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On Wednesday night against the Bulls, Orlando Magic rookie guard—Elfrid Payton—gave his teammates and fans a reason to get up on their feet by delivering arguably the best highlight play of his young career. Almost mid-way through the second period, Payton followed up a missed shot from Victor Oladipo by soaring towards the rim for [...]

Despite the return of Derrick Rose, the Bulls were unable to come out with the victory, mainly because of Magic shooting guard Victor Oladipo. With just 6.5 seconds remaining in the game against the visiting Bulls, Oladipo showed his ability to deliver in the clutch, getting past his defender, down the lane, for this game-winning [...]

Kevin Durant has grown increasingly bitter over the past couple of years and his choir boy image doesn’t seem as strong as it once was. During all-star weekend in New York, Durant told an assembled group of reporters that he doesn’t feel the media should have a say in votes such as the MVP. His [...]

The Bulls haven’t been playing to their full potential without their former league MVP—Derrick Rose, who’s missed the team’s last 20 games after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus. But on the Bulls’ road game on Wednesday against the Magic, the wait is over as their star point guard is set to return, according [...]

Last night at 1 OAK nightclub in Manhattan, Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was stabbed in the stomach and two players from the Atlanta Hawks, Thabo Sefaloshoa and Pero Antic were arrested and charged with trying to prevent police from setting up a crime scene. Sounds like an eventful night. A woman who was with [...]

Oh, look, it’s the Spurs. The time-biding, age-shirking, logic-looting, championship-chasing, demonstratively dynastic Spurs. Remember when we were worried about them? Yeah, me neither. Yours truly was never worried about them. Yes, I’m patting my self on the back. A few bold blockheads thought they were done. Believed they were finally too old. Could see injuries [...]

After a breakout season with the Suns in 2014, Gerald Green seems to have taken a step back. With only a few games left on the season, Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek has glued Green to the bench. After playing 28.4 minutes in his 2014 campaign, Green is now only playing 18 minutes per game.  “He [...]

Jamal Crawford sustained a calf injury on March 2, leaving the Los Angeles Clippers without their most important reserve for the 17 games. According to Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, however, Crawford’s extended absence is likely to end tonight when the Clippers take on the Los Angeles Lakers. [tweet https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/585502637392539649] Crawford’s return comes [...]

The Brooklyn Nets current core has long since peaked and we can’t expect the cast of to be around for much longer. That’s assuming team brass can find someone to take some of those contracts. But one guy may not have to worry about moving is Brook Lopez. The big fella has be on a [...]

Yes, there were questionable calls down the stretch in last night’s National Championship game between Wisconsin and Duke, but none of them contributed to Duke winning. Wisconsin had an 8 point lead mid-way through the second half and then forgot how to score. Credit Duke’s defense more so than anything an official could have done. [...]