usatsi 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 | Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden …

It will be the Miami Heat’s chance to turn the tables in the Eastern Conference finals when they play host to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 on Wednesday. While the series is tied 2-2, it has been anything but a close matchup on a day-by-day basis. Three of the four games have been decided by a double-digit winning margin, …

Junior College linebacker Gavin Forsha has committed to Kansas State after official visits to Manhattan and USC. The trip to K-State was arranged a few weeks ago and resulted in an offer from the Wildcats. After some deliberation after he was extended a scholarship by the Trojans, he also chose to see Los Angeles. Forsha was flooded with an abundance …

Associated Press 2nd-year QB Mac Jones leaving something behind this year Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne probably needed to do a double take when he saw quarterback Mac Jones. Bourne noted that Jones is lacking something he brought with him when he arrived in New England as a first-round draft pick out of Alabama last year. “His stomach is gone …

Getty Images Chicago Bulls star guard Zach LaVine underwent arthroscopic left knee surgery Tuesday, the Bulls announced. LaVine missed time this season due to a left knee injury, but fought through it to play for the Bulls in this postseason. He missed Chicago’s season-ending loss to the Milwaukee Bucks because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. LaVine is coming off …

With the chance to sweep the Dallas Mavericks and officially make their return to the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors will be without a key veteran off the bench for Game 4 on Tuesday. After making an early exit from Game 3 with an apparent injury in the second quarter, Otto Porter Jr. has officially been ruled out for …

Forsberg: Time Lord’s availability might be the biggest hurdle facing the Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — The Boston Celtics must do whatever it takes to preserve the health of Robert Williams’ left knee for the duration of the 2021-22 season. Their title hopes might depend on it. Boston’s defense with Williams on the court simply has …

A year ago, the Los Angeles Lakers wanted Russell Westbrook badly enough to give up a first-round pick and several rotation players to land him in a draft-day deal with the Washington Wizards. Since then, his value has plummeted. He had a disastrous debut season in Los Angeles punctuated by an exit interview lacking in any shred of self-awareness. Westbrook …

Jared Weiss: Marcus Smart and Rob Williams are questionable for tomorrow’s Game 5, per Celtics. Source: Twitter @JaredWeissNBA What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat Celtics’ injury report for Wednesday at Heat: Sam Hauser – Right Shoulder Instability Episode – OUT Marcus Smart – Right Ankle Sprain – QUESTIONABLE Robert Williams – Left Knee Soreness – QUESTIONABLE – 5:00 …

Zach LaVine underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Chicago Bulls executives are in Los Angeles to attend various agency pro days in advance of next month’s NBA Draft and were in close contact with the two-time All-Star guard, who is expected to begin a short rehabilitation period shortly. In a release, the team termed …

Good afternoon gamblers, it’s Chris Bengel back in the saddle with you. The NBA postseason has pretty underwhelming of late, hasn’t it? Despite not having veteran guard Marcus Smart in the lineup, the Boston Celtics still were able to manhandle the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. Before you could even blink, the Celtics raced out …

In his first year as head coach, Hubert Davis took the UNC basketball program to the national championship game. Even though they fell to Kansas, it was an impressive feat to be there, especially where the team was in February. Davis managed to get his team off the bubble and into the tournament, securing two wins over Duke, a win …

Otto Porter has given the Warriors good minutes off the bench in the Western Conference finals. He has made 10-of-13 shots (77%), specializing from mid-range. He has also helped on the glass and used his length to defend. Golden State has outscored the Mavericks by 19 in his 54 minutes. But Golden State won’t have the reserve forward in Game …

Let Twitter tell it, Detroit Pistons fans want Jaden Ivey. Ivey, an explosive guard out of Purdue, was the most popular option in a poll gauging who fans wanted the Pistons to take with the No. 5 pick. He won 46.3% of the 397 votes, compared to 33.5% for Shaedon Sharpe, 16.9% for Keegan Murray and 3.3% for Benedict Mathurin/another player. The results …

IN — Thad Matta | OUT — LaVall Jordan The process to get there wasn’t smoothly handled — Jordan and his staff were left twisting in the wind — but the end result is a hire that the fan base is fully on board with. Matta is a superb coach. He left Ohio State in 2017 because of health issues …

How will Heat respond to blowout Game 4 loss? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Close games have been few and far between in the 2022 NBA playoffs. Almost every game has been a rout, and the Boston Celtics continued that trend with their 102-82 win over the Miami Heat in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference FInals. …

John Calipari, after he was fired by the Nets 23 games into his third season as an NBA coach, was officially hired as an assistant on Larry Brown’s Sixers staff in September 1999 — but he knew it was only temporary. By then, the man who had previously turned a miserable UMass program into a national power was focused on …

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Tatum wants Celtics to bring this kind of mindset into Game 5 vs. Heat originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics played like a desperate team Monday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. Facing the possibility of going down 3-1 in the series, the Celtics jumped all over the Heat early, …

Starting in 2013, Golden State has won at least one road game in an NBA record 26 consecutive Playoff series. Take a look back … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPvurqwhpe4 Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Get this: The Boston Celtics, who had the best defense in the NBA in the regular season, who frustrated Kevin Durant in the first round and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the second, who employ savvy, switchable defenders at every position, who needed a win Monday to avoid falling down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference finals, absolutely stifled the Miami Heat in …

K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago joined the Mully & Haugh Show on Tuesday morning to discuss LaVine’s future. “The safe bet is still that Zach will return (to Chicago),” Johnson said. He offered that with a caveat though. “I’m just reporting what I was hearing at the Combine – and that is multiple people connected to other teams, agents, …

After another disappointing postseason exit, the Philadelphia 76ers entered the offseason full of uncertainty. As has become customary, the Sixers have a plethora of questions that need to be answered over the summer, and there are very few easy answers. The right decisions could potentially push the Sixers up and over the second round-shaped hill that they’ve been stuck on, …

Mathurin a tone-setting scorer Wizards must consider originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The Washington Wizards have the 10th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Here is the latest in our series on draft prospects who could fall around where the Wizards will select… 2022 NBA Draft Wizards Prospect Profile: Bennedict Mathurin Team: Arizona Position: SG/SF Age: 20 Height: 6-6 Weight: 204 Wingspan: 6-9 2021/22 stats: 37 …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Former Penn State women’s basketball coach Coquese Washington will succeed Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer as coach at Rutgers, the school announced Monday. Washington, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame, agreed to a six-year contract, the school said. It guarantees total compensation of $4.625 million with additional performance incentives. …