Basketball
Heat's Butler: We're not the underdogs in Finals
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 14:01
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Miami Heat were not expected to be in the NBA Finals. They are not favored to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.But good luck getting Heat star Jimmy Butler to agree to either of those facts. And, ahead of Game 1 of the Finals tipping off here inside the NBA's bubble…
What went wrong for Doc Rivers and the Clippers
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 10:19
ON THE NIGHT the LA Clippers landed Kawhi Leonard as a free agent and traded for Paul George last July, Doc Rivers talked with the team's president of basketball operations, Lawrence Frank, dozens of times.First there was a debate over just how much the Clippers should give up in the trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder for George. Would Leonard…
How the NBA navigated its longest, most unpredictable year
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 05:47
An hour before the 2019 NBA Finals tipped off in Toronto -- the first time the league's showcase event had been played outside the United States -- commissioner Adam Silver reminded those watching that basketball's founder, James Naismith, was a Christian missionary who brought the game to China and Europe in the belief that it could be a common language.Silver…
Cuban offers help, picks up Delonte West by car
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Monday, 28 September 2020 22:50
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban picked up Delonte West at a Dallas gas station on Monday and is attempting to help the homeless former NBA player get his life back on track, Cuban confirmed to ESPN.Sources close to West told TMZ that his family and friends have been trying to get West to go to a drug rehabilitation facility and…
LaMelo not worried about LaVar's draft thoughts
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Monday, 28 September 2020 14:55
LaMelo Ball, a likely top-five pick in November's NBA draft, says he's open to playing anywhere -- including Golden State, despite his father LaVar's recent comments about it possibly being a bad fit."Well, I'm my own man. He's his own man. He has his opinions, I have mine," Ball said of his dad. "Like I said, I feel I could…
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Monday, 28 September 2020 14:55
Lakers heavy Finals faves, but Heat popular bet
Monday, 28 September 2020 18:23
Doc out as Clips coach after surprising playoff exit
Monday, 28 September 2020 18:40
There is no more time for the Clippers
Sunday, 27 September 2020 22:52
Celtics done in yet again by late-game lapses
Sunday, 27 September 2020 22:50
NBA Finals: Storylines and stats that matter ahead of Lakers-Heat
Sunday, 27 September 2020 20:10
Heat oust Celtics emphatically, advance to NBA Finals
Sunday, 27 September 2020 10:53
Wolves' Beasley facing felony gun, drug charges
Sunday, 27 September 2020 10:51
Jimmy Butler and the Heat are caught in a barista battle in the NBA bubble
Sunday, 27 September 2020 02:03
LeBron on 10th Finals: Meaningless unless we win
Sunday, 27 September 2020 00:17
Murray hobbled in loss: 'Didn't have the energy'
Sunday, 27 September 2020 00:01
Don't take LeBron James for granted in 2020
Saturday, 26 September 2020 10:00
NBA playoffs Real or Not: Anthony Davis for Finals MVP? A glimpse into the East's future?
Friday, 25 September 2020 23:27
Heat's Adebayo shoulders blame for loss to Celts
Friday, 25 September 2020 23:27
Celts 'relax,' take control in 2nd half to stay alive
Friday, 25 September 2020 23:28
The Celtics stopped sleepwalking in Game 5
Friday, 25 September 2020 16:49
Howard takes page from Kobe: 'Job not finished'
Friday, 25 September 2020 15:49
Warriors' Thompson participates in full practice
Friday, 25 September 2020 15:49
Sources: Demps joining Jazz as assistant coach
Friday, 25 September 2020 15:49
Nuggets' Malone: 3-1 deficit not what we want
Friday, 25 September 2020 08:36