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Houston Rockets v Denver Nuggets It’s too early to have a serious NBA MVP conversation — not that it ever stopped anyone — but if one did, the people who just won Player of the Month for November would be an excellent place to start. That would be Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Jayson Tatum of the Boston …

Kings hope lessons learned vs. Pels help in NBA In-Season Tournament originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming note: The Kings’ NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinal against the Pelicans will be shown on NBC Sports California at 7 p.m., preceded by “Kings Pregame Live” at 6:30 p.m., and capped by “Kings Postgame Live” immediately after the game. After sweeping their …

NBA: New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorney Gloria Allred has confirmed that she is representing the family of the girl Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey has been accused of having an improper relationship with. Allred has been a famous advocate for women in cases against powerful men and celebrities for decades. She did …

Harden expands on Sixers exit, says split with Morey ‘surprised the hell out of me’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia James Harden still had some things to say about his departure from the Sixers. In an interview with The Athletic’s Sam Amick, Harden discussed his transition to the Clippers and spoke at length about his Sixers exit. Harden said …

The NBA In-Season Tournament bracket is here. The 30-team group stage portion of NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament has been whittled down to an eight-team field, and the knockout round starts Monday night. The quarterfinal games, two Monday and two Tuesday, will be held on the home floor of the four highest seeds — the Bucks and the Pacers in the …

James Harden is now well into his tenure with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the ending of his time with the Philadelphia 76ers, and more specifically the dramatic strain to his relationship with Daryl Morey, still leaves many to wonder what exactly led to Harden calling the Sixers president a liar multiple times last summer in front of a crowd …

Knicks forward Julius Randle has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Randle averaged 24.7 points on 54.9 percent shooting with 13.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists in 36 minutes per game, in three games for the week covering Nov. 27 – Dec. 3 The Knicks took home three wins in that span, beating Charlotte, Detroit and Toronto with Randle posting …

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie Michael Smith from Brother from Another joins Vincent Goodwill on his birthday to talk about getting old, not realizing you’ve passed your peak until you’ve passed it, up and coming young teams in the NBA and whatever happened between LeBron James and Ime Udoka. This embedded content is not available in your region. On this …

The NBA In-Season Tournament bracket is here. The 30-team group stage portion of NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament has been whittled down to an eight-team field, and the knockout round starts Monday night. The quarterfinal games, two Monday and two Tuesday, will be held on the home floor of the four highest seeds — the Bucks and the Pacers in the …

The NBA In-Season Tournament takes center stage Monday with two quarterfinal matchups. As exciting as that is, it means we don’t have many options to choose from in DFS. With that in mind, here are some players to target on Yahoo, as well as a few to potentially avoid. GUARDS De’Aaron Fox, SAC vs. NO ($41): Fox was excellent against …

2023-24 In-Season Tournament Trophy Shoot The knockout rounds of the NBA In-Season Tournament are here, and the winners of the tournament that reaches its apex on Saturday will get $500,000 a piece and the satisfaction of knowing they are the first winners of an In-Season Tournament that looks like it will stick around for a while. They also get medals …

The first two 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinals will take place on Monday in the inaugural NBA tournament. The Indiana Pacers will host the Boston Celtics, and the Sacramento Kings will host the New Orleans Pelicans in the only two games on Monday’s NBA schedule. The NBA DFS player pool will include options like De’Aaron Fox, Jayson Tatum and Zion …

James Harden and the Clippers are still trying to figure things out. There are moments that make it look like this will never work — the loss to a Denver Nuggets team without Nikola Jokic or Jamal Murray — and there are wins that make becoming elite look possible, like last weekend’s comeback win over the Warriors. Fitting the four …

The inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament is moving right along, and with group stage over we look ahead to the knockout rounds with eight teams still alive for a chance to win the NBA Cup. The knockout stage starts Monday night, and here’s the bracket. Just to quickly recap how we got to this point, six of the eight teams that …

After months of speculation, James Harden finally went on the record about what ended his decade-long relationship with Daryl Morey, current president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers and former GM of the Houston Rockets. And it’s exactly what reports have indicated all along: According to Harden, Morey promised him a max extension, and then when Morey didn’t contact …

The NBA has to be thrilled with the success of the inaugural In-Season Tournament, with the quarterfinals set for Monday evening. Despite some mixed reviews about some of the colorful custom courts, the games have been competitive and there certainly seemed to be some extra oomph from teams on Tuesday and Friday nights to start the 2023-24 season. There is …

The New Orleans Pelicans (11-10) and the Sacramento Kings (11-7) collide Monday evening in a 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinal matchup. New Orleans had its two-game win streak halted in its last outing as on Saturday, the Chicago Bulls edged out the Pelicans 124-118. Meanwhile, the Kings have won three of their last four games and defeated the Denver Nuggets …

Why Al Horford could play key role in Celtics’ quest for NBA Cup originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Al Horford knows a thing or two about thriving in single-elimination tournaments. And maybe it’s appropriate that Boston’s quest for the inaugural NBA Cup includes a stop in Indianapolis. Nearly 18 years ago in Indy, Horford helped the Florida Gators to …

The quarterfinals are probably the trickiest part of the In-Season Tournament to bet, especially without years of precedent to rely on. The games are definitely being treated more seriously than typical regular-season fare. There are no other contests on Monday or Tuesday, and Sunday was a league-wide off-day. Players have now gone through four tournament games and plausibly close enough …

This rookie class continues to be extremely productive in the first couple months of the season and is living up to the star-power expectations early on. In what was thought to be a runaway season for Victor Wembanyama to land the top rookie honor, Chet Holmgren has made a compelling case. Both players are competing at a high level against …

After a somewhat surprisingly thrilling group stage that left even some of the most alternate-court-hating traditionalists in our midst looking like the Alonzo Mourning GIF, the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament now moves on to the knockout rounds. Eight teams, four from each conference, will compete in quarterfinal contests on Monday and Tuesday for the right to move on to the …

The 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament takes the next step on Monday evening. Two quarterfinal matchups are on the schedule, with the first taking place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Boston Celtics visit the Indiana Pacers, with the winner advancing to the semifinal in Las Vegas to face either the New York Knicks or Milwaukee Bucks. Boston is 15-4 overall …

The clock had passed midnight in Manhattan, last Tuesday turned into Wednesday, and the final slate of Eastern Conference in-season tournament games had finished. So Evan Wasch couldn’t help himself. The NBA’s executive vice president of basketball strategy and analytics oversees the league’s complicated scheduling, and as one of the leading developers of this first NBA Cup in-season tournament, Wasch …

We’ve reached the knockout round, the quarterfinals of the In Season Tournament, it’s time to look at what to expect over the next 48 hours. How has the In Season Tournament gone so far? It’s been fun — the games have genuinely been more intense than most regular season games this time of year. While not every game has lived …

Dereck Lively II has been a slam dunk play for fantasy managers of late. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a …