Category: NBA Basketball

April 16, 2021 NBA Recap

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Danilo Gallinari PF Apr 15 Out De’Andre Hunter SF Apr 14 Out Hunter (knee) is out Thursday against the Bucks, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Kris Dunn PG Apr 14 Out Dunn (ankle) is out Thursday against the Bucks, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Tony Snell SF Apr 14 Out Snell (ankle) will not play Thursday against the Bucks. Cam Reddish SF Apr 13 Out Reddish (Achilles) will miss at least two more weeks as he recovers from a right Achilles injury, Mark…

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April 15, 2021 NBA Recap

Brandon King

LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement yesterday after experiencing an irregular heartbeat during his last NBA appearance on Saturday with the Brooklyn Nets. Who Got It Done pt rb ast Jaylen BrownBOS @ LAL 40 9 3   17-20 fg Deandre AytonPHO vs. SAC 26 11 0   10-11 fg B. BogdanovićATL vs. MIL 28 6 7   6-12 3-pt J. Toscano-AndersonGSW @ CLE 20 7 3 Collin SextonCLE vs. GSW 30 4 2 Stephen CurryGSW @ CLE 33 4 5   2 blk Jrue HolidayMIL @ ATL 23 4 7 T. Horton-TuckerLAL vs. BOS 19…

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April 14, 2021 NBA Recap

Brandon King

pt rb ast Stephen CurryGSW @ OKC 42 6 8   11-16 3-pt Kyrie IrvingBRK @ PHI 37 3 9   10-10 ft Joel EmbiidPHI vs. BRK 39 13 2   10-11 ft De’Aaron FoxSAC vs. WAS 33 5 6   6 stl Khris MiddletonMIL @ MIN 27 8 7 N. VučevićCHI vs. ORL 29 11 1   5-8 3-pt Christian WoodHOU vs. IND 25 13 2   3 blk Malcolm BrogdonIND @ HOU 23 14 9 Luka DončićDAL @ MEM 29 5 9   2 stl R. WestbrookWAS @ SAC 25 15 11   Triple-double Oh and…

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Breaking News: LaMarcus Aldridge retiring due to heart condition

Brandon King

Recent and now former Brooklyn Nets forward LaMarcus Aldridge announced Thursday morning that he is retiring from the NBA due to an irregular heartbeat. Aldridge made the shocking announcement via social media, saying “For 15 years, I’ve put basketball first, and now, it’s time to put my health and family first.” The 7x All-Star was signed by the Nets in late March after reaching a buyout agreement with the San Antonio Spurs. In the five games he played with the Nets he’d averaged 12.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 26.0 minutes…

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Ja Morant has a bit of smoke for some Grizzlies fans

Brandon King

Sports fans are passionate about their teams. After all the term fan is short for “fanatic.” This passion for their favorite ball club can spill out in a variety of ways- cheering, booing and frustration, to name a few. Sometimes that fervor for their team can come out in a negative way and the advent of social media has given the ability to publicly voice sentiments, many are certainly things they would never say within a mile of that particular athletes. Apparently there were some Grizzlies fans whose fingers got…

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April 14 NBA Injury Report

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Trae Young PG Apr 13 Day-To-Day Young (calf) is out Wednesday against the Raptors, Sarah K. Spencer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Danilo Gallinari PF Apr 13 Day-To-Day Gallinari (foot) won’t play Tuesday against the Raptors, Mike Conti of the Atlanta Hawks Radio Network reports. De’Andre Hunter SF Apr 13 Out Hunter (knee) has been ruled out ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Raptors, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Cam Reddish SF Apr 13 Out Reddish (Achilles) will miss at least two more…

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April 13, 2021 NBA injury recap

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT De’Andre Hunter SF Apr 13 Out Hunter (knee) has been ruled out ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Raptors, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Cam Reddish SF Apr 13 Out Reddish (Achilles) will miss at least two more weeks as he recovers from a right Achilles injury, Mark Stein of The New York Times reports. Trae Young PG Apr 13 Day-To-Day Atlanta’s GM Travis Schlenk said that he anticipates Young (calf) will play Tuesday against Toronto, Mike Conti of the Atlanta Hawks Radio…

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April 12, 2021 NBA Recap

Brandon King

pt rb ast Stephen CurryGSW vs. DEN 53 6 4   10-18 3-pt Joel EmbiidPHI @ DAL 36 7 2   14-15 ft R. WestbrookWAS @ UTA 25 14 14   Triple-double Brandon IngramNOP vs. SAC 34 6 7   2 blk De’Aaron FoxSAC @ NOP 43 6 6 D. MitchellUTA vs. WAS 42 3 6   10-12 ft J. ValančiūnasMEM vs. CHI 26 14 2   12-15 fg Christian WoodHOU @ PHO 25 15 3   2 stl Luka DončićDAL vs. PHI 32 4 4   10-11 ft Julius RandleNYK vs. LAL 34 10 4   2 stl…

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Nuggets Jamal Murray tears ACL, out for season

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from nba.com: Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray is out indefinitely with a torn ACL in his left knee, the team announced on Tuesday. Murray suffered the injury with 50 seconds remaining in Denver’s loss to Golden State on Monday. An MRI confirmed the diagnosis. Murray had missed the previous four games due to soreness in his other knee. The former seventh overall pick was enjoying a career year for the Nuggets, who had surged up the Western Conference standings since acquiring Aaron Gordon from Orlando at the trade deadline. A fifth-year guard,…

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