May 9—Here’s a phrase nobody ever said with any level of conviction: Smaller is better. OK, maybe waistlines, cost of living increases and golf scores. Bigger is almost always better. So, why the uproar over the NCAA plan to increase both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams that will go into effect with the 2027 tournaments? Advertisement …

INDEPENDENCE — The Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 3 against the Detroit Pistons, but in a way that their head coach called “unsustainable” 15 minutes after the final buzzer. The next day after practice, he echoed those same sentiments. “I hate to keep bringing up that possession game stat, -14,” Kenny Atknison said about Game 3. “I think there’s a big …

College basketball fans might not see a career like Franck Kepnang’s very often, or ever again. The center from Cameroon is about to enter his seventh collegiate season with his third school. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the big man has signed with Kentucky. Injuries and the coronavirus pandemic have allowed Kepnang’s time in college basketball to be extended. Advertisement …

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The New York Knicks are headed back to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second consecutive season after completing a dominating sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon. After falling behind 2-1 against the Atlanta Hawks in the Quarterfinals, there were questions to if this current Knicks nucleus could win in the postseason and make a realistic push for …

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The 2026 NBA Draft lottery is in the books. Every NBA team knows when it’s drafting in the 2026 NBA Draft, and so now the evaluation process begins in full. Front office personnel from around the league, top prospects and their agents have all convened in Chicago this week for the annual NBA draft combine. The entire draft class typically …

Caitlin Clark has always been known for her three-point shooting ability. However, she is in the midst of a rather significant slump from beyond the arc. Even going back to her time at the college level with the Iowa Hawkeyes, Clark has been lethal from beyond the three-point line, as she has made more three-pointers than any player in NCAA …

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Context matters when breaking down sports. “A banged-up Joel Embiid lost in the second round of the NBA Playoffs,” sounds like a familiar story, but that’s only if you ignore everything that’s happened over the last two-plus years. Advertisement Sure, there was plenty of disappointment after the Sixers were crushed in Game 4 Sunday by the New York Knicks to …

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PHILADELPHIA — “Let’s go Knicks,” they roared early as the 3-pointers fell like an avalanche. “Deuce,” they bellowed after every one of Miles McBride’s seven 3-pointers. “Knicks in four,” they chanted as the road team piled it on. Advertisement Technically, Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals was a road game for the Knicks. It just didn’t feel anything like …

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Winning is a family affair for Jalen Brunson, and he made sure to celebrate the Knicks’ 144-114 series-clinching victory over the 76ers as such. The Knicks star was captured sweetly celebrating the win with his family after he put up 22 points in 28 minutes in Game 4 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday, while shooting 8-of-17 from the floor …

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Only 34 of the 471 teams that have fallen behind 2-0 in an NBA playoff series have come back and won the series. The Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to become the 35th team to do so as they attempt to climb out of that hole against the Detroit Pistons. Winning Game 4 and evening the series would go a long …

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Victor Wembanyama had never been in this spot before. After a Flagrant 2 foul was announced following a review when Wembanyama delivered an elbow to Naz Reid’s neck midway through the second quarter of Game 4, he needed to ask Spurs teammate Harrison Barnes, “What does that mean?” Advertisement And when Barnes answered Wembanyama’s question — a moment that was …

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In what has a chance to be one of the most important nights in Jazz history, the Utah Jazz jumped in the NBA Lottery to the #2 spot for the upcoming NBA draft. Here are the final results, which show all the movement. Postition Team Lottery Movement 1 Washington Wizards Stayed 2 Utah Jazz Up 2 3 Memphis Grizzlies Up …

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PHILADELPHIA — Karl-Anthony Towns’ transformation has been remarkable. He recorded 10 more assists in the Knicks’ 144-114 Game 4 bludgeoning of the 76ers on Sunday to finish their series sweep. Nine of those assists came in the 16 minutes he played in the first half. Advertisement His final total could have been much higher, but he only needed to play …

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Not sure if you heard, but the Brooklyn Nets fell to the sixth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. If you want to hear the longest F-bomb in the history of Locked on Nets, hosted by Erik Slater, here’s Sunday’s episode, where Slater and I talked and groaned through the latest Brooklyn Nets disappointment… Terance Mann provided a more …

The Timberwolves defeated the Spurs, 114-109 tonight in Minnesota. Anthony Edwards led the way for the Timberwolves with 36 … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgwnaomNhhw Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.