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The Clippers’ mounting losses are the Sixers’ gain

The Sixers have gotten off to a fairly promising start to the 2025-26 NBA season. You know who hasn’t, though? The Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers dropped their sixth straight game Wednesday night against Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets. Kawhi Leonard has missed their past five games with a sprained ankle, while Bradley Beal […]

From Liberty Ballers | 3 months ago | 2 reads

The Jaden McDaniels Offensive Leap

After a lackluster first half against the subpar Utah Jazz on Monday night, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves came out firing in the third quarter. They built a lead that would get as high as 22 points during the frame thanks to an offensive flurry by Edwards, helping Wolves fans feel at ease that […]

From Canis Hoopus | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Highlights: Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle packed the box score in loss to the Warriors

The young and the restless: The young Spurs and a restless-always-moving-around-moving-screens Steph Curry is a story as old as the days of our lives. This entertaining game almost exorcised all the demons on a Marlena Evans-level of the Spurs taking that torch from the Warriors. Maybe next time. Regardless, our favorite team did not lack […]

From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 4 reads

Progress in a Flat Loss, Hot Bedard, Kantserov Scores, Buy Cheli’s House, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

The Blackhawks lost a game last night. They were out-shot again. In the words of their captain, Nick Foligno , the Blackhawks didn’t have their legs and didn’t play their best game. Their head coach agreed with that assessment. The Blackhawks came home from a long road trip and had a fairly flat performance. The Blackhawks didn’t have André Burakovsky, Frank Nazar or Jason Dickinson available. Landon Slaggert got into Chicago a couple hours before the game. Sam Lafferty was skating in onl...

From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Game preview: Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Toronto Raptors begin the back-end of their five-game Eastern Conference road trip against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.   Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST on TSN.  The matchup marks the second time in less than two weeks that the Raptors and Cavaliers play each other. In the previous contest, the Raptors defeated a […]

From Raptors HQ | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Kings vs. Maple Leafs Prediction: Odds, Picks, Best Bets – Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Los Angeles Kings are slight favorites (-118) versus the Toronto Maple Leafs (-102) on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, at Scotiabank Arena. Watch the NHL on Fubo! Kings vs. Maple Leafs Favorite, Moneyline, Total Favorite: Kings (-118) Underdog: Maple Leafs (-102) Total: 6 Best Kings vs. Maple Leafs Promo Codes How to Watch Kings vs. Maple Leafs Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Time: 7 p.m. ET How to watch on TV: ESPN+ Location: Toronto, Ontario Venue: Scotiabank Are...

From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 2 reads

Blackhawks College Prospects: Gajan, Mustard, Nestrašil Riding Heaters into Busy Weekend

The Blackhawks are enjoying success at the NHL level right now, but the waves of talent in the pipeline continue to impress early this season. Three specific Blackhawks are off to remarkable starts to their 2025-26 collegiate campaigns. Blackhawks prospect John Mustard will look to extend his personal point streak this weekend. He has a point in every Providence game thus far this year (6 goals, 5 assists in 9 games). Blackhawks prospect Václav Nestrašil comes into this weekend’s act...

From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Thursday Morning Bag Skate 11-13-25

This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS RECAPS: Devils 4, Blackhawks 3 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) Bertuzzi trying to maintain consistent production under Jeff Blashill ( Sun-Times ) Do the Blackhawks have an attendance problem this season ( The Athletic ) Blackhawks European prospect update, 11/11: Kantserov, Frondell flourishing ( SCH ) What’s driving the Blackhawks’ surprising success? It boils down to Connor Bedard, Spe...

From Second City Hockey | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Open Thread: Area 51 go triple-double

The Spurs loss last night was a heart-breaker. They started strong against a road weary Warriors coming into the Frost Bank Center on the second night of a back to back. In the end, Stephen Curry did what he does. A 22-point third quarter gave the Warriors the lead, and eventually they had enough distance […]

From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 4 reads

10 Takeaways from a complete Celtics win over Memphis

First, our apologies for not getting out Ten Takeaways for the final two games of the road trip in Orlando and Philadelphia. We’ve got a “life first, blog second” motto here at CelticsBlog and so many of writers were busy over the holiday. We’ll try and not let that happen again. And now, on to […]

From CelticsBlog | 3 months ago | 4 reads

YouTube Gold: Prime Olajuwon vs. Prime Shaq

In recent years, Small Ball has been all the rage. That’s changing now, with players like Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero moving attention back to bigger players. All those guys play both sides of the three point line and they’re great players for this era. Certainly they are very different from the big […]

From Duke Basketball Report | 3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Week 12 Preview: South Florida Bulls @ Navy Midshipmen

Game notes Setting the scene It’s separation Saturday in Annapolis, MD. There are three weeks remaining in the American Conference title race before two teams are pitted against one another the first week of December. South Florida (7-2, 4-1 American) and Navy (7-2, 5-1 American) are two contenders in a congested field which includes five […]

From Underdog Dynasty | 3 months ago | 5 reads

Canadiens vs. Stars: Game preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch

Game 17: Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas Stars Start time:  7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region:  TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Stars region:  Victory + Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ It had to happen at some point. On Tuesday night, the Montreal Canadiens played, arguably, their first legitimately bad game of the season. Facing a Los Angeles Kings team that prided themselves on shutting down high-flying offences, the Habs struggled to impose their ...

