Basketball
Lowe: Zach Collins raises Portland's hopes for Game 7 and a brighter future
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Saturday, 11 May 2019 06:25
Rodney Hood has been the star of the Portland Trail Blazers' bench in this beautiful, exhausting, exhilarating battle against the Denver Nuggets, and he deserves all the public fawning.He's averaging 16 points on 60 percent (!) shooting, and brutalizing whichever undersized guard the Nuggets throw at him -- to the point that Denver for one stretch of Game 6 slid…
Inside the romantic and unpredictable play stunning NBA defenses
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Sunday, 12 May 2019 08:17
WHEN JAMAL MURRAY is asked about playing the two-man game with Nikola Jokic, he replies, "The best part is we don't really don't know what is going to happen.""And the beauty of that," Paul Millsap adds, "is if we don't know, then [the defense] can't possibly know."The pick-and-roll partners are heavy on improvisation, but their attraction to the motion began…
Malone: Game 6 skirmish just 'playoff basketball'
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Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:00
DENVER -- Nuggets coach Michael Malone dismissed the notion that a shoving match between Denver's Will Barton and Portland's Seth Curry in Game 6 might carry over into Game 7 on Sunday at Pepsi Center, especially after the Trail Blazers guard called the Nuggets "sassy.""To me, that's weak," Malone said Saturday, addressing the fourth-quarter incident that led to technical fouls…
All the challenges facing Frank Vogel, LeBron and the Lakers
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Saturday, 11 May 2019 17:41
NBA coaching hires typically fit into two categories of power profile: strong or weak.There are also generally two kinds of general managers working in the league: those who make decisions aimed at keeping their jobs and those who are determined to do things their way, even if it comes with the risk of failure.Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka…
No guarantee Brogdon starts for Bucks in ECF
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Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:26
MILWAUKEE -- Despite having a week between the end of the second round and the beginning of the Eastern Conference finals, there is no guarantee that Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon will be ready to return to the starting lineup by the beginning of the next series as he recovers from a minor plantar fascia tear."He needs more game minutes,…
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Jazz rework front office, promote Zanik to GM
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Bucks' Gasol (foot surgery) out rest of playoffs
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Seth Curry on Barton scuffle: Nuggets are 'sassy'
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Smart: Blaming Kyrie for Celtics' fall is B.S.
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Silver wants half of new NBA refs to be women
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Kerr optimistic KD can return if Warriors advance
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Embiid returns to form for 76ers in 'do-or-die' win
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