The new NBA season is just a couple of months away, and the league announced its full schedule Thursday afternoon, giving Knicks fans a full glimpse into what’s to come. Let’s dive into all 82 games and see what the top matchups, toughest stretches and key games are for New York… Top matchups Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Boston Celtics …
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Our five favorite deep tracks from the Celtics’ 2024-25 schedule originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics’ 2024-25 regular-season schedule is out. You don’t need us to tell you some of the obvious dates to circle, like the opening night ring ceremony against the Knicks, a Christmas Day visit from the 76ers, or two rivalry games with the …
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Will Celtics repeat as champs? Simulating the 2024-25 NBA season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics cruised to their 18th NBA title with a historic regular season and a dominant playoff run. Our partners at Strat-O-Matic predicted it all. Strat-O-Matic’s simulation for the 2023-24 season nailed the Celtics’ 64-28 record and correctly picked Boston to win the …
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Celtics schedule analysis: Month-by-month breakdown of key storylines originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For the first time in 16 years, the Boston Celtics enter the season with a Larry O’Brien Trophy-sized target on their backs. The NBA released its full 2024-25 schedule Thursday, giving fans an advance look at all 82 regular-season games and teams a concrete look at …
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Kings’ 2024-25 schedule released by NBA, with game dates, times originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Alas, the time has come basketball fans. The Kings’ schedule for the 2024-25 NBA season officially was released by the league Thursday, with game dates, times and TV info. Sacramento will open the new campaign at home against Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota …
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10 Warriors games to watch that are pivotal to 2024-25 playoff push originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Despite missing the playoffs last season, the release of the 2024-25 NBA schedule Thursday stands as proof that the Golden State Warriors retained their ongoing status as one of the league’s most watchable teams. For that, they can thank transcendent Stephen …
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The WNBA All-Star Game is headed to Indianapolis. The league announced Thursday that Indianapolis will play host to All-Star weekend next summer, as first reported by ESPN’s Alexa Philippou. It will mark the first time that the city has hosted the All-Star Game, and it comes after Indianapolis hosted the NBA’s All-Star weekend earlier this year. The move to land …
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Report: Warriors believe analytics back roster improvement belief originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Despite missing out on their top two targets this NBA offseason, the Warriors seemingly feel good about their roster heading into the 2024-25 season. In fact, Golden State believes it has improved this summer, The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported in his latest column Thursday, citing …
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Report: Steph not panicking over Warriors’ current roster originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry does not appear too concerned about the Warriors’ roster heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. Golden State missed out on its top two offseason targets in Paul George and Lauri Markkanen, but did acquire a handful of impactful depth players such as De’Anthony …
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Orlando Magic v Cleveland Cavaliers – Game Five Welcome to the doldrums of the NBA offseason — half the league is on vacation, there are few transactions and the ones that happen are more about filling out the end of the roster (Utah signing Patty Mills, for example) or locking down two-way players and camp invites. Still, there are a …
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The WNBA All-Star Game is headed to Indianapolis. The league is expected to announce this week that Indianapolis will play host to All-Star weekend next summer, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou. It will mark the first time that the city has hosted the All-Star Game, and it comes after Indianapolis hosted the NBA’s All-Star weekend earlier this year. The move …
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This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of No Cap Room, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine get to close the book on Team USA, who won gold in men’s basketball while being led by LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph …
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The Knicks signed forward Jacob Toppin to a two-way contract, the team announced on Wednesday. Toppin, 24, appeared in nine games with New York last season, scoring 13 points (5-for-9 from the field, 1-for-4 from three) with seven rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes of action. New York has now used all three available two-way player spots after previously …
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Basketball – USA vs Spain – Men’s Gold Medal game – London Olympic Games 2012 Carmelo Anthony has three Olympic gold medals and, with them, a claim as the greatest men’s American Olympic basketball player ever (although Kevin Durant, with four golds now, may have that crown). When legends of USA Basketball were introduced at the USA Showcase game in …
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The Clippers will play their first game at the new Intuit Dome on Oct. 23. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) The Clippers will open their new arena, Intuit Dome, with their first regular-season NBA game on Oct. 23 against the Phoenix Suns and Team USA Olympic gold medal winners Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. The Clippers will be led …
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Is Steph’s ‘Golden Dagger’ his most memorable moment? Fans weigh in originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry’s latest iconic moment has fans debating whether it’s the most memorable of his future Hall of Fame basketball career. The Warriors superstar dropped the “Golden Dagger” in Team USA’s thrilling gold-medal game win over Team France to cap off the …
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SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest… Any news on Jalen Brunson’s recovery? – @topshotta4L It seems to me like he’ll be ready for training camp. Brunson had surgery in mid-May to repair his broken left hand. During the celebration of his captaincy last week, Brunson didn’t have any visible restrictions on his …
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon surrendered at a federal prison in Connecticut, he asked an unconventional U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota to stand at his side. Royce White, who on Tuesday won the Republican primary in Minnesota to challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, put his arm around Bannon last month and praised him …
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Tatum, Brown should conduct Celtics’ title defense as a revenge tour originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Get rested. Get right. Get revenge. Not the typical rallying cry to inspire a title defense, but this hasn’t been an ordinary offseason for the world champion Boston Celtics. If C’s superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown expected validation in the wake of …
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Denver Nuggets v Miami Heat Coming off a strong Olympics for his native Australia, the Utah Jazz have agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million veteran minimum deal to bring in Patty Mills, a story broken by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Free agent guard Patty Mills has agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN. …
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Young reveals wise text he received from Steph during trade rumors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Trae Young has been compared and contrasted to Steph Curry for years, but behind closed doors, the two have a mutual respect for one another. Young joined a recent “Podcast P with Paul George” episode where he detailed his relationship with Curry, …
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How Moody made global impact at Basketball Without Borders Africa originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area In this special case, Moses Moody is happy – and even proud – to be watching and cheering from the sidelines. Moody knows the power he holds is bigger than what the scoreboard says. He also doesn’t hesitate in letting it be known …
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Royce White faces long odds against Amy Klobuchar. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Former NBA player Royce White will face incumbent senator Amy Klobuchar after winning the Republican nomination on Tuesday, the Associated Press confirmed. With 90% of votes in, White led with 38.7% of the vote, well ahead of top challenger Joe Fraser at 29.3%. Klobuchar won her own …
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Golden State Warriors v Phoenix Suns The NBA Cup is back. In its inaugural run — then known as the In-Season Tournament — the games were a hit with hardcore fans from the start and, eventually, once the knockout rounds came in, more casual fans. The Lakers went on a run and won the title in Las Vegas. The NBA …
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ESPN analysts detail how, where Steph, LeBron could team up in NBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Though they’ve been rivals for a decade now, Steph Curry and LeBron James undoubtedly were fun to watch as teammates for once during Team USA’s run to Olympic gold. As a result, plenty have speculated about the possibility of the two …
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