NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 64

Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves had the perfect gift for T’wolves legend Kevin Garnett on Sunday. Garnett, who turned 48 years old on the same day Minnesota and the Denver Nuggets played Game 7 of their exhilarating series, saw his former team defeat Nikola Jokic and company, 98-90. Towns sends Timberwolves legend a birthday […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves became just the first team in the illustrious history of the NBA playoffs to come back from a 15-point deficit or greater at halftime of Game 7; they dug deep and came roaring back from a lead that grew to as much as 20 as they dethroned the Denver Nuggets with a […]

Ladies and gentlemen, Stephen A. Smith of ESPN is devastated. The big New York Knicks fan still couldn’t accept the fact that his team just squandered a 2-0 series lead and lost to the Indiana Pacers, 130-109, in a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. It was a tough pill to swallow […]

Winning back-to-back championships in the NBA is an extremely difficult challenge. The Denver Nuggets were hoping to accomplish the feat in 2024, but fell short in the Western Conference Semifinals after losing Game 7 to the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-90 on Sunday. Nikola Jokic won the third MVP of his career in 2023-24. He performed at […]

The second-round series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA Playoffs had everything. It featured a three-time Most Valuable Player, a four-time Defensive Player of the Year winner, the defending champions, a player the internet likes to think is the second coming of His Airness, and two unicorns. Even off […]

The NBA hierarchy continues to undergo drastic change from year to year in what has been a surreal age of parity for the sport. Though, Denver Nuggets fans are not interested in considering the effect that their postseason exit has on the product as a whole. It will take them a while to recover from […]

The Denver Nuggets have just seen the end of their journey in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Letting the Minnesota Timberwolves pillage Mile High City of a Game 7 win on Sunday meant that there won’t be a two-peat happening for Denver, which entered the series against Anthony Edwards and company as the favorites to emerge […]

The New York Knicks were defeated by the Indiana Pacers 130-109 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Sunday. It was a difficult way for the Knicks’ season to end. Jalen Brunson did everything he could to help the team win before suffering an injury during Game 7. Brunson and the Knicks have […]

DENVER — Head coach Michael Malone and the Denver Nuggets had their hopes of repeating as NBA champions squashed after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals. The loss was incredibly frustrating for the Nuggets considering, at one point, they had a 20-point lead over the Timberwolves. In his […]

It was a Game-7-filled Sunday, and one of the matchups saw the Minnesota Timberwolves emerge victorious over the Denver Nuggets. Down by 20 at one point, the Timberwolves used a huge third-quarter rally to catch up and eventually overcome their foes. Following the game, Anthony Edwards gave praise to one of the team’s unsung heroes […]

A big part of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ success throughout the regular season and NBA Playoffs was their Defensive Player of the Year. Rudy Gobert made it difficult for opponents to get to the rim which forced them to spread out their offense. This gave players like Jaden McDaniels, Anthony Edwards, and Karl-Anthony Towns an easier […]

The 2003-04 season was the last time the Minnesota Timberwolves saw the Western Conference Finals. Two decades later and the young and hungry Wolves were looking to knock off the reigning champs on the road. In a playoff-defining Game 7, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jaden McDaniels, Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves took down the Denver Nuggets in […]

The Indiana Pacers went from being one loss away against the New York Knicks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs to pulling off an upset in a seven-game classic. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton quipped the key to their success in the series that pushed them over the hump. New York was a game […]

Finally, the Conference Finals matchups are set! Out in the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics will have to deal with the Indiana Pacers in their search for an 18th banner. In the wild Western Conference, it will be the Dallas Mavericks on the hunt against the Minnesota Timberwolves. There aren’t too many predictions yet, but […]

Anthony Edward and the Minnesota Timberwolves have done it. Somehow, Minnesota had enough energy to use for a successful comeback against the Denver Nuggets, who took a 3-2 series lead after five games in the matchup. On Sunday, Minnesota ended the Nuggets’ reign as NBA champs with a wild 98-90 victory in the series finale […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves came away with an incredible 98-90 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, and Magic Johnson took to X to give his takeaways on the game, specifically shouting out Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaden McDaniels. “Defense, defense, and more defense won […]

It is Cancun time for the Denver Nuggets, as their run as NBA champions came to an abrupt end on Sunday following a crushing 98-90 home loss in Game 7 of their second-round series against Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Denver entered the series finale as the understandable favorite, considering the location of the […]

The two best words in sports might no longer be Game 7. It was the New York Knicks getting blown out by the Indiana Pacers earlier and now it’s the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Mike Malone’s championship acumen started kicking as soon as the ball tipped off. Now, it looks like the […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were written off after dropping the first two games of their Western Conference semifinal series of the NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves. But in true heart of a champion form, the Nuggets stormed back to take the lead in the series. But with the Wolves forcing a Game […]

