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It was a thrilling Wednesday night at the capital, as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder faced off with the Washington Wizards for an epic showdown between two of the elite teams in the league right now. All throughout the game, both teams clearly played with a purpose and losing was not an option for them. [...]

On Wednesday night against the Pelicans, Kobe Bryant apparently hurt his right shoulder after driving for a slam dunk during the third quarter. Many thought he would not return to the game, but to our surprise—he did. With five minutes remaining in the final period and the Lakers down by 13 points, Kobe returned and [...]

There’s something truly zany about the 2014-15 NBA season. It’s been weird. It’s still weird. It’s truly, utterly, completely, wholly, wonderfully, purely, perfectly zany. Allow me to offer up Exhibit A: These here power rankings. Collective movement is neither enormous nor insubstantial. There is virtually no change at the top. But then we get into the [...]

From the moment we were introduced to Shawn Marion’s funky shot release, we knew he had to be talented to make it as far as he had with a shot like that. Shawn was drafted in 1999 and has enjoyed a very fruitful career. But this may be the end of the line for Marion, [...]

For the majority of the all-star game, guys aren’t particularly playing as hard as they could. It usually intensifies as we get into the fourth quarter. With the Rising Stars Challenge, intensity also gains as the game nears the end and is probably why the league is considering altering the format of the latter. It [...]

It was almost like a dunk competition between OKC’s dynamic duo—Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in their 94-86 victory over the Miami Heat last night. The win improved their record to 21-20, which also puts them a game over .500 for the first time this season. However, in a scary turn during the game Durant [...]

As is the case when player switches teams, Dion Waiters hasn’t been holding back on his feelings towards his Cleveland days. He had issues with guys on the team last year, and that seems to have only grown since LeBron returned. But now that he’s in OKC, he sounds a lot happier as you can [...]

Don’t look now, but the Bulls have lost six of their last eight games. Every team is allowed to hit a rough patch, but Chicago was thought to be the best team in the East. While there’s still plenty of season left, they will need to right the ship soon. And Derrick Rose, for one, [...]

The Memphis Grizzlies have been quite remarkable this season at 29-12, placing them at the third spot of the wild Western Conference. But despite this, the team is still looking to add improvements to the current roster and have been closely looking at a number of free agents who could contribute to the team. That [...]

We all know how capable James Harden of the Houston Rockets can be on the offensive end and he’s almost unstoppable, especially, when he gets his groove on. And on Monday night, the Pacers were abused by Harden’s offensive prowess. Harden was just a point away from tying his career high (46), as he led [...]