Basketball
The 'Playoff Jimmy' phenomenon is real and it's a spectacle to behold
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Friday, 12 May 2023 11:14
JIMMY BUTLER STARTED smirking before the question was even done being asked. He shook his head as he answered with a smile on his face.After dropping a franchise playoff record 56 points to lead the 8-seed Miami Heat to a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the team with the best record in the NBA in the regular season,…
Why Golden State's ultimate X factor is center Kevon Looney
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Friday, 12 May 2023 06:14
STEVE KERR SAT in his Vancouver hotel room pining over one of his players during the Golden State Warriors' preseason trip to Canada in 2016.He called assistant Chris DeMarco to his room, and the two sat and discussed their then-second-year center, Kevon Looney."I don't know if he's going to make it in the league," Kerr told ESPN as he recalled…
Sixers vow to 'step up' after 'tough' Game 6 loss
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Friday, 12 May 2023 02:23
PHILADELPHIA -- After watching the Boston Celtics close Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 14-3 run to walk out of Wells Fargo Center with a 95-86 victory and push the matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers to a Game 7 on Sunday, the NBA's newly minted Most Valuable Player, Joel Embiid, said his team will be ready when…
'Special' Tatum breaks slump, keeps Celtics alive
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Friday, 12 May 2023 02:23
PHILADELPHIA -- As Celtics star Jayson Tatum went through one of the worst shooting slumps of his career through the first three quarters of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, he continued to get reassuring messages from up and down the Boston sideline."Keep going," Celtics costar Jaylen Brown said. "They can't guard you.""Let him know that he is that…
KD: Suns' 25-point blowout exit 'embarrassing'
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Friday, 12 May 2023 02:31
PHOENIX -- For the second straight season, the Phoenix Suns were eliminated at home in humiliating fashion.Phoenix's 125-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Thursday night's Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals was eerily similar to the Dallas Mavericks' Game 7 dominance at Footprint Center in the same round.The halftime deficit -- 30 points -- was even identical. So…
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