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[ad_1] The NBA playoffs are just over a month away and while the Boston Celtics are clear frontrunners in the East, there is a three-way tussle for supremacy over in the West. Here foxsports.com.au breaks down where every NBA team finds itself ahead of the run home, placing them into four tiers — contenders, dark … Read more
[ad_1] The Knicks can always count on the Pistons to do Pistons things. On the brink of a terrible collapse and a powerful redemption moment for Quentin Grimes, the Knicks benefited from utter chaos in the final seconds of a dramatic 113-111 victory Monday night (US time) at MSG. With about 20 seconds left and … Read more
[ad_1] Oklahoma City is well ahead of schedule and so is Chet Holmgren, with the rookie big man making history in the Thunder’s 123-110 comeback win over the Houston Rockets. Holmgren came up clutch with 19 fourth-quarter points to help the Thunder secure their 12th double digit comeback having trailed by 16 at one point … Read more
[ad_1] After all of the chaos and shoving that unfolded Friday night, five players from the Heat and Pelicans — including Jimmy Butler — were suspended, the NBA announced Sunday. Butler and Pelicans forward Naji Marshall each were suspended for one game for “instigating and engaging in an on-court altercation,” while Thomas Bryant and Jose … Read more
[ad_1] The Nets came into Saturday (all times US) wondering how to get Ben Simmons playing well alongside another non-shooter. Now they’re just wondering how to keep him playing at all. The oft-injured Simmons, the only All-Star on Brooklyn’s roster, went down again. This time he got forced out of their 101-86 loss to Minnesota … Read more
[ad_1] Four players have been ejected from Saturday’s New Orleans Pelicans-Miami Heat NBA match after a brawl broke out on the court early in the fourth quarter. With the game in the balance at 84-80 Heat with 11:19 left in the final term, Pelicans star Zion Williamson hit the deck hard after an apparant foul … Read more
[ad_1] LeBron James, Stephen Curry and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid were named among a 41-strong player pool for the USA’s 2024 Olympics basketball roster this week. The star-studded roster will be whittled down to a 12-man squad for this summer’s Olympics in Paris, where the US will be chasing a fifth consecutive … Read more
[ad_1] The Miami Heat have taken a swing in a bid to get back to the NBA Finals, trading Kyle Lowry and a 2027 protected first-round pick for Charlotte Hornets star Terry Rozier. That is according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, who broke the news of the trade in the early hours of Wednesday morning … Read more
[ad_1] We’ve just about hit the midway point of the marathon 82-game NBA season. And so we’ve ran through all the 30 teams and graded them based on their performance in the first half of the campaign. Read on to see foxsports.com.au’s report card for every NBA side so far in the 2023/24 campaign. *All … Read more