NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 91

It’s almost time for the Los Angeles Clippers to take on the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA playoffs for the third time in five years. Among all first-round matchups (and potential ones, seeing as the play-in tournament is yet to begin), the Clippers and the Mavs’ stand out as the most […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the Milwaukee Bucks’ final three games of the regular season due to a left calf strain he suffered on April 9 against the Boston Celtics. Reports on Monday suggested that Antetokounmpo was set to miss Game 1 of the team’s first NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Now, it appears as […]

The Sacramento Kings had a fantastic 2022-23 campaign that saw them finish as the third seed in the Western Conference, but they didn’t manage to have the same sort of success this season, which saw them finish in ninth place in the West. The Kings’ opponents were more prepared for the fast paced style of […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is the latest prominent NBA voice to dish out his opinion on the league’s Play-In Tournament. Surprisingly, Green openly disagreed with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James regarding the tournament, as he is usually someone who he usually sees eye-to-eye with. Green admitted that he thinks the Play-In Tournament […]

The road to a return trip to the NBA Finals for the Boston Celtics appears to be more wide-open than ever. However, the Celtics, of all teams, would know that anything is possible in the postseason. In fact, the Celtics could end up facing one of its most difficult matchups in the playoffs in the […]

It’s easy to assume that NBA players and higher-ups block out all the incessant, online chatter. However, Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck revealed that even he surveys the Internet to find out what people are saying about his executive decisions. During the NBC Sports Boston broadcast of the Celtics’ 132-122 victory over the Washington Wizards […]

The Indiana Pacers sealed their spot in the playoffs on the last day of the season when they made quick work of the hapless Atlanta Hawks, 157-115, in a game as lopsided as the score line would indicate. This is merely the natural progression for Tyrese Haliburton and the upstart Pacers, as they threatened for […]

Pelicans host the Lakers in the play-in Tuesday night! We now continue our NBA odds series with a Lakers-Pelicans prediction and pick. The Lakers have been one of the more inconsistent teams in the NBA despite being in the playoff race. They have the talent to win the NBA Title, but it has been tough […]

The road to the Play-In Tournament has been a strange one for the Atlanta Hawks this season. It wasn’t that long ago that Atlanta was reportedly kicking the can on a potential trade of Dejounte Murray at the deadline. They decided to hold onto Murray, only for their star Trae Young to injure his hand […]

The Sacramento Kings are preparing for a crucial NBA Play-In Tournament matchup against the Golden State Warriors. The winner of Tuesday night’s 9-10 seed game will get a chance to play another contest for a secured playoff spot. However, Sacramento will miss the services of Malik Monk due to his lingering knee injury. *Watch NBA […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are a really good basketball team. They won 49 games this 2023-24, which is definitely A LOT! The Pelicans also finished the regular season with the sixth-best net rating and point differential in the entire NBA. Only the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks […]

Another Miami Heat season, another appearance in the play-in tournament, but while they reached the NBA Finals last year, it will be a tough task this g0-around as they face the Philadelphia 76ers in the right to play the No. 2 seed New York Knicks in the playoffs. However, there could be an aspect of […]

Brandon Ingram went down with a nasty-looking, gut-wrenching knee injury early in a mid-standings matchup with the Orlando Magic on March 24. The New Orleans Pelicans wound up on the losing end of that date but won a small victory with great imaging results. Ingram avoided major damage, was diagnosed with a knee contusion, and […]

After a promising 2023-24 season, the Sacramento Kings are gearing up for the NBA Playoffs. The Kings earned the ninth seed in the Western Conference, which puts them against the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the NBA Play-In Tournament. The matchup is a rematch from 2023’s first-round playoff battle. That said, here […]

The Miami Heat are looking to recreate the magic from last season where they went from being the eighth seed to reaching the NBA Finals in a miraculous run. However, they first have a play-in tournament matchup Wednesday against the Philadelphia 76ers as Heat stars Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro spoke about their confidence level […]

The Los Angeles Lakers never made it easy for themselves. They got off to a hot start this 2023-24 campaign and made a bold statement with their triumph in the inaugural In-Season tournament. But the positive momentum soon fizzled out for the Purple and Gold. After their 14-9 sprint, Los Angeles dropped 12 of their […]

To win, or not to win. That is the question.  Admittedly, these are not the exact words that William Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago in Hamlet. And as much as I’d like to pretend that the overall sentiment is the same, Shakespeare was writing about Hamlet contemplating the unfairness of life and whether it […]

The Golden State Warriors are used to competing for the top spot in the Western Conference. This season, though, Golden State is the No. 10 seed. Stephen Curry and the Warriors are currently preparing to battle the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament. Curry is treating the Warriors-Kings play-in game like a Game 7. […]

The Golden State Warriors (46-36) were forced to navigate a number of potholes during the regular season, and there will unfortunately be more for them to sidestep in the NBA Play-In Tournament. Gary Payton II has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s matchup with the Sacramento Kings and the potential Wednesday game as well, according […]

