The Magic are without star forward Paolo Banchero. It showed on Sunday evening. The Lone Star State housed an early-season contest between the Dallas Mavericks and the Orlando Magic to conclude the second week of the NBA season, with the Mavericks besting the Paolo-less Magic 108-85. The Magic’s Fallen Star …
Read More »Celtics Take Commanding 2-0 Lead in NBA Finals
The Boston Celtics were able to drown out the pre-game noise to take a commanding 2-0 lead on the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. Leading up to Game 2, the storylines surrounding the Finals were not about the basketball being played. But while the NBA world was focused …
Read More »Celtics Host Mavericks in Game One of the NBA Finals
The NBA Finals are officially here. The top-seeded Boston Celtics (64-18) host the Western Conference fifth-seed Dallas Mavericks (50-32) in game one on Thursday night. MAVERICKS. CELTICS. GAME DAY. The #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV begin tonight with Game 1 at 8:30pm/et on ABC. Who ya got!? pic.twitter.com/32H8VWBPTq — NBA (@NBA) …
Read More »Western Home Teams Win Game 1 of NBA Playoffs
The 2024 NBA Playoffs started this past weekend. All home teams won game one of their respective series in the Western Conference. BOS, LAC, MIL, and OKC all take Game 1 at home! The #NBAPlayoffs presented by Google Pixel continues Monday on TNT & NBA TV. pic.twitter.com/UaatlvcjX4 — NBA (@NBA) …
Read More »NBA Western Conference to Start Playoff Action
The NBA’s Western Conference is absolutely loaded this season. All 10 teams that made it into the play-in tournament finished the regular season with at least 10 games over .500. With the first play-in games earlier this week, the Golden State Warriors were eliminated in their loss to the Sacramento …
Read More »NBA Trade Deadline: Things Looking Up for Philadelphia and New York
The 2024 NBA trade deadline arrived Thursday with less fanfare than usual. No rebuilds were kickstarted and no true superstars were moved. But with that being said, the league’s power dynamic could be shifted by what went on during the trade deadline. Here’s a look at the most significant moves …
Read More »Mark Cuban reacts to play-in tournament
The NBA expanded its playoff play-in concept for this season after the NBA bubble’s success last summer at Walt Disney World. Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic criticized the NBA’s play-in tournament for the bottom two playoff spots in each conference. “I don’t understand the idea of a play-in,” Mavericks star …
Read More »Magic Fall to Mavericks 130-124; Drop Fourth Straight
The Orlando Magic have dropped their fourth straight game, after falling 130-124 to the Dallas Mavericks. Despite shooting nearly 50% from the field and from three-point range, the Mavericks 52.2% shooting won out. Magic Coach Steve Clifford says where his team fell short in the matchup was on the defensive …
Read More »Top-5 High School Recruit RJ Hampton Chooses Overseas Rather Than College
On Tuesday afternoon, RJ Hampton chose to play overseas and skip college. He was considering Kansas, Texas Tech, and Memphis. Where’s He Going? Hampton signed a contract with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League. He becomes the first player to willingly skip college for an international pro …
Read More »Mark Cuban and the Mavericks facing public scrutiny
A recent flood of sexual harassment allegations against organizations and their higher-ups across various industries got deeper with scandals in the Dallas Mavericks workplace. Sports Illustrated released an article that shed an all-but-flattering light on the franchise’s office culture. Mark Cuban, owner of the Mavs is now under fire as …
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