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The Milwaukee Bucks lost 130-91 to the Orlando Magic on the second night of a back-to-back for the home team, who played shorthanded without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Porter, Jr. Bobby Portis led the Bucks’ attack with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Paolo Banchero cooked the Bucks with a game-high 33 points for the Magic. […]
Let’s chat about the second half of Blazers / Pacers!! What you Need to Know Portland Trail Blazers (30-34) vs. Indiana Pacers (15-48) – Sun. Mar 8 – 6pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options on the Rip City Television Network. How to watch via streaming: BlazerVision in Oregon and Washington; League Pass […]
While it wasn’t necessarily a direct indicator of potential playoff success, the Lakers’ inability to beat “good” teams was a growing concern and trend. Regardless of whatever metric or arbitrary line in the sand you wanted to draw, the Lakers were not beating the best teams in the league. As the postseason ticked closer and […]
The Mavericks got smoked Sunday night again, losing 122-92 to the Toronto Raptors. The Mavericks were led by Cooper Flaggs ‘ 17-point, eight-rebound, six-assist, one-turnover game, and a dominant 21 and 10 rebound double-double by Daniel Gafford on 10-for-10 shooting. The Raptors pulled the Mavericks apart, with eight of their players finishing with double digits. […]
The January silly season has come and gone and one of the more worrying deals that came to life during the transfer window as the potential for veteran left back and vice captain Andrew Robertson to leave Liverpool for Tottenham Hotspur. Thankfully the move ended up falling through before getting settled and the window’s closing, […]
LOS ANGELES — It’s hard to ever get a fanbase to all agree on something, but one thing about the Lakers everyone seems to acknowledge is their struggle to beat good teams. They are 15-19 against teams with more wins than losses and entering Sunday’s matinee against the Knicks, they had just four victories in […]
In an all-too-familiar line, the Washington Wizards lost to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, 138-118. Then again, the Wizards’ front office is thinking long term if you know what I mean. Trae Young got his second game in for Washington and put up solid numbers: 17 points and 8 assists in just 17 minutes. […]
With 20 games left in the regular season, the Toronto Raptors are in an interesting position. Currently 5th in the Eastern Conference standings, the idea that they will be playing in the postseason is pretty much confirmed. Whether or not they have to endure the NBA Play-In tournament, though, isn’t decided one way or another. […]
Good game for the Celtics. It was a good day for the Celtics all around with the Celtics win and losses by both New York and Detroit. I love how teams envy Celtics front office and coach. I'll never understand how other teams fans call the Celtics ugly. Sad that they are already disillusioned with Harden. I think the Celtics are a very good looking team. I really despise all the ads for sports betting. They push it and then are surprised when a player ...
The Dallas Mavericks (21-43) continued the northeastern portion of their current road swing on Sunday against the Toronto Raptors (36-27). Coming in having lost 16 of their last 18 games, the Mavs dropped yet another with a 122-92 loss. The game started with the Raptors missing a 3-point attempt, only for Brandon Ingram to grab […]
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers couldn’t overcome an awful 10-point second quarter as they fell to the Boston Celtics 109-98. Boston is a bad matchup for Cleveland. They can press the Cavs in a lot of the areas they struggle with most on both ends of the floor. Offensively, they can spread the Cavs’ defense […]
I have been including plans in the news and links posts but figured I would do one separately the night before free agency tampering begins. I am going to jump right into it and explain a little after. Note: None of this will come true. Cap Stuff Starting 2026 Cap Space : ($1,447,959)Starting 2027 Cap […]
According to Michael Scotto, the Utah Jazz have signed center Mo Bamba to a second 10-day contract. Bamba fills a need with the injuries to Walker Kessler and Jusuf Nurkic. We’ll see if this amounts to anything but it’s clear that the Jazz are more interested in giving center minutes to Kyle Filipowski. That said, […]
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs played an awful game against the Clippers for about […]
Eight minutes into the third quarter, Baylor Scheierman chased down Payton Pritchard’s missed 3-pointer and slapped the rebound back to him. The extra effort led to a feed to a wide-open Sam Hauser, who buried a second-chance three to give the Celtics a 26-point lead and forced a Cavaliers timeout. That relentless hustle sums up […]
UPDATE: Blazers head coach Tiago Splitter says Deni Avdija and Kris Murray are both AVAILABLE to play tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers are facing a weak opponent at home… so hopefully they can put their string of questionable performances behind them. Will they? Who know! But you can talk about the action right here with […]
the Washington Wizards play the New Orleans Pelicans at 7 PM tonight. Let’s get a win.
Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs March 8, 2026 Location: Frost Bank Center — San Antonio, Texas TV:NBC / Peacock Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App, SCHN+ Time: 7:00 CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: Amen Thompson, Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr., Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun Spurs: De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagne, Victor Wembenyama
The Lakers picked up their biggest win of the season, leading wire-to-wire against the Knicks on Sunday afternoon to come away with a 110-97 victory. LA turned to its defense to get the win, holding the Knicks to 42.2% shooting from the field and 23.5% shooting from deep. LA also held its own in the […]
The Miami Heat return home to host the top-seeded Detroit Pistons, led by Cade Cunningham, an MVP candidate, on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. EST! Check out our game-thread below! Injury Report (at the time of this publishing): Detroit Pistons: Miami Heat: Projected Starting 5 (subject to change): Detroit Pistons: Miami Heat: Broadcast Info: Come back […] The post GAMETHREAD: Detroit Pistons (45-17) @ Miami Heat (35-29) appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Following a last-place finish in the ACC, Georgia Tech men’s basketball has fired former head coach Damon Stoudamire, per ESPN. The Yellow Jackets went on a 12-game losing streak to end their season, seeing them finish 2-16 in the ACC. Stoudamire, a former NBA guard who spent eight seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, coached […]
For the first one-and-a-half seasons, the Miami Heat’s big man duo of Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware struggled to find rhythm together on either end. Last season, their two most frequent lineups ranked in the 42nd and 39th percentile in NET, including the 41st and 18th percentile offensively, according to Cleaning The Glass. There were […] The post This Heat duo is beginning to take off appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Maybe one day the Sixers can have nice things. Tyrese Maxey suffered a sprain of his right pinky in the team’s loss to the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night. He will miss the next two games and undergo additional testing, per the Sixers. The play occurred with 16.2 seconds left in the game. Maxey and Adem […]
The Dallas Mavericks (21-42) start the second half of this road trip, playing the Toronto Raptors (35-27) on Sunday afternoon at the odd start time of 5:00 pm CST. Toss in the start of Daylight Savings Time and I expect both teams to be out of sorts. Dallas is riding a six-game losing streak, falling […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers fell 109-98 to the Boston Celtics. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. James Harden 19 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds This game might have been different if Harden were more assertive at the start. Cleveland eventually found success in the second half by spamming the classic Harden […]