The Los Angeles Lakers closed the regular season with a win over the Utah Jazz, but their playoff fate had already been sealed before tip-off. The Denver Nuggets’ victory locked them into the fourth seed, setting up a first-round matchup with the Houston Rockets in what projects to be anything but an easy series. On…
Doc Rivers’ overall record with the Milwaukee Bucks ends at 97 wins and 103 losses, including two first-round playoff exits and a final season that ended without even a postseason or play-in berth. But the numbers only tell part of the story. According to internal sources, tension reportedly built throughout the year between Rivers and…
As the madness of March ends, the NBA postseason begins. Let’s check out the odds for the NBA play-in tournament, as well as the first round of the playoffs, at DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 13. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager,…
The Philadelphia 76ers received encouraging news as Joel Embiid was discharged from the hospital less than 24 hours after undergoing emergency surgery. The franchise announced that the All-Star center is already traveling back to Philadelphia, where he will continue his recovery under the supervision of the team’s medical staff. Joel Embiid was discharged today following…
It took just one night for the San Antonio Spurs to confirm what has already become obvious: Victor Wembanyama continues to rewrite expectations and standards. In a 139-120 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the French big man posted 40 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 blocks while also reaching a key milestone: 65 games…
The Los Angeles Lakers head into the NBA Playoffs with one certainty and one major question mark. The certainty is a postseason berth for the fourth straight year. The much bigger question is how this team will be viewed – and targeted – by the rest of the Western Conference. And on that point, JJ…
The end of the Denver Nuggets’ regular season is colliding with one of the NBA’s most debated recent policies: the 65-game rule for individual awards. At the center of it all is Nikola Jokic, facing a complicated decision ahead of Denver’s matchup with the San Antonio Spurs. Jokic vs. Spurs: crucial game for MVP and…
A massive blow for the Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid has undergone emergency surgery for appendicitis, leaving the team at the most critical point of the regular season. The Cameroonian big man was in Houston when, just hours before the game against the Rockets, he was forced to shut things down due to a sudden worsening…
It’s that time of the year in college basketball! Some players are declaring for the NBA Draft, others are entering the transfer portal — and some are doing both. Here’s who has declared for the 2026 NBA Draft, as of April 10: Baylor G Tounde Yessoufou (source) Stanford G Ebuka Okorie (source) Houston F Chris…
Eleven months after tearing his Achilles tendon against the New York Knicks, Jayson Tatum returned to the court at Madison Square Garden. Not just any arena, but the place he once described as “the lowest point of my life”. This time, he walked off the floor on his own legs. And that’s the detail that…
