Category: NBA Basketball

Avery Bradley- done for the night against Pistons

Brandon King

from Megan Armstrong of Bleacher Report: Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley has been ruled out for the remainder of Sunday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons with a right ankle sprain, according to team reporter Mike Trudell. Bradley suffered the injury earlier in the game and required assistance to get to the locker room, per Trudell, but his X-rays came back negative. Bradley had five points, one assist, one steal and one block before leaving. Against the San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 3, Bradley suffered what the team originally described as a “lower right leg injury.” On Nov. 15, ESPN’s Dave…

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Kawhi to miss game against Knicks

Brandon King

There is another Los Angeles Clippers game taking place that Kawhi Leonard will not be part of. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports, the superstar forward will be held out of the team’s Sunday game against the New York Knicks will what’s being termed “knee maintenance” This will be the tenth game that Leonard his missed so far this season. In the 28 games he has averaged 25.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists.

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Kevin Love out versus Minnesota Timberwolves

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Seemingly disgruntled Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love is going to sit out the Cavs’ Sunday night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. According to The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, Love is sitting out the game due to it being the second of a back-to-back. Love seemingly has become less reserved about expressing his displeasure at his tenure with the Cavaliers, who mystifyingly re-signed him to 4 year, $120 million (which I don’t blame him for taking because no other team was going to pay him that much) in the…

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December 4, 2019 NBA Recap

Brandon King

Top Performances pt rb ast Jamal MurrayDEN @ WAS 39 1 4   10-10 ft Trae YoungATL vs. IND 41 4 8   12-14 ft Jae CrowderMEM @ LAC 27 8 7   6-11 3-pt Ish SmithWAS vs. DEN 32 3 8   3 stl Luka DončićDAL vs. CHO 39 12 10   Triple-double Zach LaVineCHI vs. BOS 35 2 3   5-9 3-pt G. AntetokounmpoMIL vs. SAS 32 8 1   15-18 ft Terry RozierCHO @ DAL 29 6 8   5-8 3-pt Troy Brown Jr.WAS vs. DEN 25 14 3   10-12 fg Devonte’ GrahamCHO @ DAL…

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Montrezl Harrell: “We’re not a great team”

Brandon King

After an uninspiring performance that led to a 140-114 beat down from the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers big man Montrezl Harrell did not mince words. He told the reporters this team “still has to figure things out”, amongst other things he had to say, per Tomer Azaly of Clutchpoints.

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January 3, 2019 NBA Recap

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Top Performances pt rb ast Anthony DavisLAL vs. NOP 46 13 1   13-13 ft James HardenHOU vs. PHI 44 11 11   Triple-double Ben SimmonsPHI @ HOU 29 13 11   Triple-double Clint CapelaHOU vs. PHI 30 14 3   12-16 fg Damian LillardPOR @ WAS 35 3 3   13-14 ft H. WhitesidePOR @ WAS 23 21 1   5 blk Danny GreenLAL vs. NOP 25 5 5   6-10 3-pt Kelly Oubre Jr.PHO vs. NYK 29 5 1   5-7 3-pt Devin BookerPHO vs. NYK 38 3 7    Jordan McRaeWAS vs. POR 35 5…

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ZionWatch: Catching an oop before the Lakers game

Brandon King

The latest edition of Zion Williamson teasing the league , and especially Pelicans fans, took place tonight at Staples Center before the Lakers and Pelicans game. The Pelicans were out warming up and amongst them was no.1 overall pick Zion Williamson, who has yet to make his NBA debut after having meniscus surgery in November. A ball is tossed near the rim and with the same ease one would walk through a door, Zion leaps up and slams the ball through the hoop. It is thought that Zion will make…

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Hawks may bench a couple of vets

Brandon King

The Atlanta Hawks are a bad team and at though the NBA has not yet reached the halfway point, but at 7-27 , the focus of their season has switched to evaluation mode. What this means is increased time for younger players to allow the organization to see what they have and this focus on the youth usually means a decrease in minutes for veterans. In the case of the Hawks those veterans are Evan Turner and Chandler Parsons. According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe , both Parsons…

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Kemba Walker out with flu versus Hawks

Brandon King

According to NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsborg, Celtics guard Kemba Walker will miss the team’s game Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks with the flu. This will be the second missed game of the season for Walker. Kemba is averaging 22.5 points, 5.2 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game.

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Brooklyn Nets waive David Nwaba

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In a move that’s easiest the most cold-blooded of the young year, The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania reports the Brooklyn Nets have waived forward David Nwaba. While cutting a player , while unfortunate is seen as one of the necessary evils of the business side of basketball, doing it while a player is recovering from season-ending ( and potentially career-ending or career-altering) injury seems a bit foul. Nwaba suffered the injury December 19 against the San Antonio Spurs. In the twenty games he appeared in , Nwaba averaged 5.2…

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