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NBA playoff picture: Why upcoming week is crucial for Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics are just 5-5 in their last 10 games. But if there’s ever a time to snap out of their funk, it’s now. Despite their recent skid, the Celtics still enter Friday as the No. 2 seed … Read more

Celebrities Attend Los Angeles Lakers v Houston Rockets For a handful of games after the All-Star break, there was a genuine spark of hope for Lakers fans. With the team’s trade deadline additions they had improved shooting, defense, secondary shot creation and size around LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who were both finally healthy. They … Read more

Agent: Huerter day-to-day after hamstring MRI comes back clean originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Kings and their fans received some good news regarding Kevin Huerter’s leg injury sustained against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. Huerter’s agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday that the shooting guard’s MRI on … Read more

Atlanta Hawks v Washington Wizards Bogdan Bogdanovic should fit well in new coach Quin Snyder’s system in Atlanta — he can space the floor (40.1% from 3), and is a microwave scorer who can do some secondary playmaking. Which is why the Hawks decided to keep him around with a four-year, $68 million contract extension, … Read more

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is one of the best players in this league as he can do it all at 7 feet tall. The big fella is averaging a league-leading 33.4 points per game, 10.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and he’s shooting 54.1% from the floor. There isn’t a lot that he can’t do. There … Read more

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson did not mince his words when he gave his take on why Brooklyn lost to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. He recognized that the game was a tale of two halves for the Nets as they did not start off the game the way that they should … Read more

Ever since coming to the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019, Anthony Davis has been a polarizing figure among the team’s fan base. Plenty of Lakers fans love and appreciate him, but there are also many who have been very frustrated with him. Not only does the latter group criticize the big man … Read more

When it comes to protecting the rim, there are few teams in the NBA who do it better than the Boston Celtics do. At the time of writing, the Celtics happen to be the sixth-most proficient ball club in the Association at sending the rock into the stands — or better yet, into the waiting … Read more

It may no longer be permitted for teams to trade players for the remainder of the 2022-23 NBA season, but according to Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley, if it were still allowed, the Boston Celtics ought to covet Charlotte Hornets big man PJ Washington. The Kentucky alum has been linked to the Celtics in the past … Read more

The Los Angeles Lakers have played rather well since the trade deadline, as they’re looking to secure a playoff spot, but they have also had a couple of disappointing and arguably inexcusable losses. One of them came on Wednesday when they fell 114-110 to the Houston Rockets after they were unable to defend the paint … Read more