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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (right ankle sprain) has been downgraded to questionable for Tuesday night’s Game 2 second-round matchup against the New York Knicks of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. “We’re just playing great basketball,” Butler said in a postgame interview after suffering his injury in the fourth quarter of Game 1. “We’re together, at […]
LeBron James and Stephen Curry combined for 60,364 career regular season points, the second most by opposing players entering any playoff series in NBA history. They only trail the matchup of James and Carmelo Anthony (60,687 points) in the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. In the Golden State Warriors’ 120-100 series-clinching first-round win […]
Philadelphia 76ers center and projected MVP winner Joel Embiid (right knee) is doubtful for Monday night’s Game 1 matchup against the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Monday morning, the six-time All-Star underwent platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections on his injured right LCL. Embiid suffered this injury in Game 3 of […]
Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat is the fifth player in NBA history to record at least 25 points on 50% shooting through six straight games of a postseason, joining LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Bernard King, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (twice). In Miami’s 108-101 second-round win over the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the […]
Tonight, the Phoenix Suns square off against the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs; preview, odds, picks, predictions, and injuries for the Suns-Nuggets matchup are here. Sportsbooks show the Nuggets as a 3.5-point favorite at home. Phoenix is 19-24 away, whereas Denver is 37-7 at home. BetOnline […]
De’Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings has scored 20 or more points in each of his first six playoff games, tying Oscar Robertson for the longest streak to begin a career in franchise history. In Sacramento’s 118-99 first-round win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the All-Star guard […]
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green believes Stephen Curry is the GOAT, also known as the greatest of all time, over Michael Jordan and LeBron James. In the mind of the four-time All-Star, it all comes down to confidence level. “It’s way different,” Green told ESPN’s Nick Fridell about Curry’s confidence level. “But I think […]
Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors has played in all 27 NBA games since 2015 to draw at least 14 million viewers. The nine-time All-Star has also been featured in 32 out of 33 games with at least 13 million viewers in that span. In 2022, Curry finished third on the league’s list of […]
LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson has signed two NIL deals since the Tigers won the national championship over Iowa earlier this month. The 5-foot-10 freshman guard has reached name, image, and likeness deals with fast-food chain Raising Cane’s and merchandise company Campus Ink. Johnson, 19, is set to earn between $8 and $15 for […]
Trae Young is now the second player in Atlanta Hawks franchise history to score 30 or more points in four straight playoff games, joining 11-time All-Star and Hall of Famer Bob Pettit. Pettit led the Hawks to their NBA championship in 1958. In Atlanta’s 128-120 series-ending loss at home in Game 6 against the Boston […]
