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CLEVELAND — It’s been wrong to use injuries as an excuse for many of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ losses this season. They’ve had enough talent in many of those defeats to prevail still. Monday afternoon was different. They didn’t have the right combination of skill players to compete with the Oklahoma City Thunder and were thoroughly […]
The NBA announced that Bam Adebayo has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, January 12 through Sunday, January 18. After a rough stretch of games, he followed that with a dominant stretch that helped guide the Miami Heat to a 2–1 record with notable wins against the […] The post Bam Adebayo named East Player of the Week after dominant stretch for Heat appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
No Deni Avdija? No problem. At least you wouldn’t think so from the Portland Trail Blazers’ response to Avdija missing three of four games this week due to injury. Not only have the Blazers won three in a row, two of their players—Shaedon Sharpe and Donovan Clingan—earned consideration for NBA Player of the Week. When […]
There’s been a lot of rumors about other teams’ interest in Michael Porter Jr. (latest reportedly from Milwaukee) and Nic Claxton (as always from the Lakers) and even Day’Ron Sharpe (at least historically from Boston), but nothing about Cam Thomas. Thomas famously exercised his qualifying offer back in the summer and less famously switched agents […]
Boston Celtics (26-15) at Detroit Pistons (30-10)Monday, January 19, 20268:00 PM ETRegular Season Game #42, Road Game #23TV: Peacock, NBCRadio: 98.5 Sports Hub, 97.1 The Ticket, SiriusXMLittle Caesars Arena The Celtics have reached the end of their 4 game road trip as they visit the Detroit Pistons. This is the 4th and final meeting between […]
The San Francisco 49ers’ season came to a screeching halt after a 41-6 loss to Seattle in the NFC Divisional round. The opening kickoff was returned for a touchdown, and it felt like the 49ers couldn’t climb out of the early hole all game. It only got worse as the 49ers’ offense doubled their scoring […]
The Chicago Bulls might be getting their best player back this week. On Sunday, $100 million point guard Josh Giddey partook in his first five-on-five practice since suffering a hamstring strain during a workout with the Bulls’ NBAGL affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. Giddey’s All-Star reserve dreams may be dashed if he misses much more time. We already know he missed out on starting , although that never felt like a real possibility. In 10 games without the 6-foot-7 Aussie, the Bulls have ...
The Steelers signed offensive lineman Sataoa Laumea to a reserve/futures deal, the team announced Monday. Laumea was a sixth-round pick in 2024 by the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Utah. During his rookie year, the 6’4, 319-pound offensive lineman started six games at guard. However, the Steelers announced him as an offensive tackle. […]
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs are participating in a Martin Luther King Day game […]
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Knicks (25*-17) return to Madison Square Garden looking to snap a three-game skid against a struggling Dallas Mavericks team (17-26). The Knicks edged the Mavs 113-111 in Dallas last November. Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart have been cleared to play, while hotshot rookie Cooper Flagg is listed as […]
I’m going to be so real here — I hate the NBA trade deadline! It’s weeks of baseless rumours, being on edge, waiting for the shoe to drop… even though it might never drop. It has me on edge every year, and I sit here every February just counting down the seconds until it’s over. […]
The Dallas Mavericks (16-26) head back out on the road after a four-game homestand. They face the New York Knicks (25-17) on a Martin Luther King Jr. day game showcase on Peacock and NBC. Dallas has won two in a row after playing the shamelessly tanking Utah Jazz. The Knicks are looking to stop a […]
The Chicago Bears hosted the Los Angeles Rams for the right to travel to Seattle for the NFC Championship game on the line, the final game before Super Bowl LX. As anyone who has watched the Bears this season would expect, it came down to the wire in an overtime battle. The Bears may not […]
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The Bucks ended a bad three-game slide with a win on MLK Day over the Hawks in Atlanta. Not only do the Bucks hand the Hawks their fourth straight loss, but they also gain a game on them for the number 10 seed in the East. Milwaukee now just sits a half-game back of Atlanta. […]
Editor’s note: This article was written before the All-Star Starters were announced. Selecting the East is much harder than the West. Not because there are too many deserving candidates, but rather that there are too few. How is there still such a discrepancy in talent when the league has more depth than ever? It’s a […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t lived up to the lofty expectations they set coming into this season. That comes with consequences when it comes to individual accolades, as Donovan Mitchell has just found out. Mitchell was wrongly excluded from being an Eastern Conference All-Star starter despite three guards being chosen for the starting lineup. The starters […]
The Hawks needed to flush that awful performance from the other night and come out with a renewed focus today on their annual MLK Day game. Corey Kispert earned his first start with the Hawks at the 3, and Dyson Daniels made his return after a one-game absence. Both teams scuffled at the onset of […]
A pretty good weekend for football save for the Seahawks vs 49ers game. The Bills choked it away again and now fired their coach. The Patriots look to have an easy path to the Super Bowl with Bo Nix injured. The Rams vs Seahawks game should be good as their two games this season were […]
Can Boston cut into Detroit’s lead? At the start of the season, most fans expected Boston to be middle of the pack due to Jayson Tatum’s injury and the offseason losses of Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kornet, Al Horford and Jrue Holiday. Instead, through 41 games, Boston sits second in the Eastern Conference, 4.5 games behind […]
Zach Charbonnet’s season-ending knee injury was a huge bummer for the Seattle Seahawks ahead of the NFC Championship game. However, that was not the only injury news for Seattle. Head coach Mike Macdonald also called starting left tackle Charles Cross “day-to-day” with a foot injury. Cross started the Divisional Game against the San Francisco 49ers […]
Amidst a special triple-header Martin Luther King Jr. Day slate of national games on NBC/Peacock, the NBA’s 10 All-Star starters for next month were announced. And no, injured Chicago Bulls point guard Josh Giddey — the Bulls’ best player this year — did not make the cut. After missing 10 straight games for Chicago with a hamstring strain, there’s a decent chance Giddey won’t be named an All-Star reserve this year, either. He’s been enjoying a breakout run, averaging a near-triple-double ...
The Portland Trail Blazers have finally regained a .500 record, standing at 22-22 after 44 games of their 2025-26 regular season. This is more or less in line with their preseason expectations, fighting for a spot in the Play-In Tournament for the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Winning 3 in a row and 10 of their last […]
Following wins over Marquette and Villanova in the last week, St. John’s is on the brink of returning to the top 25. The Red Storm received 64 votes in the Associated Press’s week 11 men’s basketball poll, tied with Wisconsin for the most among unranked teams. Notable poll voters like Jon Rothstein, Dick Vitale, Seth […]
For the first time in his career, Luka Dončić led the league in voting en route to the sixth All-Star selection of his career. Luka was named a starter for the Western Conference — which means effectively nothing since it’ll be USA vs. World teams — on Monday. Joining Luka from the west is Nikola […]