Category: NBA AM
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player on Tuesday night, beating out Chicago Bulls guard Coby White and Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun, the other two finalists for the award. Maxey, 23, had a breakout season with the Sixers, averaging career-highs of 25.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.0 steal, and 37.5 minutes per game. The […]
Josh Hart is the first New York Knicks player to score at least 40 points and grab over 25 rebounds across the first two playoff games of a postseason since Willis Reed in 1970. Hart is the first and only player in NBA history to average four or more made 3-pointers and at least 12 […]
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard remains questionable for Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. The Clippers currently lead the best-of-seven series 1-0. Although Leonard participated in practice Monday, coach Ty Lue said there would be no contact during the walk-through practice session ahead of the team’s […]
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (neck spasms) could return from injury no sooner than Game 3 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Rozier, 30, is still at least a week away from being cleared to return, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Game 1 is Sunday at […]
The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics have faced one another six times in the NBA playoffs since 2010, and the teams are now meeting for a seventh time. Each year they match up, the winner goes on to make the NBA Finals. In fact, a top-seeded team hasn’t advanced to the Finals since the […]
The New Orleans Pelicans improved to 6-0 against the Sacramento Kings this season with Friday night’s 105-98 play-in tournament victory, becoming the first NBA team to go 6-0 in a season (without a playoff series) against an opponent since the Denver Nuggets against the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1994-95. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the […]
The Sacramento Kings lost 105-98 against the New Orleans Pelicans in Friday night’s play-in tournament, ending the regular season with 46 wins, the most by an NBA team to miss the playoffs since the Denver Nuggets in 2018. De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 35 points on 12-of-29 (41.4%) shooting from the floor. Domantas Sabonis had […]
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard still has inflammation in his surgically-repaired right knee and his status is questionable for Game 1 against the Dallas Mavericks. Lawrence Frank, Clippers president of basketball operations, said Leonard has yet to go through contact before Thursday’s practice. Leonard had undergone surgeries to repair a torn ACL and meniscus […]
Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso suffered a “significant” left ankle sprain during the third quarter of Wednesday night’s 131-116 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament. Caruso, 30, did not return. He finished with six points on two 3-pointers and added two rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes of action. The seven-year […]
Coby White joined Michael Jordan as the only Chicago Bulls players to record at least 40 points, five rebounds, five assists, and zero turnovers in a single game — during Wednesday night’s 131-116 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Play-In Tournament. White scored a career-high 42 points on 15-of-21 (71.4%) shooting from the […]
