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The Bucks want to shut down Giannis Antetokounmpo for the remainder of the season after his latest injury and their postseason chances dwindled, but Antetokounmpo has refused the team's requests and wants to play again, sources told ESPN.
Pistons star Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and is expected to miss an extended period of time, sources told ESPN.
After a sixth loss in seven games, Warriors coach Steve Kerr laid bare the cold reality his team has been facing as it hobbles toward the regular season's conclusion: "We're going to be in the play-in. We know that."
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ty Jerome had 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped their eight-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 125-118 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Olivier-Maxence Prosper scored 19 points and GG Jackson added 16 for the injury-depleted Grizzlies (24-44), who are 4-15 in their last 19 games after winning for the first time since March 1 at Indiana. Cedric Coward provided 15 points and seven rebounds. Taylor Hendricks scored 13 off the ...
The Jazz suffered a 147-111 loss at Minnesota on Wednesday, officially eliminating them from playoff contention, according to the NBA league office (Twitter link). At 20-49, the best Utah could do is tie 10th-place Golden State (33-36), but even in that unlikely scenario, the Warriors would win the tie-breaker. The Jazz become the fifth team […]
LeBron James put on a show Wednesday night in Houston as the Lakers extended their winning streak to a season-best-matching seven games.
CJ McCollum scored 24 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 22, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 135-120 on Wednesday night for their 11th straight win. Dyson Daniels had 19 points on 9 for 13 shooting and Jalen Johnson scored 17 points with 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who at 38-31 are in the middle of the race for a play-in playoff spot. Atlanta hasn’t won at least 11 in a row since winning a franchise-record 19 straight during the 2014-2015 season.
The Los Angeles Lakers went into Wednesday night playing their best basketball of the season, winners of six straight, including a few over playoff teams. They kicked off their road trip by beating the Houston Rockets, and the two teams then squared off again for the second straight game. This was an extremely important game […]
Following their sixth loss in the last seven games on Wednesday, the Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admitted the team is effectively headed for the play-in tournament, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN. Golden State has slipped to the No. 10 spot in the Western Conference standings, though the focus now is on […] The post Steve Kerr unsure Moses Moody will return during trip appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Deni Avdija scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half Wednesday night and Donovan Clingan added a career-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off the hard-charging Indiana Pacers 127-119. Portland won the for the third time in four games as the 10th-seeded Trail Blazers close in on clinching a Western Conference play-in spot in what figures to be a wide-open postseason. Indiana extended the longest losing streak in its NBA franchise history to 15 g...
Luka Doncic has been playing out of his mind. And he might not make the All-NBA first team? He has carried the Lakers to third place in the Western Conference. He leads the league in points (32.9 ppg). He’s third in assists (8.5). And he’s tied with MVP front-runner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for individual plus/minus at...
The Detroit Pistons were dealt a hard punch to the gut on Wednesday after it was reported that Cade Cunningham has a collapsed lung, which will force him to sit out for an extended period. It could not come at a worse time for the Pistons, who are leading the Eastern Conference with a 49-19 […] The post Cade Cunningham’s collapsed lung injury puts Pistons, award eligibility in danger appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Stephen Curry hasn't played since January 30th due to ongoing knee issues, but there is optimistic amongst Curry and the Golden State Warriors that he could return before the end of March. The Warriors are firmly in the play-in picture in the Western Conference with a 33-36 record, but are currently in 10th place and would need to win two games to qualify for the playoffs if they can't getup to eighth. "There is cautious optimism that Stephen Curry will return to the lineup at some point by t...
This season has had all types of ups and downs, but the Lakers are now in top form with the playoffs fast approaching.
Rounding up all Warriors and NBA related news for Thursday, March 19th.
Kevin O'Connor & Tom Haberstroh break down the biggest NBA news and ask if it's a "Big Deal" or "No Big Deal."