The Indiana Pacers pulled it off and eliminated the New York Knicks from the NBA Playoffs. They now advance to the Eastern Conference Finals and will take on the Boston Celtics. However, Reggie Miller went viral after the playoff win for finally getting back at Josh Hart’s taunting earlier in the series. Miller didn’t hold […]

It’s over. The New York Knicks’ hopes of hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy had a screeching halt because of injuries and a historic Indiana Pacers offense. While some avid spectators of the league still had to give their flowers to this squad for making it this far in the NBA Playoffs, others still continued to […]

The Indiana Pacers prevailed. On Sunday, they defeated the New York Knicks in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. If there was one adjective to describe the Pacers’ victory, it would be “efficient.” The team shot 67.1% from the field, the highest in a playoff game in NBA history, per StatMuse. The […]

Tyrese Haliburton couldn’t hold back his delight after leading the Indiana Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals. Indiana beat the New York Knicks in Game 7 to complete their epic series comeback that saw them fall to a 2-0 deficit. Following the win, Haliburton was captured on camera shouting in joy as he headed to […]

The Indiana Pacers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday with a 130-109 win in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the New York Knicks. In doing so, they became the first team in this series to win a game on the road. The Knicks and Pacers have had legendary playoff […]

The New York Knicks failed to take down the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Playoffs. It was a heartbreaking loss as injuries plagued the roster much through the postseason. That bad luck even struck in Game 7 when Jalen Brunson suffered a hand injury, as he was pulled from the contest early. With that said, […]

Everything came crumbling down for the New York Knicks once the postseason neared. Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, and Bogdan Bogdanovic all could not contribute to their squad’s NBA Playoffs run. The alums out of Villanova, in effect, had to go all out not just in their execution but also in staying on the floor. Josh […]

The Denver Nuggets will face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night in a highly anticipated Game 7 matchup. Jamal Murray landed on the Nuggets’ injury report as he’s dealing with a calf strain, while Mike Conley has a Right Soleus strain for the Timberwolves. But the question is this: Is Jamal Murray playing […]

The New York Knicks were eliminated in the second round of the NBA Playoffs with a 130-109 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 on Sunday, and Stephen A. Smith took to X to react to the game and his team being eliminated. “After all these damn injuries already suffered, now I just heard […]

The New York Knicks were just eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. They put up a decent fight forcing a Game 7 but everything fell apart on Sunday. Especially after Jalen Brunson suffered a fractured hand late in the contest. However, Brunson is certainly not someone worth blaming for the playoff […]

New York Knicks superstar guard Jalen Brunson left Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon due to a fractured left hand, the team announced during the fourth quarter. 🚨 BREAKING: Jalen Brunson (fractured left hand) is out for the remainder of Game 7 vs. the Pacers, the Knicks say. pic.twitter.com/62YUdxrOM7 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) […]

The New York Knicks got themselves in a big hole in the first half of Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers, and OG Anunoby is out for the remainder of the game, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. OG Anunoby returned to the starting lineup for Game 7 after suffering a hamstring injury during Game […]

It was a monstrous first half for the Indiana Pacers as they lit up Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks in Game 7 as they lead by 15 points at half-time. Another word for the amazing shooting night from Indiana on the road? Historic is most likely the best as it was the […]

Sunday night will no doubt be a stressful time for Minnesota Timberwolves fans as they prepare for a crucial Game 7 Western Conference semifinals matchup against the defending champions in the Denver Nuggets. However, there is one player who is fully confident in not just themselves, but in their team as well in Minnesota superstar […]

We have a tremendous contest between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets in what should be a fun Game 7 matchup. This series has gone back and forth and Sunday’s game should be absolutely electric. It should be a close one, but we take a look as to why the Timberwolves will stun the Nuggets […]

As the New York Knicks will take on the Indiana Pacers in an integral Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA Playoffs, fans should be glad to hear the latest injury news regarding stars OG Anunoby and Josh Hart. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, both New York players will play on […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-116 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals to clinch a series victory. Many players on the Thunder experienced the NBA playoffs for the first time in 2024. Chet Holmgren was among the players to make his NBA postseason debut. Before Game 6, Holmgren […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks’ 117-116 Game 6 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday was a fitting ending to the series. Oklahoma City and Dallas battled throughout. It was a hard-fought series that led to Mavs star Kyrie Irving making an eye-opening admission. While speaking to reporters after the game, Mavericks head coach […]

The Dallas Mavericks are moving on to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in three years. And while Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving deserve immense credit for leading the Mavs back to the WCF, a lot of deserved praise is being thrown on the team’s rookie center, Dereck Lively II. Lively, who was […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated from the playoffs on Saturday night when they suffered a 117-116 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, but it’s clear the future is bright for them. General manager Sam Presti has made a plethora of great moves to build one of the best rosters in the league, but one move […]