Who Got It Done Player Spotlight – Jalen Brunson With Luka Doncic still out of the Mavericks lineup with a strained calf, Jalen Brunson stepped up, dropping 41 points, on 15-25 FG, including 6-10 from the land of three in leading the Mavericks to a 110-104 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 2 of their opening round Western Conference Playoff series. In addition to the 41 points, Brunson also grabbed 8 rebounds, dishing out 5 assists and making two steals. ▲ Player Tm Opp MP FG FGA…
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Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 18, 2022 NBA Injury Report
Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Lou Williams SG Apr 16 Out Williams (back) is out for Game 1 against the Heat on Sunday, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports. Clint Capela C Apr 16 Out Capela (knee) suffered no structural damage but will be out at least a week, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Apr 13 Out Williams (knee) has progressed to shooting drills, but the Celtics are still expecting to be without their starting center for…
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Who Got it Done Player Spotlight -Chris Paul While all the hoopla over the play of Lebron James in his 19th campaign was constant noise this season, comparatively under the radar, Chris Paul has continued to produce not only at high level but also had a positive impact on winning. That was on display in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series, where Paul scored 19 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to help leda the Suns to a 110-99 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. In…
Read MoreApril 16, 2022 NBA Playoff StatCap: Big games for Maxey and Edwards
Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Tyrese Maxey In his first postseason start Tyrese axey, connecting on 14 of his 21 shot attempts, including 5 of 8 from downtown for 38 points. Maxey also added 4 rebounds and 2 assists on the Sixers 131-111 victory in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series, Rk Player Tm Opp MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 Tyrese Maxey PHI TOR W 38:26 14 21…
Read MoreDzanan Musa likely out for season after neck surgery
From Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Following the ACB Regular Season Round 19 game versus Baxi Manresa, Dzanan Musa was transferred to HULA hospital in Lugo to have surgery on his neck, as announced by Rio Breogan and confirmed by the player himself viaa post on Twitter Thursday evening. Musa, 22, will presumably miss the rest of the 2021-22 campaign, considering the ACB Regular Season schedule contains six more games for his side, stretching over the next four weeks. The team based in Lugo sitting at 14-14 is currently one game outside the Playoffs…
Read MoreEurohoops: U-BT Cluj-Napoca and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg vying for last spot in Basketball Champions League
One spot left open in the Basketball Champions League Final Four with U-BT Cluj-Napoca and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg both desperate to bring it home. Via Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net After Baxi Manresa, Hapoel U-NET Holon, and Lenovo Tenerife entered the Basketball Champions League Final Four backed by two wins in as many games opposite respective Playoffs opponents on Tuesday, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg rolled U-BT Cluj-Napoca to knot the remaining best-of-three series at 1-1 on Wednesday. Winner-take-all Game 3 follows at Cluj-Napoca’s BTarena next Tuesday (19/4, 18:00 CET). “It was a disappointing game last week…
Read MoreApril 13, 2022 NBA Play-In StatCap
Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- CJ McCollum CJ McCollum came out on fire in the first half, dropping 27 of his 32 points in the first 24 minutes in the Pelicans 113-103 play-in win over the San Antonio Spurs, which ended the Spurs season. When he was not giving defenders buckets, CJ also handed out 7 assists, grabbed 6 rebounds and even added a blocked shot. Since his arrival in New Orleans, via a February 8 trade, the former Trail Blazer star has averaged 24.3 points, 5.8 assists and…
Read MoreAlbany State goes down to GA Southwestern in extra innings
Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Albany State University Golden Rams 9-game winning streak was snapped as they lost a close game in extra innings to the Georgia Southwestern University Hurricanes on Tuesday. The Golden Rams are now 21-8 (20-3 in the SIAC) while the Hurricanes improved to 15-21. The Golden Rams scored in the top of the 1stinning when Lachlan Ross singled up the middle to score TJ Thomas. In the 2nd inning, Hill Corley scored on a single by Lavoisier Fisher to give the Golden Rams a (2-0) lead. Later in the…
Read MoreCampazzo suspended, Ellington fined
Wednesday the NBA announced a suspension for Nuggest guard Facubdo Campazzo and a fine for Lakers guard Wayne Ellington for a dustup and Ellington’s later comments on social media. Here is footage of the incident: This was the $20,000 tweet from Ellington after the game : The most confounding aspect of that dustup was that Ellington had nothing to with the play; it Mac McClung who contested the shot and there was not excessive contact, not anything dirty about McClung’s play, so it is not clear was caused Campazzo to…
Read MoreThe Lakers cannot even fire a coach the right way
The worse kept secret in the NBA was the job security, or lack thereof , of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel. Considering the expectations, assigned by some of the more optimistic or delusional Laker or LeBron fans, the 2021-22 season was an abject failure and a disappointment of the highest order. Say what you will about the 2013 Lakers, at least that team made the playoffs ( unfortunately it cost the basketball world the last vestiges of the real Kobe Bryant on NBA hardwoods). Anytime a high profile organization fails ,but especially…
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