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The education of Zion Williamson
More Teams. More Games. Take a look back at every dunk from Zion Williamson‘s Duke career to see what Pelicans fans have been missing. (5:01) A FEW HOURS before Duke’s NCAA tournament run begins in Columbia, South Carolina, Bill Pell sits in his living room and reminisces about his final year teaching at Spartanburg Day […]
Continue readingNBA summer league 2022: How Max Strus parlayed four games in Las Vegas to become a critical part of the Miami Heat
This was sudden death, after the NBA had seven years prior changed the rules for summer league games that go into double overtime. Next basket wins. Tied at 94, Heat big man Omar Yurtseven won the opening jump, tipping the ball to Max Strus. The second-year guard, who had played a total of 513 NBA […]
Continue readingThe ever-tinkering Boston Celtics and the rocky road back to NBA Finals contention
THE BALL SWUNG from Jayson Tatum to Dennis Schroder to Al Horford to Marcus Smart, pinging around the perimeter in search of the best possible shot. It was Nov. 19, and the Boston Celtics — already leading by 14 points with just over five minutes to go against LeBron James and the visiting Los Angeles […]
Continue readingCleveland Cavaliers rookie Evan Mobley to miss weeks with right elbow sprain
The No. 3 pick in this year’s draft got hurt when his arm got tied up while battling Celtics center Enes Kanter under the basket. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff called the injury “a freak thing” because it happened on a common play. “Guys get tangled up going for rebounds, competing for loose balls and things,” Bickerstaff […]
Continue readingWith nine players out, Boston Celtics to have minimum eight players for game vs. Miami Heat
While Kemba Walker (knee) and Romeo Langford (wrist) are injured, the other seven players who will be sitting Sunday — guard Javonte Green and Jaylen Brown, forwards Jayson Tatum, Semi Ojeleye and Grant Williams and centers Robert Williams III and Tristan Thompson — all are out Sunday, and likely for some time beyond, because of […]
Continue readingBoston Celtics short-handed for game vs. Miami Heat; Jayson Tatum in protocol, followed by Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal
In the team’s latest injury report, released around 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday, nine of the team’s 17 players were listed — seven of them because of either positive COVID-19 tests or contact tracing as a result of them, including stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. The Washington Wizards, meanwhile, were without Bradley Beal for their […]
Continue readingBoston Celtics place three players in coronavirus protocol
The Boston Celtics will be without their entire frontcourt rotation for Friday night’s game against the Washington Wizards after announcing Grant Williams, Robert Williams and Tristan Thompson are out due to the NBA’s coronavirus protocol. Robert Williams has tested positive for COVID-19, while Thompson and Grant Williams are out due to contact tracing, a source […]
Continue readingBoston Celtics’ Kemba Walker cleared to practice; knee ‘pain-free’
Walker’s left knee has been an ongoing issue for Boston going back for a calendar year, to January 2020. In the weeks leading up to last year’s All-Star Game, he was dealing with on-again, off-again discomfort in the knee. Then, after playing heavy minutes in the midseason showcase in Chicago, he struggled before the league […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs 2020: From afar, watching Game 5 with Celtics GM Danny Ainge
Instead, he watched in horror as Kyle Lowry threw a textbook, 50-foot overhead pass above 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall to OG Anunoby in the corner. Anunoby was open just long enough for a quality look at the basket due to a miscommunication between Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Anunoby’s stunning and dramatic 3-point winner instantly renewed […]
Continue readingNBA Twitter reacts to OG Anunoby’s season-saving buzzer-beater
Kemba Walker, who finished the game with 29 points, thought he had iced the game for the Celtics with an assist after finding a cutting Daniel Theis for a go-ahead dunk, leaving just 0.5 seconds on the clock and giving Boston a two-point lead. Coach Nick Nurse put the ball into his All-Star point guard’s […]
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