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Category: NBA
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NBA Playoffs All First-Round: Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson lead first team; LeBron James secures second team
With the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 106-94 victory over the Orlando Magic in Game 7 on Sunday, the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs is officially in the books. While the second round has actually gotten underway with the Minnesota Timberwolves beating the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal matchup on Saturday, let’s take this short window between now and Monday…
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The Magic may have lost to the Cavaliers, but they learned an important lesson in the process
The guiding principle the Orlando Magic have used to build their roster can be distilled to two draft picks they didn’t even make. In 2013, when current Magic executive John Hammond was running the Milwaukee Bucks, he used the No. 15 overall pick to select Giannis Antetokounmpo. Three years later, in 2016, he used the No. 10 overall pick…
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The Clippers decided to go all-in, and now they’re stuck there with Paul George’s free agency looming
It would be easy to write a story painting the Los Angeles Clippers in the same light as the Phoenix Suns or Milwaukee Bucks. The broad strokes certainly apply. All three teams are largely out of draft picks after trading for aging guards. All three teams are bound for the second luxury tax apron. All three teams were knocked out…
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NBA playoffs: Kyrie Irving takes over to lead Mavericks past Clippers into 2nd-round matchup vs. Thunder
he first half belonged to Luka Dončić. Kyrie Irving took over in the second. It added up to a 114-101 Game 6 win for the Dallas Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers Friday to secure a 4-2 series win to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The fifth-seeded Mavericks move on to a second-round matchup with the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. The Clippers’…
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NBA playoff picks: Experts on Wolves-Nuggets, Pacers-Knicks conference semifinal matchups
The NBA playoffs have reached the conference semifinals. Mostly. As the top-seeded Boston Celtics await the winner of Sunday’s Game 7 between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers (1 p.m. ET on ABC), three second-round series are set. In the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets will continue their title defense against the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Game 1 Saturday night in Denver (7 p.m. ET on…
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Former Los Angeles Lakers draft pick Darius Morris, 33, dies
Former Michigan standout and Los Angeles Lakers draft pick Darius Morris has died at 33, his family announced Saturday. No cause of death was given. TMZ reported Morris’ body was found in the Los Angeles area on Thursday. He was a Los Angeles native. “With great sadness we announce the passing of our dearly beloved son, Darius…
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Coach Lou uses the Clips joke to criticize the “Mavs” for the playoffs, hoping to turn things around from down 2-3.
Tyrone Lu, head coach of the LA Clippers, gives motivation to his team to not give up after falling behind the Dallas Mavericks 2-3 in the first round of the playoff series in the West because past history He was able to change the situation and be the winner every time. Hopefully the original movie…
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76ers owner orders Embiid to keep 2,000 home tickets out of reach of Knicks fans
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Report from ‘Philadelphia Inquirer Sports’ on the situation of the 76ers, who are trailing the New York Knicks 2-3 games in the series, so cannot afford to lose in returning to play at Wells Fargo Center. (2…
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Tatum describes the Celtics as someone who gets hurt and beats the Heat out of the way.
Jayson Tatum, forward of the Boston Celtics, is relieved to be able to take revenge on the Miami Heat from the 2023 playoffs this year when they beat them 118-84 points to close the series in the post-season round. First East Coast at 4-1 game Going back to last season, the Celtics were the #1…
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Nikola Jokic stats vs. Timberwolves: Why Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert might be answer to NBA’s hardest problem
The Nuggets and Timberwolves meet again. Last season, the two sides faced off in the first round of the playoffs, with Denver taking care of business in five games. This season, the Nuggets and Timberwolves will battle in the second round for a ticket to the Western Conference Finals. This is a much better…