Seven players for the Miami Heat scored in double-digits in a stunning 116-114 Game 2 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Jimmy Butler only scored 13 points, but he knocked down two controversial free throws with time expired at the end of the game to break a 114-114 deadlock. Miami now […]
The #3 Denver Nuggets won a hard-fought, first-round battle to defeat the #6 Utah Jazz in seven games, and now the Nugs get rewarded by playing the #2 LA Clippers in the Western Conference Semifinals. Denver’s Jamal Murray comes into the semifinals sizzling hot against Kawhi Leonard and a Clippers’ […]
The Raptors are on verge of extinction. The #3 Boston Celtics took a 2-0 series lead against the #2 Toronto Raptors when the Raptors sharpshooters went cold. The Celtics have now won six postseason games in a row after sweeping their opening-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Both top seeds […]
Another exciting Game 7 is on the docket today in the NBA Playoffs. The #4 Houston Rockets and the #5 Oklahoma City Thunder are tied 3-3 in their first-round series. Chris Paul and OKC’s three-guard attack will battle James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Mike D’Antoni’s small-ball offense. The winner will […]
Jimmy Buckets 1, Greek Freak 0. Jimmy Butler dropped 40 points to lead the #5 Miami Heat over the #1 Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Heat won 115-104 and took an early lead in the best-of-seven series. Giannis ‘Greek Freak’ Antetokounmpo had a rough […]
It’s the Spida and Jamal Show! The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets series will go the full seven games thanks to a sizzling shooting streak from Denver’s Jamal Murray. In the last three games, Murray averaged 47.3 points per game and dropped not one, but two 50-point games. Meanwhile, Donovan […]
The defending champions started the Eastern Conference semifinals in poor shooting form, and they quickly fell in a 0-1 hole. The #2 Toronto Raptors had one of those ugly nights when they couldn’t hit the side of a barn, letting the #3 Boston Celtics jump out to a 1-0 lead […]
With the second round set in the Eastern Conference, and the first round winding down in the Western Conference, oddsmakers at DraftKings updated their NBA Championships odds, making the LA Clippers a slight favorite at +260 over the LA Lakers at +275. The Greek Freak and the Milwaukee Bucks, with […]
With Russell Westbrook rejoining the Houston Rockets in Game 5 after missing the first four games against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a quad injury, the Rockets regained the lead 3-2 in their first-round series against the Thunder. Chris Paul and the Thunder have their backs against the wall in […]
In the other half of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, the top-seeded #1 Milwaukee Bucks square off against the #5 Miami Heat. Greek Freak and the Bucks are 6-point favorites heading into Game 1 against Jimmy Butler and the Heat. The Heat swept the #4 Indiana Pacers in the first […]
The #7 Dallas Mavericks and #3 Denver Nuggets are in trouble heading into Game 6 of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Mavericks trail the #2 LA Clippers 3-2 and are one loss away from starting their vacation. Denver recently ended a three-game skid with a victory […]
The second round of the NBA playoffs officially begins on Sunday with a fierce fracas. The defending champion and #2 ranked Toronto Raptors square off against the #3 Boston Celtics in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Raptors head into Game 1 of the semifinals with starting guard […]
It started with the Milwaukee Bucks choosing to protest police violence by refusing to come out of their locker room and compete in a playoff game against the Orlando Magic. The team protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. Other NBA teams quickly followed suit […]
The coin-flip series heads into Game 5 and the #4 Houston Rockets and #5 Oklahoma City Thunder are deadlocked at 2-2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Dennis Schroder, a contender for NBA’s Sixth Man of the year, snapped out of a scoring funk. Schroder dropped 29 […]
The Bubble MVP is out. Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard will miss Game 5 of their playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a knee injury. The Lakers have a 3-1 lead and seek to close out the first-round series and advance to the Western Conference semifinals. […]
4-0? No problem. In the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, three teams went 4-0, sweeping their first-round opponents out of the postseason. The #2 Toronto Raptors defeated the #7 Brooklyn Nets 4-0. The #3 Boston Celtics knocked out #6 Philadelphia 76ers in four games. The #5 Miami Heat won their “coin-flip […]
The first round of the NBA Playoffs continues in the wooly and wild Western Conference. The #3 Denver Nuggets are on the brink of elimination and down 1-3 against the Utah Jazz. The #7 Dallas Mavericks tied up their series in Game 4 when a banged-up Luka Doncic and a […]
It’s time for Game 4 in the opening round of the NBA Western Conference playoffs. The favorites are trying to pull away with 3-1 leads, while the underdogs are trying to even the score at 2-2. The #1 LA Lakers lost Game 1 to the #8 Portland Trail Blazers, but […]
In Eastern Conference action on Monday, the #5 Miami Heat have a chance to sweep the #4 Indiana Pacers. One more win for Jimmy Butler and the Heat, and they’ll advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. After losing the opening game of their playoff series, Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo led […]
In NBA Western Conference playoffs action, the #2 LA Clippers (2-1) have a chance to improve their series lead to 3-1 against the #7 Dallas Mavericks and a hobbled Luka Doncic, who injured his ankle late in Game 3. After losing Game 1 in overtime, the #6 Utah Jazz (2-1) […]
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