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Lowe: Our favorite NBA role players to watch this season
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Monday, 08 April 2019 04:56
Time for our eighth annual Luke Walton All-Stars -- an ode to bit players who bounce around the fringes of the NBA before landing in new roles where things click. (Read about the origins of the column here.)Joakim Noah, Memphis Grizzlies (captain)Noah finished fourth in MVP voting in 2014. The next four years brought injuries, the death of a beloved…
Korver reflects on racism, white privilege
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Monday, 08 April 2019 11:43
Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver, in a first-person piece published Monday on The Players' Tribune, reflected on race relations in America and pondered his position as a white man playing in the NBA.In the piece titled "Privileged," Korver touched on a variety of race-related topics and shared his own experiences, citing a 2015 arrest of a teammate and a racial…
Source: Celtics' Smart suffers strained oblique
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 21:35
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics know who they will play in the first round of the NBA playoffs.Now they have to wait to find out if a couple of injured Celtics will be ready when Boston's postseason begins here against the Indiana Pacers next weekend.Not only did the Celtics lose to the Orlando Magic at TD Garden on Sunday night…
NBA Power Rankings: Plenty at stake in the season's final three days
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 15:09
Here we are: the final three days of the 2018-19 regular season. With 15 playoff tickets punched, which East squad -- the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat or Charlotte Hornets -- will be the final team in the tournament?Our panel (ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz, Tim MacMahon and Andre' Snellings, The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears and FiveThirtyEight's Chris Herring) is ranking all 30…
Giannis-led Bucks win 60th for first time since '81
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 20:18
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and Khris Middleton added 21 to send Milwaukee to a methodical 115-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night, giving the Bucks 60 wins in a season for the first time since 1981.The Bucks, who have clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference, led from the outset as the Hawks rested…
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 17:34
Heat, needing win, blame ref's inbounds whistle
Sunday, 07 April 2019 19:27
D-Lo powers Nets to first playoff berth since '15
Sunday, 07 April 2019 21:04
Warriors seal West's No. 1 in Oracle season finale
Sunday, 07 April 2019 19:31
Rockets best own NBA mark with 27 3-pointers
Saturday, 06 April 2019 00:59
Warriors get delay of game after Young gets ring
Friday, 05 April 2019 18:37
Westbrook seals 3rd straight triple-double season
Saturday, 06 April 2019 11:05
Westphal, Fitch, 'T-Spoon' among Hall inductees
Friday, 05 April 2019 13:22
Wade: Will get therapy to ease void of retirement
Sunday, 31 March 2019 20:51
'We Believe,' Vinsanity and Steph from the tunnel: Tales of Oracle Arena
Friday, 05 April 2019 09:47
Sources: Stackhouse agrees to coach Vanderbilt
Thursday, 04 April 2019 22:13
Lakers' Ball and agent Gaines agree to part ways
Thursday, 04 April 2019 23:18
Echoes of '74: Giannis, Bucks clinch best record
Thursday, 04 April 2019 06:39
Lowe's 10 things: An end-of-season spectacular
Thursday, 04 April 2019 09:58
LeBron: Offseason 'critical' for himself, Lakers
Thursday, 04 April 2019 10:18
Curry credits contacts for boost in 3-point shot
Thursday, 04 April 2019 13:42
Curry: LeBron, Lakers will 'regroup' next season
Thursday, 04 April 2019 18:49
Bucks' Bledsoe ejected after fracas with Embiid
Thursday, 04 April 2019 18:44