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Joel Embiid seems like he’s done watching the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff campaign unfold from the sidelines. The big man has missed the past 10 games, both regular season and postseason, after having surgery to repair an orbital fracture near his left eye. Though the Sixers won the first nine of those contests without him, their [...]

We saw vintage Dwyane Wade on Monday night in Philadelphia. The future hall of famer and former NBA Finals MVP started Game 2 scorching hot, making his first seven shots and finishing with 21 points in the first half. He would finish with 28 points in the Heat’s 113-103 victory to even the series at [...]

CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard wasted little time breaking down the Portland Trail Blazers’ Game 1 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. And now, as a result, they’re feeling pretty good about Game 2. From NBC Sports Northwest’s Jason Quick: The text messages zipped back and forth. They talked strategy. They talked about [...]

LeBron James tallied a triple-double during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On most nights, that would be enough to pick up a victory—or at least keep his team within striking distance until the final buzzer. But it wasn’t. The Cavaliers artificially hung around before fading away during the tail end [...]

On a seemingly daily basis LeBron James reaches some historical milestone for his legendary NBA career and did so again on Sunday in Game 1 of the Cavaliers series with Pacers by passing Michael Jordan for the 2nd most field goals made in NBA Playoff history. There was some other significance to Sunday’s game in [...]

The Indiana Pacers had their coming out party on the national stage on Sunday. They dominated the Cavaliers in Game 1 of their 1st round series, controlling the game from horn to horn and winning 98-80 behind an elite performance by their star Victor Oladipo. Oladipo had 32 points on 11-for-19 shooting to go with [...]

The 2017-18 season has brought with it some bizarre story lines, the one that continues to persist is the question of what is going on between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs. Leonard only played in nine games during the regular season and despite being cleared by team doctors to return from his quad [...]

Enes Kanter is a very passionate, outspoken and loyal player. He has made it clear that he enjoys being a member of the New York Knicks and he wants to do so long-term, even if that means turning down a guaranteed salary of $18.6 million next season. Kanter is leaning toward opting out of the [...]

Will Barton wants to stay with the Denver Nuggets—which makes sense. They helped salvage his career after he came over from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of the Arron Afflalo trade. He’s since morphed into one of the NBA’s most plucky bench contributors, even garnering some Sixth Man of the Year consideration over each [...]

After playing a season in the Chinese Basketball Association, Ty Lawson has found his way back on an NBA roster for the 2018 playoffs. He averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds for the season including 55 points in his final game in China. Lawson likely won’t get much if any opportunity for the [...]