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Basketball continues, whether we want it to or not. That’s the lesson of March and April. There’s still plenty of hoops ahead, not to mention awards, then playoffs. If you’re looking to make any moves, there’s still plenty of things to hold your interest over at FanDual. One of those things might be the NBA […]
Barcelona and Hansi Flick have been left fuming by news that Raphinha has been ruled out for five weeks due to an injury sustained while playing for Brazil in a friendly against France in the United States. According to Diario Sport, there is “total incomprehension” at the situation. The club are furious that Raphinha had […]
#1 – Early game trouble As it was highlighted by Gray Washburn in the press conference after the game, it’s rare for Joe Mazzulla to call multiple timeouts so early in the game. However, pretty quickly, the Celtics were falling behind, especially because of their offense. As the Celtics head coach said, there were too […]
In strange-but-true news, Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has filed to trademark the word “Iceman” for his merchandise line. If the name “Iceman” sounds familiar, it’s because San Antonio Spurs legend George Gervin has been using it for over half a century. The Hall of Fame baller has taken action by filing trademark requests for […]
In his 10th game back with the Boston Celtics on Friday night, Jayson Tatum delivered his best performance of the season by dominating the second half against the Atlanta Hawks. It wasn’t particularly efficient, at least not by his standards, and afterward, he admitted the process of building himself back up has brought a mix […]
BOSTON — With Jaylen Brown out against the Atlanta Hawks, someone needed to step up to shoulder the offensive load for the Celtics and Payton Pritchard answered the call. Pritchard finished with a team-high 36 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 assists while shooting 13-23 from the field and 6-11 from three-point range. The […]
Welcome to the NBA Draft class of 2026! This year’s batch is positively loaded with star power at the top, with three to five premier prospects (depending on who you ask) boasting All-Star or even All-NBA potential and the talent to lift their floundering franchise to the promised land. The race between Big 12 stars […]
The Portland Trail Blazers played with the wrong type of fire Friday night at the Moda Center. In the end, they got burned, falling 100-93 to the Dallas Mavericks (now 24-50) in a crucial game in the Western Conference Play-In race. It was a Portland performance typified by 25 turnovers, 10 missed free throws, two […]
Mercyhurst announced early Friday morning that it was dropping its men's hockey program. The Lakers won four regular-season and three conference tournament championships in their history, but had hit difficult times lately. Coach Rick Gotkin is retiring this year after 37 seasons, and was set to be replaced by assistant Tom Peffal. Gotkin only found out about Mercyhurst's decision Friday morning, ...
The Brooklyn Nets have not been a physically imposing team in a long time. That lack of phsyicality has been a common criticism of Sean Marks’ rosters in his decade-long tenure as GM, though there have been a couple notable exceptions. Andre Drummond and Day’Ron Sharpe aren’t just strong on paper; they’re two of the […]
In a game of runs, it was the Celtics that eventually finished out the final stretch to beat the visiting Hawks 109-102 behind 36 points off the bench from Payton Pritchard and a 26-12-5 line from Jayson Tatum. Without Jaylen Brown (and Nikola Vucevic), Boston was able weather a Hawks’ 25-9 opening kick and a […]
Oh, how quickly empires fall. For the longest time, I would try to carve out an opening in my writing schedule for at least one or two games against the Bucks. Even when the Spurs were at their worst, I wanted to see what would happen. The Bucks served as a measuring stick for me; […]
LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t a pretty win for the Lakers against the Nets on Friday night. Despite Brooklyn having every incentive to lose and dropping nine games entering this contest, they trailed by just one entering the final quarter. The Lakers, desperately trying to avoid an embarrassing loss, needed to get a boost from […]
Credit to the fearless Brooklyn Nets fans who pushed through another late night, staying up into the early hours of Saturday to watch a team grind through the final game of a rough West Coast road trip. Unfortunately, it was for naught. On Friday, the Nets dropped their 10th straight, despite a valiant effort, falling […]
BOSTON — For months, whether Jayson Tatum was going to return to the court was one of the biggest questions in basketball. We saw glimpses of his on-court workouts and heard nothing but positive things about how he looked to his teammates, but the door was left open — and discourse intensified — when he […]
The Dallas Mavericks picked up a rousing 100-93 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Cooper Flagg and Marvin Bagley had monster games for the Mavericks, while Portland had one of the worst offensive games of a team in the last decade. Not overexaggerating! This was a rock fight from the start, although Dallas did extend […]
There were two different motivations for the teams in this game, one in need of a win for playoff positioning and one … not wanting a win. But if you weren’t familiar with the two teams in this game, you might have guessed the Jazz were the ones looking for the win and the Nuggets […]
Ronald Araujo has given a candid interview and spoken about his mental health issues this season that led to him taking a break from football. The defender opted to take some time out after being sent off against Chelsea in the Champions League in a defeat at Stamford Bridge. Araujo says he realised after walking […]
Last postseason, the Miami Heat were walloped in historical fashion to the Cleveland Cavaliers, getting mercifully swept with 37- and 55-point defeats in the final two games. 11 months later, the Cavaliers created an eerily similar feeling — or at least it felt like it. Inside Rocket Center, they crushed the Miami Heat, 149-128, roughly […] The post Cavaliers embarrass Heat with 149-128 win appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
The Portland Trail Blazers were all ready to continue their triumphant homestand against lottery-bound teams on Friday night, taking on the Dallas Mavericks in the friendly confines of the Moda Center. As it turned out, Dallas had other plans. The Mavs hustled as hard as the Blazers, shot more accurately, and took way better care […]
An unnecessarily close game ended with the Lakers pulling away in the fourth for a 116-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The game began with LA taking control early. Luka Dončić scored seven points. LeBron James was close behind with four points. The Lakers went up by 11, prompting a Nets timeout. Out of the […]
Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant exited Portland’s game with the Dallas Mavericks tonight with an undetermined calf injury. Grant played 29 minutes, leaving in the fourth quarter. After the game, Trail Blazers Head Coach Tiago Splitter evidenced grave concern over Grant. Per Blazer’s Edge media member Conor Bergin, Splitter said Grant felt a “pop” […]
The Washington Wizards kept things interesting Friday but fell short 131-126 against a similarly undermanned Golden State Warriors squad at Chase Center. The Wizards, fresh off a streak-snapping win over the Indiana Pacers, looked ready to roll over in the first quarter. Washington’s offense was stuck in the mud early and could only muster six […]
Now THIS is how I like the Utah Jazz to lose basketball games; have the lead most of the game, find success with defense and energy, and barely lose at the very end when the other team finally remembers that they’re going up against a bunch of G-Leaguers and rookies. The Jazz were the easier […]
No one wanted to win Friday’s game between the visiting Dallas Mavericks (24-50) Portland Trail Blazers (37-38) at Moda Center, but eventually someone had to. The Mavericks pulled the unlikely 100-93 win out of their hat amidst 16 combined fourth-quarter turnovers as the game got sloppier and sloppier down the stretch. Cooper Flagg had 24 […]