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Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Jazz in Game 7
Nikola Jokic notched a double-double and scored the go-ahead basket with 27 seconds remaining to lead the Denver Nuggets to an 80-78 win on Tuesday over the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. Jokic nailed a hook shot in the lane to give the Nuggets the lead. He finished with 30…
Read MoreMiami Heat stun Milwaukee Bucks 115-104 in Game 1 of conference semis
The Miami Heat finished the regular season with the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference. However, the team wasn’t considered a legitimate championship contender. After all, this ball club had not advanced past the second round of the playoffs since 2016. That changed, however, when the Miami Heat knocked off the Indiana Pacers in the…
Read MoreJamal Murray scores 50 again as Nuggets force Game 7 against Jazz
Jamal Murray has thrived on offense this postseason. The Denver Nuggets star’s impressive scoring is the biggest reason the Western Conference team’s playoff hopes are still alive. In Sunday’s Game 6 against the Utah Jazz, Murray scored 50 points in the Nuggets’ 119-107 victory at Walt Disney World. Game 7 of the first-round series will…
Read MoreNBA players boycott three playoff games to protest Jacob Blake shooting
NBA players staged a boycott of Wednesday’s three playoff games at Walt Disney World. It was a highly visible protest of a black man being shot by a white police officer seven times in the back on Sunday in Wisconsin. Jacob Blake’s three children were in his vehicle as he was shot multiple times in…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo named DPOY
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. The league made the announcement on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo joins former Bucks player Sidney Moncrief (in 1983 and ’84) as the only players in franchise history to win the accolade. The award is based on games through March 11, when the NBA suspended…
Read MoreLuka Doncic nails clutch 3 to sink Clippers in OT
Luka Doncic had one of the best games of his NBA career on Sunday, stepping up in the clutch to lead the Dallas Mavericks past the Los Angeles Clippers. Doncic drained a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift the Mavericks to a 135-133 OT triumph in a first-round playoff series at the NBA bubble at Walt Disney…
Read More70th NBA All-Star Game ‘unlikely’ to happen as planned
The 70th NBA All-Star Game probably won’t be played on Feb. 14, 2021, when it is scheduled to be held in Indianapolis. According to published reports, an NBA spokesman said the All-Star weekend schedule is not set in stone. The TBD regular-season schedule for the 2020-21 campaign forced the league to cancel or reschedule the…
Read MoreLA Clippers outlast Dallas Mavericks 118-110 in Game 1
The NBA playoffs began on Monday afternoon. While there were four games on the slate, the league saved the best matchup for last. The LA Clippers took on the Dallas Mavericks in the opening round of the western conference playoffs. The contest was one-sided early on, as the LA Clippers jumped out to an early…
Read MoreEuropean Basketball Players in the race for MVP of the NBA
It took a long time for the conveyor belt to get running between Europe’s domestic basketball leagues and the big daddy of them all across the Atlantic. Now, NBA franchises are finally beginning to see the light by giving European basketball players a much more prominent role. This is not without controversies, because many observers…
Read MoreNBA playoffs set to start
The first-round matchups for the NBA playoffs are set. Eight of 16 teams in the postseason tournament are set to begin their quest for the title on Monday, Aug. 17. The No. 1 seeds for the NBA playoffs are the Milwaukee Bucks (56-17) in the Eastern Conference and the Los Angeles Lakers (52-19) in the…
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