Monthly Archives: June 2024

Watch Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown embrace amid Celtics’ title celebration

Watch Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown embrace amid Celtics’ title celebration originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics’ two-best players, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, played fantastic in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to help deliver the franchise its league record 18th championship. The Celtics eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with a 106-88 victory Monday night at TD …

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Most NBA championships by team: Boston Celtics break tie with Los Angeles Lakers by winning 18th title

When the 2023-24 NBA season began, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics were tied atop the NBA’s all-time championship leaderboard at 17 titles apiece. If we’re being absolutely technical, the Lakers actually won an 18th title before the Celtics did. The problem? It was for the new, In-Season Tournament championship, not a traditional end-of-season title. Well, if there was …

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Porzingis confirms he’ll need surgery after gritty Game 5 effort

Porzingis confirms he’ll need surgery after gritty Game 5 effort originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston After suffering a left leg injury in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals, Kristaps Porzingis joked he’d “die out there” if it meant returning to the court to help his Boston Celtics win a title. He wasn’t exaggerating by much. In the aftermath …

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Jaylen Brown named 2024 NBA Finals MVP as Celtics win 18th title

Jaylen Brown named 2024 NBA Finals MVP as Celtics win 18th title originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Shortly after being drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2016, Jaylen Brown said he would “go to war for this city.” Eight years later, he and the Celtics have conquered pro basketball by eliminating the Dallas Mavericks with a Game 5 win …

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Kyrie Irving reacts to losing NBA Finals vs. former Celtics teammates

Kyrie Irving reacts to losing NBA Finals vs. former Celtics teammates originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Dallas Mavericks needed Kyrie Irving to consistently play at an elite level for them to beat his former team, the Boston Celtics, in the 2024 NBA Finals. But outside of Game 3 and the first half of Game 4, Irving didn’t deliver …

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LOOK: Wisconsin basketball releases jersey numbers for 2024-25 season

The Wisconsin men’s basketball program officially released each player’s jersey number ahead of the 2024-25 season. Wisconsin welcomes six new faces to campus this fall after an offseason featuring a monumental shift in personnel. Greg Gard and company added three top transfers: Central Arkansas guard Camren Hunter, Missouri guard John Tonje and Northern Illinois forward Xavier Amos. The three will …

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Denver Nuggets fantasy basketball season recap

by Zak Hanshew, Rotoworld Previous team recaps: DET, WAS, POR, CHA, SAS, TOR, MEM, UTA, BKN, ATL, CHI, HOU, SAC, GSW, MIA, PHI, ORL, LAL, IND, CLE, PHX, NOR, MIL, NYK, LAC, MIN At a glance: Record: 57-25 (2nd, West)  Offensive Rating: 117.8 (5th) Defensive Rating: 112.3 (8th)  Net Rating: 5.5 (4th)  Pace: 97.4 (26th)  2024 NBA Draft Picks: 28, 56 The reigning NBA champs didn’t repeat, but the Nuggets still enjoyed a great season behind MVP …

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Duke’s Transfer Class Roundup – DevilsIllustrated

Blue Devils infuse roster with veterans who should fit in with No. 1-ranked recruiting class Maliq Brown, right, defends Lynn Kidd last season. (Mark Konezny/USA Today Sports Images) The transfer portal hasn’t closed but for all intents and purposes, the window of Duke adding players who will impact the upcoming season is shut. Reading between the lines of Jon Scheyer’s …

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How the Celtics solved all their problems and turned into a championship-winning, new-look NBA superteam

Halfway through Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics had problems. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the Dallas Mavericks’ stars, had shaken loose for a combined 37 points. Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II, the Mavericks’ rim protectors, were rim-protecting. Kristaps Porzingis’ torn medial retinaculum, an extremely unusual lower-leg injury, loomed large: The 7-footer was sidelined, shrinking Boston’s …

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Jayson Tatum is an NBA champion, but does that change where he ranks among the NBA’s best players?

Sayre’s law dictates that “in any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.” This is the essence of virtually every argument surrounding Jayson Tatum’s individual standing within the NBA.  Critics in the past have pointed to his limitations as a playmaker (though he has improved on that front), his high-jumper shot …

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