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NBA playoffs: Lakers will reportedly offer rings to Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley if they win championship
It sounds like Westbrook and Beverley would gladly accept them.
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Nikola Jokić fined, not suspended for Game 4 altercation with Suns owner Mat Ishbia
The Nuggets and Suns play Game 5 on Tuesday.
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Marcus Thompson on Warriors/Lakers, Draymond’s future & playoff coaching
Marcus Thompson from The Athletic joins Vince Goodwill to talk their way through the 2023 NBA Playoffs, with some extra time spent on the present and future of the Golden State Warriors.
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James Harden’s varying brilliance sums up these NBA playoffs perfectly
Harden’s scoring binges and vanishing acts reflect a postseason that keeps surprising.
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Paolo Banchero, Jalen Williams, Walker Kessler headline NBA's All-Rookie Team
Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero headlines the NBA's All-Rookie team that was announced Monday.
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NBA playoffs: Suns owner Mat Ishbia says suspending Nikola Jokić after Game 4 shove 'would not be right'
Jokić was assessed a technical foul after the incident.
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NBA betting: Anthony Davis' extreme inconsistency has been good for bettors
What gives with the ups and downs for the Lakers star forward?
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LeBron James and Steph Curry: From admirer to friend to foe
Fifteen years ago, Steph Curry marveled that LeBron James came to watch him play in college. Now, they're battling each other for NBA titles.
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The Daily Sweat: Knicks and Warriors look to even up their series in pair of Game 4s
The NBA has two more intriguing matchups for Monday.
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NBA playoffs: Suns overcome Nikola Jokić's 53, ride Kevin Durant and Devin Booker to 2-2 series tie
Booker and Durant countered Jokić's outburst with their own brand of offensive firepower to send the series back to Denver all tied up.
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NBA playoffs: Celtics forget to show up early and late in Game 4 loss to Sixers
For some reason, the Boston Celtics seem intent on taking the path of most resistance.
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NBA playoffs: Nikola Jokić shoves Suns owner Mat Ishbia, draws technical; fan ejected for touching Nuggets center
Isiah Thomas was also somehow involved.
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NBA playoffs: James Harden leads 76ers to Game 4 OT win to even series after Celtics comeback
The nail-biter came down to a game-winner from James Harden, who scored 42 points.
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James Harden hosts Michigan State shooting survivor John Hao, then scores 42 in Game 4 76ers win over Celtics
Hao — a big fan of Harden's — was recently released from the hospital after being paralyzed during February's Michigan State shooting.
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Nick Gilbert, son of Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, dies at 26
The Cavaliers dedicated their season to Nick Gilbert and others affected by neurofibromatosis (NF1).
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LeBron James congratulates son Bronny on college commitment, a family first: 'One of the best days of my life'
“It’s even more special to me cause it’s the first time for someone out of my family to go to college.”
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NBA playoffs: How Lakers GM Rob Pelinka navigated help around LeBron James, Anthony Davis is paying off
The dismantling occurred largely because of the deliberate personnel moves Pelinka engineered right before the trade deadline, transactions that felt like minor ones for a team in need of a real makeover.
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NBA playoffs: Lakers wallop Warriors to take 2-1 series lead in Western Conference semifinals
Anthony Davis had 25 points and 13 rebounds as the Lakers grabbed a 2-1 series lead over the Warriors.
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NBA playoffs: Anthony Davis leads Lakers to runaway Game 3 win over Warriors
The Warriors took a Brow-beating in L.A.
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NBA playoffs: Jimmy Butler leads dominant defensive effort as Heat take 2-1 lead vs. Knicks
The Heat held the Knicks to 34.1% shooting.
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NBA playoffs: Jimmy Butler cleared to return from ankle injury, will play in Game 3 against Knicks
Jimmy Butler sustained the injury in a Game 1 win over the Knicks.
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NBA playoffs: Suns' Devin Booker ascending toward superstardom in another playoff explosion
“He’s a team builder. Like all the things you want in a superstar he brings it and he doesn’t say much about it,” Durant said.
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NBA playoffs: Will someone on the Sixers help Joel Embiid before his MVP season is over?
The Boston Celtics are an outlying James Harden playoff performance from leading the Philadelphia 76ers 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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NBA playoffs: Devin Booker's 47 points keep Suns in series vs. Nuggets
The Suns are back in this thing.
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NBA playoffs: Celtics ruin Joel Embiid's MVP presentation, stifle James Harden in strong Game 3 win
Joel Embiid won in the pregame, but the Celtics won when it mattered.
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NBA playoffs: Celtics' Grant Williams left with bloody mouth after Joel Embiid's foot lands on his head
The Celtics got the win, but they had one very painful moment.
