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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Welcome to the Friday night pressure cooker, with three tasty Game 6s on tap, big-name reputations on the line, and a bonanza of NBA player props to dissect. Advertisement The Cavaliers will try to close out Collin Murray-Boyles and the frisky Toronto Raptors, …

Three former Kentucky Wildcats have received invites to the NBA Combine. Malachi Moreno, Otega Oweh, and Jayden Quaintance are among 73 players who have been invited to the combine this year to work out in front of NBA scouts and front-office personnel. Advertisement The player most Kentucky fans will be watching closely is Moreno. Moreno has been penciled in as …

The first round of the NBA playoffs is an adventure. All of the preparation to diagnose what a team is, what its tendencies are, and what schemes could work to turn the opponent into something else. It’s a constant battle with one team trying to figure out how to get one side to stop being great, and the other working …

The Orlando Magic will be without forward Franz Wagner for Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons with a right calf strain. The Magic lead the Eastern Conference first-round best-of-seven series three games to two. Orlando has not advanced past the first round in the playoffs since 2010. Advertisement Wagner was injured during the third quarter of Orlando’s 94-88 win in …

The absence of Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic hasn’t affected the team so far in their first-round Western Conference matchup against the Houston Rockets. The Lakers took the first three games of the series, but have dropped the last two, including a 99-93 loss in Game 5. Advertisement The Rockets are looking to become the first NBA team to …

The Nuggets suffered a stunning first-round exit as favorites, falling 4-2 to a Timberwolves squad missing Donte DiVincenzo and Anthony Edwards for multiple games. Denver was also without Aaron Gordon, but with Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray healthy, most expected them to advance. That didn’t happen, raising questions about what went wrong for a team built to contend. Now, the …

The Atlanta Hawks fell to the New York Knicks in six games, bowing out in historic fashion in a Game 6 that nobody in Atlanta will want to talk about. But taking a step back from the disappointment, the bigger picture is actually encouraging. The Trae Young trade didn’t just reset the roster — it unlocked it. This team got …

The Pistons won Game 5 in Detroit, 116-109, as they continue to climb back in the series. Orlando leads the series 3-2 and has the chance to close out in Game 6 at home Friday night. The stars were out on Wednesday night. Paolo Banchero and Cade Cunningham each scored 45 points, while Tobias Harris (23 points) was the only …

Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly deep down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team. Each week the Fantable — a round table of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news. Fantable Questions of the Week Q1: What’s your opinion on the performance of this year’s team? Diamondhacks: I saw a very motivated …

The NBA released the next round of game days as the Spurs move on to the next round of Western Conference Semifinals. Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News posted this on x.com. The Spurs will host the first game on Monday, May 4th followed by Game 2 on Wednesday, May 6th. Denver, vanquished on Thursday night leaves the Spurs …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Detroit Pistons bought themselves a little more time, but the odds remain stacked against them. While the Orlando Magic enter Game 6 as slight underdogs, my Pistons vs. Magic predictions and NBA picks expect Detroit’s Game 5 magic to fade on Friday, May …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Toronto Raptors are not only running out of time in Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs but also running short on bodies. Advertisement Toronto heads back home for Game 6 versus the Cleveland Cavaliers worse for wear and facing elimination. Forward Brandon …

A frustrating playoff series finally came to end for Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. Despite the Minnesota Timberwolves being extremely short-handed, the team still managed to eliminate the Nuggets from the playoffs with a 110-98 win. Jokić, in particular, appeared irked during the series, getting involved in multiple scuffles with Timberwolves players over the six games. Advertisement …

The Rockets take the court tonight in Houston for Game 6 of their series against LeBron James and the Lakers again minus Kevin Durant…and are favored to force a Game 7 after impressive back-to-back-wins without their Hall of Fame teammate. The Lakers enter Game 6 still ahead 3–2, but the tone of the series has shifted dramatically after those back‑to‑back …

The trade the Brooklyn Nets made to acquire the #22 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, which they used to select Drake Powell, was a smart move. In addition to Powell, the Nets received Terance Mann in the deal, or more accurately, they relieved the Atlanta Hawks of his contract. Mann is owed roughly $32 million over the next …

It wasn’t a good day for the Brotherhood Thursday in the NBA playoffs. Jayson Tatum and Boston lost to Philadelphia, 106-93. That series is now tied 3-3. Minnesota eliminated Tyus Jones and the Denver Nuggets with a 110-98 win in Game 6. And New York eliminated Atlanta, also in Game 6, but this was more like a Mafia-style elimination than …

Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant has missed most of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers and a similar pattern is expected for Game 6. Durant missed Game 1 with a right knee contusion, an injury he sustained during practice a day before the game. He scored 23 points in a Game 2 loss, but …

The Cleveland Cavaliers will have a chance to close out the Toronto Raptors in Game 6. For them to do that, they’ll likely need a superstar performance from at least one of their best players. 1. Donovan Mitchell needs to be a more efficient scorer Stars often decide closeout games. That will likely be the case here. Advertisement The Cavs …

Austin Reaves made his return for the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, April 29, and is expected to be available for Game 6 against the Houston Rockets. Reaves produced 22 points and six assists off the bench for his first appearance of the postseason. He was sidelined for nine games due to a left oblique muscle strain injury. Advertisement After …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves had plenty of lulls during the regular season, seemingly coasting at times while struggling to recapture the form that fueled them to consecutive Western Conference finals appearances over the last two years. The postseason switch sure got flipped against the rival Denver Nuggets, as the players promised all along. The energy and urgency was …

PHILADELPHIA — Jaylen Brown gripped the basketball and tapped it against his forehead in frustration. Hugo Gonzalez, who typically springs off the Celtics bench at the beginning of every timeout, tried to high-five Brown with his usual, 20-year-old jubilance. Advertisement But, as Gonzalez’s hand slapped Brown’s, the Celtics star looked stunned, seemingly still processing a performance that was far below …

Sixers Bell Ringer Season Standings: Tyrese Maxey – 23.5VJ Edgecombe – 16Joel Embiid – 13.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Andre Drummond – 3Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain – 3Dominick Barlow – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Porter Martone – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster spot – 1 Philadelphia …

The Timberwolves completed the upset. They defeated Nikola Jokic’s Nuggets in Game 6 110-98, without Anthony Edwards, Donte DiVincenzo, Ayo Dosumnu, and Kyle Anderson, to win the series 4-2. They will face the Spurs on Monday in the first game of the Western Conference Semifinals. The Timberwolves had an up-and-down season but had ample playoff experience heading into the postseason …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul George would rather not have that stain of a 25-game suspension for flunking a drug test on his permanent record. As unnecessary as that failure was, the layoff for the 35-year-old George — who spent most of his first two seasons with the 76ers sidelined with various injuries — came with a bit of a physical …

Now tell me somethingIs there a point to this?Or are we living for the feelingWhen we look backOn what we did and reminisce? — Maybe You’re the Reason, by The Japanese House These lines from Amber Bain of The Japanese House feel particularly appropriate as we approach what is broadly accepted to be the dying moments of the Utah Jazz …