The first of Thursday’s tandem has the Boston Celtics at State Farm Arena to face the Atlanta Hawks. The top-seeded Celtics are massive road favorites (-16.5 at ESPN BET), even with Al Horford and Jrue Holiday listed as questionable. The talented, if top heavy, Boston rotation hasn’t afforded many opportunities for streaming value this season, […]
Continue readingIn the East, the Philadelphia 76ers have tumbled down the ranks since Joel Embiid‘s knee injury. Having once staked their claim behind the league-leading Boston Celtics, the injury-stricken 76ers are now fighting to stay out of the play-in picture. Meanwhile, the third-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers should be on high alert as the New York Knicks continue […]
Continue reading“It was fun,” Davis said after the Lakers, playing without LeBron James because of a sore left ankle, trailed by 19 points in the fourth quarter before storming back. “Let’s line up and do it all over again tomorrow.” Indeed, L.A.’s reward for its fourth win in a row — drawing the team two games […]
Continue readingOn Sep. 27, the Portland Trail Blazers traded All-Star guard Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-way deal that sent Holiday, Deandre Ayton and Toumani Camara to Portland, along with a handful of draft rights. This came after Lillard requested a trade from the Blazers in July. Four days later, Portland […]
Continue readingCompetitive leagues can come down to just a handful of stats, thus it’s imperative to chase every advantage possible while maximizing games played. For instance, the New Orleans Pelicans host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a matchup of Western Conference contenders. The Pelicans will be without Brandon Ingram for several games due to a knee […]
Continue readingSunday features just six NBA games on the slate but there are some big names in action, several fun matchups and a ton of fantasy destinies that will be decided before the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers wrap up the night around 1 a.m. Create up to 25 new men’s brackets beginning at the […]
Continue readingAntetokounmpo missed two games with what the team described as tendinopathy in his hamstring. Tendinopathy is pain that generally results from overuse. He was 9-of-19 from the field and had nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks in 35 minutes. The Bucks were without Khris Middleton, who got the night off after playing 33 minutes […]
Continue readingGiannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks will visit the Boston Celtics on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET, and it will be interesting to see who plays in this one. Antetokounmpo was ruled out. Meanwhile, the Celtics, who were without Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday in their last one, are listing Holiday (shoulder) and Jaylen Brown […]
Continue readingAntetokounmpo was not with the team at shootaround Wednesday morning and did not travel to Boston. He will rejoin the team back in Milwaukee on Thursday, where the Bucks are playing the second game of a back-to-back against the Brooklyn Nets. Antetokounmpo is having one of the best seasons of his career, averaging 30.8 points […]
Continue readingMilwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics over 225.5 points (-105). These two teams don’t just have the two best records in the Eastern Conference, they are also the second (Celtics, 121.0 PPG) and third (Bucks, 120.7 PPG) highest scoring teams in the NBA. While the Celtics are also strong on defense (109.3 points allowed per game, […]
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