After 1,230 games, the NBA heads to the business end of the season known as the playoffs. However, Commission Adam Silver delivered an ingenious plan for the 2019-20 season to institute an in-season tournament. The tournament has made games…
In the basketball world, when you hear the word 'Showtime' only one thing comes to mind. It refers to the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers team that dominated the decade by winning 5-champions with an electric pace and a brash…
The NBA season is winding down, and the playoffs are on the horizon for the contenders. The major battle undecided is for seeding in the Western Conference and who will escape the play-in tournaments. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Los…
There have been 17 different players that won the MVP award in the past 25 seasons. Of the 17 players, Lebron James has won 4 MVP awards, the most by a player in that time span. It is a…
Lebron James is considered the face of the NBA, but even by his standards, the past week has been one of the wildest in the league. This player has played like Superman by scoring 25 points straight in a…
The second half of the season began last Wednesday, and the pressure has ratcheted up the intensity of games ahead of the playoffs. The Milwaukee Bucks have won all three games since the restart, with victories over the Los…
The NBA All-Star festivities have concluded in the Bay Area, and less than 30 games remain for most teams on the NBA schedule. It is the time of the year when teams are looking to build momentum towards a…
The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Milwaukee Bucs will face off against each other on Tuesday to determine the winner of the second NBA Cup Finals in Las Vegas. Last season, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers…
The National Basketball Association is the second most popular league in North America because the superstars dominate the landscape and are the most recognizable athletes in sports. The league is popular because there is always drama between players, teams,…
The success in free agency determines how a team positions itself to challenge the reigning champions. Also, each free agency period usually has a marquee superstar whose decision to join a particular team has a domino effect on the…
The first free agency period was in 1988 after the league and The Players' Association signed the collective bargaining agreement. Prior to 1988, players were stuck with teams that drafted them, and the only way to move to another…
The green and white confetti has been swept from the parquet floor, the champagne bottles have been popped, and the duck boats rolled around Boston to cap a memorable season for the Celtics. However, the attention quickly turns to…
After 16 years of drought, the Boston Celtics are Champions of the National Basketball Association. Ironically, the Celtics clinched the championship on June 17, 2024, matching the date they won the title in 2008. There is a symmetry in…
Will it be the case of deja vu? On May 6, 2024, the Minnesota Timberwolves capped an incredible road trip by winning consecutive games in Denver to take a 2-0 series lead. However, the Nuggets went into Minnesota to…
It takes 16 wins in the playoffs to lift the Larry Obrien trophy, and now four teams are eight victories away from claiming the prize. In the preseason, it is hard to imagine any analyst or fan predicting…
"We got Mike Conley back. That was it." This was Anthony Edwards' reaction to why the Minnesota Timberwolves demolished the Denver Nuggets 115-70 in a raucous Target Center. Conley was missed in Game 5 after suffering a sore right…
"I'm always talking to our guys about not making it about the officials. But we deserve a fair shot. There's not a consistent balance, and that's disappointing.” Another coach said, “We got beat up in our building. We got…
Some analysts said the series was over, the Minnesota Timberwolves were about to sweep the Denver Nuggets, and they were now the favorites to win the title. However, Michael Malone and his squad used the fire to fuel a…
In Game 1, Jalen Brunson etched his name in the history books alongside a player named Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Brunson’s 43-point effort against the Indiana Pacers was his fourth consecutive 40-point performance. Jalen now trails Jordan and two Hall…
On Thursday night, the New York Knicks punched their way into Conference Semifinals after a pulsating finish against the Philadelphia 76ers. The decisive blow that separated these teams was a three-pointer by Josh Hart with 25.1 seconds left in…