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PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Brunson scored 33 points and sealed the game with big buckets late to the delight of roaring Knicks fans, leading New York to a 109-94 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night for a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game 4 is Sunday in Philadelphia. Advertisement With 2016 and 2018 Villanova national championship banners …

The Knicks took the 76ers’ best shot early and turned a tight game into another comfortable victory in their 108-94 win over the Sixers in Game 3 on Friday night. Here are the takeaways… – The Sixers got off to a fast start, as Karl-Anthony Towns tipped the opening tip toward his own basket, where Kelly Oubre was waiting and …

The New York Knicks took an insurmountable 3-0 series lead in their NBA playoff matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers, winning 108-94. Jalen Brunson scored 33 points and dished out nine assists. Mikal Bridges added 23 points with Josh Hart notching 12 to give the “Nova Knicks” 68 combined points in Philadelphia. The Knicks’ bench also outscored the Sixers’ reserves 28-11, …

The New York Knicks will be without star forward OG Anunoby for Game 3 of their series against the Philadelphia 76ers with a hamstring strain. The news comes after Anunoby scored 24 points in a 108-102 win in Game 2 at Madison Square Garden. Advertisement Anunoby has been a key factor in the series so far for the Knicks, so …

Tonight, the Knicks (2-0) visit the Philadelphia 76ers (0-2) at Xfinity Mobile Arena for Game Three of the Eastern Conference semifinals. It’s a chance for New York to take a commanding 3-0 lead on the road, but it won’t come easy. Although ESPN.com etting sites peg the Sixers as slight favorites at home. That’s mainly because the hosts will get …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Spike Lee had a bag seemingly made out of a basketball slung over his shoulder — even his fashion sense got game — and took his front row seat ahead of yet another Knicks’ playoff game. The Oscar winner leveled up in his playoff seats for Game 3 on Friday night between the Knicks and the 76ers …

The Cleveland Cavaliers have played awfully through the first two games of the series. The guards haven’t lived up to their standards, the defensive communication hasn’t been good, and the team is simply missing wide-open shots. That isn’t going to get the job done on the road against a 60-win Detroit Pistons team. Yet, despite how bad things have looked, …

CLEVELAND (AP) — James Harden isn’t worried that the Cleveland Cavaliers have dropped the first two games of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Pistons. The results suggest Harden and his teammates should be alarmed going into Game 3 on Saturday in Cleveland. Advertisement “It’s 2-0. They do what they did at home, so we get an opportunity …

Ready for a curveball? The latest NBA Mock Draft from Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor not only has Malachi Moreno going in the first round, but even ahead of Jayden Quaintance. Yes, this projection has Moreno going 24th overall to the New York Knicks, while Quaintance goes 29th to the Cleveland Cavaliers, nearly falling out of the first round altogether. Advertisement …

DENVER (AP) — The president and governor of the Denver Nuggets said Friday his faith in coach David Adelman remains strong despite the team’s first-round flop in the playoffs but he indicated a roster overhaul could happen just as much as the team running it back largely intact. “I have full faith in Coach Adelman,” Josh Kroenke said at a …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid returned to the Philadelphia 76ers’ lineup for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday night after he missed the previous game against the New York Knicks with a sprained right ankle and a sore right hip. Embiid struggled through a short night in the Knicks’ 137-98 romp in Game 1, scoring 14 points …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — OG Anunoby was ruled out for Game 3 on Friday night with a strained right hamstring, but the New York Knicks forward appears to have avoided a serious injury and remained day to day in the second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Anunoby was injured late in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, in which he …

Here are the latest news updates and possible return dates for Knicks players… May 8, 5:40 p.m. Knicks coach Mike Brown ruled OG Anunoby (hamstring) out for Friday’s Game 3 against the 76ers. Anunoby was considered “day-to-day” after suffering the injury late in the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ Game 2 win on Wednesday. Advertisement Mitchell Robinson (illness) and Josh …

The NBA announced each representative for the 14 teams in Sunday’s NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago. Those on stage are a mix of former team greats and current NBA stars, along with less exciting front-office executives and, in one case, a family member of team ownership. The representatives attending the lottery are as follows, listed in alphabetical order by team: …

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks hired Mike Schmitz as general manager on Friday, naming the Portland Trail Blazers’ assistant GM to his new role three days after introducing Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate governor. The announcement gives Schmitz the title Nico Harrison held until he was fired in November, nine months after trading Luka Doncic to the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Philadelphia 76ers return home in desperate need of a spark down 0-2, leaning on the energy of the Wells Fargo Center crowd as they try to claw back into the series. Advertisement For Game 3 against the New York Knicks, our NBA …

The Dallas Mavericks have hired Mike Schmitz as their new general manager, the team announced on Friday afternoon. The move coincides with a front office overhaul in Dallas and follows Masai Ujiri being hired as the team’s new president in early May. Advertisement There has been a microscope on who this hire would be, given who they are replacing. Former …

The ongoing right heel pain that caused Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram to exit a pivotal Game 5 early and sit out Games 6 and 7 of a first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers wound up requiring surgery. Ingram had an operation to remove a heel spur, the Raptors announced Friday. The two-time All-Star is expected to be ready …

James Harden and the Cleveland Cavaliers are facing an existential crisis in the second round of the NBA playoffs, trailing the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals, 2-0. Who could have possibly seen this coming? A lot of people, actually. Maybe everyone who has watched the entirety of Harden’s career, and anyone who has witnessed the whole Donovan …

The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery will be the last of its kind. Whatever it looks like next season, after Adam Silver pushes anti-tanking measures, the lottery is going to look very different. And likely more complex than the current one, which uses 14 numbered ping-pong balls in a lottery machine, creating 1001 possible combinations. Advertisement The reason for all the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Hollywood loves an underdog story. Too bad those long shots are reserved to the silver screen and not the purple and gold hardwood of Crypto.com Arena. Advertisement The Los Angeles Lakers are back in La-La Land buried in a 0-2 series hole to …

Subscribe to The Dunker Spot on your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube We have a jam-packed episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones continue dissecting second-round playoff action! They react to the first two games of the Cavs-Pistons and Lakers-Thunder series, sharing their key takeaways and potential pivot points as …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. If the Philadelphia 76ers are going to mount another comeback, it starts with slowing down Jalen Brunson in Game 3 tonight. Advertisement My Knicks vs. 76ers predictions lean toward Philly containing Brunson—or at least holding him under his elevated scoring line—with my NBA …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Veteran point guard Marcus Smart served as a finger in the dam for the Los Angeles Lakers when Austin Reaves was out of the lineup. Advertisement Now that Reaves is back and rolling, Smart should be taking a step back in terms of …

There was a period in the late 2010s through the early 2020s when the front offices of every contender were asking, “Can we get P.J. Tucker?” He brought grit and toughness, at 6’5″ he could defend bigger forwards (and even some centers) in the post, and on corner 3s he was automatic. There was a reason the Milwaukee Bucks traded …