Shaqtin' A Fool: Episode 18

(Last week’s record in parenthesis; last week’s ranking in brackets) 1) Golden State Warriors (3-1) [1]: Let me get this straight: the Warriors are 35-9, prohibitive favorites to repeat, and they’re just now going to KD-Steph pick and rolls this year? 2) Boston Celtics (1-0) [2]: The Celtics and Sixers brought out the footballers in…

Jaylen Brown scores 13 of his 25 points in the 4th quarter to power Boston to a 93-80 win and a 3-2 East finals lead. • Complete coverage: Eastern Conference finals MIAMI — The Boston Celtics are one win away from their first trip to The Finals in 12 years. Game 5 of the Eastern Conference…

Event Page NEW YORK — Defending champion Joe Harris of the Brooklyn Nets and NBA All-Stars Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers and Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks will participate in the 2020 MTN DEW® 3-Point Contest on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the United Center in Chicago. The eight-player field for the two-round,…

It happened earlier than usual on Friday night. Text messages and social media posts began flying from fan to fan at roughly 8:30 p.m. ET. “Harden’s hot. He’s got 27.” By this point, it was already the middle of the NBA evening. Many assumed it was first-half news, to which the reply couldn’t type itself…

Duncan Robinson shot 28% from 3-point range in the preseason. But it wasn’t the percentage that mattered. It was the attempts. Robinson, who went undrafted in 2018 and played a total of 161 minutes as a rookie, was suddenly an indiscriminate gunner in the Miami Heat’s starting lineup. His 13.1 3-point attempts per 36 minutes…

Chris Paul became the first player with three separate 17-game win streaks as the Suns beat the Warriors in their first of two meetings in Week 7. 1. Warriors vs. Suns Showdown Delivers Entering Week 7, the Phoenix Suns (17-3) were riding a 16-game win streak, but were still looking up at the Golden State…