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It has been 20 years since the Los Angeles Lakers 1986-87 season in which they won 67 games in the regular season and defeated the Boston Celtics in their rubber match of their NBA Finals rivalry to win their fourth championship of the decade. The Lakers have decided the best way to honor that all-time [...]

November 22, 2013. Do you happen to remember what you were doing on that day? It was the last Friday before Thanksgiving that year and it was the last time the Philadelphia 76ers have won a basketball game in the month of October or November. They defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 115-107 in overtime at home, [...]

The sports world was treated to a historic night as the Chicago Cubs came back from being down 3-1 to win their first world series in 108 years. The love-able losers finally ended the longest championship drought for a professional sports franchise and reached the pinnacle of their sport. Many of the participants in the [...]

Don’t worry about John Wall and Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards fans. They’re perfectly fine, according to Mr. Wall. From SI.com’s Andrew Sharp: Then we hit the other controversies from this summer. We talked about his relationship with Bradley Beal. “Not everybody’s going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team,” he [...]

Are you ready for a perfect Gregg Popovich anecdote that is perfect? Mike Sorensen of the Deseret News has you covered: When asked Tuesday if he’s seen improvement from Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn’t know because he doesn’t watch much film, something he learned from former Jazz coach [...]

Following the New York Knicks’ 118-99 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night, Courtney Lee offered some thoughts about the way his team practices. Per Ian Begley of ESPN.com: Courtney Lee says the Knicks should “practice against more game-like situations” rather than practicing against the triangle offense. “We run the triangle, we practice against [...]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off a gutsy 109-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night—half of which came without starting point guard Jeremy Lin. Lin did not return to play the second half after suffering a left hamstring injury: [tweet https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/793977960537563136] Head coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t have any immediate updates on Lin’s hamstring following [...]

The Boston Celtics’ 107-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night didn’t come without collateral damage. Jae Crowder suffered a sprained left ankle and did not return to the game. He won’t be returning, in fact, for at least a week, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe: [tweet https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/794007898343034880] Quite clearly, this isn’t [...]

Myles Turner has some lofty hopes for the Indiana Pacers. Unreachable ones, if you ask me. From Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: “I think we can be a top-four seed in the East,” Turner told Basketball Insiders. “We can challenge Cleveland and I think we can make a big push to be in the Eastern Conference [...]

Last night quickly turned into a very frustrating night for the ever ornery DeMarcus Cousins as his Kings lost a hard fought game 108-96 in overtime in Miami. Cousins entered the 4th quarter with the Kings facing a six point deficit and zero fouls. Let me repeat that, Cousins fouled out of a game in [...]