The Dallas Mavericks attempted 27 3-pointers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics attempted 27 3-pointers in the first half. When Mavericks stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving checked out with 5:17 left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics had generated 48 points from behind the 3-point line to the Mavericks’ 15. It was an extreme example …

The Boston Celtics will be looking to take a commanding 2-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals when they meet in Game 2 on Sunday night. Boston took a 17-point lead at the end of the first quarter of Game 1 on Thursday and cruised to a 107-89 win. Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was the only …

Real Madrid V Crvena Zvezda Mts Belgrade – Turkish Airlines Euroleague – Regular Season Nikola Topic, a 6’7″ guard out of Serbia projected as a top-10 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, has suffered an injury that could drop him down draft boards. Topic has been diagnosed with a partial tear of his left ACL, his agent confirmed to ESPN’s …

There are plenty of numbers to note coming out of the Boston Celtics’ 107-89 thrashing of the Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals: Boston’s 27-point advantage from 3. Kyrie Irving’s 12 points (not nearly enough). Kristaps Porzingis’ 20 points and three blocks in his first game following a 38-day absence. Jaylen Brown’s 22 points on 12 shots to …

Detroit Pistons v Washington Wizards Changes are coming to the Pistons. Troy Weaver is out while Trajan Langdon is in as the lead decision maker, meaning major roster changes are to follow. Monty Williams, despite the massive contract he signed just more than a year ago, is on thin ice now. Cade Cunningham is not going anywhere, he will be …

The West Virginia basketball program is starting to piece together what the upcoming schedule will look like this season under new head coach Darian DeVries. The Mountaineers are set to play 20 games in the Big 12 Conference this coming campaign according to Kansas head coach Bill Self which you have to imagine was decided at the league’s annual meetings. …

The Celtics easily handled the Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals opener, thanks, in part, to cold shooting from Dallas. Loading NBA DFS lineups with Mavs certainly didn’t lead to winning many NBA DFS contests as the Mavericks knocked down just 25.9% of their 3-point attempts. As a result, Luka Doncic had just a single assist, which is his fourth-fewest …

The Indiana Pacers struggled to create separation against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first half of Game 4 despite the Bucks being without Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo due to injuries and Bobby Portis after he got ejected seven minutes into the game. However, the third quarter saw them stretch out their lead as they turned up the pace and …

The Huskers are making offers for the 2025-2026 basketball season. Abdul Bashir, a guard from Casper (Wyo.) College earned an offer from Nebraska. Bashir is a Nebraska native. He hails from Omaha and plays for Omaha Central. He made an unofficial visit to Lincoln on Thursday. The 6-foot, 7-inch freshman completed his first season at Casper College. The guard played …

USC men’s basketball has a prime opponent on its nonconference schedule this coming season. The Trojans, whose roster has been filled primarily with arrivals from the transfer portal in a hectic two-month period under new coach Eric Musselman, will face the Saint Mary’s Gaels and coach Randy Bennett on Thanksgiving Day. It’s the second straight year that USC will play …

Garwey Dual will leave Providence for a Big East rival. The coveted men’s basketball backcourt recruit has committed to Seton Hall after entering the transfer portal in early April. CBS Sports was first to report the news on social media. Dual played one season with the Friars, starting in six of his 33 appearances. He averaged 3.3 points, 1.9 assists …

Milwaukee Bucks centers Robin and Brook Lopez are without a doubt one of the most popular set of twins to have ever graced the NBA. The fact that they are now on the same team (again) makes it all the more fun for basketball fans everywhere. A testament to this fact is how State Farm decided to cast the two …

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Flory Bidunga did not have one technical foul in his three seasons at Kokomo. He has one now. Bidunga’s first — and probably only — technical of his high school career came Friday night for the Indiana All-Stars. And it came against the Kentucky All-Stars at Lexington Catholic High School, according to Bidunga and Indiana All-Stars coach …

LEXINGTON — Max Green was the leading scorer in Kentucky high school basketball last season at 32.1 points per game. Now they know about him in Indiana, too. The Oldham County High School product put on a show Friday night, scoring 36 points to lead the Kentucky All-Stars to a 103-82 victory over Indiana at Lexington Catholic High School. Headed …

Kansas State baseball opened their Super Regional in disappointing fashion, seeing an early three-run lead slip away to Virginia. The Wildcats opened the scoring in the first inning before a Kaelen Culpepper double in the third gave K-State a three-run lead in the early frames. Starting pitcher Owen Boerema then navigated out of multiple jams before allowing two runs in …

Danny Green recalls Klay’s 2019 Finals injury, Warriors villain tag originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s been roughly five years since Klay Thompson tore his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, and Danny Green still thinks about the pain he caused him, the Warriors and their fan base. Green, of course, …

How Tatum’s ‘fingerprints were all over’ Game 1 win vs. Mavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics didn’t need Jayson Tatum to light up the box score to beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals. Tatum finished Thursday’s series opener with a modest 16 points on a less-than-stellar 6-of-16 shooting. The five-time …

Why Danny Green believes C’s Game 1 success vs. Mavs is ‘unsustainable’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston A remarkable defensive effort propelled the Boston Celtics to a decisive win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals. Dallas was kept to only 42 first-half points — its second-fewest in any half all season — and …