NBA Playoffs: Game 7 history, statistics and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston They are the best two words in sports: Game 7. The win-or-go-home nature of a Game 7 is unmatched, especially in the NBA playoffs. After six back-and-forth matchups, many series come down to the deciding contest with the season – and […]
Doc Rivers stepped onto the court and called timeout before Bam Adebayo even finished his pick-six dunk. Maybe Rivers should’ve kept walking. The Heat overran the 76ers, 99-90, in Game 6 of their second-round series Thursday. Miami advances to the Eastern Conference finals to face the Bucks-Celtics winner. Philadelphia enters an offseason of tension (or […]
After an embarrassing playoff exit to the Atlanta Hawks last season, Ben Simmons demanded a trade and never suited up for the Sixers again. They managed to stay afloat throughout the year thanks to another Joel Embid MVP-caliber season, Tyrese Maxey’s ascension, and turning a Simmons on strike into james harden. Going from the early […]
Brady Hawk: Jimmy Butler on being in Miami: “I’m where I belong. A place where I should’ve been a long time ago.”Source: Twitter @BradyHawk305 What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ky Carlin @Ky_CarlinJoel Embiid on Jimmy Butler: “I still don’t know how we let him go.” #Sixers- 10:57 PM Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixersJoel Embiid on Jimmy Butler, […]
In the 2001 NBA Playoffs, Kobe Bryant went on a tear, helping lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 15-1 record and the world championship while establishing himself as basketball’s preeminent crunch-time performer. If anyone doubted he was clutch, he would prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt the following year. Heading into the […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jimmy Butler knocked Joel Embiid out of the playoffs, then walked over to his former 76ers teammate for a hug and a message. ”`I’m proud of him. I love him,” Butler said he told Embiid. ” Yes, yes, yes, I still wish I was on his team from him. I do love the […]
Attrition got the best of the Philadelphia 76ers as their Eastern Conference series against the Miami Heat wore on. The Heat’s grinding style made it even more difficult on a beat-up Sixers squad, and the result was a 4-2 series victory for the Heat, who finished off Philadelphia with a 99-90 victory in Game 6 […]
3 observations after Sixers’ season ends with ugly Game 6 loss to Heat originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers certainly did not earn a fourth chance to win in South Beach. The team’s season ended in dreadful fashion Thursday night with a 99-90 Game 6 loss at Wells Fargo Center to the Heat. […]
Dubs experimenting with JK as starter has yet to pay off originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea After losing Gary Payton II in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals against Memphis, the Warriors were forced to alter their starting lineup. Among the options to replace GP2 were guards Jordan Poole and Damion Lee or […]
Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. will represent the organization on Tuesday at the NBA draft lottery in Chicago, Illinois, the team announced on Thursday. The Wizards enter the lottery slotted 10th after finishing with a 35-47 record. They have a 3% chance of winning the No. 1 pick and a 13.9% of jumping […]