Game 5 feels like the biggest coin flip in the series, with the winner of tonight’s showdown having a massive advantage going forward. Winners of best-of-seven NBA series that are tied 2-2 go on to win that series more than 82 percent of t...
It’s essentially a must-win situation tonight for the Boston Celtics: A loss tonight, and they’d have to run the table against a Heat team that has proven it can compete with or without Jimmy Butler. Speaking of Butler, he’s one of the key...
Boston’s 25-point victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals didn’t just even up the series: It felt like a seismic shift that placed the Celtics firmly in the driver’s seat. With the next two games at the TD Garden, and with Marcu...
Two days ago, we were treated to a hotly-contested (if not, controversial) battle between the Celtics and the Bucks, and a blowout in the Bay overshadowed by an injury to the league’s newly-minted superstar, Ja Morant. Boston and Memphis t...
Joel Embiid’s lengthy injury report has cast a bit of a pall over the Sixers/Heat conference semifinal series, but with a better-than-zero chance of a possible return this weekend, things will become a lot more interesting if his teammates ...
The NBA playoffs have been a bit more tense than usual, with injuries evening the scales a bit, making this year’s first-round matchups far more competitive than they’ve been in recent memory. It’s win-or-go-home time tonight for the Nets a...
Desperation is the operative word for today as it relates to the NBA playoffs. Of the four games on the schedule, three of the home teams are looking to avoid massive series deficits, while the other – the Toronto Raptors – is...
Favorites went 3-1 against the spread on Saturday, and those three victorious favorites from the first day of NBA playoff action will be taking the court tonight looking to go up 2-0 in their respective series. It’s still too soon to pr...
The NBA Playoffs officially begin today, and the quest for the Larry O’Brien Trophy may be even more wide open than it was in the bubble just two seasons ago. Six teams have futures odds sitting at either +1000 or less, and that group d...
With all 82 NBA regular season games in the books, it’s almost time to hand out some hardware. With so many players enjoying career-best seasons, beat writers, television talking heads, and other pundits across the league have their work c...