NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 194

Time is running out on the Brooklyn Nets after falling 0-3 to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Kevin Durant doesn’t look like himself while Kyrie Irving can’t get a grasp either. It’s drawn some criticism from past players, but legendary Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson weighs in […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis does not want the world to forget that he is a reigning NBA champion. During the late stages of the Milwaukee Bucks’ convincing road win against the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series, things got a little testy between Portis and Zach LaVine. LaVine wound […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were dealt some brutal injury news when it comes to star center Joel Embiid, who was diagnosed with a torn ligament in his thumb. While the injury is set to require surgery, Embiid and the Sixers have elected to wait until after the season ends before going through with the procedure. Still, […]

The 2022 NBA Playoffs are full of excitement and surprises. Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green believes this is a good thing for the league, and he explained why over the weekend. The Athletic’s Anthony Slater caught the Warriors big man’s response at practice on Saturday: Draymond Green on the playoffs “I don’t know if […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are not yet done with the Toronto Raptors. With their backs against the wall and elimination from the NBA playoffs looking them in the eye, the Raptors overcame injuries and stole Game 4. Joel Embiid and the Sixers will get another chance to clinch the series on their home floor. Physicality defined […]

Barring a very surprising development, the Brooklyn Nets will want to forget the 2022 NBA playoffs. They look totally outmatched against the Boston Celtics with both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving struggling big-time and Ben Simmons sitting on the sideline. The Nets could be adding an All-Star to their lineup for their next game but […]

The Chicago Bulls are doing everything possible to stay within reach of the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Playoffs. As of now, the team is down 1-2 to Milwaukee and time is running out in Game 4. Unfortunately for Chicago, Alex Caruso fell to injury and it’s not looking good for the stand-out shooting guard. […]

The Brooklyn Nets find themselves in a 3-0 hole against the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, prompting some talking heads to begin to take a closer look at the future of the team. Kyrie Irving has a player option for the 2022-23 season, under which he would make $36.5 […]

Karl-Anthony Towns and Ja Morant aren’t the only members of their families starring in the playoffs’ most hotly contested first-round series. The impact of Karl Towns Sr., though, actually extends a bit further on the Minnesota Timberwolves than his hilarious sideshow with Tee Morant suggests. During an interview with Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports following […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took their first loss of the 2022 NBA playoffs in Game 4 against the Toronto Raptors. They are still in a great position to advance despite Joel Embiid’s thumb injury. Although the Sixers’ superstar has played through the injury, he just received a brutal update on it. The MRI on Embiid’s right […]

Karl-Anthony Towns got himself right just in time for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After an embarrassing Game 3 loss in their first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies, they won Game 4 by a single point and showed they truly do belong in the NBA playoffs. After two disappointing performances, Towns had enough. He explained to Chris […]

The Boston Celtics have their series against the Brooklyn Nets wrapped. It’s over. Done. Finito. There have been 143 teams throughout NBA history who have faced a 0-3 hole in the playoffs and all 143 of them were eventually sent home. It’s bound to happen at one point in the future. It could be within […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has never struggled quite like this. We’d been told the Boston Celtics’ defense was up there with some of the all-time great units, but to hold KD to this type of performance through three games? It’s pretty shocking and disappointing for the Brooklyn Brigade. Durant is averaging just 22.0 points […]

The Phoenix Suns take the floor at Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans for Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Suns-Pelicans prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The Suns […]

The Brooklyn Nets are in the middle of playing the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. However, Spike Lee, the notoriously known New York Knicks fan was spotted at the Nets-Celtics game on Saturday night. He wasn’t just attending, but the famous film director was seen rooting for Brooklyn. Thanks to Michael Grady, there’s […]

Following the Memphis Grizzlies’ massive 26-point comeback, momentum was clearly on their side heading to a pivotal Game 4 at Target Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves were still recovering from the devastating loss on Thursday night, but Karl Anthony-Towns and Anthony Edwards led the charge to tie the series with a 119-118 victory. Ja Morant struggled […]

The second-seeded Boston Celtics have shocked many and taken a 3-0 series lead on the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. Heading into the series, the seventh-seeded Nets were a popular upset pick thanks to the duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Now, those Nets are tasked with doing something no NBA team has ever […]

As the Brooklyn Nets fell down 0-3 to the Boston Celtics, Kevin Durant admitted that he feels like he’s been thinking too much in the series. Marcus Smart wants some credit for that. Durant was vocal after their Game 3 loss against Boston that he may be overthinking things as the Nets star has struggled […]

Victor Oladipo has yet to play a single moment in the NBA playoffs for the Miami Heat. He missed last year’s postseason due to a season-ending quadriceps injury and has not played this year, racking up a hat trick of DNP-CDs so far. With Kyle Lowry’s injury, that could change. In Game 3 against the […]

