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If you checked the box score of Friday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, you might think it was a standard, business-as-usual 115-103 victory for the home team. But if you actually watched the game? You know it was anything but normal. It was a gritty, weird, beautiful mess of a…
Just when the Los Angeles Lakers looked like they were ready to make some serious noise in the Western Conference, the basketball gods decided to flip the script. In a crushing blow to the purple and gold, superstar Luka Dončić suffered a Grade 2 left hamstring strain against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The diagnosis? He…
The last two months have felt like wandering through a basketball desert without a compass for the Golden State Warriors. The team scraped and clawed, desperately trying to keep their heads above water while the greatest shooter of all time watched in street clothes, but Stephen Curry is finally coming back. After missing 27 grueling…
The New York Knicks are back in Madison Square Garden tonight, April 3, 2026, to take on the Chicago Bulls. Finally getting a win the other night against the Memphis Grizzlies after going on a three-game road trip losing streak, the Knicks will look to keep the ball rolling. Positioned 12th in the Eastern Conference,…
Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg recently appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” to talk about the Mavericks and the NBA. Flagg leads the Mavs in total points (1,298), rebounds (422), assists (290), and steals (77). He’s the only player in the NBA to lead his team in the four categories. He’d join Michael Jordan as…
There are regular-season losses that you simply brush off and leave in the locker room. Then, there are the kinds of brutal, soul-crushing defeats that stick to you like Oklahoma humidity in the middle of July. For the Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday night inside the Paycom Center was undeniably the latter. The Oklahoma City Thunder…
It’s funny how the NBA works sometimes. You buy a ticket expecting a heavyweight clash between Cade Cunningham and Anthony Edwards, only to find out both franchise cornerstones are rocking street clothes. Cunningham is sidelined recovering from a collapsed lung, and Edwards was a late scratch with a balky knee and an illness. You would…
If you checked out after the first quarter of this one, you missed an absolute rollercoaster. The Charlotte Hornets looked like a team that had just woken up from a pre-game nap, sleepwalking through defensive rotations. But professional basketball is a game of runs, and the Hornets eventually delivered a haymaker that the Phoenix Suns…
The Blazers were hit with a $100,000 fine this week after the NBA ruled the franchise made illegal contact with Yang Hansen back in 2023, a violation that also led to suspensions for two front‑office executives. The league’s decision arrives at a critical moment for Portland, which is fighting for postseason positioning while dealing with…
The New York Knicks’ four-game road trip ended last night when they traveled to Memphis to take on the Memphis Grizzlies in the FedExForum. The Knicks were looking for some light at the end of the tunnel after going winless on their road trip, and were hoping a lowly Grizzlies team would be just the…