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April 6, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Kevin Durant Kevin Durant recorded his third triple-double of the season, scoring 32 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing 10 assists in helping lead the Nets to a critical, come-from-behind 110-98 win over the New York Knicks. Falling behind by 21 points early in the third quarter, Durant scored 23 of his 32 points in the second half contributing to a Brooklyn win that pulled them to within one game of seventh-seeded Cleveland. On the season, Durant is averaging 29.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and…

Steph Curry says “Im good” on playing with Lebron

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It’s no secret Lebron James loves playing with fellow great players. Over the past decade he’s done what he can to position himself to ball with some of the top talent in the league, which has contributed to his eight consecutive finals appearances and three championships during that span. That sentiment may not be reciprocated amongst other upper echelon players. This has bore itself out over recent years with Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard have all decided that, in the case of Irving no longer, playing…

Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 6, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Danilo Gallinari PF Apr 5 Day-To-Day John Collins PF Mar 31 Out Collins (finger, foot) is yet to return to any running or agility work, Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Nik Stauskas G Apr 5 Out Stauskas is listed as out for Wednesday’s game against the Bulls with a right ankle sprain. Juwan Morgan F Apr 5 Out Jaylen Brown SG Apr 5 Day-To-Day Brown (knee) is probable for Wednesday’s game at Chicago. Jayson…

April 5, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Tyler Herro Tyler Herro scored 35 points in the Heat’s 144-115 win over the Charlotte Hornets. This season Herro has looked like he is more focused on being a good basketball players more so than getting caught up in the trappings of fame and that has shown in his play, which is much better than a season ago. On the season, the former lottery pick is averaging career-highs in scoring (20.8 ppg), assists (3.9) , FG% (.446) and three-point accuracy (.398). pt rb ast…

Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 5, 2022

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Danilo Gallinari PF Apr 4 Day-To-Day Bogdan Bogdanovic SG Apr 4 Day-To-Day Bogdanovic (knee) is questionable for Tuesday’s game in Toronto, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. John Collins PF Mar 31 Out Collins (finger, foot) is yet to return to any running or agility work, Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Mar 30 Out Williams is expected to return within 4-to-6 weeks after he underwent surgery Wednesday to address a torn…

April 4, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got it Done No one because no games were played. However Nikola Jokic and Trae Young were named Players of the Week for the Western and Easton Conferences, respectively. Today’s On-Court Docket *all times EST After a rare off-night for the entire league, the Association gets ramped back up with a twelve game slate. Philadelphia @ Indiana 7:00 pm BSIN Cleveland @ Orlando 7:00 pm BSFL Houston @ Brooklyn 7:30 pm YES Charlotte @ Miami 7:30 pm BSSUN Atlanta @ Toronto 7:30 pm TSN Milwaukee @ Chicago 8:00 pm ESPN Washington @ Minnesota 8:00 pm BSNX Portland @ Oklahoma City 8:00 pm BSOK San Antonio @ Denver…

Young and Jokic named NBA POYs

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Monday afternoon the NBA announced their Players of the Week for games played March 28-April 3.Trae Young was named Eastern Conference Player f he Week and Nikola Jokic Western Conference Player of the Week. Western Conference POY, Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets It was another stellar week of play for Nuggets, leading his squad to an 3-1 week and averaged 34.8 points, a whopping 17.3 rebounds and an incredible 8.5 assists. With is play this season, Jokic has firmly entrenched himself in the MVP race, averaging 26.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and…

Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 4, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Mar 31 Out Collins (finger, foot) is yet to return to any running or agility work, Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Mar 30 Out Williams is expected to return within 4-to-6 weeks after he underwent surgery Wednesday to address a torn meniscus in his left knee, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Apr 3 Out Simmons (back) will…

April 3, 2022 NBA StatCap: Another big afternoon for big men

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight – Nikola Jokic NIkola Jokic dropped 38 points and 18 rebounds in a win over the floundering Los Angeles Lakers that may have put the nail in the coffin of the Lakers play-in aspirations. The 2020-21 MVP is once again contending to add a second such award to his trophy case, averaging 26.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and a mind-blowing 8.0 assists per contest. pt rb ast Joel EmbiidPHI @ CLE 44 17 3 17-20 ft Nikola JokićDEN @ LAL 38 18 6 3 stl…

Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 3, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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