NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 92

The Orlando Magic are set for a defining moment in their season as they head into the final day of the NBA regular season before the playoffs begin. The team, currently holding a 46-35 record after a three-game losing streak including a recent 123-115 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, remains in the fifth seed of […]

With their 129-120 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched a playoff berth and home court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. But on the final day of the regular season, where the Cavs finish still isn’t set in stone. The battle for seeding for the […]

The NBA enjoyed a much-needed breather on Saturday, the entire league getting the day off following a frantic Friday night in which all 30 teams took the floor. There’s not much more rest coming for the weary, either—at least among the 20 teams that have already punched their ticket to the postseason, the vast majority […]

The seeding race among Western Conference play-in teams took a pivotal turn on Friday. Some of the involved squads took home wins while others, such as the Golden State Warriors, suffered crucial losses. The Warriors failed to overcome the New Orleans Pelicans, who shot 20 three-pointers to carve out a 114-109 victory. Following the game, […]

The postseason arrived early on Friday night at Chase Center, with the Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans engaging in a basketball slugfest that carried massive seeding implications for both teams. The Dubs won three rounds of the bout, jumping out to an early double-digit lead in the first quarter before out-scoring the Pelicans […]

After a recent home win over the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen opened up that the Cavs were experiencing mild agita. That pressure wasn’t from anything anyone ate but from Cleveland starting to feel the pressure of a tightly contested Eastern Conference race. Allen said you could see and feel it when […]

With the Miami Heat preparing for the final two games in the regular season, the status of where they will fall in the standings is still up in the air. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke before the penultimate game of the season against the Toronto Raptors Friday and talked about where the focus of […]

The Phoenix Suns are fighting to stay out of the NBA play-in round. The Suns, who are 47-33, are seventh in the West, trailing the No. 6 seed New Orleans Pelicans by a full game. “We are confident that if we are in a play-in game, we will win,” Suns coach Frank Vogel said. “All […]

The Eastern Conference is a gauntlet right now. With just two days left in the 2023-24 season, the Boston Celtics are the only team that has clinched their spot in the NBA playoffs. There is a storyline developing between the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks battling for the 2-seed, but the biggest storyline in […]

When the Los Angeles Lakers won the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, many began to believe in their chances of winning another title with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. However, the start of 2024 was not kind to the Lakers, and they began to sink in the Western Conference standings. While they seem to have found […]

Perhaps Draymond Green deserves a pass having fallen victim to one of humanity’s greatest flaws. The future Hall of Famer made some bold claims based on past results instead of current performance. Sure, the New Orleans Pelicans do not get to the NBA Playoffs often, with just eight appearances in franchise history. This year’s Pelicans […]

All 30 teams are in action on Friday night as the regular season comes to an end. While the madness of the Western Conference is dominating the NBA playoff picture right now, there are several storylines that will be in play via the Eastern Conference race on Friday. The Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers are […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are 16-2 over their past 18 games. The Mavs are looking to end the 2023-24 regular season on a high note as they prepare for their final two games of the year against the Detroit Pistons at home and Oklahoma City Thunder on the road. Mavericks guard Josh Green took […]

All 30 teams in the league will be in action on Friday night, with the regular season coming to an end. Just two games remain on everyone’s schedules, and with how tight the Western Conference standings are, we should expect to see plenty of movement in the NBA playoff picture. One game separates the No. […]

In case you didn’t know, the New York Knicks think they’re as good as anyone in the NBA. This was made clear in Thursday’s 118-109 victory against the Boston Celtics. The Knicks defeated the Celtics behind strong performances from Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Bojan Bogdanovic — who we suggested should join the starting lineup […]

The 2023-24 NBA season has been unkind to the Golden State Warriors. Entering the season with high hopes of avenging their Western Conference Semifinals loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors have been nothing short of inconsistent. Between constant lineup changes and being unable to close out games, the Warriors have sunk in the […]

Critical NBA playoff picture matchups were held on Wednesday night, as clarity was provided at the top of the Western Conference. With the Denver Nuggets taking down the Minnesota Timberwolves, Nikola Jokic and Co. took one step closer to retaining the 1-seed in the conference. However, there is still a lot unknown at the top […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have managed to sort themselves out after a rough post-All-Star break stretch, but that aforementioned brutal stretch where they played mediocre basketball courtesy of a soft defense took them out of the running for the first three seeds in the Western Conference. As a result, what awaits them is another date […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been up against a wall lately as a team. Zion Williamson has been facing walls of paint-packing defenses all season, but even more so of late since Brandon Ingram has missed the last 10 games. The two-time All-Star is taking what is given, though, looking for easy-to-read cues that lead […]