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Joel Embiid breaks down in tears after son, Arthur, runs onto the court during NBA MVP presentation
Joel Embiid got emotional when his son, Arthur, ran onto the court during the MVP presentation.
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Draymond Green’s defensive effort on Anthony Davis and other X-factors that will shape Warriors-Lakers Game 3
Here are three questions top of mind with the series tied at one.
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NBA betting, odds: Three best bets for Friday night's NBA action
The Celtics travel to the city of brotherly love to face the Sixers in Game 3 with the series tied at one, and the Suns look to avoid going down 3-0 to the Nuggets.
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The Daily Sweat: The Nuggets are road underdogs while the Celtics are road favorites
Denver looks to go up 3-0 on Phoenix while the winner of Celtics vs. Sixers will go up 2-1.
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NBA playoffs: Stephen Curry's impact as facilitator just as important as scorer in Warriors' postseason run
You might as well call him Magic Curry, at least for a night, as he conducted the Warriors to a win and 1-1 tie with the Lakers in their Western Conference series.
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NBA playoffs: Klay Thompson, Warriors light up Lakers to even series at 1-1
Follow Yahoo Sports for updates of Game 2 of the Lakers-Warriors second-round series.
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NBA playoffs: Klay Thompson, Warriors roll over Lakers to even series 1-1
The Warriors absolutely dominated the Lakers to even up their series on Thursday night.
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Former Texas star, NBA player and executive Lance Blanks dies at 56
Lance Blanks served as the Phoenix Suns' general manager from 2010 to 2013 and later returned to Texas to serve as an analyst with the Longhorn Network.
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Report: Bucks fire coach Mike Budenholzer after 1st-round NBA playoffs collapse to Heat
Budenholzer's disastrous decision-making against the Heat this postseason sealed a fate that seemingly teetered back and forth throughout his Bucks tenure.
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NBA playoffs: Doc Rivers insists Joel Embiid is healthy, 'good' physically despite blowout loss in Game 2
Joel Embiid returned from his knee sprain Wednesday for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Embiid’s flopping, Anthony Davis is the Lakers’ best player & Jimmy vs. MSG
Jake and Dan are back with another fun episode of No Cap Room, this time taking a deeper dive on all four playoff series before recapping Jake’s night at the NBA Replay Center with the most interesting man in basketball.
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NBA playoffs: Draymond Green's force is needed in Lakers-Warriors series
Green’s force will be expected — not just in Game 2 but for the rest of the series. The Warriors can’t win without it, and Green can’t play without it — with possible free agency looming in the summer.
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Patrick Beverley says he and Russell Westbrook want rings if Lakers win NBA title
The former Lakers players apparently have some investment in the postseason.
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Mavericks star Luka Dončić to pay for funerals of 8 children after mass shooting in Belgrade
Dončić is also covering grief counseling for classmates and staff.
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NBA betting, odds: Three wagers for Lakers-Warriors Game 2
The Warriors should respond after losing home-court advantage in the series opener.
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Report: Grizzlies won't re-sign pending free agent Dillon Brooks 'under any circumstances'
Brooks’ agent appeared to refute the report from The Athletic's Shams Charania on Thursday.
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NBA betting, odds: Can we believe in the Miami Heat to make the NBA Finals?
The best value in the futures market may be with the team nobody expected to be here.
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The Daily Sweat: Lakers have a chance to take a big step toward eliminating Warriors
The Lakers stunned the Warriors in Game 1 of their series.
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NBA playoffs: Joel Embiid is back, but at a cost to Sixers in Game 2 loss to Celtics
Two weeks removed from spraining his right knee, Sixers star Joel Embiid scored just 15 points in a series-tying 121-87 loss to the Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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NBA playoffs: Celtics spoil Joel Embiid's return, bury 76ers with barrage of 3s to tie series at 1-1
Boston countered Embiid's interior defense with 51 3-point attempts.
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Steph Curry, Klay Thompson to face Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce in next edition of 'The Match'
On June 29, two members of an NBA dynasty will take on two members of an NFL dynasty in a sport none of them plays professionally: golf.
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NBA Playoffs: New MVP Joel Embiid reportedly on track to play in Game 2, tells 76ers teammates 'I'm back'
After missing two playoff games due to a knee injury, Joel Embiid is back.
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The Daily Sweat: Celtics try to recover after shocking Game 1 loss to 76ers
The 76ers pulled off a stunner to start the series against Boston.
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NBA playoffs: Anthony Davis steps up on both ends to help Lakers steal home-court advantage from Warriors
If the Lakers can get this version of Davis, he’s extending everything they have going. The personnel moves that elevated the Lakers from the bottom of the West to this point were all made with a healthy Davis in mind.
