Basketball

It’s typically hard to stay positive after being handed a loss on a buzzer-beating game-winner — especially when it’s the first game of the playoffs. However, Brooklyn Nets Coach Steve Nash was adamant about staying positive: “You can look at it a number of ways. There’s obviously areas of the…

Game 1 in TD Garden between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets ended in a thrilling fashion, with Jayson Tatum hitting a game-winner to put the Celtics up 1-0 against the Nets. Tatum’s veteran teammate Marcus Smart gave high praise to his squad’s work ethic over the season leading up…

Coming into the Memphis Grizzlies/Minnesota Timberwolves series, the storylines were centered on Ja Morant, an MVP candidate who lifted the Grizzlies to 56 wins, a No. 2 seed, and the early favorite to win the series. Morant brought NBA Twitter to its feet with the game’s most spectacular play. JA…

The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of their opening series on Saturday afternoon. This was largely due to their star in Luka Doncic being sidelined with a calf strain. An injury suffered in the final game of the regular season, it’s still unclear if or…

When the Golden State Warriors opened up their postseason against the Denver Nuggets in Game 1, all eyes were on Stephen Curry’s return to the lineup for a much anticipated Splash Brothers reunion. Thanks to Jordan Poole’s explosion in the first half, the reunion party inside the Chase Center turned…

The opening matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz came down to the wire. With the playoffs officially underway, the first game of the 2022 postseason took place in Dallas.  Entering the game, the Mavs knew they’d be without their best player in Luka Doncic. However, even without their…

The New Orleans Pelicans qualified for the Western Conference playoffs by overcoming a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to outlast the Los Angeles Clippers 105-101 on the road Friday night. The Pelicans took the West’s No. 8 and final seed for the playoffs with the win. After CJ McCollum stole…

The Atlanta Hawks’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers was bittersweet on Friday night. They are set to start their first-round matchup with the Miami Heat without their starting center Clint Capela. The Hawks big man had to be helped off the floor after fouling Evan Mobley and forcing him to the…

The 2021-22 NBA regular season has officially come to an end, as 14 teams begin their offseason while the other 16 advance to the playoffs. The top eight teams from each respective conference will now get a fresh start as dreams of making it to the NBA Finals begin. At…

As the NBA regular season was wrapping up last week, the G League playoffs were already underway. And quietly, away from the spotlight, Sixers rookie Jaden Springer was helping to lead the Delaware Blue Coats to the Finals. Let’s back up. Philly took Springer, a 6-4 combo guard out of…