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Winners of ten out of eleven games since the All-Star Game, the defending champions, the Denver Nuggets, are revving up as the play-offs approach. What if, more than Boston, the Colorado team is the one to beat this spring? Everyone's always trying to figure out which is the best team in the NBA. But a […]
Victor Wembanyama's increasingly accomplished performances since January have also established him as a leader in the Spurs dressing room, a role that was not necessarily obvious in his early days. How many players would have lost their cool in his place? Victor Wembanyama endured Canadian forward Dillon Brooks' tough defense against Houston on Tuesday night, […]
Luka Doncic, author of his seventh consecutive triple-double on Monday in Chicago (127-92), has been unstoppable since the return of the All-Star Game. Launching into the best statistical season of his career, the Slovenian point guard and MVP candidate is carrying his Dallas Mavericks at arm's length. At the center of the United Center, dejected […]
The Rockets, who are without their Turkish big man Alperen Sengun, won a close game over the Spurs on Tuesday night by a score of 103-101 while brilliantly limiting the impact of Victor Wembanyama, who posted 13 points and 10 rebounds while going 5-for-12 from the floor. No Alperen Sengun? No problem. Already victorious over […]
Unveiled in early February by the Los Angeles Lakers, a statue honoring Kobe Bryant also features a recreation of the score sheet from the night the five-time NBA champion dropped 81 points on the Raptors. However, an eagle-eyed German journalist recently noticed it was marred by four spelling mistakes. Earlier this year, fans gathered in […]
Back after a two-game absence, Victor Wembanyama finished as the top scorer in Monday night's game between the Spurs and Warriors with 27 points and 14 rebounds but was unable to prevent his side's 112-102 defeat at home. “Everything's fine, but I'm not sure I'm at 100% either,” explained Victor Wembanyama as he laced up […]
Buoyed by a historic performance from Anthony Davis (who had 27 points and 25 rebounds), the Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night in a 120-109 win over a team that was without Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns. It was the second straight victory for the Los Angeles Lakers and featured a historic stat […]
After flashing a gesture that implied a ref working the Minnesota-Cleveland game was corrupt prior to a press conference where he decried the influence of sports betting on basketball, Rudy Gobert has received a heavy fine from the NBA. After the Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Rudy Gobert knew he would have to […]
Karl-Anthony Towns likely saw his 2023/24 NBA season come to an end on Thursday. The Minnesota Timberwolves star suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee and is out indefinitely. Barring a miraculous recovery, his return to the court will presumably not occur until next year. Despite the disappointing news, Towns was more concerned with […]
Thursday night's clash pitted the Denver Nuggets (who headed into it sitting in third place in the Western Conference) against the league-leading Boston Celtics, who lost a hard-fought game by a score of 115-109. The showdown took place on a particularly lively evening in the NBA where there were seven games on the schedule, and […]
