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Fans were over the moon with Paolo Banchero’s resounding performance in the Orlando Magic’s blowout win over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Banchero struggled in the 7-8 matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night, garnering serious criticism. He needed to bounce back in this game against Charlotte, which he pulled off in convincing […] The post Fans blast Paolo Banchero haters after leading Magic past Hornets appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Knicks’ regular season was good, but irrelevant. Their own team owner set the bar as championship or bust, so the measuring starts now.

“I think it’s very important to hit them in the mouth first,” Hawks big man Tony Bradley told reporters in Atlanta before their series vs. Knicks.

Fourth quarters, and specifically clutch situations down the stretch, have become an undeniable strength for the Knicks.

Mitchell Robinson has seen it all as a Knick, from toiling on the league’s worst team to now being the X factor on a contender.

San Antonio appears to be getting closer to having Victor Wembanyama back on the floor. The Spurs have listed the big man as questionable for Tuesday’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies after he took part in full 5-on-5 action during Monday’s practice, according to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. Wembanyama has missed the […] The post Spurs list Victor Wembanyama as questionable appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Orlando's defense and hustle overwhelmed Charlotte, leading to a blowout win for the Magic in the NBA play-in tournament.

Kevin Durant is back in the playoffs after missing out last season and he and the Houston Rockets are hoping to make some noise this postseason. In his first season in Houston after this summer’s blockbuster trade from Phoenix, Durant leads the young Rockets into the playoffs where they’ll open their first-round series with the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. The 37-year-old Durant missed the last seven games of the regular season last year with an ankle injury as the Suns went 1-6 to f...

One of the biggest storylines from the 2025-26 NBA regular season was how close virtually every awards race was. We haven’t seen an MVP race featuring five or six legitimate candidates in quite some time, and the Rookie of the Year race between Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel went down to the final week of […] The post 2026 NBA Awards Media Poll: Full voting results for MVP, All-NBA, ROTY, more appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Golden State Warriors completed the tall task with their victory over Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. It went down to the final minutes, Leonard is not an unfamiliar foe to a Warriors team that has had multiple battles against, from the Western Conference Finals with the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals […] The post Warriors news: What Draymond Green said about Kawhi Leonard just before play-in showdown appeared first on ClutchPoints.