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Larry Bird shares heartfelt statement on Bill Walton’s passing

Larry Bird shares heartfelt statement on Bill Walton’s passing originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The NBA lost a legendary player and personality on Monday as Bill Walton died at 71. Walton, a two-time NBA champion who won a title with the Boston Celtics in 1986, passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. Many took to social media to …

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Remembering Bill Walton’s unique life on and off the court

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill reacts to the basketball and broadcasting legend’s passing and celebrates what made Bill Walton so special to the game. View more Video Transcript Nba legend, Bill Walton passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer at age 71. How will you remember Bill Walton? Will you remember him as the UCL, a wonder …

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Pacers’ Rick Carlisle recalled Bill Walton getting him into a Grateful Dead show for a date with his now wife

Rick Carlisle could have stuck to basketball in his pregame press conference before Game 4 of the Indiana Pacers’ Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Boston Celtics. Down 3–0 to Boston, Indiana faces playoff elimination and is without star guard Tyrese Haliburton for the second consecutive game. However, Carlisle mostly wanted to talk about his friend Bill Walton, who died …

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Mavericks’ center Dereck Lively out for Game 4 with neck sprain

NBA: Playoffs-Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas Mavericks Mavericks center Dereck Lively II is officially out for Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday with a neck sprain. However, another Dallas center, Maxi Kleber, is closer to a return after being out since May 7 with a shoulder injury and is officially questionable for Game 4. Lively had to leave …

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Report: Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton to miss Game 4 vs. Celtics with hamstring strain

Tyrese Haliburton will reportedly be in street clothes for a second straight game against the Celtics. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss Game 4 against the Boston Celtics Monday night with a hamstring strain, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon Reports. He’ll miss a second consecutive game after being sidelined with the injury in Saturday’s …

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WNBA Fantasy schedule breakdown: Week 3

There aren’t any games on Monday, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have another exciting week in the W coming up. Before we get into that, let’s take a look back at last week. Arike Ogunbowale has been dominant through the first five games of the season, averaging 28.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.4 steals and 3.2 triples …

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Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards on 3-0 deficit to Mavericks: ‘I still don’t feel like they can beat us’

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost another nail-biter on Sunday night, and now find themselves down 3-0 to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals. In order to get to the Finals, they’ll have to become the first team in NBA history to overcome such a deficit.  Anthony Edwards, their uber-confident young star, still has faith.  “Time to make history, fellas,” …

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Report: CP3 interests Clippers in free agency as back-up guard

Report: CP3 interests Clippers in free agency as back-up guard originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area If Chris Paul hits the NBA free-agent market, he will have suitors for the 2024-25 season. While the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs already have been linked Paul, who currently is on the Warriors’ roster, the Los Angeles Clippers — his …

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Basketball legend Bill Walton dies at 71 after long battle with cancer

Basketball legend Bill Walton dies at 71 after long battle with cancer originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton, who was a two-time national champion at UCLA before winning two titles in the NBA, died Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced. He was 71. The NBA said Walton was surrounded …

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Draymond, Stephen A poke holes in SVG’s lofty Luka-Kyrie praise

Draymond, Stephen A poke holes in SVG’s lofty Luka-Kyrie praise originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Recency bias is rearing it’s head during the 2024 Western Conference finals, and Draymond Green and Stephen A. Smith aren’t having it. TNT color commentator and former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy has made it clear he thinks very highly of the Dallas …

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Chicago Bulls fantasy basketball season recap

by Zak Hanshew, Rotoworld Previous team recaps: DET, WAS, POR, CHA, SAS, TOR, MEM, UTA, BKN, ATL At a glance: Record: 39-43 (9th, West)  Offensive Rating: 114.0 (19th) Defensive Rating: 115.7 (22nd)  Net Rating: -1.7 (20th)  Pace: 96.9 (28th)  2024 NBA Draft Picks: 11 Things haven’t gone quite the way the Bulls wanted in recent seasons. The team made a blockbuster trade for Nikola Vucevic to close out the 2020-21 …

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Draymond says KAT ‘lying’ about taking 1,500 shots per day

Draymond says KAT ‘lying’ about taking 1,500 shots per day originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green, serving as a TNT analyst, has spent a majority of the 2024 Western Conference finals targeting Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert. But after the Timberwolves’ Game 3 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the Warriors forward turned his attention to fellow Minnesota …

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Stay or Go: Should Knicks re-sign OG Anunoby for 2024-25 season?

Just before the new year, the Knicks traded RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, two of their most prized prospects at the time, for OG Anunoby in the biggest shakeup of the Leon Rose era. Not only would they be gambling on Anunoby as the missing piece, giving up two core pieces, but they did so with full knowledge of his …

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Despite series deficit, there’s no quit in T.J. McConnell and the Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS — Neither of Boston’s All-Star wings, 6-foot-6 Jaylen Brown nor 6-foot-8 Jayston Tatum, could stop T.J. McConnell on Saturday night. The Pacers’ pesky reserve point guard dribbled along the baseline of Game 3’s second quarter against the Celtics, sneaking around Brown and then drawing Tatum, before faking the first-team All-NBA selection out of his shoes. McConnell buried that midrange …

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