Unlike the two higher-seeded Eastern Conference teams that began their playoff campaigns Saturday, the Boston Celtics started theirs with a victory Sunday afternoon. But after an up-and-down regular season that often felt like an underwhelming, extended prelude to the playoffs, things didn’t feel much different in the postseason. Yes, theRead More →
Yes, Wade and his Miami Heat are still mathematically alive with two games remaining in this final regular season of the Hall of Fame shooting guard’s career. But after the way Sunday played out — with Miami losing a heartbreaker in overtime in Toronto, and both the Orlando Magic andRead More →
The Boston Celtics know who they will play in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Now they have to wait to find out if a couple of injured Celtics will be ready when Boston’s postseason begins here against the Indiana Pacers next weekend. Not only did the Celtics loseRead More →
Centre Isaac Humphries has become the latest Australian to join the NBA, signing with the Atlanta Hawks until their season ends next week.buy nike nfl jerseys cheap “Absolute dream come true…Wow i’m an NBA player!,” Humphries tweeted. The 21-year-old has most recently been playing in the NBA’s G League withRead More →
Center Rudy Gobert gave his career-best scoring average and league-leading field goal percentage a little bump with 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting Monday night. But as usual, Gobert’s offensive impact in the Utah Jazz’s 111-102 win over the Charlotte Hornets far surpassed the numbers printed in a standard box score.Read More →
In what is becoming an annual tradition, the Heat are warming up down the stretch. Winners of four of five, Miami is fueled by a deep rotation, namely the dynamic play of unheralded center Bam Adebayo. Found at sixth among centers on the Player Rater — a measure of relativeRead More →
On Tuesday, Bosh became the fourth Heat player to have his jersey lifted to the rafters of the American Airlines Arena. Essentially the entire arena stood up as the jersey rose and several Heat greats spoke to honor Bosh. “When I was down and out, when I was going throughRead More →
Discomfort contorted Gregg Popovich’s face as he pondered a defensive demise nobody wanted to concede. With the San Antonio Spurs mired in a three-game skid at the time, and mere minutes before the Feb. 27 start of a league-best nine-game winning streak, Popovich seemed to have given up hope forRead More →
When the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Utah Jazz’s elite defense earlier this month, head coach Quin Snyder’s plan was to give Antetokounmpo a sizeable cushion on the perimeter to prevent him from driving. As soon as he elected to shoot, though, his defender would close out hard to contest ratherRead More →
wants to wind down after a game, he usually slips out of Barclays Center and makes the 30-minute walk to his Brooklyn home. But with his 6-foot-11 frame and signature Afro, the Brooklyn Nets’ second-year center is easy to identify. So what Allen calls his “me time” is sometimes interruptedRead More →