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[ad_1] Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz Preview The Memphis Grizzlies (43-28) and Utah Jazz (16-56) are all set to square off from Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Grizzlies are on a three-game skid and, unfortunately, will be without superstar Ja Morant. They will have to lean heavily on Jaren Jackson and Desmond Bane until Morant returns. The Jazz …

[ad_1] It’s Tuesday, March 25, and the San Antonio Spurs (31-39) and Detroit Pistons (40-32) are all set to square off from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Spurs are currently 11-22 on the road with a point differential of -2, while the Pistons have a 7-3 record in their last ten games at home. Detroit won the only meeting …

[ad_1] Bronny James reacts Monday during his career-best 39-point performance for the South Bay Lakers against the Santa Cruz Warriors in El Segundo. (Adam Pantozzi / NBAE via Getty Images) Four days after playing the best NBA game of his young career, Bronny James repeated the feat in the G League. Starting for the Lakers’ South Bay affiliate Monday night, …

[ad_1] The NBA reportedly believes that the market for basketball in Europe and the Middle East could generate up to $3 billon in revenue. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) NBA team owners are expected to vote this week on an initiative to launch a professional basketball league in Europe, Sportico’s Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams report. The proposed league would …

[ad_1] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Portland Trail Blazers Preview The Cleveland Cavaliers (57-14) and Portland Trail Blazers (32-40) are all set to square off from Moda Center in Portland. The Cavaliers are first in the Eastern Conference and have a 4.5-game lead on the Boston Celtics. They have won six of their last 10 games. The Trail Blazers are 12th in …

[ad_1] It’s Tuesday, March 25, and the Golden State Warriors (41-30) and Miami Heat (30-41) are all set to square off from Kaseya Center in Miami. The Warriors are currently 18-16 on the road with a point differential of 2, while the Heat have a 2-8 record in their last ten games at home. Miami won the only meeting of …

[ad_1] Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Sacramento Kings Preview The Oklahoma City Thunder (59-12) and Sacramento Kings (35-36) are all set to square off from Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The Kings are on the second leg of a back-to-back. Last night they lost against the Boston Celtics. Now they play against the number one seed Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder …

[ad_1] Doc Rivers has coached 20 teams to the NBA playoffs, has won more postseason games than he has lost, has won a Coach of the Year award (2000), has a championship ring from the 2008 Boston Celtics, is about to pass Phil Jackson for seventh on the all-time coaching wins list, and was named among the 15 greatest coaches …

[ad_1] It’s Tuesday, March 25, and the Dallas Mavericks (35-37) and New York Knicks (44-26) are all set to square off from Madison Square Garden in New York. The Mavericks are currently 15-21 on the road with a point differential of 0, while the Knicks have a 7-3 record in their last ten games at home. Dallas is 1-0 against …

[ad_1] Look at the betting odds and one would think the NBA MVP race is over. According to BetMGM, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is -2000 to win his first MVP award this season, while defending MVP Nikola Jokic is second at +800. From my vantage point, those odds make no sense. Every media member with a vote I have spoken to, or …

[ad_1] NBA owners are set to vote this week on a plan to launch a pro basketball league in Europe, one that would help expand the sport’s presence across the continent and give the NBA a chance to share more directly in the economics of that growth. League owners are considering a new league with eight to 10 franchises, according …

[ad_1] Drafting in fantasy basketball is as much art as science. Sometimes, what seems like a sure thing turns into a mistake. Here’s a quick rundown of the most disappointing picks from each round based on Yahoo’s preseason data. Round 1: Joel Embiid – C, Philadelphia 76ers Joel Embiid was trending toward a bust after sporting a gigantic knee brace …

[ad_1] It’s Tuesday, March 25, and the Orlando Magic (34-38) and Charlotte Hornets (18-53) are all set to square off from Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The Magic are currently 15-21 on the road with a point differential of -1, while the Hornets have a 3-7 record in their last ten games at home. Orlando has won all three meetings against …

[ad_1] Jayson Tatum left the Boston Celtics’ Monday night victory over the Sacramento Kings early after suffering a left ankle sprain in the third quarter, but the four-time All-NBA forward expressed optimism after the win that the injury wouldn’t prove to be as bad as it first looked. Tatum, who sits sixth in the NBA in scoring, had already racked …

[ad_1] Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is so convinced that Payton Pritchard is the Sixth Man of the Year that, if the John Havlicek trophy isn’t sitting inside the Auerbach Center by early May, then Holiday is calling shenanigans. “If he’s not Sixth Man of the year, then this is rigged,” said Holiday. “My man, he’s breaking records … We …

[ad_1] The Boston Celtics were in a difficult place in the late 1970s. Bill Russell had been retired for about a decade. John Havlicek retired after the 1977-78 season, which also was Tommy Heinsohn’s last year as head coach. Dave Cowens was still a very good player but no longer MVP-caliber. For the first time in many years, the team …

[ad_1] Bronny James has set NBA and G League career highs in points in the past week. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) Days after scoring an NBA career-high 17 points for the Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny James had another career game, this time in the G League, after posting 39 points, seven rebounds, four steals and four assists during a …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 24, and the Dallas Mavericks (34-37) and Brooklyn Nets (23-48) are all set to square off from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Mavericks are currently 14-21 on the road with a point differential of 0, while the Nets have a 5-5 record in their last ten games at home. This is the first meeting of the …

[ad_1] Programming Note: Watch “Warriors Now” with Dalton Johnson and Zena Keita at 1 p.m. PT today, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. The first question I asked Jimmy Butler III inside the Warriors’ locker room at Chase Center was almost as simple as his response. “How do you manage to always stay cool no …

[ad_1] The Boston Celtics extended their win streak to six games with a 113-95 victory over the Sacramento Kings on the road Monday night, but it came at a cost. Superstar forward Jayson Tatum injured his left ankle with 3:35 left in the third quarter. He made a 3-pointer but landed on Kings forward Domantas Sabonis’ foot, which caused him …

[ad_1] Russell Westbrook has scored a lot of points in a lot of different ways over his Hall of Fame career, but the book on defending him remains the same: If he wants to shoot a 3-pointer, let him. As he has throughout his 17-year career, Westbrook proved that book on him wrong on Monday night, hitting a logo 3-pointer …

[ad_1] Hopefully, this will not be as bad as it looked when it happened. Boston’s Jayson Tatum had to leave the game in Sacramento in the third quarter after he pulled up for a 3-pointer over Domantas Sabonis and came down on the foot of the Kings’ center, rolling his ankle. Sabonis’ reckless closeout took away Tatum’s landing space and …

[ad_1] When the Golden State Warriors take on the Miami Heat on Tuesday, it will mark Jimmy Butler’s first game back at Kaseya Center since the blockbuster that sent him from Biscayne Bay to the Bay Area. That seems like a pretty big deal, given both the nature of how Butler’s five-and-a-half-year tenure in Miami ended — with trade requests …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 24, and the Toronto Raptors (24-46) and Washington Wizards (15-55) are all set to square off from Capital One Arena in Washington. The Raptors are currently 8-26 on the road with a point differential of -5, while the Wizards have a 2-8 record in their last ten games at home. Toronto is 2-1 against Washington this …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 24, and the Minnesota Timberwolves (41-31) and Indiana Pacers (41-29) are all set to square off from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Timberwolves are currently 20-15 on the road with a point differential of 5, while the Pacers have a 9-1 record in their last ten games at home. Indiana won the only meeting with Minnesota …