Portland Trail Blazers Guard Ashton Hagans plays with the hunger of a young player trying to carve out a place in the NBA. The 24-year-old goalkeeper enters the opponent’s gates on defense, eagerly hits the deck to recover loose balls and flexes powerfully after difficult finishes. All that toughness led Hagans to the best game of his young career with the Blazers in Saturday night’s 107-100 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Hagans received extended minutes due to the absences of Scoot Henderson and Malcom Brogdon. He turned 33 minutes of play into 13 points on 4-9 shooting, eight assists,…
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The Boston Celtics host the Golden State Warriors in a Sunday afternoon matchup between the best team in the NBA and a Warriors team looking to win another major NBA title. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden in Boston.The Warriors-Celtics game will be broadcast on ABC. Live streams are available with free trial offers of FuboTV And DirectTV Stream.
Sacramento recalled Jones of Stockton of the G League kings on Sunday.Jones hasn’t logged any NBA action since Feb. 9 and has made just two appearances in Sacramento’s last 21 games. Notably, De’Aaron Fox (knee) is likely to miss his third straight game Monday against Chicago, which could open up minutes. No more news
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers host the New York Knicks on Sunday as the battle for positioning in the Eastern Conference heats up over the final two months of the regular season. The game starts at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.Cleveland is currently ahead of New York in the standings, but the Knicks knocked the Cavs out of the playoffs last year, making this an even more intriguing matchup to see how the two teams will match up before a possible rematch in the this year’s playoffs.If you’ve cut the cord but still want to tune in, you can…
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After 62 matches, the Los Angeles Lakers The playoff picture is becoming clearer. LeBron James and Anthony Davis are once again leading the team’s effort to climb the Western Conference standings, aiming to replicate their late-season progress from the previous year. After a historic night in which LeBron James reached 40,000 points in the NBA, the Lakers suffered a disappointing 124-114 loss after blowing a first-half lead to the defending champion Denver Nuggets. • On that note, we take a look at the LA Lakers’ playoff picture and assess their opportunities to improve their record. LA Lakers playoff photo: Team…
Sunday afternoon at TD Garden, the Boston Celtics (47-12, 28-3 at home) will host the Warriors of the Golden State (37-27, 16-12 away) for the last match of their regular season series. The Warriors currently lead 1-0. In its history of 349 regular season games against Golden State, the Celtics holding an impressive record of 209-140. Today’s game marks the conclusion of Boston’s short homestand, with wins over the Mavericks, 76ers and Knicks. Although Golden State holds the 10th seed in the Western Conference, this game is of significant importance to Boston. Beyond aiming to extend their winning streak, it…
Welcome to March. And welcome, Orlando Magic fans, to a position this team hasn’t been in in over a decade. Potential playoff matches! Winning records! “Can we beat this team and that team in the playoffs” conversations!This is uncharted territory in Orlando. Sitting at 34-26 entering Sunday’s game against the Detroit Pistons, the Orlando Magic haven’t had a winning record at this point in the season since the 2011 lockout season – where Orlando was 23-14 on March 1. The final full season? The year before, when the Dwight Howard era was coming down from its peak.It wasn’t in 2019…
During NBA All-Star Weekend, the Indiana Pacers awarded three local businesses $10,000 grants. Small businesses will use the grants to improve their marketing and branding efforts. Rye Von, the Art Haus Balloon Company owner, says she was surprised when she won the grant and is looking forward to using the money to find new clients. The Art Haus Balloon Company creates realistic, large-scale balloon decor for events and non-profit organizations. Von says some of his exhibits can include up to 10,000 different balloons. Another grant recipient is Vegan Black Leaf, owned by Derrick and Taria Slack. Both men say receiving…