Anthony Edwards led the Minnesota Timberwolves to their first playoff series win in two decades on Sunday night, as the 22-year-old superstar erupted for 40 points in Game 4 in Phoenix to polish off a sweep of the Suns. He had 31 of those points in the second half, as he helped will his team […]
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For the first time since 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves have won a playoff series. On Sunday night, the Wolves picked up a 122-116 win over the Phoenix Suns to punch their ticket to the Western Conference semifinals with an emphatic sweep, making them the first team to take care of business in the playoffs this […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have had an incredible season, with everything coming together in the second year with this roster as constructed. Anthony Edwards has become a full-fledged superstar, Rudy Gobert has put forth one of his best seasons defensively, Karl-Anthony Towns has slid back in to the lineup after a lengthy absence to provide a […]
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The Indiana Pacers are one game away from the second round of the playoffs after winning their third consecutive game over the Milwaukee Bucks, taking Game 4 thanks to a hot shooting night that led them to a XXX-XXX win. The Bucks came into the game shorthanded, with Damian Lillard (Achilles strain) and Giannis Antetokounmpo […]
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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 […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks came into Game 4 extremely shorthanded, as they would have to try and even their first round series with the Pacers without Giannis Antetokounmpo or Damian Lillard, as their two superstars both dealt with lower leg injuries. That meant the Bucks were desperate for some big contributions from their supporting cast, and […]
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Saturday night’s edition of Inside the NBA featured an all-time Charles Barkley roast, as the Hall of Famer had Shaq keeled over laughing as he torched the New Orleans Pelicans and the city of Galveston, Texas. Chuck called out the Pelicans for quitting in Game 3 against the Thunder, and said they didn’t deserve a […]
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After winning Game 1 thanks to a dominant first half performance, the Clippers have struggled to find a rhythm in Games 2 and 3 against the Mavericks, as Dallas seized control of the series. It has been largely due to a tremendous defensive effort and timely buckets from Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic that the […]
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The Clippers and Mavs are extremely familiar with each other, as this year marked the third time they’ve met in the first round of the playoffs in the last five years. That said, there are a number of new faces on both teams since they met last, but it hasn’t taken them long to ingrain […]
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The Knicks and Sixers met in Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon for Game 4 of their first round series, with the Sixers hoping to even up the series before it goes back to New York. The Sixers were rolling to start the game, as they jumped out to an early double-digit advantage as Tyrese Maxey continued […]
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The Los Angeles Clippers have only won one game in their first round series with the Dallas Mavericks, and it was the opener when they still didn’t have Kawhi Leonard in the lineup. Leonard returned in Game 2, but his knee didn’t respond as hoped from playing in that game. He struggled mightily in Game […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks nearly pulled off an incredible win in Game 3, twice tying the game in the closing seconds (first in the fourth quarter and then again in overtime) on outrageous three-pointers from Khris Middleton. The longtime Bucks wing had 42 points as he did all he could to will them to a win, […]
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We’re well into the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs at this point. It’s gotten to the stage where we can say with some certainty how players are performing and what teams needs to do if they are going to punch their ticket to the conference semifinals, and we can start to look back […]
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are one game away from reaching the second round of the NBA Playoffs thanks to their second consecutive dominant performance against the New Orleans Pelicans. Where the first game was a nail-biter in the West’s 1-8 matchup, Games 2 and 3 have been all Thunder, as they’ve been able to establish […]
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After 11 consecutive losses, the Los Angeles Lakers have finally toppled the Denver Nuggets. After blowing double-digit leads in each of the first three games of their first round series with Denver, the Lakers were able to not only build a big lead in Game 4, but hold onto it for a 119-108 win. The […]
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The Denver Nuggets pushed their escape artist act against the Lakers too far in Game 4, as they once again fell behind by double digits, but this time looked particularly listless for the first two-plus quarters of action and couldn’t pull off another comeback. None of the Nuggets, even Nikola Jokic, were on their game […]
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After a stunning Heat win in Game 2 when they set a franchise record for threes made in a playoff game, the Celtics needed to bounce back in Miami in Game 3 to regain home court advantage. Not only was it important to win, but the Celtics really needed an emphatic win to snuff out […]
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We have played eight days of NBA Playoff basketball, and every series has gone at least three games, which means we have a decent idea of who will be heading on to the second round — although there are a few toss-up series out there. It also means we have our first look at this […]
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The New Orleans Pelicans have not performed well in the last two games of their series against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, losing Games 2 and 3 by a combined 53 points. While it’s not surprising to see the Thunder up 3-0, after Game 1 was such an incredible back-and-forth affair, there was hope that […]
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The Miami Heat were not expected to be competitive in their first round series against the Boston Celtics this year, as the rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals featured the two teams in very different situations. Boston, the East’s top seed, has their full squad healthy and boasted the NBA’s best record. Miami, who […]
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After Game 1, it looked like we might be in for a barn burner between the Thunder and Pelicans, as the two teams played in a spectacular defensive battle that saw OKC escape with a 94-92 win. However, in the ensuing two games it looks more like the opener was a mirage created by playoff […]
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The Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers have played a truly bizarre series thus far, as the home team has dominated the road team in all four games. The series will now shift back to Cleveland knotted at 2-2 thanks to one of the more remarkable second half runs in playoff history by the Magic, as […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks are officially in the danger zone after dropping Game 3 to the Pacers in an overtime thriller that saw Tyrese Haliburton hit a game-winning, and-1 floater to negate a sensational performance from Khris Middleton. Part of the reason the Bucks needed late-game heroics to tie the game twice in the final seconds […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves took care of business on Friday night with a 126-109 win over the Suns in Phoenix. As a result, Minnesota moved one win away from advancing in the postseason for the first time in two decades, as the team now holds a commanding 3-0 series lead over Phoenix. Perhaps more importantly, the […]
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For the second game in a row, the Dallas Mavericks have taken down the Los Angeles Clippers. The two teams squared off on Friday night in Game 3 of their first round series, and in what can be classified as a slugfest, Dallas was able to defend its homecourt en route to a 101-90 win […]
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The Los Angeles Clippers led after the first quarter in Game 3 in Dallas, but in the second quarter their offense stalled out and they could never get it started again. The Mavs pulled away to take a 13-point lead at the half and put it in cruise control the rest of the way, as […]
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Despite blowing a 19-point lead, getting hit with haymaker after haymaker by Khris Middleton, and a less-than-stellar shooting night from behind the three-point line, the Indiana Pacers have a 2-1 lead in their series against the Milwaukee Bucks. In what will go down as one of the best games this postseason, the Pacers picked up […]
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The Philadelphia 76ers picked up a win on Thursday night in Game 3 of their first round series against the New York Knicks. As is usually the case, the Sixers were led by Joel Embiid, who was nothing short of brilliant in what might go down as the best game of his playoff career. Despite […]
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After seeing another double-digit lead evaporate against the Nuggets on Thursday night, the Lakers are just one more loss away from the offseason. That could happen as soon as Saturday night when the two teams meet for Game 4 in L.A., as the Lakers certainly seemed dispirited, at best, after a third straight loss after […]
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Lakers ran out to a fast start against the Nuggets before watching Denver steadily reel them in and beat them. For the 11th straight game, the Lakers fell to the Nuggets, and for the third straight game this series, they saw a double-digit lead evaporate in […]
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The Philadelphia 76ers left New York feeling like they’d been robbed after Game 2, voicing their frustration with the officiating after a wild sequence saw the Knicks erase a 5-point deficit in the final 27 seconds of action. There was a question of how they would respond in Game 3 back home in Philly, and […]
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