Articles by James Foglio (4142)
Omer Yurtseven (nose contusion) of the Miami Heat is questionable for Friday night’s Game 2 matchup against the Boston Celtics of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. The 7-foot center appeared in only nine games off the bench in the regular season. Yurtseven averaged 4.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 9.2 minutes per game. Miami won Game […]
NBA teams hold a 6-56 series record when trailing 2-0 in conference finals series. Two of the six series wins were by LeBron James teams in 2007 against the Detroit Pistons and 2018 over the Boston Celtics. The 19-time All-Star has a 12-9 series record after losing Game 1. His 12 wins are the most […]
Jamal Murray scored the final 12 points in the Denver Nuggets’ 108-103 win against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, the second-most consecutive points scored for a team to end a conference finals or NBA Finals win. LeBron James recorded the final 25 points for the Cleveland Cavaliers […]
Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon (right forearm strain) has been downgraded to probable for Friday night’s Game 2 matchup against the Miami Heat of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. Through 14 games off the bench this postseason, the 2022-23 Sixth Man of the Year is averaging 15.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 28.4 minutes […]
Tuesday night’s Lakers-Nuggets matchup in Game 1 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals averaged 7.36 million viewers across ESPN, making it the most-watched conference finals opener in five years. Of the 7.36 million viewers, about 7.13 million watched on ESPN and 234,000 viewed the game on ESPN2. That’s a 13% increase in viewership from the […]
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has a 12-9 series record after losing Game 1, and his 12 wins are the most by any player in NBA history. The 19-time All-Star also has 15 30-point triple-doubles in his playoff career, the most in league history. James leads Oscar Robertson (8), Russell Westbrook (6), Nikola […]
The Miami Heat became the fifth NBA team to win Game 1 on the road in each of their first three playoff series this postseason, joining the 1981 Houston Rockets, 1989 Chicago Bulls, 1999 New York Knicks, and 2021 Atlanta Hawks. The 1981 Rockets and 1999 Knicks advanced to the NBA Finals, but neither team […]
The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery on ESPN’s broadcast drew the fifth-largest audience over the last 20 years. An estimated 3.24 million viewers tuned in to watch this year’s draft lottery. The San Antonio Spurs won the first overall selection. They are projected to draft top prospect Victor Wembanyama. Other most-viewed NBA Draft Lottery telecasts over […]
NBA teams with the worst record have not selected first overall the last five seasons in the draft lottery. Is the NBA draft lottery fair to all lottery teams, and/or does it only complicate the draft process? The Portland Trail Blazers had a 10.5% chance of receiving the No. 1 overall selection, and the team […]
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers from 2018-21, and this is the first season the 10-year veteran has played alongside Nikola Jokic on the Denver Nuggets. Naturally, Caldwell-Pope was asked how the superstars compare. “I feel like the only difference is that Bron can jump higher than Jokic,” the 2020 NBA […]