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Daily Archives: May 15, 2023

Jayson Tatum tops Stephen Curry’s Game 7 scoring mark with 51-point explosion as Celtics close out 76ers

[ad_1] Getty Images Up until this postseason, nobody had ever scored 50 points in an NBA Game 7. It was a seemingly unobtainable milestone, and for good reason. Once six games have been played, defenses have largely figured out how to slow down opposing offenses. Stars find their points, but typically do so inefficiently, and the final scores are almost …

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Lakers will defeat Nuggets in six games

[ad_1] The final four of the 2023 NBA Playoffs are set, and fans should have two exciting and competitive conference final series to enjoy over the next couple of weeks. The matchups are exactly the same as they were inside the Walt Disney World Resort bubble in 2020. The Boston Celtics will play the Miami Heat in the East, while …

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If Joel Embiid’s Game 7 stinker showed anything, it’s that Nikola Jokic was always the rightful MVP

[ad_1] I hear all the time that the NBA’s MVP is a regular-season award. Which is strange, because when so many people ran out of ways to diminish Nikola Jokic’s so-called nerd-number dominance as a way of elevating Joel Embiid’s case, the argument became about … the postseason.  It was always there. This idea that Jokic somehow isn’t the same …

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James Harden’s fourth-quarter scoring drought vs. Celtics worse than Ben Simmons’ infamous 2021 performance

[ad_1] After a brilliant 45-point Game 1 against the Boston Celtics without Joel Embiid , it appeared that James Harden was ready to put his ignominious playoff reputation behind him. Following a nine-point dud in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 112-88 Game 7 elimination at the hands of the Celtics, that reputation is very much still intact. Harden went 3 for 11 …

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Jayson Tatum’s epic Game 7 vs. Sixers started with a mindset shift

[ad_1] Jayson Tatum’s epic Game 7 performance started with a mindset shift originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Jayson Tatum idolizes Kobe Bryant, who was famous for his maniacal competitiveness on the court. But to deliver a Kobe-esque performance at TD Garden on Sunday, Tatum adopted the opposite of a Mamba mentality. “Going into Game 6, it sounds …

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