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Despite being without their All-Star Center Joel Embiid, the 76ers have been the hottest team in the NBA since the beginning of March. They set a new franchise record with their 15th straight win on Tuesday night over the Hawks, 121-113. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/983888580476010496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] They are now sitting at 51-30 and can clinch the No. 3 [...]

The Boston Celtics are limping into the 2018 NBA Playoffs as their three best guards will likely be out for their first round match-up. Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward will be out for the entire postseason, but Marcus Smart is recovering from a hand injury (suffered by punching something after a game) and could be [...]

Does J.R. Smith miss being a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starting lineup? Kind of. Maybe. Sort of. Okay, not really. Asked about head coach Tyronn Lue’s decision to move him back to the pine after an extended stay in the opening five, Smith didn’t hesitate to acknowledge he’s comfortable in his current role, per [...]

Kendrick Perkins must be the greatest locker room guy of all time. According to a report from ESPN, the Cavaliers have signed Kendrick Perkins to fill their 13th and final roster spot for the final game of the regular season against New York and for the postseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/983497183990337537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Perkins averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 [...]

Stan Van Gundy’s coach-president role with the Detroit Pistons is safe. Or, actually, maybe he’ll be back next year only as the coach. Or perhaps he won’t be back at all. So much for clarity. Pistons owner Tom Gores didn’t provide any concrete inklings of his own while talking to reporters during halftime of his [...]

Sorry, Donovan Mitchell. Ben Simmons doesn’t think you have a legitimate chance of winning Rookie of the Year. Nor does he seem impressed by you at all. Consider what the Philadelphia 76ers newbie told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. [...]

Currently in the No. 7 seed in the western conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder have not quite had the level of success many expected they would after acquiring Paul George and Carmelo Anthony this summer. While Melo hasn’t exactly fit in seamlessly alongside Russell Westbrook in OKC, Paul George has been pretty effective and has [...]

Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]

The race to the bottom for the 2017-18 NBA season has officially been decided and the Phoenix Suns are now guaranteed the league’s worst record and highest odds at winning the No.1 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft lottery. This became official Sunday as the Grizzlies won their 22nd game of the season, 130-117 over [...]

The Washington Wizards are playing their worst basketball of the 2017-18 season and at the worst time. Losers of eight of their last 10 games, they have fallen from 4th place in the eastern conference to 8th over the past month and look to have plenty of issues on and off the court. One of [...]