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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Knicks earn No. 2 seed in NBA Eastern playoffs with win over Bulls and Bucks loss to Magic  Yahoo Sports Source link

Orlando’s Paolo Banchero has scored over 40 Yahoo points in four of his last seven games.  We’re primed for an eight-game Wednesday night slate that does have a fair share of low projected totals, with only one game sporting a figure above 230 points. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any defensively vulnerable teams in action, and there are still plenty of favorable positional matchups and competitive game environments to work with.  As customary, we’ll highlight multiple… Source link

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie Now that we’ve entered March, the NBA regular is entering its home stretch as the playoffs fast approach. Vincent Goodwill welcomes TNT’s Jared Greenberg onto the podcast today to discuss three end-of-season awards races and where the playoff picture stands as of March 4th. Kicking off the show, the guys discuss how the Rookie of the Year race is shaping up between top contenders Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City… Source link

If Bronny James does in fact enter the NBA Draft later this year, his decision won’t be based on his specific draft position. Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday night that Bronny, who is the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, is going to weigh his entry into the draft based on specific team interest rather than his draft position. “I don’t value a young player getting into the lottery as much as I do getting him on the right team in… Source link

Zach Edey can become the first person to win back-to-back national player of the year awards since Ralph Sampson did so in 1982. (AP/Michael Conroy) Zach Edey won’t be returning to Purdue next season after all. The reigning national player of the year will declare for the NBA Draft after the Boilermakers’ season ends later this spring, head coach Matt Painter told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein on Monday. Edey had one final season available to him at Purdue if he wanted it due to the COVID-19… Source link

INDIANAPOLIS — Thank goodness for Steph and Sabrina. And Jaylen Brown. Apparently the league’s superstars are now too cool and perhaps too afraid to put themselves out there in front of the world on Saturday night. Apparently they’ve forgotten what the “Star” means in “All-Star Saturday night,” choosing to sit out signature events, preferring to look cool on the sidelines. Heck, they don’t even allow themselves to get excited anymore. They’re too cool to cheer? It’s been… Source link

The best dunker the NBA can find is still a G Leaguer. Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung delivered another set of wild dunks to defeat the Boston Celtics‘ Jaylen Brown in the final of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night. McClung becomes the fifth back-to-back dunk contest winner in NBA history, joining Michael Jordan, Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson and Zach LaVine. The night wasn’t as exciting as his breakout performance last season, but he was still the standout in a field that… Source link

Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu might have signed up for a win-win situation when they agreed to go head-to-head in an unprecedented 3-point shootout, but someone had to lose. Curry made sure he came out with the victory on All-Star Saturday night, scoring 29 points. Ionescu, 26, didn’t want to shoot from the women’s 3-point line of 20 feet, 6 inches. Instead, she leveled the playing field and shot from the NBA line of 23 feet, 9 inches. Naturally, she did shoot a WNBA ball. Fans were… Source link

INDIANAPOLIS — “My mindset is to come out and hoop and just be myself.” That was Portland Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson, hours before the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge. He came out, hooped and scored 10 points in a 40-35 loss to open the evening’s four-team mini tournament. It was a microcosm of what has been a quiet rookie campaign for Henderson, again overshadowed by peers. In a sea of Tyrese Haliburton shirts on the streets of snowy Indianapolis were a few jerseys bearing Victor… Source link

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