday as they took down the Atlanta Hawks in Game 2 of their first-round NBA Playoffs showdown. The Celtics cruised to a 119-106 victory to take a 2-0 advantage in the series, and there’s no denying that White played a key role in the win. […]

Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics are just too much to handle for the Atlanta Hawks. For the second game in a row in this Eastern Conference matchup in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics have defeated the Hawks in dominant fashion. Speaking of Jaylen Brown, he had a highlight defensive play in the fourth […]

Officially, the Memphis Grizzlies have listed Ja Morant as questionable to play in Wednesday’s crucial Game 2 encounter against the Los Angeles Lakers. Morant re-aggravated his hand injury late in Game 1, and with the Grizzlies facing a 0-1 deficit in this first-round NBA Playoffs series, you can be sure that they will do everything […]

Phoenix Suns point guard Cameron Payne missed Game 1 of the team’s first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers due to a back injury. Without one of their top reserves, the Suns went on to lose by a final score of 115-110 behind 38 points from Kawhi Leonard. So when Leonard, Russell Westbrook, and the […]

Malcolm Brogdon delighted his Boston Celtics teammates and all fans watching in the arena and on TV after he drained a halfcourt buzzer-beater to end the first quarter of Game 2 against the Atlanta Hawks. Brogdon got the ball off a Trae Young turnover, but with less than three seconds left and still half the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers enter Game 2 on Wednesday against the Memphis Grizzlies looking to secure a 2-0 advantage in their first-round NBA Playoffs series. This was after LA escaped with a 128-112 win over the Grizzlies in Game 1 in what turned out to be a whirlwind of a contest. The Lakers have already […]

I want to take this opportunity to make a public service announcement. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is a lighting rod for controversy. This is probably as much of a breaking news story as someone confirming the sky is blue, or there’s trees in a forest. In all seriousness, Green is no stranger to […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Wednesday as the Minnesota Timberwolves (42-40) visit the Denver Nuggets (53-29) for the second game in the Western Conference first round. Action tips off at 10:00 p.m. ET. Denver holds a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-seven series thanks to their 109-80 win in game one. Below we continue our NBA […]

As expected, Russell Westbrook had a significant impact on the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 1 victory over the Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. The former league MVP will now want to do the same in Game 2 on Tuesday, and it is clear that Russ is already locked in heading to […]

The Golden State Warriors are in trouble, and their own history suggests there’s no way out of their current predicament. Golden State fell 0-2 to the Sacramento Kings in their NBA Playoffs series. It’s the first time in Stephen Curry’s career that he found himself in such situation, meaning the Dubs are in uncharted territory […]

New York Knicks guard Josh Hart has been upgraded to questionable for Tuesday’s NBA Playoff game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, according to a Tuesday tweet from New York Knicks Public Relations. “Josh Hart (sprained left ankle) has been upgraded to questionable for tonight’s Game 2 at Cleveland,” the tweet read. Josh Hart was […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo managed just 10 minutes in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ Game 1 loss against the Miami Heat. This was after the former back-to-back MVP was forced to exit the contest after suffering a concerning back injury. The Bucks later revealed that Giannis’ tests came back clean, but at this point, it sounds like the injury […]

Following a stunning home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 1 of the opening round of the Western Conference Playoffs, there is immense pressure on the Phoenix Suns going into Tuesday night. Usually, this would be the time when analysts and fans focus on the key matchups that will determine the outcome of […]

Unlike the Memphis Grizzlies, who are in danger of missing the services of superstar point guard Ja Morant for Game 2 of their NBA playoffs series, the Los Angeles Lakers actually have a clean bill of health ahead of Wednesday’s contest. Nevertheless, this has not prevented the Lakers from having their usual suspects on the […]

The Atlanta Hawks have their backs against the wall early in their first-round series against the Boston Celtics, as they lost Game 1 last Saturday to the tune of a 112-99 score. One trouble Trae Young and the Hawks had in that game was with their shooting, as Atlanta shot just 38.8 percent from the […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have just announced that Ja Morant is officially questionable to play in Game 2 after re-aggravating his hand injury in their Game 1 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers. Things currently do not sound very promising for Morant and the Grizzlies, and a recent video of the All-Star point guard putting up […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Wednesday as the Miami Heat (44-38) visit the Milwaukee Bucks (58-24) for the second game in the Eastern Conference first round. Action tips off at 9:00 p.m. ET. Miami holds a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-seven series thanks to their 130-117 win in game one. Below we continue our NBA […]

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Ja Morant and his hand injury approaching Game 2 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. Morant’s absence in the closing moments of Game 1 played a key role in the Grizzlies’ loss as the Lakers blitzed their opponents en route to a 128-112 victory […]

In rather concerning news for the Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic is currently nursing an injury heading into Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their first-round playoff series. Jokic is reportedly dealing with a right-wrist sprain, which has made him questionable for their upcoming showdown with the Timberwolves, per NBC Sports Edge. While it’s unlikely […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is a game-time decision for Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, coach Taylor Jenkins said on Tuesday. “An MRI yesterday showed an aggravation of the bruising in the soft tissue in Ja Morant’s hand, an injury originally suffered vs. Bucks in last week of regular season,” […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Wednesday as the Los Angeles Lakers (43-39) visit the Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) for the second game in the Western Conference first round. Action tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET. Los Angeles holds a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-seven series thanks to their 128-112 win in game one. Below we continue […]

Jordan Poole wasn’t himself in the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Considering Klay Thompson’s postgame assessment of his ankle injury, it seems like a minor miracle the defending champions’ dynamic guard was able to take the floor at all. Addressing his teammate’s health status after the Warriors’ 114-106 loss to […]