From Eyes On The Prize | 3 months ago | 8 reads

Mavs YouTube Roundup: Fire Nico Chants Actually Worked Edition

Can I be honest with you? Today is the first day the RoundUp has felt like getting back on the horse and aggregating the whole of YouTube because—well—we’ve been depressed just like (many of) you have. I think today is a good day to call 2025 in the Dallas Mavericks universe what it has been […]

From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 2 reads

Recap/Analysis: Hornets cruise to win over Bucks

The Charlotte Hornets faced a Bucks team without Giannis Antetokounmpo and won the game more handily than the final score would suggest. The summary Ryan Kalkbrenner had been questionable coming into the game due to a personal issue. It was revealed that the issue was that he was welcoming a new baby girl to the […] The post Recap/Analysis: Hornets cruise to win over Bucks first appeared on At The Hive .

From At The Hive | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Celtics set several season-highs blowing out Grizzlies

Wednesday’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies ended up in a blowout fairly quickly, Boston going up by 21 just before the end of the first half. From that point, the Celtics lead only grew, the final margin being a 36-point victory. This resulted with them scoring 131 points by the end of […]

From CelticsBlog | 3 months ago | 5 reads

A haircut may have helped turn Payton Pritchard’s season around

BOSTON – Payton Pritchard had a tough couple of days of basketball.  On Sunday against the Magic, the Celtics’ starting point guard tallied just 5 points on 2-8 shooting – his lowest-scoring game of the season.  He followed that up with another 5-point outing in a Tuesday loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, this time putting […]

From CelticsBlog | 3 months ago | 4 reads

Drake Powell, Egor Dëmin show genuine flashes in Rookie Report — No. 3

“Today was better. Yesterday was worse. Nobody knows how it’s going to be tomorrow, and there’s no perfect days.” When a couple of reporters told Egor Dëmin in the Brooklyn Nets locker room that Russians have a bit of a reputation for speaking very colorful English, the 19-year-old rookie scoffed. Dëmin insisted that he, like […]

From NetsDaily | 3 months ago | 10 reads

Cavaliers vs. Raptors Prediction: Expert Picks, Odds, Stats and Best Bets – Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Cleveland Cavaliers (8-4) are 7.5-point favorites as they try to extend a three-game home win streak when they square off against the Toronto Raptors (6-5) on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at Rocket Arena. The contest airs at 7 p.m. ET on FDSOH, TSN, and NBA TV. The matchup has an over/under of 240.5. Cavaliers vs. Raptors Odds Cavaliers odds to win: -300 Raptors odds to win: +245 Spread: Cavaliers (-7.5) Total: 240.5 How to Bet on Cavaliers vs. Raptors Game Time and Info...

From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Knicks vs. Heat Prediction: Expert Picks, Odds, Stats and Best Bets – Friday, November 14, 2025

The New York Knicks (7-4) are favored by 5 points against the Miami Heat (7-5) on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET. The matchup airs on Amazon Prime Video. The over/under is set at 234.5 for the matchup. Knicks vs. Heat Odds Knicks odds to win: -200 Heat odds to win: +168 Spread: Knicks (-5) Total: 234.5 How to Bet on Knicks vs. Heat Game Time and Information When: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET Where: Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York T...

From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 3 reads

Thursday Habs Headlines: Don’t worry about Jakub Dobeš

Montreal Canadiens news and notes No need to worry about Jakub Dobeš. He’s fine, just a bit emotional. [ Journal de Montreal ] Even though no other player from his country has scored more goals this season, if the Olympics were to start now, Cole Caufield would be sitting on the sidelines. [ Journal de Montreal ] Tuesday night’s loss to the L.A. Kings also likely sucked the last breath out of Samuel Montembeault’s Olympic bid. [ Sportsnet ] Being it’s his favourite road r...

From Eyes On The Prize | 3 months ago | 8 reads

Player Grades: Lakers vs. Thunder

This contest against Oklahoma City was considered to be a measuring stick game for Los Angeles. What we learned after watching them get embarrassed, losing 121-92 on the road, is that the Lakers have a long way to go before they can claim to be anywhere near the Thunder’s greatness. No one in a Lakers […]

From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 3 reads