The 2025 NBA Finals are underway, featuring two of the league’s youngest and most entertaining teams: the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Both teams are starting a new era for their cities. Neither team has won a ring or even been to the finals in the last decade. Tonight, …
Read More »Battle-Tested Thunder host Timberwolves in Game 1
Tonight, the Western Conference Finals tips off between the one-seed Oklahoma City Thunder (68-14) and the sixth-seed Minnesota Timberwolves (49-33). Two of the biggest young stars in the game Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Edwards will face off for the first time in the NBA Playoffs. This series will also be …
Read More »Gilgeous-Alexander’s 31 points lift Thunder over Nuggets to take series lead
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-105 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Despite 44 points from Denver’s Nikola Jokic, the Thunder outscored the Nuggets 34-19 in the fourth quarter to come out with the win. Denver took a two-point …
Read More »A Preview for the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend
The 74th edition of the NBA All-Star Game is in California for the first time since 2018. The events will take place from Feb. 13 to Feb. 16. San Francisco will host its first All-Star Game since 1967. The All-Star Celebrity Game will be in Oakland Arena on Friday night, …
Read More »Timberwolves Take Game Seven Over Defending Champs
When asked in his post-game press conference after Sunday’s game seven loss about whether the Timberwolves were threats to become rivals to the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, three-time MVP Nikola Jokic stated, “Yes. I think they’re built to beat us.” And that’s exactly what Minnesota did. "I think they're built …
Read More »Western Conference Remains a Tight Race
When the NBA regular season ended, five teams finished with a win percentage over .600 in the Western Conference. The East had two. Ten teams finished 10 or more games over .500. The East had eight. Combined, the 10 teams to make the postseason/play-in in the West had 81 more …
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 »Jokic dominates, Nuggets spoil Doc Rivers’ coaching debut with Bucks
Doc Rivers kicked off his 25th season of coaching in the NBA on the road, facing the defending champion Denver Nuggets. The challenge proved to be too much for Milwaukee, with Nikola Jokic recording his 14th triple-double of the season in a 113-107 win for the Nuggets. Bucks Start Fast …
Read More »Denver Nuggets Win NBA Finals
The Denver Nuggets sealed their victory in the NBA Finals by defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday. https://twitter.com/nuggets/status/1668453675600330754 Miami Heat in NBA Finals Meanwhile, the Miami Heat surpassed all expectations to become the first play-in team and the second eight-seed (after the 1998–99 New York Knicks) to advance to …
Read More »Miami Ties Finals With Game 2 Win
Sunday, the Miami Heat handed the Denver Nuggets their first home loss of the postseason. Miami tied the series with a 111-108 Game 2 victory in Denver and both teams will head to Miami for Games 3 and 4. The Unstoppable Joker Although Miami came out strong with a 7-0 …
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