Category: NBA PM
The Denver Nuggets reach their first NBA Finals after winning their 94th playoff game — the most prior to a team’s first NBA Finals appearance, in Monday night’s 113-111 series-clinching win against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 Western Conference Finals. It was also the first time the Nuggets finished with a conference-best record […]
The roller coaster 2022-23 season has officially come to an end for the LA Lakers. For the first half of the season, it was unclear whether the Lakers would even make the playoffs. They made some big-time moves at the trade deadline, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Nuggets. Coming out of their Game […]
The 2023 postseason for the LA Lakers ended with LeBron James’ shot being blocked by Aaron Gordon. James gave his all in Game 4 last night with 40/10/9 in a full 48 minutes. It was a do-or-die game for the Lakers and they fell just short in the end. In last night’s postgame press conference, […]
The Denver Nuggets came into Game 4 last night with a 3-0 series lead and a chance to sweep the Lakers. It took until the last possession of the game to determine the winner and the Nuggets came out on top. A 113-11 win gave Denver its first playoff series sweep in franchise history. No […]
Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham believes his team is facing a 3-0 series deficit in the 2023 Western Conference Finals because of poor adjustments. Simply put, Ham thinks the best adjustment is just to play better. “Sometimes the greatest adjustment is just to play better,” Ham told Sam Amick of The Athletic ahead of […]
After the Milwaukee Bucks’ season much sooner than expected, the team fired head coach Mike Budenholzer shortly after. When situations like this happen, it’s usually the head coach that gets the raw end of the deal. Budenholzer likely didn’t deserve to be fired, but someone had to pay the price. Now, Milwaukee has narrowed its […]
Miami Heat forward Kevin Love (lower left leg strain) has been downgraded to questionable for Tuesday night’s Game 4 matchup against the Boston Celtics of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. Love left 4:47 into the first quarter of Game 3 after the 15-year veteran suffered an ankle injury. After a trip to the locker room, […]
At the 2022-23 trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets traded away eight-time all-star Kyrie Irving. Brooklyn’s GM Sean Marks did his best to get Kyrie in the best situation possible, and he landed on the Dallas Mavericks. He played and started in 20 games for the Mavs who missed the postseason this year. League sources say […]
As a team, the Boston Celtics have struggled this postseason. They’ve failed to put away teams late in the game. That’s resulted in the Celtics now being down 3-0 to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jayson Tatum has taken a lot of slack for dissipating at times during the postseason. However, Jaylen […]
The Boston Celtics are 8-11 in their last 19 home playoff games. Through 16 games of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics are 4-5 at home and 4-3 away. In Sunday night’s 128-102 road loss to Miami in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat outscored Boston 61-46 in the first half. Jayson […]
