[ad_1] The Philadelphia 76ers officially have an opponent for Round 2 in the form of the Boston Celtics as the East semifinals will begin on Monday with Game 1 up at the TD Garden. The Sixers have not played since April 22 when they finished off a sweep of the Brooklyn Nets so they have had plenty of rest. The …

[ad_1] Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant came to the Brooklyn Nets in the summer of 2019 looking to bring a championship to Brooklyn with the help of one of his close friends, Kyrie Irving. However, ever since this past offseason, Durant wanted out of Brooklyn because of differences that he and the Nets were having. After voicing his displeasure about …

[ad_1] We have heard about the phenomenon that has entrenched itself in the modern NBA which has become known as “load management” ad infinitum, but we rarely hear about how this strategy of resting players to preserve their best play for the postseason from the point of view of the organization representing the interests of the players themselves. In an …

[ad_1] Led by D’Angelo Russell’s playoff career-high 31 points and five 3pt. FG, the No. 7 seed Lakers defeat the No. 2 seed Grizzlies in Game 6, 125-85. LeBron James (22 points, five rebounds, six assists) and Anthony Davis (16 points, 14 rebounds, five blocks) added a combined 38 points in the victory, while Desmond Bane tallied 15 points and …

[ad_1] One point four seconds. That is all that stood between updating my story chronicling the New York Knicks’ victory over the Miami Heat in Game 4 of their opening-round playoff series and hitting send. 1.4 seconds. Then, true to this intense, bitter rivalry, all hell broke loose. And nothing on that computer screen, other than the final score, mattered. …

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[ad_1] The only untouchable player on the Boston Celtics‘ roster during the 2023 NBA offseason? According to one league analyst, it’s star forward Jayson Tatum. Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz put together a list of every untouchable player in the league for the 2023 offseason, and the Celtics, according to Swartz, have but one — Tatum. The B/R analyst believes that …

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[ad_1] INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers made the playoffs for the first time in five years, but their playoff run lasted only five games. Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman is focused on the former and determined to not overreact to the latter. In a way, he’s committing to following the path on which the Cavs have been as they’ve transitioned …

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[ad_1] Ja Morant jumped in before the question was over. The Memphis Grizzlies weren’t fine in the west, and he knew what was coming. “I don’t mind,” he said when asked about the December comments that have been thrown back in his face for months now. “I don’t care. I said it. I’ll deal with it.” Morant has a big …

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[ad_1] When it comes to what veteran Boston Celtics floor general Marcus Smart brings to his team, putting into words that reflect said value can be something of a challenge. And it is that ineffable boost Smart supplies on both ends of the court that has the Flower Mound native included in a recent video dedicated to such players around …

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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — LeBron James showed up Friday night ready to end this series. The Memphis Grizzlies barely showed up. The result was a 40-point blowout win for the Lakers — 125-85 was the final — where the fourth quarter was garbage time. This was the best of all possible outcomes for the Lakers: They won in a game …

[ad_1] On this day in Boston Celtics history, in 1993, ground was broken on what would become the team’s home in the modern era, the so-called “new” Boston Garden currently referred to as TD Garden. Boston had previously played in the building built in 1928 that began its life as the “Boston Madison Square Garden” (it had been designed by …

[ad_1] Dillon Brooks may have spent the past few weeks regrettably poking a rather large bear in Los Angeles, but after LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers knocked him out of the playoffs, it was the words of another Brooks foe that seemed to ring the most true. Last season, Brooks infamously claimed that the Grizzlies were “building our …

[ad_1] The rap on Boston Celtics reserve forward Sam Hauser coming into the NBA’s 2022-23 season was that the Virginia alum could not defend particularly well even if he could make opposing defenses regret leaving him open from the 3-point line. And as we now know with hindsight, that nonsense about his defense was very, very overblown with Hauser demonstrating …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings just told us all where we can shove our moral victories. Hey, getting this far is already a win!  Look, at least you broke the playoff drought, you can build from here!  No shame in losing to the champs, keep your head up! Forget every single bit of that noise. You know that …

[ad_1] De’Aaron Fox has a different source of motivation these days The Kings’ point guard talks being a father and more on Pass the … [ad_2] Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52lPkOuVGgg Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

[ad_1] Before and during the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks has run his mouth a lot. Prior to Game 1, he said he was looking forward to taking on L.A. and LeBron James so he could knock James out right away. Then during Memphis’ Game 2 win, he talked some trash …

[ad_1] Getty Images LeBron James was challenged quite a bit in the press by the Memphis Grizzlies. Dillon Brooks said before the postseason that he hoped to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round and knock James out “right away.” After the Grizzlies won Game 2, Brooks called James old and explained that he doesn’t “respect anyone until …

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[ad_1] The Memphis Grizzlies’ noise to success ratio is not even. It’s lopsided, not in a good way. At least in the 2023 NBA playoffs. A lot of chatter emits from the second-seeded Grizzlies when times are good (not so much when times are bad), and they don’t have anything to show for it this season except a first-round loss …

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