Tag: NBA basketball

April 6, 2022 NBA StatCap

Brandon King

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…

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

Brandon King

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…

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April 5, 2022 NBA StatCap

Brandon King

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…

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

Brandon King

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…

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April 4, 2022 NBA StatCap

Brandon King

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…

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Young and Jokic named NBA POYs

Brandon King

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…

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

Brandon King

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…

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April 2, 2022 NBA StatCap: Klay pushes Dubs past Jazz

Brandon King

Who Got It Done Player Spotlight – Klay Thompson Klay Thompson scored 36 points in helping to lead the Warriors to a come from behind 111-107 win over the Utah Jazz that helped the Warriors avoid losing their third seed in the Western Conference standings. It was Thompson’s fourth 30-point game of the season. pt rb ast Kevin DurantBRK @ ATL 55 7 3   8-10 3-pt Trae YoungATL vs. BRK 36 6 10   12-14 ft Joel EmbiidPHI vs. CHO 29 14 6   12-16 fg Zach LaVineCHI vs. MIA 33 5…

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March 31, 2022 NBA StatCap: Big nights for Deebo and Giannis

Brandon King

Who Got It Done Player Spotlight Giannis Antetokounmpo and DeMar DeRozan DeMar DeRozan and Giannis Antetokounmpo both cam through with big games that both of their teams needed. The Bulls have been in a semi-free fall in the Eastern Conference, potentially flirting with the play-in and needed a win against the Clippers, with Zach LaVine struggling , only shooting 4-15 on the evening, DeRozan picked up the slack, dropping 50 points, including making 2/3 free-throws to send the game to OT and then scoring ten more in the extra frame…

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Wizards get 127-110 win over Orlando Magic

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From Jackson Filyo at washingtonwizards.com FINAL: WIZARDS 127 | MAGIC 110 BOX SCORE | PHOTOS | HIGHLIGHTS The Wizards defeated the Magic 127-110 on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. Washington was playing in the second game of a back-to-back and has now won three of its last four games. Kristaps Porzingis scored 13 of his game-high 35 points in the fourth quarter and finished the night 11-18 (.611) from the field, 3-6 (.500) from 3-point range and 10-13 (.769) from the free throw line.  Porzingis has now scored 30-plus points twice and led…

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