Basketball

Photo: Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images After crushing the Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics were defeated in Game 3. Miami started strong and won the first quarter 39-18 to take a commanding lead. Even though Boston managed to come closer, they were unable to…

Photo: USA TODAY Sports The Miami Heat will continue to roll despite the injury scare of their lead man.  That’s what Erik Spoelstra plainly addressed on Saturday following their 109-103 dub over the Boston Celtics. Jimmy Butler left the game prematurely due to right knee inflammation, and many were expecting…

Photo: USA TODAY Sports Amid the ongoing skepticism, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr remains optimistic that Andrew Wiggins will suit up in Game 3 against the Dallas Mavericks.  Wiggings was initially listed as questionable to play in the team’s injury report on Saturday due to a sore left…

Photo: Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images Stephen Curry scored 32 points and eight rebounds, Kevon Looney had a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. On the other hand, the…

Anadolu Efes secured back-to-back EuroLeague titles with a nail-biting 58-57 win over Real Madrid in Belgrade. The competition’s bottom side in 2018, the Istanbul outfit recovered to reach the final a year later and become tog dogs for two straight seasons. Last season’s EuroLeague Final Four MVP, Vasilije Micic paced…

Photo: Getty Images Chris Paul struggled in the second round series against the Mavericks that ended with the Suns getting eliminated in seven games. The 37-year-old superstar point guard did not look like his usual self during the final five games of the series. He averaged just 9.4 points over…

Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP With the way the Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic has been playing this season, especially in the playoffs, he’s gotten some comparisons to the Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. A sports analyst and the Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green explains why there’s some merit…

Photo: Ashley Landis/Dallas News The Mavericks went 0-2 in the Western Conference Finals against the Warriors after they lost Game 2. Luka Doncic bounced back after a difficult Game 1 and dropped 42 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and also dished out 8 assists. However, it wasn’t enough for Dallas to…

Photo: Rick Bowmer/ASSOCIATED PRESS Stephen Curry scored 32 points and eight rebounds, Kevon Looney had a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. On the other hand, the Slovenian…

Photo: Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Stephen Curry scored 32 points and eight rebounds, Kevon Looney had a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. On the…