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The Sixers’ woes against the Knicks go beyond the 49-point thrashing they received on national television on Wednesday evening. They go beyond the remnants of the team’s 2024 playoff loss to New York. When the Knicks come to South Philadelphia, those issues begin before tip-off. The Sixers have a Knicks fan problem that was exacerbated […]
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers ran over a bad Washington Wizards team 138-113 on Wednesday evening. The stats in the table below are taken from Cleaning the Glass. Now, let’s dive into the numbers.
We have officially arrived at the 2025-26 All-Star break for the Miami Heat. After a fun, electric 14-7 start, the Heat have, once again, crashed down to mediocrity. They enter the break 29-27, a 0.5 game back of the Orlando Magic for the No. 7 seed and 2.5 back of the Philadelphia 76ers. Miami secured […] The post POLL: How would you grade Heat’s season entering All-Star break appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
That was the sort of outrage posted to social media after the Jazz…*checks notes*…won their second game in a row over three matches? No, of course not the lineup — or concept of one — the Sacramento Kings threw into the fire in Utah’s 121-93 victory last night in the Delta Center. But there’s still […]
Payton Pritchard spent the first 48 games as the Celtics starting point guard. Pritchard had never been a full-time starter, starting just 17 of 347 career games entering this season. He finally had the opportunity this season until the Celtics traded Anfernee Simons to the Bulls. The trade left the Celtics without a guard off […]
The Milwaukee Bucks got their revenge on the Orlando Magic last night in a performance that offers a lot of reasons for optimism moving forward. For at least one night, Jon Horst’s deadline deals made him look like a genius, with Cam Thomas leading the charge and Ousmane Dieng having a career night, among a […]
Can Hoover lead Hoosiers to Big 10 crown? Colts need to re-tool! Pacers win again – WHY!
Despite the Miami Heat’s inconsistency over the last month, they will go into a needed nine days off from All-Star break with a victory. They took care of business Wednesday night with a 123-111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on the road. Miami improved to 29-27 and get back to within just .5 games […] The post Heat defeat Pelicans 123-111 led by Bam Adebayo’s double-double effort appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
On Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Victor Wembanyama had a 40-point game against a depleted Lakers. 25 of those points came in the first quarter giving Wemby the third highest scoring quarter in Spurs history behind George Gervin (33 points in 1978) and David Robinson (28 in 1994). 37 of Wemby’s 40 came in the […]
BOSTON — Last Thursday, when the Celtics returned from Houston after a two-game road trip, the Celtics’ coaching staff didn’t go home from the airport. Instead, they headed straight to the Auerbach Center, where Nikola Vucevic, the team’s newest addition, awaited them. Vucevic had been traded to Boston two days earlier, and immediately dove into […]
After a terrific rookie season with the Philadelphia 76ers which was unfortunately cut short by a knee injury, former Blue Devil Jared McCain had another issue this season with a hand injury. And since Philly’s backcourt is pretty solid, they decided to trade the promising second-year player to Oklahoma City…and that might have been shortsighted. […]
1. Vucevic Revenge Game Nikola Vucevic did not have to wait long for a Revenge Game against the Chicago Bulls. In his third game with the Celtics, Vucevic dropped his second double-double of his Boston career finishing with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks on 7-12 shooting from the field and 4-5 […]
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t play with their food. They quickly asserted control of Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards and led wire-to-wire before settling for a 138-113 victory. Cavs fans embraced James Harden in his debut. Some of the loudest cheers of the night were reserved for his pregame introduction and anytime he […]
*The men’s hockey tourney kicked off yesterday and it was a bad start for our boy Risto. We’ve seen a bit of a debate… does this count as playoff Risto? Discuss. [ ESPN ] *In case you’re still not sure, here’s a handy guide to tell you which of your favorite NHLers are playing where in these Olympics. [ The Athletic ] *And in case you need a reason to be excited about all of this, here are three reasons to be exactly that. [ Inquirer ] *Naturally most of the hockey world is focu...
The Charlotte Hornets watched their lead dwindle late, but they were able to ride their stars to hang onto a win and leapfrog over the Hawks in the standings. The Summary The Hornets took an early lead, but a Hawks timeout led to a run where they took it right back. Kon Knueppel hit four […] The post Recap/Analysis: Hornets hang on to narrowly defeat Hawks first appeared on At The Hive .
BOSTON — Nikola Vučević’s acclimation with the Celtics picked up Wednesday night. Since acquiring him ahead of last week’s NBA trade deadline, Boston has largely operated as usual. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has continued to start Neemias Queta at center, bringing Vučević off the bench in each of his first three games with the […]
For a half, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs might limp into the All-Star break. Instead, they stormed into it. Behind a ferocious second-half turnaround and another poised performance from their young stars, the Spurs erased a 16-point 3rd quarter deficit and powered past the Golden State Warriors 126-113 on Wednesday night at Chase […]
The Golden State Warriors came out hot to take advantage of a San Antonio Spurs team on the second night of a back-to-back. They were red-hot from three and jumped out to a 38-31 lead in the first quarter. The Spurs fought back by getting to the basket and crushing the Warriors in the paint […]
The Sacramento Kings are bad at basketball. Like really, really bad. Lose to the infamously tanking Jazz by nearly 30 points bad. Empty Delta Center bad. So bad that the official dictionary of basketball is this close to changing the definition of “bad” to simply: an organization that used to be a professional basketball team, […]
Get away day is always an adventure. Everyone’s trying to get on the road and on the way to their next destination. You’re constantly looking at the clock and hoping to finish up work as soon as possible. In the NBA, the last game before an extended break is always hit or miss. And with […]
In their final game before the All-Star break, the Nuggets came into the game clearly on fumes. Despite getting Nikola Jokic and… The post Recap: Nuggets overcome fatigue, turnovers in gritty win against the mauling Grizzlies appeared first on Denver Stiffs .
If you didn’t notice, the Utah Jazz have become a point of interest for the entire NBA this week because of how they decided to rest their players. Considering the Jazz are the last thing the NBA and media outlets worry about, it’s a little surprising. Utah has done nothing different than the other tanking […]
In the final game before the All-Star break, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the visiting Washington Wizards 138-113. Here are the winners and losers in James Harden’s home debut. Winner – Sam Merrill, certified sniper The importance of Merrill to the Cavs has been well-documented, but he was unconscious in the first half, going 9-9 from […]
The Dallas Mavericks (19-34) will try to end their eight-game losing skid on Thursday at 9 p.m. as they play the Los Angeles Lakers (32-21) at Crypto.com Arena. The game, both teams’ last before the All-Star break, will be the fourth in an eight-game homestand for the Lakers, who last played Tuesday in a 136-108 […]
Kawhi Leonard had 8 points going into the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Clippers only trailed the Houston Rockets by six. Why were the Rockets only up by six when the Clippers best player had been put in check for three quarters? In large part it was the fact that going into the fourth […]