Author: Game Recap

Ah yes, the one who got away. The last time these teams played, the Portland Trail Blazers used a prayerfully banked Jerami Grant to send the game into overtime. There is that they used an offensive blitz to put the game aside and let the Houston Rockets with an unexpected victory. For the Rockets, that’s probably when they realized they weren’t a playmaking team as currently constructed. For fun: The Blazers scored on five straight possessions, starting with Malcolm Brogdon’s triple with three seconds remaining. Grant put one in at the buzzer, Brogdon hit another to start OT, Grant followed…

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Friday evening, the Miami heat meet at the Paycom Center for a drive-in meeting against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat beat the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. The Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers. Tip-off is at 8:10 p.m. ET. Oklahoma City opens as a home favorite. Back-to-back warmthMiami is in action Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks and will play in the back-to-back rematch for this contest. Two nights prior, they played well against the Detroit Pistons in a 118-110 victory. Jimmy Butler scored 26 points, and Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robinson each scored 18. Entering the game…

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THE New Orleans Pelicans (37-25) facing Philadelphia 76ers (35-27) Friday. The Wells Fargo Center tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sports Betting lines around the Pelicans vs. 76ers odds and make sure our expert NBA picks and predictions. Season Series: New Orleans leads 1-0 with a 124-114 home win on Nov. 29 as a 2.5-point favorite while the Over (228.5) hits New Orleans beat the Toronto Raptors 139-98 on Tuesday while being a 9.5-point road favorite. g Trey Murphy scored 34 points off the bench in the win, leading 7 double-digit goals for New Orleans. The…

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By The Canadian Press March 7, 2024 | 8:49 p.m. PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Grayson Allen added 26 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Toronto Raptors 120-113 on Thursday night.Bradley Beal had 20 points and eight assists for the Suns, who never trailed. Durant shot 11 of 19 from the field while Allen scored all of his goals in the first half, setting a franchise record with seven 3-pointers in the first quarter.Gary Trent Jr. led Toronto with 30 points. Immanuel Quickley added 21 points and 17 assists, while RJ Barrett scored 23.The Suns – playing…

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DALLAS — Luka Doncic had 35 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to become the second NBA player to record five consecutive 30-point triple-doubles, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 114-108 on Thursday night. Doncic matched Russell Westbrook, who had five straight 30-point triple-doubles in 2017 for Oklahoma City. The All-Star, who leads the league in scoring, also became the first player in history with four consecutive triple-doubles of 35 points. However, this was the first of these games that Dallas won. The Mavericks ended a three-game skid. “It’s great, especially when it comes to a win,” Doncic…

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