Who Got it Done Career night for Nikola Jokić , and a wild ending in DC. pt rb ast Nikola JokićDEN vs. UTA 47 12 5 2 stl R. WestbrookWAS vs. BRK 41 10 8 2 stl Kevin DurantBRK @ WAS 37 7 6 13-13 ft Bradley BealWAS vs. BRK 37 6 4 Pascal SiakamTOR vs. ORL 30 10 3 3 stl Joe HarrisBRK @ WAS 30 1 5 8-13 3-pt Kawhi LeonardLAC @ NYK 28 4 3 11-11 ft Ben SimmonsPHI @ IND 21 6 7 4 stl ,…
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Who Got it Done Damian Lillard beats Bulls with game-winning three pointer to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 123-122 victory over the Chicago Bulls, putting a cherry on top of his 44-point masterpiece. pt rb ast Damian LillardPOR @ CHI 44 5 9 LaMelo BallCHO vs. MIL 27 5 9 4 stl G. AntetokounmpoMIL @ CHO 34 18 9 10-18 ft Chris PaulPHO @ DAL 29 3 12 12-13 ft Jimmy ButlerMIA vs. SAC 30 7 8 14-16 ft Christian WoodHOU @ NOP 27 9 0 11-13 fg Jayson…
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Who Got it Done pt rb ast James HardenBRK @ ATL 31 8 15 5-9 3-pt Bradley BealWAS @ NOP 47 4 6 4 stl Rudy GobertUTA vs. DAL 29 20 1 3 stl , 3 blk Buddy HieldSAC @ ORL 29 5 3 7-12 3-pt Zion WilliamsonNOP vs. WAS 32 2 2 12-16 fg Brandon IngramNOP vs. WAS 32 6 8 7-12 3-pt Al HorfordOKC @ PHO 21 11 2 5-5 3-pt LeBron JamesLAL @ PHI 34 6 6 Norman PowellTOR vs. MIL 26 5 2 5-7 3-pt Collin…
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Official release front the National Basketball Association: NEW YORK – Of the 492 players tested for COVID-19 since Jan. 20, one new player has returned a confirmed positive test. Anyone who has returned a confirmed positive test, or has been identified as having been in close contact to an infected person, is isolated or quarantined until they are cleared under the rules established by the NBA and the Players Association in accordance with CDC guidance.
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From Tim Bontemps of ESPN : Sekou Smith, a longtime NBA reporter and television analyst, died Tuesday after a battle with COVID-19. He was 48. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Smith went to college at Jackson State in Mississippi before starting his career at the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson. He then went on to become a fixture in the NBA universe — first as a beat writer covering the Indiana Pacers for the Indianapolis Star and the Atlanta Hawks for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before joining Turner Sports in 2009. For more than a decade,…
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The basketball world, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, will get a chance to see how Nets stars James Harden and Kyrie Irving will co-exist sans Kevin Durant. After logging over 50 minutes and putting up 38, 12 rebounds and 8 assist Wednesday in the team’s 147-135, Durant will sit out Friday’s return match with the Cavaliers to rest his Achilles’ tendon. From Malika Andrews of ESPN: Brooklyn Nets’ star Kevin Durant has been ruled out of Friday night’s game at the Cleveland Cavaliers for Achilles injury rehab. Durant played more than…
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As the yearly commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is upon us and like other holidays -Halloween, Thanksgiving, X-Mas, Valentine’s Day, etc- the NBA never hesitates to incorporate its players into the celebration of those days. I started noticing a few years ago that the NBA’s celebration of Dr. King was just the latest example of the over simplification and the striping down of the legacy and contributions of one of most legendary black men and Americans in history. Before I digress let me clear that I am not…
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From Rob Goldberg of B/R: Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will missMonday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucksas he continues working himself back into basketball condition. Irving stepped away from the team because of personal reasons on Jan. 7 and will be missing his seventh consecutive game. Prior to the game, Nash told reporters he expects Irving to practice on Tuesday ahead of a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. Nash told reporters on Jan. 7 that he did not know why the guard was away, and Joe Vardonof The Athletic reported that night that Irving…
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From the nba: NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association game scheduled for Sat., Jan. 16 between the Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns at Phoenix Suns Arena has been postponed in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols. Because of ongoing contact tracing within the Suns, the team does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with Saturday’s game against the Pacers.
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Several more Miami Heat players are now subject to the league’s health and safety protocols, taking them out of action. This comes on the heels of their game with the Boston Celtics being postponed amid COVID-19 issues.
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