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[ad_1] Welcome to championship week for those still competing in Yahoo! public and default leagues. A season of navigating the waiver wire and making shrewd trades comes down to seven days, with 22 of the league’s 30 teams having four-game schedules. And there are some key injury situations to deal with before the week begins, most notably the sprained ankle …

[ad_1] The 2024-25 season has  been a success for the Knicks. After a 110-93 win on Sunday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, the 47-27 Knicks are in third place in the Eastern Conference with eight games remaining in the regular season. New York is on pace to finish with its most wins in a season in 12 years. However, …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 31, and the Miami Heat (33-41) and Washington Wizards (16-58) are all set to square off from Capital One Arena in Washington. The Heat are currently 14-22 on the road with a point differential of -1, while the Wizards have a 2-8 record in their last ten games at home. Miami has won both meetings versus …

[ad_1] The winding path to Taylor Jenkins’ firing in Memphis can defy logic. Last offseason, Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman forced coach Taylor Jenkins to fire all his existing assistant coaches and remake his staff, and management then pushed to hire Noah LaRoche to institute a new motion offense (fewer ball screens). While the offense worked, the Grizzlies are sixth …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 31, and the Los Angeles Clippers (42-32) and Orlando Magic (36-39) are all set to square off from Kia Center in Orlando. The Clippers are currently 17-21 on the road with a point differential of 4, while the Magic have a 3-7 record in their last ten games at home. The Clippers won the only meeting …

[ad_1] The NBA playoff picture will come into clearer view each day between now and the end of the regular season on April 13. In the meantime, we will provide detailed daily updates on the landscape, including magic numbers, strength of schedule, relevant tiebreakers and the stakes for every day’s slate of games. WESTERN CONFERENCE 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (62-12) …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 31, and the Sacramento Kings (36-38) and Indiana Pacers (43-31) are all set to square off from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Kings are currently 17-19 on the road with a point differential of 0, while the Pacers have an 8-2 record in their last ten games at home. The Pacers won the only meeting versus …

[ad_1] Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers Preview The Houston Rockets (49-26) and Los Angeles Lakers (45-29) are all set to square off from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Houston Rockets played last night. They embarrassed the Phoenix Suns 148-109. Now they travel to LA to take on the Lakers. The Rockets are 7-9 with no rest this season. …

[ad_1] It’s Monday, March 31, and the Utah Jazz (16-59) and Charlotte Hornets (18-56) are all set to square off from Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The Jazz are currently 7-29 on the road with a point differential of -9, while the Hornets have a 3-7 record in their last ten games at home. Charlotte won the only meeting of the …

[ad_1] Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Preview The Chicago Bulls (33-41) and Oklahoma City Thunder (62-12) are all set to square off from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Bulls have won seven of their last 10 games. They have moved into the ninth position on the Eastern Conference. The Thunder have the best record in the NBA and …

[ad_1] Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to setting your lineup or music in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make and a quick look at the schedule and lineup …

[ad_1] A Phoenix Suns team desperately in need of wins could be without Kevin Durant for at least the start of a critical three-game road trip after Durant rolled his ankle on Sunday night against Houston. The injury happened with 6:57 left in the third quarter, when the Suns were already down by 35. Durant drove the lane, stepped on …

[ad_1] The Washington Wizards are about to complete their seventh losing season in a row. Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The business of sports is about winning. But that, of course, doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of losers out there. That’s most evident every year in the NBA around the first day of spring. With about a dozen games left in …

[ad_1] BOX SCORE Can a statement win come against a team that’s the No. 13 seed in the Western Conference? It can when a gauntlet is on deck and dominance is displayed for all four quarters.  The Warriors on Sunday dismantled the San Antonio Spurs, 148-106, at Frost Bank Center, putting together the kind of team-wide performance they’ve been searching …

[ad_1] It appears Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga is in good spirits despite his early exit from Golden State’s 148-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Frost Bank Center. Kuminga was ruled out with right ankle soreness at halftime after a hard fall, aggravating the same ankle he injured earlier in the 2024-25 NBA season that caused him …

[ad_1] Brandin Podziemski, often a popular target for Dub Nation’s displeased keyboard gangsters, replied Sunday with the kind of game he’ll need to bottle for the Warriors to make a deep run in the NBA playoffs. The second-year guard took the right shots, at the right time, and finished with a game-high 27 points. When passing was the obvious option, …

[ad_1] In the Warriors’ 148-106 blowout win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Frost Bank Center, Golden State guard Brandin Podziemski channeled his inner Steph Curry.  The 22-year-old rehearsed it so well that he wrote his name under Curry’s in the franchise’s record books.  Podziemski became the second-youngest Warrior to record at least seven 3-pointers in a game. …

[ad_1] The Sixers’ draft lottery odds have certainly gotten a bit better during their latest losing streak. That skid grew to eight games Sunday night with a 127-109 defeat to the Raptors at Wells Fargo Center.  As things stand, the Sixers would have the fifth-best odds in the May 12 lottery. The team will retain its first-round pick in this …

[ad_1] Kevon Looney hadn’t hit a 3-pointer in over four years, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr saw an opportunity to end that drought during Golden State’s blowout 148-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Frost Bank Center. KEVON LOONEY 3 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/6J58C5USUg — Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 31, 2025 Following the game, Looney revealed Kerr specifically …

[ad_1] Five players and two coaches were ejected after a fight broke out in the second quarter in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ game against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Detroit lost head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, center Isaiah Stewart, forward Ron Holland II and guard Marcus Sasser. Minnesota forward Naz Reid and guard Dante DiVincenzo also were tossed, along with assistant coach Pablo Prigioni. …

[ad_1] The Knicks have the NBA's sixth-best defensive rating over the past month. In the four-plus months prior to that, New York ranked 16th in defensive efficiency (points allowed per 100 possessions). That's a large discrepancy. When you ask players about the defensive jump, there's one factor they cite most often: Mitchell Robinson. Robinson's season debut was Feb. 28, following …

[ad_1] It wasn’t the Malice in the Palace. But a dust-up between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday quickly escalated and spilled into the stands at Target Center in Minneapolis, resulting in the ejection of seven players and coaches. Advertisement The incident took place with 8:36 left in the second quarter after Detroit’s Ron Holland fouled Minnesota’s Naz …

[ad_1] Kevin Durant left the Phoenix Suns’ blowout loss to the Houston Rockets early on Sunday night after rolling his ankle hard in the second half. The injury came just a quarter after the Suns star got into it briefly with Rockets forward Dillon Brooks — who was then ejected from the game after the scuffle. Advertisement Durant was driving …

[ad_1] There were ejections in Minneapolis, sure, and perhaps some suspensions to come. But what the Detroit Pistons have discovered, or rather what they’ve displayed for the better part of this season, is an identity. One can add the Melee in Minneapolis to some of the other famous brouhahas in the franchise’s history, and of course the jokes will fly …

[ad_1] There were ejections in Minneapolis, sure, and perhaps some suspensions to come. But what the Detroit Pistons have discovered, or rather what they’ve displayed for the better part of this season, is an identity. One can add the Melee in Minneapolis to some of the other famous brouhahas in the franchise’s history, and of course the jokes will fly …