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It was ugly, just the way Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller wanted it. Maybe a little uglier than most others would have liked. But the No. 3 seed Sun couldn’t buy the first vowel in “offense” and lost the mightily messy Game 3 affair to the No. 2 seed Chicago Sky, 76-72, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Sunday. Chicago leads the best-of-five series, 2-1, and is one victory away from a return to the WNBA Finals that tips off in one week. Connecticut will need to win out, including… Source link

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum, as dejected as we have seen him in his nascent career, lolled out of the press room following his Boston Celtics’ NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors and hugged his father. “It hurts,” Tatum had just told a horde of reporters huddled in a corner of TD Garden, as the smell of cigar smoke emanated from the nearby visitors’ locker room. “I feel like I could have done a lot of things better.” Following a lengthy discussion, the first team All-NBA forward exited… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. The Celtics had a chance to take control of the NBA Finals, playing Game 4 at home with a 2-1 series lead. They couldn’t pull out the victory, though, with Stephen Curry having an all-time performance for the Warriors. He continuously hit three-pointers with a hand in his face, finishing with 43 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. The Warriors have now regained home court advantage, and will try to put the Celtics on the… Source link

Building the best DFS lineups for Cash and GPP contests is all about identifying the best ways to utilize your available budget by comparing projections to prices. Luckily, FantasyPros offers a complete suite of DFS tools, including DFS Cheat Sheets, a DFS Lineup Optimizer and more. Below is today’s Yahoo DFS Optimal Lineup using the FantasyPros DFS Lineup Optimizer tool. This is the current lineup of the day. For updated lineups based on adjusted projections throughout the day, be… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. The Celtics took care of business at home in Game 3 earning a 16-point win over the Warriors. It wasn’t as easy as the final score would seem to indicate as the Warriors actually stormed back and took the lead in the third quarter. If Golden State’s going to even things up on the road, they’re going to need a better performance from Draymond Green after he only produced two points, four rebounds and three assists before fouling… Source link

BOSTON — Miami Heat longtime forward Udonis Haslem took exception to Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green stating the Western Conference champs would end up facing the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Led by Jimmy Butler’s 47 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals, the Heat shocked the basketball community by stealing Game 6 on Friday to extend the series to a Game 7 on Sunday in Miami. Green made the remark on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” postgame show Thursday… Source link

For the fourth time in as many games in the Eastern Conference finals, one team blitzed the other, and one of the strangest best-of-seven series in recent NBA memory is somehow headed back to Miami tied, 2-2. The Miami Heat missed their first 14 shots on Monday night, scored the fewest points (one) through the first nine minutes of a playoff game this century and could not recover in a 102-82 loss to the Boston Celtics. Jayson Tatum led five Celtics in double figures with 31 points, eight… Source link

MIAMI — The 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year has been fuming since Tuesday. Sidelined with a right foot sprain in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, Marcus Smart was going to force his way into the lineup for Game 2 whether he was ready or not. “I couldn’t miss tonight,” Smart told Yahoo Sports after Game 2. “Couldn’t do it. I know Game 1 wasn’t us. I had to get out there.” Celtics players privately described Game 1 as being “punked out of a win,” sources said,… Source link

How about that cackle? How about Luka Doncic just straight laughing in the face of whatever poor Phoenix Sun was assigned to stop him on Sunday? Over and over the Dallas Mavericks‘ star would step back and drain a three-pointer — or occasionally take it to the hoop — and then promptly back-peddle down the court where he’d try to catch his opponent’s eye and break into an almost sinister, knowing laugh. Basketball has a long and colorful legacy of trash talk. It’s part of the game…. Source link

Even Galileo would be shocked at how many bet slips are revolving around the Suns as we begin the NBA playoffs. Nearly 30% of all money wagered on championship futures is on Phoenix, who’s also seeing 55.2% of the Western Conference champs handle on BetMGM. If they rise from the ashes of last year’s Finals defeat to avenge themselves with a title, the sportsbooks are going to get burned by everyone who jumped onboard the Suns bandwagon. The cream of the NBA After Phoenix started this season… Source link