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CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers weren’t able to get their offense going as they fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 136-104. The stats in the table below are from Cleaning the Glass. Now, let’s dive into the numbers.
Well, if you’re only going to play well for like five minutes, the last five minutes of the game are probably the best time to do it. The Sixers played with their food all night but still came away with a 113-104 win over the Indiana Pacers Monday night. Tyrese Maxey again didn’t live up […]
After a close, tense win over the Timberwolves, the Spurs got a nice blowout against an inferior opponent, closing out their homestand the right way. Victor Wembanyama put on a show on the day he was announced as an All-Star starter, dropping seven three-pointers on his way to 33 points to lead San Antonio to […]
Votes for the 2025-26 NBA All-Star Game for starters only were released this week, less than one month away from the actual game on Feb. 15 in Inglewood, Calif. Including the final results tally, there were three sets of fan voting numbers that were released. Fan voting accounts for 50 percent of it, while players […] The post How each Heat player finished in All-Star starter voting appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Another day, another dominant victory from the Dallas Mavericks, as they defeat the New York Knicks 114-97 Monday evening. Part of the NBA’s slate of games honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the game started earlier than usual and the Knicks didn’t get the memo. The Mavericks played one of their best games of the […]
The Utah Jazz continued their quest toward a top pick in the draft with a loss to the San Antonio Spurs 123-110. The final score looks like a dominant win, but Utah was in this game, and even led through three quarters when the Spurs pulled away. We don’t need to pretend, like the broadcast […]
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Game Details When: Monday, January 19, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
This has somehow been the most injury plagued season of Tyler Herro’s entire seven-year career with the Miami Heat, which has already been filled with an assortment of availability issues throughout. Herro has appeared in just 11 of the Heat’s first 42 games during this 2025-26 campaign thus far. And that figure is likely to […] The post Tyler Herro is unlikely to rejoin Heat for entire five-game road trip due to rib injury appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Something had to be done following the embarrassing losses the Milwaukee Bucks have piled up recently and Doc Rivers opted for wholesale changes, starting Kyle Kuzma in favour of Kevin Porter Jr. and handing Gary Trent Jr. a DNP-CD in favour of Pete Nance. The moves proved positive for the most part, the Bucks leading […]
Our world needs heroes with the integrity of Martin Luther King, Jr. Let us all pay him homage today. The great ones deserve our respect. Who didn’t deserve such reverence this evening? The Knicks (25*-18)! On the day that Jalen Brunson was minted as an All-Star starter, New York embarrassed itself against the shorthanded Dallas […]
Two-time All-Star Victor Wembanyama put up numbers comparable to his lights-out Saturday performance, and after a second quarter lull where Utah briefly possessed the lead, San Antonio put away a depleted Jazz team with an excellent 35-23 third quarter. The Spurs nearly hit the magical 50/40/90 mark with 56% from the field, 42% from three, […]
The NFL’s Divisional Round is complete, and now the Conference Championship weekend awaits for the Seattle Seahawks and three other teams. In the meantime, the College Football Playoff will crown its second national champion of the 12-team era in Miami on Monday night. In a statement few barely believed could ever happen, the Indiana Hoosiers […]
Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah JazzDate: January 20th, 2026Time: 8:00 PM CSTLocation: Delta CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Timberwolves limp out of their Texas two-step having stumbled twice, once in Houston, once in San Antonio, and the standings, as always, offer zero sympathy. On paper, it’s two losses. […]
The Brooklyn Nets couldn’t get it done against the Bulls in the home-and-home. They’re back in Brooklyn on Monday where they’ll welcome former Nets assistant Jordan Ott and his new-look Suns. It’s Ott’s first season as head coach after he spent six years with the Nets, spanning from Kenny Atkinson to Jacque Vaughn. Onto the […]
Game Details When: Monday, January 19, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
Update: Joel Embiid is available and will start Monday night against the Indiana Pacers. Kelly Oubre, Jr. will start in place of Paul George. The Philadelphia 76ers will play the first game of their eighth back-to-back of the season on Monday night hosting the Indiana Pacers. They will take the floor at the Xfinity Mobile […]
As his playing time continues to wane, culminating in a DNP-CD on Jan. 17 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Sixers assigned Jared McCain to their G-League affiliate Delaware Blue Coats for a chance at extended run. It’s the second time they’ve sent him down this season, the first being a two-game stint in mid-November. Despite […]
The Seattle Seahawks wanted these kinds of matchups when they hired defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald to replace Pete Carroll as the head coach two years ago, to go up against the league’s top offensive gurus like Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan in the NFC West and the playoffs. Now a week after the Seahawks defeated […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers ran into a buzzsaw today as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat them 136-104. Let’s see who won and lost the game. WINNER – Lu Dort This is the first time I’ve given ‘winner’ to an opponent this season. That’s not to say there haven’t been great performances from the other teams all […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers took a big loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder 136-102. Cleveland shot 22% from deep. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 19 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds This is a nightmare matchup for Mitchell. He’s shot 5-19 tonight, and was 3-15 and 3-16 in his […]
Chicago Bulls star Josh Giddey could actually take the floor again, for the first time in three weeks, as soon as Tuesday! K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network reports that the 6-foot-7 point guard, who has missed the Bulls’ last 10 contests with a left hamstring strain, has seen his status for a home encounter with the ascendant Los Angeles Clippers upgraded to “questionable.” On Sunday, Giddey laced up his sneakers for his first five-on-five action since first suffering the injur...
Wizards lose their seventh straight game. Those pesky young Wizards fought in this game. This is despite the dominance of James Harden. As the game went on, the Wizards decided to double team Harden to get the ball out of his hands more. Harden did a great job of moving the ball to the open […]
The Seattle Seahawks rookies combined for 141 snaps in the NFC Divisional Round romp of the San Francisco 49ers. That number was inflated by garbage-time reps in the fourth quarter. It’s also important to remember that the Seahawks currently have two rookies on Injured Reserve and had four rookies inactive for this game as healthy […]
The NBA season is a little more than halfway over for the 30 member franchises vying for the 2026 NBA Playoffs race. In honor of the event, Kevin Pelton of ESPN has offered grades for each team based on the season so far. The Portland Trail Blazers did not earn an A, but they got […]