The Memphis Grizzlies may have the momentum, but the Golden State Warriors have history on their side when the Western Conference semifinals continue Friday night with Game 6 in San Francisco. Facing elimination in the best-of-seven Wednesday and lining up without leading scorer Ja Morant, the Grizzlies dominated Golden State on both ends of the court in a historically lopsided …

Getty Images With the 2021-22 NBA regular season now in the books, the basketball betting market is hotter than ever. CBS Sports will be providing daily picks for the duration of the postseason. Sam Quinn will make at least one pick for every game between now and the NBA Finals. All lines courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook. Featured Game | Philadelphia 76ers vs. …

You could definitely make a case that Michigan State basketball legend Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson is the greatest Western Conference player in the history of the NBA. To celebrate the league’s 75th anniversary, they are adding some new postseason awards, and they will be naming one of them, the Western Conference Finals MVP, after Magic himself. The player who is considered …

Jrue Holiday is used to being overlooked. Ranked as the No. 3 overall recruit coming out of high school in Southern California, he fell to No. 17 in the 2009 NBA Draft after a disappointing freshman season at UCLA. Holiday quickly blossomed as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and made his first All-Star team in his fourth season. Despite …

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DENVER (AP) To think, Nikola Jokic’s entry into the NBA was once overshadowed by the introduction of the ”quesarito.” ”Hopefully, I’m going to have some percentage from Taco Bell,” joked the Denver Nuggets’ newly minted two-time MVP, whose name scrolled across the TV screen during the 2014 draft while the fast-food chain aired a commercial for its new product. Much …

Though the rebuilding Houston Rockets finished with the league’s worst record in the 2021-22 NBA season, it was in many ways a very successful year for second-year general manager Rafael Stone. For starters, that 20-62 record guarantees the Rockets another top-five draft pick in 2022 to add to their stockpile of young talent. In many ways, that lowly record was …

After taking a bit of a backseat for Phoenix in Games 2 and 3 against the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022 NBA playoffs, Cameron Johnson played a more significant role over the Suns’ last two games. In Games 4 and 5, Johnson hit half of his attempts from the field, shot a healthy 36.4 percent from the three-point line, and …

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It’s been a bouncy year for three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons, both on the court, where lately he’s become almost as known for not playing as for playing, and in the real estate arena. Last summer he dropped $17.5 million on a “modern farmhouse” in L.A.’s ritzy Hidden Hills suburb, where several family members of his former girlfriend Kendall Jenner …

I’m on vacation next week. Don’t worry; you’ll still get this newsletter, as we have a couple of capable replacements ready to fill in. I’m sure they’ll be great, but hopefully not so great that you forget about me. Anyway, the point I’m doing a poor job of trying to make is that I’ve reached that point in time before …

With most of the NBA’s teams on vacation, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the wild 2021-22 regular season! As usual, we got to witness the good, the bad, the ugly, the incredible, and of course, the silly. Behind the unforgettable moments are raw numbers. As a nerd for stats and trivia, I thought it would be appropriate to …

Wednesday’s Game 5 between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks was one of the most thrilling we’ve seen in the 2022 playoffs, as the Bucks stormed back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and wound up taking a 3-2 lead in the series, thanks to two stellar, late defensive plays by Jrue Holiday that sealed a 110-107 victory. The drama didn’t …

What’s the competitive dynamic in this series like between you, Chris Paul and Devin Booker? Luka Doncic: “It’s just, like I say, it’s playoffs. It’s always going to be like that, so it’s nothing new to me.” Did you see the clip of Booker after he got fouled and called his dramatics “The Luka Special”? Doncic: “Yeah.” What did you …

247Sports Tennessee picked up a commitment from the highest available prospect in the Class of 2022 on Thursday when Julian Phillips chose the Volunteers over Auburn, G League Ignite and other collegiate and professional options in a ceremony on CBS Sports HQ. Phillips came in at No. 18 in the final Class of 2022 prospect rankings released by 247Sports on Wednesday. The …

Nikola Jokic has won the 2021-22 NBA MVP award, taking the league’s top individual honor for the second consecutive year, the league announced Wednesday night. Jokic received 65 of a possible 100 first-place votes and received a total of 875 points, topping Joel Embiid’s 706 total points and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 595 total points. Jokic’s back-to-back MVP awards match the feat …

After Game 5 embarrassment, just how much do Sixers have to adjust? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The gear-shifting Sixers never got moving in Tuesday’s Game 5 loss to the Heat, a 35-point defeat that means there’s no more room for anything resembling that performance. Head coach Doc Rivers said that night his team wasn’t ready to play. Ahead …

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On Thursday morning, the NBA revealed a new series of awards to be granted to the best individual player and team from each respective conference finals series in each year’s postseason, with Boston Celtics legendary small forward Larry Bird having his name attached to the Eastern Conference Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. That same day, deputy league commissioner Mark Tatum …

Unlike in the 2020-21 season, when reasonable minds could disagree over which conference closed the campaign as the best in college basketball, there should be little debate over the matter following the 2021-22 season. Not only did the Big 12 produce its second straight national champion in Kansas, but the league was consistently excellent throughout the season. Aside from the …

The Los Angeles Lakers have already interviewed one Milwaukee Bucks assistant. Darvin Ham was one of the first candidates they spoke to as they’ve tried to fill their vacant head coaching position formerly occupied by Frank Vogel, and now, they’ve requested permission to speak to another Bucks assistant, Charles Lee, according to The Athletic. Lee’s path to prominence as a basketball …

For an NBA playoff game, it got about as ugly as it gets for the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. In Game 5, the Grizzlies stormed to a blowout victory over the Warriors to force Game 6 and move the series to 3-2. Although the game finished with a 39-point differential on the scoreboard, the …

Getty Images No one expected the Memphis Grizzlies to blow out the Golden State Warriors by 39 points in Game 5 Wednesday night, especially without All-Star guard Ja Morant on the floor after being sidelined with a bone bruise on his right knee. But Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and the rest of the Memphis squad dominated the Warriors 134-95, …

The NBA redesigned its championship and Finals MVP trophies, renamed its conference championship awards and introduced Conference Finals MVP honors. (Courtesy of NBA) The NBA announced the addition of two new playoff trophies named for legends of the league in its 75th anniversary season. The hardware will be annually awarded to the MVP of each conference finals series. The Eastern …

Defensive tackle recruiting in the Class of 2023 has been a little slow off the ground thus far for Kansas State. They were blown away by Martin Owusu on a visit in April, but he went on a run of offers and ultimately committed to Minnesota. DK Kalu is a legitimate target who will be officially visiting in June. A …