Game 6 for Houston — Friday night’s 20-point loss that saw them eliminated from the playoffs — felt like a microcosm of the Rockets’ entire season. Star players were on the bench in street clothes. Houston lacked shooting or consistent shot creation from their young core — their offense got stagnant. Without Steven Adams, they lacked the offensive rebounding power …

Earlier this week, it was reported that Duke had signed a landmark broadcasting deal with Amazon, giving the outlet rights to broadcast several of the Blue Devils’ basketball games in the future. The deal between the two parties allows Amazon to broadcast three non-conference games for Duke each season at neutral sites each season. For the 2026-27 campaign, those games …

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is listed as questionable for Game 7 Saturday, May 2, against the Philadelphia 76ers. The team announced the forward’s downgraded status Saturday afternoon after he developed what the team said is “left knee stiffness” which forced him to leave Game 6 with about four minutes left in the third quarter. Tatum, 28, is a game-time …

The Kansas basketball program has made three additions in the transfer portal this offseason, all of which project as impactful pieces for next year’s squad. The third and most recent acquisition on the open market was former Duke, Clemson, and College of Charleston big man Christian Reeves. Although he officially committed to the Jayhawks seven days ago, he didn’t sign …

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Grab some popcorn. Find a seat. Enjoy the bloodbath between the Sixers and the Celtics. The Knicks will just be resting and patiently waiting. On the offensive changes after falling down 2-1 in Game 3: “We changed what we’d done offensively, but again, it was because we were pushed to do it. We feel pretty good about what we fell …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs pulled in two elite talents via the transfer portal in Massamba Diop and Isiah Harwell, but those aren’t the only newcomers joining this team in 2026-27. A trio of talented incoming freshmen makes up one of Mark Few’s highest-rated recruiting classes of all-time, with this group poised to provide a foundation for the Zags in the new …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. What is it about athletes from Philadelphia always going the distance? The Philadelphia 76ers have taken a page out of Rocky Balboa’s playbook, battling back to force a Game 7 showdown with the Boston Celtics. Advertisement After falling behind 3-1 in this first-round …

The Duke basketball program is having about as good an offseason as it possibly could have asked for, as the Blue Devils will enter the 2026-27 campaign as a consensus top-three team in the sport with likely more depth than any squad in the country. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff will look to bounce back from two devastating …

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When your head and your heart often conflict on the outcome of a game involving one of your teams, your head is usually more realistic or pessimistic while your heart is the more optimistic part of your body. For most Sixers fans, it’s the opposite entering Saturday night’s Game 7 in Boston in a first-round series that has gone on …

Last season, the best player in college basketball was Cameron Boozer, who led the Duke Blue Devils in points, rebounds, and assists on his way to National Player of the Year honors. Lost in the noise of his brother’s historic season, however, was Cayden Boozer, who struggled to find his footing throughout his freshman year. Cayden arrived in Durham as …

The Wisconsin Badgers are losing some major production this offseason, as stars Nick Boyd and John Blackwell will be playing elsewhere next season. Boyd, a senior this year, will be looking to make his dreams come true in the NBA, while Blackwell, who is testing the NBA Draft waters, committed to play for Duke. Advertisement Well, both players got a …

The roster building continues for the Duke Blue Devils. Following a visit to Durham, Loyola Maryland transfer guard Jacob Theodosiou has announced his commitment to Duke. He becomes the third member of Jon Scheyer’s transfer portal class. Theodosiou began his college career at Wyoming in 2023-24, but played in just 10 games before transferring to Loyola Maryland. During his two …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Boston Celtics will look to avoid a first-round collapse as they host the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 tonight. Advertisement This series has been filled with standout performances, giving us plenty of player props to target, whether it’s Joel Embiid stuffing the …

Duke added the final player to its roster for the 2026-27 season this week with the commitment from 7-foot center Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje from Spain. He joins John Blackwell (Wisconsin) and Drew Scharnowski (Belmont), along with the incoming recruiting class, as new pieces to Jon Scheyer’s squad that will hopefully help bring Duke its sixth national title. Key returners in …

Sixers-Celtics. Magic-Pistons. Raptors-Cavaliers. The first round of the NBA playoffs rolls on with not one, not two, but three series-deciding Game 7s — all in the Eastern Conference. It’s the most Game 7s in the first round since 2014. So, who will advance? And are the Knicks, who have already earned their spot in Round 2, the team to beat …

That didn’t take long: after Duke and Amazon announced their three-game package for next season, the Big Ten let Duke know that it believes it owns the rights to the Duke-Michigan game in December. As we understand it, that’s because the game is scheduled for Madison Square Garden, and that’s considered shared territory between the conferences. Duke played Michigan in …

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Toronto Maple Leafs star Matthew Knies was in the building Friday night for one of the wildest finishes Scotiabank Arena has seen in years, and he had every reason to lose his mind along with everyone else. Knies attended the Toronto Raptors’ Game 6 first-round playoff matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, joining a sellout crowd desperate for a reason to …

I don’t know when precisely that Bart Torvik hit the publish button on the preseason rankings for men’s college basketball in the 2026-27 season, but I do know that Andrei from Paint Touches tipped me off to it late on May 1st. Pretty reasonable day to do it, honestly. About a month after the portal opened up or so is …

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LeBron James and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers finished off the Houston Rockets in their 2026 NBA Playoffs first-round series on Friday night with a resounding 98-78 win in Game 6 to take the series 4-2. Without Austin Reaves for part of the series and Luka Dončić for all the series, the Lakers entered as big +425 underdogs against the …