The Detroit Pistons have already shown they can win without Cade Cunningham, and that context now shapes this stage of the regular season following his latest injury update. The Pistons sit at 49-19, holding the top spot in the Eastern Conference, but it is just 5-5 over its last 10 games. Earlier this year, Detroit […] The post How have the Pistons played without Cade Cunningham this season? appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Toronto Raptors (39-29, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (42-28, sixth in the Western Conference) Denver; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Toronto seeks to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Raptors take on Denver. The Nuggets have gone 19-13 in home games. Denver scores 120.7 points and has outscored opponents by 4.2 points per game. The Raptors are 20-13 in road games. Toronto has an 18-21 record against teams above .500. The 120.7 points per game the Nuggets sc...
New York Knicks (45-25, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (17-52, 13th in the Eastern Conference) New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: New York is looking to extend its four-game win streak with a victory against Brooklyn. The Nets are 12-31 in Eastern Conference games. Brooklyn has the NBA's lowest-scoring offense averaging only 106.4 points per game. The Knicks are 29-15 in Eastern Conference play. New York is fourth in the league with 12.9 offensive rebounds per ga...
Boston Celtics (46-23, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (24-44, 11th in the Western Conference) Memphis, Tennessee; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Boston seeks to continue its three-game win streak with a victory over Memphis. The Grizzlies are 13-20 on their home court. Memphis is seventh in the NBA with 28.5 assists per game led by Cam Spencer averaging 5.4. The Celtics are 22-13 on the road. Boston scores 114.4 points and has outscored opponents by 7.4 points per ga...
It’s impossible to stop these Hawks.
The Denver Nuggets probably entered FedExForum on Wednesday thinking that they would get an easy win against the Memphis Grizzlies. The opposite, however, happened, as the Grizzlies upset the Nuggets, 125-118. The Nuggets suffered their fourth loss in seven games, falling to 42-28. While they still have plenty of chances to regain their footing, losing […] The post Nuggets’ David Adelman refuses to make excuses for brutal loss to Grizzlies appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Trey Murphy added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame an early 18-point hole to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-109 on Wednesday night. Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and John Collins added 18 for the Clippers, who dropped a game below .500 (34-35), but maintained a tenuous hold on the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference standings, a half-game ahead of Portland.
Nothing is going wrong for the Hawks right now.
The Mavericks, Pelicans, and Grizzlies are in a rock fight for draft positioning.
While he acknowledges that he would vote for Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander if the season ended today, Sam Amick of The Athletic says Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama continues to strengthen his case in the race for Most Valuable Player and could steal some top-two votes that have long appeared earmarked for Gilgeous-Alexander and Nuggets […]
Διαβάστε αναλυτικά το υπόλοιπο πρόγραμμα του Ολυμπιακού στην Ευρωλίγκα, μετά από το παιχνίδι στο ΣΕΦ με την Μπασκόνια. The post Ολυμπιακός: Το πρόγραμμα στην Ευρωλίγκα στον δρόμο για το πλεονέκτημα appeared first on Eurohoops .
Ο Ολυμπιακός (22-11) συνάντησε αντίσταση από την Μπασκόνια (9-23), αλλά στο φινάλε επικράτησε με 90-80. The post Ολυμπιακός – Μπασκόνια 90-80: Ζορίστηκε, ΝΙΚΗΣΕ και προχωράει appeared first on Eurohoops .
Όλο και πιο κοντά ο Ολυμπιακός στο πλεονέκτημα έδρας στα playoffs της Ευρωλίγκας. The post Ευρωλίγκα αποτελέσματα & βαθμολογία: Ο Ολυμπιακός καλπάζει προς το πλεονέκτημα, χαμός για playoffs appeared first on Eurohoops .
Η Χάποελ Τελ Αβίβ του Δημήτρη Ιτούδη κέρδισε πολύ άνετα τη Βίρτους Μπολόνια στη Σόφια (109-91), φτάνοντας στις 4 σερί νίκες στην Ευρωλίγκα και έπιασε τη Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης στην 3η θέση. The post Χάποελ: 100άρα στη Βίρτους και “έπιασε” τετράδα με 4 σερί νίκες appeared first on Eurohoops .
