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76ers rule out Tyrese Maxey (hip); De’Anthony Melton returns
Maxey was sidelined two nights after scoring a career-high 52 points in a double-overtime win at San Antonio. Maxey is averaging 25.9 points and 6.3 assists for Philadelphia, which has won five in a row and is trying to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament. Maxey was one of five Philadelphia starters listed as questionable for […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Tuesday
As we’ve discussed throughout the season, we should leverage easily accessible indicators to help sift such busy slates. Leaning on injury reports and betting info to help direct us to the most actionable player pickups and the most fertile offensive climates. Who is missing from lineups can drive decisions, while point spreads and totals can […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Six picks for Tuesday
Stephen Curry over 35.5 points, rebounds and assists. Curry has cleared this line in three of his past five games and three consecutive road games against the Lakers. The Warriors enter Tuesday night in a must-win scenario as they look to gain home-court advantage in a potential head-to-head play-in matchup with Los Angeles next week. […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Saturday
Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket Amid the drama of this final weekend of college hoops, the NBA presents a four-game Saturday slate defined by a series of cross-conference matchups. The day in professional basketball tips early with an afternoon meeting in California between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los […]
Continue readingPhiladelphia 76ers beat Spurs in 2OT without Joel Embiid
The Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to beat the San Antonio Spurs 133-126 in double overtime on Sunday night. Embiid was ruled out due to left knee injury recovery after playing in Saturday night’s win over the Grizzlies. It’s the first game Embiid has missed since returning to the court on Tuesday […]
Continue readingThe NBA regular season wraps up this week. What’s at stake?
The NBA regular season has now entered the final week, but there’s still plenty of play ahead of Sunday’s last slate of games and the ensuing play-in tournament — which goes from April 16 to 19. Several teams are still fighting to clinch playoff spots and home-court advantage through at least the first round of […]
Continue reading76ers fined $100K for violating injury reporting rules with Joel Embiid
The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 on Friday for violating the league’s injury reporting rules after Joel Embiid‘s return to the court Tuesday night. Embiid, who had been listed as out for Tuesday’s game for 24 hours, was suddenly upgraded to questionable just before 76ers coach Nick Nurse spoke around 5:45 p.m. before the […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Thursday
There is a positive correlation to such competitiveness and fantasy implications in that only of today’s five games has a spread above 3.5 points. Tighter spreads lead to more predictable rotations, which means more predictive minute patterns for players throughout each roster. When speculating production for fantasy purposes, it’s clearly of value to have some […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Five picks for Thursday
Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket James Harden over 8.5 assists (-140) The Clippers will look to get back on track after losing five consecutive home games. Harden should be busy as a facilitator with Kawhi Leonard ruled out for tonight’s game against Denver. Harden has surpassed this line in […]
Continue readingShohei Ohtani hits 430-foot shot for first Dodgers home run
LOS ANGELES — The first person Shohei Ohtani encountered on his way to the dugout was Teoscar Hernandez, who, amid so much newness and so much turmoil, has become quite possibly his best friend on the team. Hernandez, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ affable corner outfielder, stood near the railing and bestowed Ohtani with the offering […]
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