The first game of the NBA Finals begins on Thursday, and Golden State remains an overwhelming favorite to win their four title in five years. There are other bets, however, with better odds than the -320 the Warriors are getting to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy in their championship best-of-seven […]

Kevin Durant, who is still nursing a calf injury, will not be in uniform for the Golden State Warriors when they take the court Thursday night against the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Durant injured his leg on May 8 during the third quarter of […]

The Golden State Warriors were the heavy favorites to win the NBA Championship before and during the season. Now that they know who they are facing in the finals, nothing has changed. Golden State was the 5/4 favorite before the season began, and despite dipping a bit to 9/4 during […]

The second-seeded Raptors advanced the NBA Finals after winning four games in a row to defeat the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and hauled down 17 rebounds in Game 6 and the Raptors won 100-94. Leonard outplayed Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo, who […]

Kawhi Leonard scored 19 points in the fourth quarter and led a comeback on the road for the Toronto Raptors against Greek Freak and the Bucks in Milwaukee to win Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals 105-99. The Bucks are now down 3-2 in the series. The Raptors won […]

It was no surprise that Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry and forward Kevin Durant made the All-NBA team. What was a bit of a shock was that teammate Klay Thompson was left off the list. The 29-year-old averaged 21 points a game for Golden State and has been a […]

New York Knicks president Steve Mills told fans that former star Kristaps Porzingis had threatened to go back to Europe if the team didn’t trade him within a week. Mills made the comments at a Chase Fan Forum Series event on Wednesday, telling fans that Porzingis made it clear he […]

Juwan Howard, NBA All-Star and former member of Michigan’s Fab Five in the early 1990s, will become the next men’s college basketball coach for Michigan. Howard, an assistant coach with the Miami Heat, replaces John Beilein, who departed Michigan after 12 seasons to become the next head coach of the […]

The Toronto Raptors’ bench exploded for 48 points as the Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 120-102 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals to even the series at 2-2. After poor performances in Game 3 from the Bucks’ two best scorers, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton combined for 55 […]

The Golden State Warriors, led by triple-doubles from Draymond Green and Steph Curry, defeated the Portland Trailblazers119-117 in overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals to complete a 4-0 sweep. Curry led all scorers with 37 points. He also added 13 rebounds and 11 assists for a triple-double. […]

The soap opera that is the Los Angeles Lakers took another turn on Monday. Former president of basketball operations, Magic Johnson, told a morning show that he resigned last month because of infighting with owner Jeanie Buss and general manager Rob Pelinka. Johnson, who left the organization on April 9 […]

The Toronto Raptors, led by Kawhi Leonard’s 36 points, defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 118-112 to double overtime to win Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bucks’ 2-0 lead has been cut in half. The Raptors trail 2-1 with Game 4 set for Tuesday in Toronto. The Bucks scored […]

Sparked by Draymond Green’s triple-double, the Golden State Warriors came from behind once again to defeat the Portland Trailblazers 110-99. Playing without Kevin Durant, the Warriors went on the road and won Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals to take a 3-0 series lead. Draymond Green dazzled everyone with […]

Zion Williamson will likely be drafted first overall in the NBA Draft this June, a pick controlled by the New Orleans Pelicans. And no matter what anyone else thinks about it, Williamson has no plans of avoiding that fate. Williamson’s stepfather Lee Anderson told an ESPN radio show on Thursday […]

Kevin Durant will not travel with the Golden State Warriors to Portland for Game 3 or Game 4 against the Trail Blazers because he is still experiencing pain in his left calf, which he strained in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals last week. Despite losing the league’s top-scorer […]

The Memphis Grizzlies landed the second pick in the upcoming 2019 NBA Draft and they would love to select Murray State sophomore point guard Ja Morant. The New Orleans Pelicans had only a 6 percent chance to win the NBA draft lottery. They were the lucky winners in the Zion […]

A big fourth quarter from center Brook Lopez helped the Milwaukee Bucks come from behind to beat the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Lopez finished the game with a playoff career-high of 29 points, with 13 of those points coming in the fourth quarter. Bucks […]

Stephen Curry scored 36 points on 9-of-15 shooting from behind the arc to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 116-94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the first game of the Western Conference Finals. Klay Thompson added 26 points while Draymond Green scored 12 points and grabbed 10 […]

The New York Knicks, with the worst record in the NBA last season with only 17 wins, were not rewarded for tanking because they only got the third pick in the upcoming NBA Draft and missed out on the Zion Williamson sweepstakes. The Knicks securing Zion was Plan A in […]

In an unexpected twist at the NBA Draft Lottery, the New Orleans Pelicans landed the No. 1 pick in the upcoming 2019 NBA Draft and Duke’s Zion Williamson is expected to start his professional career with in the Big Easy. The Pelicans were projected with the #7 pick, but they […]