After falling behind 2-1 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round, the Phoenix Suns have now won eight consecutive playoff games, the longest streak in their franchise history and the longest for any team since the 2017 Golden State Warriors opened the playoffs 15-0. They won this one without Chris Paul, who joined […]
Continue readingThe Philadelphia 76ers had just suffered their first defeat of the 2021 playoffs, a 122-114 loss to the Washington Wizards in Game 4 of their first-round series. The catalyst for Washington’s victory had been intentionally fouling star point guard Ben Simmons three times in the final three minutes of the game. When Rivers was asked […]
Continue readingNo way. Anyone who says they foresaw the second-year player scoring 39 points to send the Clippers to the first Western Conference finals in franchise history is still delirious from watching what unfolded in front of the first full-capacity indoors crowd in Los Angeles since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Terance Mann, born in 1996, drafted […]
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