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Arguably the best first-round series of the 2025 NBA Playoffs could be reaching its breaking point Thursday night, as the Denver Nuggets hold a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers. However, if the Clippers want to make Game 6 the penultimate episode rather than the series finale, they’ll need one player to rise to […]
Despite numerous reports that Jimmy Butler might be out for the remainder of the series, one trusted source has told Sportscasting.com that the Golden State Warriors forward “will play” in Game 3 versus the Houston Rockets. Find the latest news on Butler’s injury status for the Warriors-Rockets first round series below. The Golden State Warriors […]
Heading back to Milwaukee, the Bucks are down 0-2 to the Indiana Pacers. While the series hasn’t been as lopsided as the one we’re seeing transpire between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies, it also hasn’t been particularly close. So far, the Pacers have held a lead for 94 of the series’ 96 minutes. […]
Kawhi Leonard has done it again. In a borderline must-win game (you don’t want to fall behind 0-2 to Nikola Jokic in a series), Leonard dropped 39 points en route to a 105-102 Game 2 victory to knot the series up at 1-1. With another vintage Leonard performance in the books (one we need to […]
With the score even at 97 and just over a minute left in the fourth quarter of Game 2 between the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons, a second straight fourth quarter collapse seemed inevitable for the Pistons. Earlier in the frame, they held a commanding 13-point advantage, and just a few minutes before that, […]
Every season, there are a couple of series featuring a David and Goliath dynamic in the NBA Playoffs. This year, one of those matchups comes via the second-seeded Boston Celtics facing the seventh-seeded Orlando Magic. If the Magic managed to beat the Celtics, it would be the greatest upset in playoff history with regards to […]
The 2025 NBA Playoffs are nearly here. This year, there are many compelling first-round series to follow, including a matchup between the fourth-seeded Denver Nuggets and fifth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers. It feels like a lifetime ago at this point, but the Nuggets and Clippers have some history. In The Bubble, the Nuggets extinguished what would […]
The 2025 NBA Playoffs are nearly here. This year, there are many compelling first-round series to follow, including a matchup between the second-seeded Houston Rockets and seventh-seeded Golden State Warriors. Along with featuring two surging teams and a cavalcade of highly recognizable figures, this series causes intrigue for the potential philosophical questions it could answer. […]
Every year, the NBA awards its Most Improved Player honor to whoever displays the most growth from one season to the next. This year, the list of betting favorites includes guys like Dyson Daniels, Cade Cunningham, Christian Braun and Ivica Zubac. While important to recognize, this award is about linear growth more than shocking the […]
A slash line of 6.4 points and 2.2 assists per game in 13.7 minutes a night probably doesn’t jump off the page. I mean, why would it? That’s usually the numbers associated with a player who sits at the fringes of their team’s rotation. And to be fair, that is where Marcus Sasser has been […]