The Golden State Warriors edged the Los Angeles Lakers on the road Thursday night, 123-116. And they did that without getting big numbers from Jimmy Butler, who admitted to getting banged up in the contest. Butler, who scored 11 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the floor with four rebounds, three steals and two assists, hurt his left forearm in the second half, as reported by Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN. After the game, the six-time NBA All-Star said he could need testing on his arm. Butler said he did not undergo an MRI or X-ray on his forearm after the game.…
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Rex Villas
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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is likely to have his speech in Springfield one day. He has one of the best resumes of his generation, and he could add to his long list of accomplishments with another sparkling award in the 2024-25 NBA season. The 35-year-old Green is among those viewed as a legitimate contender for this campaign’s Defensive Player of the Year award — one that he has already won before. Green, who won the DPOY in 2017, showed his defensive chops again Thursday night when he helped the Warriors take down the Los Angeles Lakers on the…
Luka Doncic surely isn’t going to remember Thursday night as one of his most memorable in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard was not at his top form against the Golden State Warriors that evening, with Stephen Curry and company eking out a 123-116 victory at Crypto.com Arena. The 26-year-old Doncic struggled to find his groove on offense, shooting only 6-for-17 from the floor. He particularly had trouble from 3-point range, where he was just 0-for-7. After the game, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported that the Slovenian star’s shoulder was wrapped, though, Doncic didn’t use it as an…
After winning two games in a row, Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers got stopped in their tracks by Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in Tinseltown. There wasn’t a happy ending in Hollywood in that contest for the Lakers, as the Warriors escaped with a 123-116 victory. The game was notable for a number of reasons, among which was the fact that it was the first meeting between the Warriors and the Lakers involving both their trade deadline acquisitions in Jimmy Butler and Doncic, respectively. Doncic, however, was far from satisfied from his performance,…
The New York Knicks are headed to the 2025 NBA Playoffs, as they have finally secured a berth in the postseason. However, there is some concern about their strength come the playoffs, with Jalen Brunson still sidelined by an ankle injury he suffered during an early March meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers. Since then, Brunson has missed 14 games. The expectation is that Brunson will be able to return to action even before the postseason. The absence of the former Villanova Wildcats star, however, has given OG Anunoby to shine more on the court for the Knicks, who inked…
Even if Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns find a way to ultimately make the NBA Play-in Tournament and/or the NBA Playoffs in the 2024-25 campaign, it’s fair to say that, so far, his time with the team hasn’t lived up to expectations. Durant still has a year left on his current contract, but given how things have gone for him and the Suns, there’s a good reason to expect that Phoenix will look to move him in the upcoming NBA offseason. The future Basketball Hall of Famer reportedly garnered interest ahead of this year’s trade deadline but ultimately did…
The Atlanta Hawks played the Portland Trail Blazers at home on Tuesday night, and while they absorbed a 127-113 loss, star point guard Trae Young had a productive outing. The former Oklahoma Sooners star stuffed the stat sheets with 29 points and 15 assists to go with four rebounds and three steals in 36 minutes. He shot just 7-for-20 from the field but was 3-for-7 from deep and 12-for-13 from the foul line. Also, he became just the first player to rack up at least 1,500 points and 800 assists in 70 games or fewer in a season in over…
Many believe that the Most Valuable Player race in the 2024-25 NBA season is a two-man race between Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic, who is also the reigning league MVP. On Tuesday night, with the Thunder idle, Jokic added to his case to win yet another Michael Jordan Trophy when he put up a performance against the Minnesota Timberwolves that will be talked about for a long time. The Serbian put up a triple-double of 61 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, albeit in a 140-139 double-overtime loss to Minnesota. Witnessing…
What happened Tuesday night in The Association will be something fans will be talking about for a very long time. On one hand, there was Stephen Curry’s incredible 52-point performance in the Golden State Warriors win against the Memphis Grizzlies. On the other hand was the 61-point triple-double of Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic versus the Minnesota Timberwolves. Those are two of the greatest players ever authoring two of the best individual performances in league history — on the same night. Via StatMuse: Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic are the only players in the 2020s to have a game with…
NBA fans were a spoiled bunch Tuesday night. After Stephen Curry went off for 52 points to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 134-125, they saw Nikola Jokic explode for a career-high 61 points before the end of the evening, albeit in a Denver Nuggets loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Ringer founder Bill Simmons surely had something to say about the incredible performances of Curry and Jokic, who have five NBA Most Valuable Player awards between them. “Curry and Joker are gonna retire someday so just remember April 1 2025 and how [expletive] awesome today was,”…
The Minnesota Timberwolves entered Tuesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets on the road looking to complete a regular-season sweep of Nikola Jokic and company. However, they were undermanned, with both Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo serving suspensions due to an on-court altercation in a previous game against the Detroit Pistons. Fortunately for the Timberwolves, Nickeil Alexander-Walker stepped up and delivered a noteworthy performance off the bench to help the Timberwolves score a 140-139 victory. In fact, the former Virginia Tech Hokies guard made NBA history with his big game against the Nuggets. (h/t Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic): From…
The Minnesota Timberwolves pulled off one of the most thrilling wins in the 2024-25 NBA season when they escaped Mile High City Tuesday night with a 140-139 double-overtime win. Julius Randle delivered the goods for his team against the Nuggets, as he scored 26 points on 11-for-22 shooting from the floor with four 3-pointers while adding nine rebounds, seven assists and a steal in 50 minutes of action. But even his solid stat line pales in comparison to the body of work that Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic put together in the same game. The three-time NBA Most Valuable Player…
Nikola Jokic just keeps on pulling off surprises. On Tuesday night, the Denver Nuggets superstar center left everyone stunned again with a performance that sparked lots of reactions. Against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Ball Arena in Denver, the seven-time NBA All-Star stitched together another triple-double performance. Trip-dubs aren’t new for Jokic. In fact, he is already averaging in double digits in points, rebounds and assists in the 2024-25 NBA regular season. But the triple-double that he hit Minnesota with was just the third of its kind — a 60-point trip-dub. Jokic finished the game with a total of 61 points,…
The Denver Nuggets were so close to wrapping up Tuesday night’s marathon of a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at home with a win. The Nuggets were precariously ahead by a point with under 20 seconds remaining in the second overtime and with the visitors in possession of the leather. Denver point guard Russell Westbrook stole the ball shortly after the Timberwolves made an inbound pass but the former NBA Most Valuable Player missed a layup in transition, giving Minnesota another chance to take the lead. But Westbrook made yet another blunder when he fouled Timberwolves shooting guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker…
Nikola Jokic’s love for horses has never been a secret. So it’s not entirely surprising to hear the Denver Nuggets superstar big man talk about horses when he tried to share his thoughts on what he just did on the court Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Via DNVR Nuggets: “We are born for this. We train since we were little. My opinion is that horses are basically like athletes and they’re really similar to us.” “They are born to run and we are born to play.” Denver Nuggets fall to Timberwolves despite Jokic’s all-around brilliance Jokic put together one…