C.J. McCollum is on a roll, and Tuesday night saw him catch fire to save the Trail Blazers in Los Angeles. McCollum took over in the fourth quarter, scoring 23 of his 35 in the period to help the Blazers beat the Clippers 125-104 and strengthen their bid for home-court advantage in the Western Conference. …
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Coming off an embarrassing loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Golden State Warriors bounced back by ending the Houston Rockets’ nine-game winning streak with a 106-104 victory. And they did so without Kevin Durant, who sat out due to a right ankle bruise. Klay Thompson led the way with 30 points, while Stephen Curry added …
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will not be playing tonight against the Detroit Pistons (7 ET, NBA League Pass). The team announced that James will miss the game for “load management, groin” reasons. Roughly a week ago, the Lakers and James reportedly agreed to a minutes restriction for their All-Star forward. At the time, …
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will not be playing tonight against the Detroit Pistons (7 ET, NBA League Pass). The team announced that James will miss the game for “load management, groin” reasons. Roughly a week ago, the Lakers and James reportedly agreed to a minutes restriction for their All-Star forward. At the time, …
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will not be playing tonight against the Detroit Pistons (7 ET, NBA League Pass). The team announced that James will miss the game for “load management, groin” reasons. Roughly a week ago, the Lakers and James reportedly agreed to a minutes restriction for their All-Star forward. At the time, …
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will not be playing tonight against the Detroit Pistons (7 ET, NBA League Pass). The team announced that James will miss the game for “load management, groin” reasons. Roughly a week ago, the Lakers and James reportedly agreed to a minutes restriction for their All-Star forward. At the time, …
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will not be playing tonight against the Detroit Pistons (7 ET, NBA League Pass). The team announced that James will miss the game for “load management, groin” reasons. Roughly a week ago, the Lakers and James reportedly agreed to a minutes restriction for their All-Star forward. At the time, …
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With 1 minute, 7 seconds remaining in the second quarter Saturday, Miami Heat swingman Justise Winslow threw down a spinning, full-extension, one-handed alley-oop. The crowd roared. The lead, over Eastern Conference-leading Milwaukee, reached 20. And then the second half happened. Winslow had made his last basket. The Heat went ice cold. The third quarter ended …
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* * * Would another Houston victory over Golden State tonight convince you that the Rockets can handle the Warriors in a playoff series? * * * Steve Aschburner: Can? The furthest I’ll go is “might be able to.” That particular matchup, for me, is working both ends of the gotta-see-it-to-believe-it scale. I need to …
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John Schuhmann and I break down this weekend’s action with a focus on the Lakers’ loss to the Knicks at MSG and the wild Sixers vs. Bucks matchup. Then we dig into the latest NBA Power Rankings to discuss how high the Spurs can climb in the West standings, the impact of Malcolm Brogdon’s injury …
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