Category: NBA PM
The Philadelphia 76ers ended the 2022-23 regular season with one of the four most efficient offenses in the entire league. That is in large part because of Joel Embiid and James Harden. Embiid is on his way to winning his first league MVP and back-to-back scoring titles. Harden’s (10.7) assists per game led the league […]
After a 113-108 win vs the New Orleans Pelicans last night, the Minnesota Timberwolves locked themselves into the play-in tournament as the eighth seed. They will be playing the LA Lakers for the right to have the seventh seed in the West. Tensions were high during the Timberwolves’ games last night and things got heated […]
Yesterday, all 30 NBA teams played their final regular-season games and the playoffs begin this week. Most teams sat their stars yesterday as standings in the East and West were mostly locked up. That was true for the Memphis Grizzlies who are the #2 seed in the West. They used a six-man rotation vs the […]
Phoenix Suns center Bismack Biyombo and guard Cameron Payne suffered injuries in Friday night’s 121-107 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. During the second quarter, Biyombo sustained a right knee injury after colliding with Anthony Davis on an offensive possession. The 6-foot-8 center dropped to the floor in pain, grabbing his knee cap. After the […]
Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers will become the first NBA center to win back-to-back scoring titles since Bob McAdoo won three straight scoring championships from 1974-76. McAdoo was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame as a player in 2000. Luka Doncic will finish the season with 32.4 points per game, and Embiid cannot […]
The Los Angeles Lakers are the first NBA team to start a season 2-10 and finish it above .500 since the New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls in 2004-05. They’re the sixth team overall to accomplish this feat. In league history, there were three other seasons a team started off with 10 losses and went […]
The Dallas Mavericks have five players out for tonight’s must-win home game against the Chicago Bulls. According to the injury report, Kyrie Irving (foot), Christian Wood (rest), Maxi Kleber (hamstring), Josh Green (rest), and Tim Hardaway Jr. (ankle) are all absent for this non-conference showdown. Dallas is 38-42 and ranks 11th in the Western Conference […]
Dorian Finney-Smith (right wrist contusion) of the Brooklyn Nets was upgraded to probable for Friday night’s home game against the Orlando Magic. The seventh-year forward has missed 17 games this season. For Brooklyn to secure the No. 6 seed and avoid the Play-In Tournament, a victory against the Magic or a Miami Heat loss to […]
The Utah Jazz are signing forward Luka Samanic through the 2023-24 season, according to agents George Roussakis and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports. In late March, the Croatian basketball star inked a 10-day contract with Utah. His new deal includes guaranteed money and trigger dates. Samanic, 23, was selected 19th overall by the San Antonio […]
The Philadelphia 76ers have already clinched the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Tonight, they have the second game of a back-to-back on the road vs the Atlanta Hawks. Philly took a tough 129-101 loss at home last night to the Miami Heat and the Sixers will likely rest a number of their key […]
