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Tuesday's NBA noise
The Heat will play the Hawks. The Grizzlies get to play Minnesota. The Suns have to play New Orleans.
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Monday's NBA noise
The Mavericks get to play the Jazz on Monday. The Sixers play the Raptors on Monday. The Nets have to play the Celtics on Monday. BOSTON vs BROOKLYN Celtics lead series 3-0 There is talent in Brooklyn but we’re not sure about pride, and we’re sure as shit
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Breaking: NBA playoffs
NEW ORLEANS vs PHOENIX Series tied, 1-1 Hello my name is Devin Booker and I would like to introduce you to my spot: DEVIN BOOKER's 1st Half 🔥 31 Points 12/18 Shooting 7/10 Threes 1 Fist-Bump With A Baby — Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) 3:16 AM ∙ Apr 20,
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Sunday's NBA playoff previews
HEAT vs HAWKS Game 1 on TNT at 1 PM, bumping an airing of 1997’s Michael Douglas thriller with a twist, ‘The Game’ C: Bam Adebayo — playmaking duties took a hit with Lowry on board so Bam concentrated on rebounding and dominating defensively for the NBA’s fifth-best opposition.
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Saturday's NBA playoff previews
DALLAS vs UTAH Game 1 on ESPN at 1 Eastern DALLAS, FOUR SEED C: Dwight Powell — defends and dunks and defends and Dwight and dunks. F: Dorian Finney-Smith — his defense was worth any percentage from deep, but DFS nailed a sparkly, career-best 39 percent. F: Reggie Bullock — big help down
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Play-in: Hawks vs. Hornets, Pelicans vs. Spurs
EAST CHARLOTTE C: Mason Plumlee — knocks in a robust 39 percent of his free throws. F/C: P.J. Washington — not great, isn’t bad, too big for the small stuff and too small for the bigger things. F: Miles Bridges — 80 games of a 20-point average, spends a ton
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Play-in: Nets vs. Cavs, Wolves vs. Clippers
EAST BROOKLYN C: Andre Drummond — never let go of the starting slot and thriving (12 and 10, 1.4 assists and a block in 22 minutes). F: Kevin Durant — 86 points on 55 shots in three games vs. CLE this season. F: Bruce Brown — plays defense, doesn’t turn it
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Kiss these tankers goodbye
Washington tried, traded for Kristaps Porzingis, kept on trying. Portland tanked in winter and spring with swirling gusto but not before outlining playoff expectations in autumn. Indiana wanted it, so bad, but the rest of the league didn’t want to hand them a 3.4-point handicap. The Knicks pushed,
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The MVP award
Winner: Nikola Jokic — who never let up, ever, ever. You have to knock out the champ, you can’t win by decision. Runner-up: Joel Embiid — nobody had a tougher year, and it was his best. In any other season, Embiid brought both the MVP narrative and the goods (30.2
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Not worried
JOHN SALLEY I’m never, ever, worried about John Salley. OUR BULLS Not worried, heartened that everybody understands how important Lonzo Ball was to all of that. He stayed in front, allowed everyone else to gamble, to gather cookies. Chicago boasted a badass defense for a while and I’m
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Our big, fun basketball bracket
Created a bracket seeded entirely with the fun stuff that happened in the NBA this season plus a few of my favorite NCAA things. Then I made everyone play each other and came up with a Final Four. JOHN BAGLEY BRACKET 1. Ime Udoka turned out to be perfect The
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Why didn't we see this coming
PHOENIX, PHAVORITES Ascension to an NBA throne used to feel like a left-to-right video game you had to finish without use of warp zones. You took lumps from any number of Buck, Sixer, Celtic or Piston teams before the NBA let you lose your first Finals, let alone win one.