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NBA players boycott three playoff games to protest Jacob Blake shooting
NBA players staged a boycott of Wednesday’s three playoff games at Walt Disney World. It was a highly visible protest of a black man being shot by a white police officer seven times in the back on Sunday in Wisconsin. Jacob Blake’s three children were in his vehicle as he was shot multiple times in…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo named DPOY
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. The league made the announcement on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo joins former Bucks player Sidney Moncrief (in 1983 and ’84) as the only players in franchise history to win the accolade. The award is based on games through March 11, when the NBA suspended…
Read MoreLuka Doncic nails clutch 3 to sink Clippers in OT
Luka Doncic had one of the best games of his NBA career on Sunday, stepping up in the clutch to lead the Dallas Mavericks past the Los Angeles Clippers. Doncic drained a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift the Mavericks to a 135-133 OT triumph in a first-round playoff series at the NBA bubble at Walt Disney…
Read More70th NBA All-Star Game ‘unlikely’ to happen as planned
The 70th NBA All-Star Game probably won’t be played on Feb. 14, 2021, when it is scheduled to be held in Indianapolis. According to published reports, an NBA spokesman said the All-Star weekend schedule is not set in stone. The TBD regular-season schedule for the 2020-21 campaign forced the league to cancel or reschedule the…
Read MoreLA Clippers outlast Dallas Mavericks 118-110 in Game 1
The NBA playoffs began on Monday afternoon. While there were four games on the slate, the league saved the best matchup for last. The LA Clippers took on the Dallas Mavericks in the opening round of the western conference playoffs. The contest was one-sided early on, as the LA Clippers jumped out to an early…
Read MoreEuropean Basketball Players in the race for MVP of the NBA
It took a long time for the conveyor belt to get running between Europe’s domestic basketball leagues and the big daddy of them all across the Atlantic. Now, NBA franchises are finally beginning to see the light by giving European basketball players a much more prominent role. This is not without controversies, because many observers…
Read MoreNBA playoffs set to start
The first-round matchups for the NBA playoffs are set. Eight of 16 teams in the postseason tournament are set to begin their quest for the title on Monday, Aug. 17. The No. 1 seeds for the NBA playoffs are the Milwaukee Bucks (56-17) in the Eastern Conference and the Los Angeles Lakers (52-19) in the…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo ejected after headbutting incident
Giannis Antetokounmpo lost his temper in a game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday at the NBA bubble in Florida. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar was ejected in the second quarter for headbutting the Wizards’ Moritz Wagner. The Bucks went on to win 126-113. Antetokounmpo, who had 12 points and nine rebounds, wasn’t available for post-game…
Read MorePhoenix Suns continue their hot streak in NBA restart
The Phoenix Suns began the 2019-20 NBA season on a high note. In fact, they posted five wins in the first seven games. That trend changed before the season was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. When the NBA opted to restart the season in late July, the consensus was the Suns weren’t going to…
Read MoreDamian Lillard scores 51 as Portland Trail Blazers edge Philadelphia 76ers
Damian Lillard takes pride in being a potent scorer. The Portland Trail Blazers star proved that again on Sunday in a 124-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World. Lillard sank 4 of 5 3-pointers in the pivotal fourth quarter and finished with 51 points in Portland’s bounce-back win.…
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