Dereck Lively II won’t have much time to ramp up for his first foray under the postseason microscope after all. The Dallas Mavericks rookie center will not play in any of his team’s last three regular season games as he continues recovering from a right knee sprain, Jason Kidd said before Wednesday’s matchup with the […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans got a massive scare Tuesday night as the team’s superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, went down with a non-contact injury in his squad’s 104-91 win over the Boston Celtics. On Wednesday morning, the Bucks got the best injury update they could hope for on the Giannis injury, but they’re not totally out of the […]

The 2023-24 NBA season’s playoff races are coming down to the wire but thanks to some help the New Orleans Pelicans are back in sixth place in the Western Conference. The franchise’s most outspoken leaders claim the locker room is not worried about any other games on the NBA docket on any given night. No, […]

The biggest question surrounding the Western Conference and the NBA playoff race revolves around which team will ultimately claim the 1-seed and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves are currently tied at the top of the Western Conference playoff picture, and they will play one another for the final time […]

The Golden State Warriors are almost certainly going to be competing in the anxiety-inducing NBA Play-In Tournament, and they are embracing the challenge. There is a chance the team can move up to the coveted No. 8 slot, which would mean that a postseason berth can be clinched with just one win instead of two, […]

Tuesday’s highly anticipated clash between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers could still very well be a play-in tournament preview. Given the palpable two-way absence of Anthony Davis, though, most strategic takeaways from the Dubs’ victory won’t prove a harbinger of what’s likely to come in a do-or-die postseason battle.  Still, that reality […]

With only three games to go until the playoffs start, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been in a free fall. No, that doesn’t mean Cleveland assistant coach Luke Walton controls the team’s practice music on “Luke Walton Wednesdays” with Tom Petty on blast. Instead, the Cavs have slipped from a top-three record in the Eastern Conference […]

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns is on the verge of returning ahead of the NBA playoffs. After suffering a left meniscus tear and undergoing surgery in March, Towns has been cleared for full-contact, 5-on-5 basketball activities and is progressing toward his return to play. Recently, Towns participated in his first team scrimmage on […]

After every team in the league had a rest day on Monday night, the final week of the 2023-24 season is here. The NBA playoff picture as a whole has seen constant change recently, especially in the Western Conference. However, the one constant in this conference has been the battle at the top of the […]

With the NBA regular season nearing a close, it is all too easy for teams to look ahead to the playoffs. The Golden State Warriors (42-35) do not have that luxury, however. But even if the Dubs decide to be risky and sneak a glance at their potential path forward, it is only going to […]

The final push before the playoffs is here, but it’s not very dramatic for the Boston Celtics. In fact, they’ve already clinched the NBA’s best record with six games left on the schedule and established themselves as the team to beat. Since the Celtics are the betting favorite to bring home a championship, every other […]

There are no set matchups yet ahead of the NBA playoffs due to the fact that the standings in both the Eastern and Western Conferences are changing each and every night. A total of 12 games will be played on Friday night, 10 of which will directly impact the race to the playoffs across the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ magical season has given massive hope for their fans. The franchise has not made it out of the first round of the postseason since the 2003-04 season when Kevin Garnett led them to a Western Conference Finals appearance. Now today, Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns are looking to replicate that […]

At long last, Joel Embiid has returned. The Philadelphia 76ers center was out for months recovering from an injury to his left meniscus but is now back in action just as the playoff picture starts to crystallize. With a ton of new teammates to get used to, Embiid’s return will be about more than just […]

The NBA Playoffs are right around the corner, and Thursday night features a few key matchups that will impact the standings in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The biggest matchup will take place in Houston, as the Golden State Warriors will take on the Houston Rockets in a battle for the final play-in tournament […]

With seven games left in the regular season, the Houston Rockets have hit a bit of a setback. While once just a game back of the Golden State Warriors for the final NBA Play-In Tournament spot, that margin is now up to three thanks to consecutive losses against the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves. To […]

The 2023-24 NBA regular season concludes on April 14. Until then, almost every game that is played is going to impact the NBA playoff race, especially every game that is played in the Western Conference. Although the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Oklahoma City Thunder are locks to make the playoffs at the top of […]

The NBA regular season is coming to a close, and the NBA Play-In Tournament is just around the corner. The play-in format is still a new concept, and not all fans fully understand how it works yet. If that is you, then this is the article for you. We will explain everything that you need […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are having a breakout season, setting them up to finish with a top seed in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City is in a three-way battle with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets for the number one seed in the West. They are led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who has emerged as an […]

The New York Knicks entered Easter Sunday with a 44-29 record, good for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. They have two weeks and nine games remaining, and currently possess the fourth-hardest remaining schedule. Still, it looks all but certain that the Knicks will qualify for the 2024 NBA Playoffs in the top six of […]