Carmelo Anthony will not be available for the Trail Blazers’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday night. Melo suffered a knee contusion in the first half of the team’s game Friday night against the Orlando Magic that kept him out of the second half. Since being signed by the Blazers earlier this season, Anthony, for the most part, has played pretty good basketball, averaging 16.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
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Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward will miss the team’s Friday night game against the Detroit Pistons. Hayward had been scratched from the Celtics’ game versus the Mavericks on Wednesday. Head coach Brad Stevens said Hayward has been dealing with pain in his left foot for a few weeks. John Karalis of MassLive.com reports that Hayward underwent an MRI and no structural damage was found.
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Top Performances pt rb ast Anthony DavisLAL @ MIL 36 10 5 14-17 ft G. AntetokounmpoMIL vs. LAL 34 11 7 5-8 3-pt Paul GeorgeLAC vs. HOU 34 9 3 6-12 3-pt S. DinwiddieBRK @ SAS 41 1 5 Jarrett AllenBRK @ SAS 19 13 6 R. WestbrookHOU @ LAC 40 10 5 12-13 ft James HardenHOU @ LAC 28 1 10 2 stl Jabari ParkerATL vs. UTA 23 9 5 D. MitchellUTA @ ATL 30 5 5 Patty MillsSAS vs. BRK 27 1 2 7-10…
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Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis will play tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to The Athletic’s Bill Oran, per the team. Davis missed the team’s last game against the Indiana Pacers due to ankle injury.
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Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol will be sidelined a few weeks with a hamstring injury, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Gasol left Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors with a left hamstring strain after just eight minutes on the floor. Though he is averaging just 6.6 points ( a career low) , 6.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, Gasol has started all 27 games he has appeared in and that due to the defensive prowess he still has, even at 34 years old.
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Top Performances pt rb ast Damian LillardPOR vs. GSW 31 5 13 11-13 ft Brandon IngramNOP @ MIN 34 6 5 3 stl Lauri MarkkanenCHI @ WAS 31 9 1 5-10 3-pt Terry RozierCHO @ CLE 35 3 2 4 stl Joel EmbiidPHI vs. MIA 22 19 3 2 blk Serge IbakaTOR @ DET 25 13 2 CJ McCollumPOR vs. GSW 30 5 3 Jamal MurrayDEN vs. ORL 33 5 1 Brandon ClarkeMEM @ OKC 27 7 1 Kemba WalkerBOS @ DAL 32 5 3 5-10…
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Carmelo Anthony continues to impress since signing with the Portland Trail Blazers, which also already been more successful than the cup of coffee he had with the Houston Rockets last season. He’s averaged 16.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists since signing with the Blazers, and even got into a defensive stance one time. The 35-year-old has gotten above the rim a few times, showing there may be something left in those legs yet. Here is he calling for and catching an alley-oop from Gary Trent Jr.
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The New York Knicks have hired former Cleveland Cavaliers head man and Lebron James coaching causality David Blatt as a basketball consultant. Despite how things went in his run with the Cavaliers, Blatt is well-respected in the basketball world. It remains to be seen if he can be a voice of reason in the basketball asylum that is the New York Knickerbocker organization.
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Top Performances pt rb ast Trae YoungATL @ NYK 42 4 8 7-13 3-pt RJ BarrettNYK vs. ATL 27 6 1 10-13 fg B. BogdanovićUTA vs. ORL 30 5 5 6-11 3-pt Malik MonkCHO vs. SAC 23 10 4 M. RobinsonNYK vs. ATL 22 13 0 2 blk D.J. AugustinORL @ UTA 22 4 3 D. SabonisIND vs. LAL 26 10 4 D. MitchellUTA vs. ORL 30 3 4 S. DinwiddieBRK @ NOP 31 2 7 Joe HarrisBRK @ NOP 24 6 3 5-9 3-pt…
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It will happen to everyone at some point, especially playing with high level players. We are just glad PG went to contest instead of just being a spectator.
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