The final two days of the 2023-24 NBA regular season brought craziness and movement across both the Eastern and Western Conferences. From the Milwaukee Bucks falling out of the 2-seed in the East to the Oklahoma City Thunder becoming the youngest team in league history to claim the 1-seed in either conference, we are in […]

If you’re a lifelong fan of the National Basketball Association — not just the game of basketball, but specifically the NBA — then there’s no other way around it: the 2023-24 season was a tremendous success. The old guard of superstars (LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, etc.) is still hanging around and competing for […]

Quickly off the heels of releasing his second signature sneaker with Jordan Brand, Luka Doncic and the footwear giant team up for a third edition as they unveiled the newest Jordan Luka 3. The sneaker comes just in time for the Playoffs as Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are preparing for a deep run into […]

Former NBA player and basketball analyst JJ Redick revealed his votes for who should win the NBA Most Valuable Player and New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson makes an appearance in his discussion. On his own podcast, he would list the players in order from who he thinks should win to the fifth best while […]

The NBA Playoffs bring a certain kind of seven-game series pressure but the introduction of the NBA Play-In Tournament has injected some elimination game intensity into the postseason. The extra opportunities to keep a team’s NBA Finals dreams alive have been a lifeline to the New Orleans Pelicans. They’ve been in the Play-In three consecutive […]

The Miami Heat are about to embark on another hopeful postseason run like last season where they went to the NBA Finals, but they first have to start by getting out of the play-in tournament. For success, it all starts with Heat star Jimmy Butler who was the main reason of many that led them […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings are on a collision course again after the regular season a year after they met each other in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. This time, they don’t have at least four games to duke it out on the court. On Tuesday, Golden State and […]

It wasn’t a great final day of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans, or for their star forward Zion Williamson. With a win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Pelicans would’ve clinched the 6th seed in the Western Conference and assured themselves a spot in the NBA Playoffs. However, the Lakers had other plans. […]

The NBA playoffs matchups are set! In the Eastern Conference, we have a pretty interesting matchup between two teams. The third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks will be facing off against the sixth seeded Indiana Pacers. The two teams have some history against each other: who could forget the great game-ball fiasco from this season? This matchup is […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading into the NBA playoffs with a calf injury that kept him out of the final three games of the regular season. While the team was hopeful that he would be able to progressively work his way back to full speed rather quickly, things are not looking good as […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves ended their regular season with a 125-106 loss to the Phoenix Suns, which is interestingly the team they’ll be going up against in the first round of the playoffs. As all of Sunday’s games concluded, the Timberwolves took home the Western Conference’s third seed while the Suns managed to clinch the sixth […]

The New Orleans Pelicans came out with a sluggish effort in the regular season finale against the Los Angeles Lakers. Now the two squads are locked into the seventh vs. eighth-seed NBA Play-In Tournament game on Tuesday. LeBron James finished with 28 points, 17 assists, 11 rebounds and five steals to set up a rematch. […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks’ 2023-24 regular season came to an end on Sunday. It was not an ideal ending to the regular season, as Dallas was defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-86. However, a number of the Mavs starters and key role players did not play, including Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Daniel Gafford, […]

The Golden State Warriors are set to take on the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday, in a rematch of last year’s epic seven-game series, in which Stephen Curry turned in an iconic 50-point performance in the clinching game on the road, and Brandin Podziemski spoke about what he thought of Curry’s […]

With Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert unavailable for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Charlotte Hornets, other players needed to step up in Cleveland’s regular-season finale. Well, actually, the Cavs would need other key players to step up for the first three quarters since Cleveland didn’t plan to run their guys into the […]

The OG Anunoby trade has been nothing short of a godsend for the New York Knicks. New York is 20-3 with the former Toronto Raptors forward in the lineup, and he’s had a positive plus-minus in each contest. Anunoby expressed his love for New York after the team clinched the Eastern Conference’s second seed following […]

After an eventful 2023-24 season, the Phoenix Suns are preparing for their first-round NBA Playoffs matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The sixth-seeded Suns need to bring their all against the third-seeded Minnesota team, and Kevin Durant knows the matchup will be tough. The Suns swept their regular-season series against the Timberwolves 3-0, but Durant acknowledged […]

The 2023-24 Boston Celtics experienced a huge shakeup before the regular season started, with new faces coming in and franchise cornerstones getting shipped out. Yet, despite all the turnover, the Celtics developed a strong identity over the course of 82 games. On Sunday afternoon, Boston closed out the regular season the same way it started […]

Playing for the city of New York isn’t easy. Home to fans that exude high expectations and sporting organizations rich in wealth and history, the Big Apple brings pressure that isn’t for every athlete. Nevertheless, that said pressure seems to be something that New York Knicks players aren’t fazed about. The Knicks took home an […]

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff hopes hinge on the play-in tournament. Last year they won their opening round play-in game to secure the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. This season, they’re hoping to do the same. And the Lakers apparently won’t have to worry about a potential Anthony […]