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Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the NBA on Monday morning, and Basketball Reference still shows the 10-time All-Star with a 98.4% chance of making it into the Hall of Fame. Anthony has the eighth-highest probability, trailing LeBron James (100%), Kevin Durant (100%), Chris Paul (100%), Stephen Curry (100%), James Harden (99.9%), Russell Westbrook (99.9%), […]
The Boston Celtics are 8-11 in their last 19 home playoff games. Through 16 games of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics are 4-5 at home and 4-3 away. In Sunday night’s 128-102 road loss to Miami in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat outscored Boston 61-46 in the first half. Jayson […]
Bam Adebayo is the third player in Miami Heat franchise history to tally at least 20 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists in a playoff game, joining LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal. In Miami’s 111-105 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, the two-time All-Star recorded 22 points, […]
Jayson Tatum scored a Game-7 record 51 points in the Boston Celtics’ 112-88 second-round series win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and sportsbooks now show the four-time All-Star as the betting favorite to score 50 or more points in another game this postseason. Per the BetOnline sportsbook, Tatum (+200) has the best odds of becoming the […]
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 […]
