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The Chicago Bulls defeated the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night 109-105 in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. Chicago, who got the final spot in the tournament, overcame a 19-point deficit to take down the No. 9 Raptors. Zach LaVine poured in 39 points for Chicago to lead all scorers. DeMar DeRozan …

The Toronto Raptors (41-41) will host the Chicago Bulls (40-42) Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament. The winner of this game will play the Miami Heat on Friday for the final playoff spot in the conference. Expectations During the regular season, the Bulls played the Raptors three …

The Oklahoma City Thunder will take on the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA Play-In Tournament Wednesday night. Tipoff is set for 9:30 p.m. https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1646198342198738949?s=20 How the Play-In Tournament Works The layout of the play-in tournament, which is in its third year of existence, is as follows: The No. 7 …

The Miami Heat find themselves on the verge of missing the 2023 NBA playoffs after falling to Atlanta in the first matchup of the NBA Play-In Tournament Tuesday night, 116-105. Miami entered this game as the seventh seed with home-court advantage against a scrappy Hawks team that has had many …

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-102 in overtime Tuesday night to secure the seventh seed and advance to the playoffs, where they will face the two-seed Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. Next stop, Playoffs pic.twitter.com/iboiqd96Ef — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 12, 2023 Short-Handed Wolves Minnesota …

The Miami Heat have had a down season from their success over the past few years. In the last three seasons the Heat have made the NBA Finals and Eastern Conference Finals, but find themselves in the play-in game to start to the postseason. The main cast has remained the …

The 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament officially tips off Tuesday night with the No. 7-seed Los Angeles Lakers hosting the No. 8-seed Minnesota Timberwolves. Play-in is set. Our place, Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/poAlVM2Ao1 — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 9, 2023 Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers had a strong end to the season, …

Former Florida Gator basketball player and Miami Heat veteran, Udonis Haslem has announced his retirement after 20 seasons with the Miami Heat. During his last game on Sunday against the Orlando Magic, Haslem secured 24 points, the most he’s scored since 2009. 24 Pts, 53% from the field, 3 threes. …

The Orlando Magic’s season is officially over. They end the season with a record of 34-48. The Magic have not made the playoffs since the 2019-2020 season. On Sunday, Orlando played their final regular game of the season against the Miami Heat and lost 110-123. The Magic were eliminated from …

The Miami Heat (44-38) host the Atlanta Hawks (41-41) in Tuesday night’s NBA Play-In Tournament to decide the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Miami is 10-6 against divisional opponents this season while Atlanta is 8-8. Miami won their final regular season game against the Orlando Magic, 123-110. Udonis …