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There’s too much at stake to lend more rope to a player who has looked utterly lost and overwhelmed for much of the series, especially in the Game 3 debacle.

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After a three-year wait for home playoff basketball, the Suns host Game 3 against an OKC machine.

This is what the Lakers and Deandre Ayton have been building toward all season.

Barcelona is out of the EuroLeague after the loss in Monaco L'articolo Barcelona, Xavi Pascual after elimination: “We had to reinvent ourselves many times” proviene da Sportando.

Despite an increased workload, Joel Embiid will miss Game 3 of the 76ers first-round series against the Celtics as he continues to recover from an appendectomy.

Lakers expected to be among several teams in the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade sweepstakes this summer.

There’s still a positive chance that the German joins the Zags’ 2026 recruiting class in the fall.

The Boston Celtics arrived in the City of Brotherly Love tied with the Philadelphia 76ers in their opening-round playoff series, so the potential return of Joel Embiid would theoretically makes this a tense situation for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. The C’s are not glued to the injury report, however. Apparently, it […] The post Celtics not concerned with 76ers’ Joel Embiid possibly returning from injury appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Phoenix Suns are down 2-0 in their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and you can tell that Game 2 had them livid. If anything, it was more about the officiating, as there were several questionable calls that were in the Thunder’s favor. After the game, Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks called out the […] The post Suns’ Royce O’Neale calls for refs to be fair before Thunder Game 3 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

We could be in for even more change around the WNBA next offseason.

Players have reached the deadline to declare for the 2026 NBA Draft. Who is putting their name in consideration, and who hasn't decided yet?

Mitchell Robinson’s usage has been perplexing – especially to those close to him.

With the Knicks down 2-1 to the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, head coach Mike Brown said on Friday that the starting lineup for Game 4 will be a "game-time decision."

After big losses last night, pundits focused on how much New York and Denver lost in big trades. How did Nets do?

Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley aggravated his strained right hamstring while working his way back from the injury and will not be available during Toronto's first-round playoff series against Cleveland, the team said Friday.

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Monaco clinched a place in the EuroLeague quarterfinals by beating Barcelona 79-70 in the Play-In Final L'articolo Manuchar Markoishvili: If this is a last dance, let it be the best one proviene da Sportando.

It may be safe to say that through three games, the Atlanta Hawks may have the New York Knicks on the ropes, as they extended their series lead to 2-1. Game 3 was another nail-biter at the end, but the Hawks were able to prevail and win 109-108. Several players have been key to the […] The post Hawks’ Jonathan Kuminga credits Draymond Green for winning play vs. Knicks appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Houston Rockets face a pivotal Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, trailing 0-2 in their first-round playoff series, as former NBA player Kendrick Perkins delivered a harsh assessment of Houston’s performance. Perkins criticized the Rockets during a recent episode of The Road Trippin’ Show, pointing to issues across the roster […] The post Kendrick Perkins calls out ‘pile of s**t’ Rockets in Lakers series appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The wheels might be falling off for the Knicks.

Welcome to our Wizards player review series. We’ll go through each guy that played meaningful minutes and look back on their season. Here’s Julian Reese. The last games of the Wizards’ season were a testing ground for borderline NBA talent. Nobody else made quite the impression that Julian Reese did, at least on the scoresheet. […]

Rather than declare as early entry candidates for the 2026 NBA Draft, several of the top players in college basketball decided to go back to school.

Lakers center Deandre Ayton scored just six points in Tuesday’s win over Houston and wasn’t part of the team’s closing lineup in the fourth quarter. However, Ayton was upbeat when he spoke to the media on Thursday and head coach JJ Redick has raved about the work the big man is doing that doesn’t necessarily […]

Trade Giannis Antetokounmpo or keep him and figure things out? This has been the question the Milwaukee Bucks have been asking themselves over the last year, as internal frustrations stemming from the team’s overall lack of success have mounted. The 2025-26 season was a roller coaster for the Bucks, especially given that the mainstream media’s […] The post Inside Bucks hiring Taylor Jenkins: What it means for Giannis’ future, potential trade paths appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Here is a ranking of the 10 players with the most playoff points since 2000, with LeBron James still marching comfortably at the No. 1 spot.

Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant holds a minority stake in Paris Saint-Germain, whose ownership group is actively pursuing a franchise in NBA Europe, the projected 2027-28 international league. The investment could give the 16-time All-Star a foothold in basketball ownership while still under contract as a player. Durant purchased his PSG stake on June 21, following a relationship with club chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi that formed during the 2024 Paris Olympics. "This was in the cards. Thi...

Just like many Lakers fans, JJ Redick can’t believe that Luka Dončić is not being seriously considered for MVP.

The Phoenix Suns have seen their culture shift since the addition of Dillon Brooks to the organization, and now the franchise hopes he can help lead them to a couple of big wins in the NBA playoffs. Phoenix is up against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round […] The post What you didn’t know about Dillon Brook’s pregame staredown ritual appeared first on ClutchPoints.