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The Cavaliers were surprised by the Raptors in game 3 in Toronto, as they were convincingly defeated. From the onset, Toronto just seemed hungrier than Cleveland. Perhaps the defeat really got to some Cavs players because in garbage time, seldom-used Dahntay Jones was inserted into the game and punched Bismack Biyombo in a certain area. [...]

The Raptors played quite possibly their best game of the postseason, at least their best game in weeks Saturday night in Toronto to effectively save their season and give them the opportunity to make this a series in Game 4 Monday night. They may have just gotten an extra boost in that pursuit today, a [...]

Most—okay, all—New York Knicks fans are excited about team president Phil Jackson’s decision to hire Jeff Hornacek as the next head coach. Know who else is excited, though? Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks’ All-Star told WNBC-TV’s Bruce Beck that he’s excited to play under Hornacek because of the faster-paced offense he champions from the sidelines, per [...]

Breaking: The Houston Rockets’ coaching search remains all over place. Following the removal of Kenny Smith and Jeff Van Gundy from consideration, Mike D’Antoni is still being painted as the lead choice to replace Kevin McHale, who was temporarily succeeded by J.B. Bickerstaff. But another name is starting to gain steam–names, actually. The Rockets, according [...]

It has somewhat been made known that the TNT crew would welcome Kobe Bryant to the team with open arms following his retirement. In what capacity remains unknown, but to have him on the team would draw even more eyes to TNT’s coverage. Apparently, a formal offer has been made to Kobe but he has [...]

Now that all of the yearly awards have been announced it is time for the NBA to release the voting results for the All-NBA teams for the 2015-16 season including the three All-NBA team, All-Rookie team and All-Defensive team. The first of which was released Thursday as the NBA named the top five newcomers in [...]

During the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 thrashing of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena on Wednesday night, two-time MVP Stephen Curry dove into the stands after a loose ball and reemerged with a right elbow knot that was, frankly, utterly disgusting. Here’s a look at the aftermath of said dive: [tweet https://twitter.com/TasMelas/status/733134889365700608] Yeah, [...]

According to numerous reports from the major outlets and the Houston Chronicle, Mike D’Antoni appears to be the leading candidate to land the Houston Rockets head coaching position. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/732738051110113280] Other candidates who have interviewed recently include Frank Vogel and Jeff Van Gundy. Gundy is no longer being considered according to Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/733001172785762304] [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder’s big man Steven Adams is a beast. Something we are all starting to recognize in its full glory in the 2016 NBA Playoffs. You may be surprised to hear he’s only 22 years old and has only been in the NBA since the 2013 NBA Draft. You’ll be even more surprised to [...]

Well, that didn’t take long. Kelly Olynyk was weighing the option of whether to have shoulder surgery as soon as possible or rest up, play for the Canadian national team and then get surgery sometime after. Either way, he was going to have surgery. Update: The Boston Celtics officially announced that he had surgery: The [...]