From nba,com staff: The Milwaukee Bucks demolished the Miami Heat 144-97 on Tuesday night with the long ball, hitting 29 3-pointers to set an NBA team record for most shots made from beyond the arc. By the time Sam Merrill came off the bench late in the fourth quarter to nail his 3 (his only shot of the night), it was number 28 in the barrage, breaking the record of 27 held by the Houston Rockets. The Bucks went on to add another 3-pointer, and 12 Milwaukee players contributed to the onslaught…
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Kevin Love out 3-4 weeks with calf strain
From nba.com: The Cleveland Cavaliers’ quick start to 2020-21 will have to move ahead for a few weeks without Kevin Love. The Cavs announced Tuesday that Love reaggravated a right calf strain the second quarter of Sunday’s home game against the Philadelphia 76ers. He did not return to the game after reaggravating a right calf strain, which was confirmed by an MRI at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health on Monday. Per the team, Love will be out at least three to four weeks. Love, in his seventh season with the Cavs,…
Read MoreJa Morant out 3-5 weeks with Grade 2 ankle sprain
From nba.com staff: Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will be sidelined for the next 3-5 weeks after being diagnosed with a Grade 2 left ankle sprain, the team announced on Tuesday. Morant suffered the injury during Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets when he landed on the foot of Nets guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot in the second quarter. The reigning Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, who returned to the bench wearing a walking boot in the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies’ overtime win, had averaged 36 points and eight…
Read MoreDaryl Morey fined $50k for violating anti-tampering rules
Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey was fined $50,000 by the NBA for violation of the league’s anti-tampering rule. The fine stems from a now-deleted December 20 tweet in which Morey celebrated the one-year anniversary of James Harden breaking the Rockets’ all-time assist record. While on the surface the tweet, which Morey later said was sent out mistakenly via an automated application, may seem innocuous but steps into the realm of tampering due to the Harden trade demand/speculation has Philadelphia as a potential landing spot. This is not…
Read MoreSpencer Dinwiddie diagnosed with partially torn ACL
From nba.com and the Nets: Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has suffered a partially torn ACL in his right knee, the team announced on Monday. Dinwiddie is scheduled for surgery next week. He is expected to make a full recovery before next season, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. He suffered the injury on contact, Charania reports, but there is no other structural damage to the knee. Dinwiddie left last night’s 106-104 loss to the Charlotte Hornets in the third quarterwith what was called a right knee strain. Dinwiddie has started alongside Kyrie…
Read MoreDecember 27, 2020 NBA Recap
Who Got It Done pt rb ast Julius RandleNYK vs. MIL 29 14 7 10-11 ft Stephen CurryGSW @ CHI 36 2 6 2 stl , 2 blk Andre DrummondCLE vs. PHI 24 14 3 3 stl , 2 blk Gordon HaywardCHO vs. BRK 28 6 7 G. AntetokounmpoMIL @ NYK 27 13 5 3 stl Elfrid PaytonNYK vs. MIL 27 3 7 12-16 fg W. CarterCHI vs. GSW 22 13 4 Luka DončićDAL @ LAC 24 9 8 Kevin DurantBRK @ CHO 29 3 4 5-7 3-pt Brandon IngramNOP…
Read MoreA 51-point donkey kicking could only happen to the Clippers
Extremely lopsided defeats are often seen in high school basketball and even college basketball but it is rare to see an nba game where the preseason broadcast lasts longer than the competitive portion of the game itself. Unfortunately for basketball and/or Clippers fans, this was the for their game , and I use that term very loosely. The Clippers were absolutely laid waste to by the Dallas Mavericks 124-73 in a matchup that was settled pretty early on. The Clippers never lead in the ball game and the 4-2 deficit…
Read MoreDecember 26, 2020 NBA Recap
Who Got it Done Harden and CJ both put up 40 + in overtime matchup pt rb ast James HardenHOU @ POR 44 4 17 14-16 ft CJ McCollumPOR vs. HOU 44 3 8 9-16 3-pt Bradley BealWAS vs. ORL 39 7 5 2 stl Trae YoungATL @ MEM 36 3 9 15-17 ft DeMar DeRozanSAS vs. TOR 27 5 8 2 stl Jerami GrantDET vs. CLE 28 10 2 3 blk Darius GarlandCLE @ DET 21 5 12 2 stl Chris BoucherTOR @ SAS 22 10 1 7 blk…
Read MoreChristmas Day NBA takeaways: The Warriors could already be in trouble they cannot get out of
Milwaukee 138, Golden State 99 Another nationally televised game, another trip to the woodshed for the Golden State Warriors. After getting smacked around 125-99 by the Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors chased that by taking a 138-99 shellacking courtesy the Milwaukee Bucks. Just two games in and there some glaring problems for this team. First, they cannot throw the ball in the ocean through the first two games. Against Brooklyn they were ,as a team, connecting on just 37.4% from the floor, including 10-33 from three-point land. They actually shot…
Read MoreBoston Celtics championship player and coach K.C. Jones transitions at 88
The rat bastard that is the year 2020 could not even take Christmas Day off to cease in the calamity it has wrought. It claimed another sports luminary, this time highly decorated Boston Celtics player and then coach, KC Jones. The Celtics released this statement surrounding this sad news: Where K.C. Jones went, winning was sure to follow. K.C. – his given name – was a twelve-time NBA champion as player and coach, a two-time NCAA champion, and a Gold medal-winning Olympian and Hall of Famer. In NBA history, only…
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