The Atlanta Hawks head into Game 4 of their series with the Miami Heat looking to even things at two games a piece. The Hawks have been without their starting center Clint Capela for the first three games of their first-round series in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. This leaves fans wondering if Capela is playing […]

The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks square off for Game 4 at the State Farm Arena on Sunday. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Heat-Hawks prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below.   Trae Young made the game-winning floater with 4.4 seconds left […]

In Game 3 of their series against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Minnesota Timberwolves had multiple huge meltdowns, ultimately getting outscored by 34 points over the last 15 or so minutes to lose. The result was a 104-95 Timberwolves loss and a 2-1 series lead for the Grizzlies. This, of course, led Chris Finch’s squad to […]

As the Boston Celtics had control of their own destiny in the final day of the regular season, they decided to not rest their main guys to clinch the second seed and increase the likelihood of playing the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. Dodging an opponent was not an option for coach Ime Udoka […]

The Golden State Warriors look to sweep the first-round series as they meet the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 on Sunday. It’s time to look at our NBA odds series to make a Warriors-Nuggets pick and prediction.   The Warriors defeated the Nuggets 118-113 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The first quarter […]

To say the Utah Jazz have gone through some growing pains this season would be a massive understatement. The same issues that plagued them during the regular season have largely been prevalent in their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. While they were outplayed by a Mavs side that didn’t have Luka Doncic in their […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls will square off at the United Center for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Bucks-Bulls prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below.   The defending champion […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns was the subject of endless slander after the shocking Game 3 collapse against the Memphis Grizzlies. Towns took just four shots as the Timberwolves got outscored 50-16 to end the game after being up 25 with three minutes left in the third quarter. Towns heard all of the criticism and […]

Many figured the Memphis Grizzlies going up 3-1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves was a foregone conclusion after the Grizzlies’ epic comeback in Game 3. However, Ja Morant and company let that prime opportunity slip through their fingers, taking home a 119-118 Game 4 loss to go back to Memphis with the series tied at 2-2. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves-Memphis Grizzlies series has arguably been the most compelling of the first round. But it’s also been marred by a couple of rather interesting extra-curricular events throughout the series. The woman who superglued her hand to the court will forever keep real estate in random Timberwolves fan lore. Then there was the fan […]

Another animal rights protestor from the activist group Direct Action Everywhere attempted to make a scene at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 4 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. This was the third such disruption of a Timberwolves game in the last 10 days. This time, security was all over it. The protestor was […]

As the Brooklyn Nets find themselves in a 0-3 hole to the Boston Celtics, you can sort of feel the roof caving in on a difficult season. The Celtics had the Nets outclassed in this one. Kevin Durant has been in a funk this series and it persisted at Barclays Center. We didn’t expect that […]

Jayson Tatum has led the charge for the Boston Celtics. His leadership and exceptional play has led to them being one game away from knocking off Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets through three games. Tatum has come a long way in becoming a vocal leader for his Celtics squad. Asked about his message to […]

Karl-Anthony Towns podium presence has been rather polarizing, to say the least. His non-committal and easygoing tone can rub some people off the wrong way. Case in point: his “wine” comments after the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 3 collapse against the Memphis Grizzlies. Some people took offense to Towns’ statements, saying that he doesn’t care enough. […]

Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins is set for a hefty fine from the NBA after his latest tirade against the referees in their Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. There’s a massive difference in the free throws taken by both teams in the game, and Jenkins made sure to emphasize how the Grizzlies’ starters […]

Karl-Anthony Towns caught a lot of flak from Minnesota Timberwolves fans in Game 3, and deservedly so. After putting up a measly 8 points and 5 fouls, fans were frustrated at their All-Star. His seemingly non-committal answers in the post-game presser only enraged other old heads of the game. Well, it turns out a little […]

The Boston Celtics still need one win to sweep Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, but it looks like Kendrick Perkins firmly believes the playoffs series is over. After watching the Nets fall to a 3-0 hole with a 109-103 defeat to the Celtics on Saturday, Perkins didn’t hold back his thoughts and highlighted how […]

Robert Williams returned to action for the Boston Celtics on Saturday night after missing the past few weeks due to torn meniscus on his left knee. He played limited minutes in his comeback but he definitely made a significant impact on his team. Just ask Jayson Tatum. After putting Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash understands that the Boston Celtics’ defense has been making life hard for Kevin Durant. However, for him, there’s a bigger problem they are facing. Speaking to reporters after the Nets fell 3-0 following the Celtics’ 109-103 win on Saturday, Nash addressed Durant’s struggles and highlighted how it’s really the […]

The Boston Celtics have taken a commanding 3-0 lead on the Brooklyn Nets, prompting Kevin Durant to make some rather interesting comments. The Nets star was vocal after the Game 3 loss claiming that he had been overthinking throughout the entire series against Boston. Via ClutchPoints’ Nets reporter Dave Early: “[In the first 2 games] […]