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Chances are the NBA Last Two Minute Report isn't going to make the Lakers or their fans feel a whole lot better about the team's 119-115, double-overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks.But it might make those who complained about the officiating down the stretch feel vindicated at the very least, as the report does show a missed foul call that affected LeBron James on his potential game-winner at the end of the first overtime period, among an extensive set of other blown calls affecting both teams in what I think it's fair to say at this point was not a well-officiated game for either side.

The Cleveland Cavaliers dropped a nailbiter to the Grizzlies last time out, but can they find redemption against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors?Bettors in Ohio can still take advantage of our great signup offers.OH only.21+.New users and first wager only.Must register with eligible promo code.

Tyler Herro is younger and cheaper than Bradley Beal, but should the Miami Heat trade him to make the most of Jimmy Butler's window anyway?Another summer, another round of trade rumors involving Bradley Beal and Tyler Herro.Both guards have been the subject of trade chatter for the last several years but, this time, it appears a move is likely to happen.

The Miami Heat's front office has taken more than their fair share of criticism over the past season or so.Dating back to about two years now, you specifically focus on the flurry of movement and rumors that have surrounded the Heat in that time frame.Now, keep in mind that this is also a time frame that has included Jimmy Butler dragging this Miami Heat team to as close to the "promised land" as he could possibly get on several occasions without actually winning a title, having gone to a Game 7 against the Boston Celtics last season and taking this Heat team to the NBA finals during the bubble.

The Miami Heat reportedly pursued both Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell over the 2022 off-season.And earlier today, Ethan Skolnick of the 5 Reasons Sports Network said on the Miami Heat Beat that Mitchell "was a little concerned about playing with Jimmy Butler."On the HangoverTime Postgame Show last night, @EthanJSkolnick of @5ReasonsSports dropped a bomb about Donovan Mitchell not being too keen on playing with Jimmy"Yes, he wanted to play with Bam, we heard that he was a little bit concerned about playing with Jimmy."

Just days after dispatching the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, the Nets extended their winning streak to nine in survival mode via a 125-117 victory over the third-seeded Cavaliers on Monday night.The nine-game streak marked the franchise's longest-winning streak since 2004 - when current Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn was part of a team that won 14 in a row.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant each scored 32 points and the Nets extended their longest winning streak since moving to Brooklyn to nine games with a 125-117 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.The Nets withstood a sensational 46-point performance by Darius Garland, who single-handedly kept the Cavs close in the fourth.

As the offseason is fast approaching, the free agency rumor mill is working overtime.The latest name that is reportedly on the Washington Wizards' list for this offseason is Caris LeVert.According to reporting by Sam Amico of Hoops Wire, the Wizards are interested in signing unrestricted free agent LeVert this summer.

For the second time in three games, the Wizards stepped onto the floor with one of the NBA's better teams.And for the second time in three games, they got stomped.This time, it was the Cleveland Cavaliers doing the stomping.And it was clear from the beginning that the Wizards were hopelessly outclassed.

Wizards center Daniel Gafford grabs a rebound in front of Cleveland's Isaac Okoro during Friday night's Washington loss.(Phil Long/AP)CLEVELAND - The Washington Wizards began a challenging weekend of games with a 117-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that served as a reminder of just how far they have to go to compete with the top of the Eastern Conference.

Wizards got off to a rough start in this one.In the first half, the Cavaliers were able to build a 17-point halftime lead on the strength of 10 first-half Wizards turnovers (finished with 16 for the game).Cavaliers capitalized off of the Wizards turnovers, despite poor three-point shooting (only 22 percent for the half, 21 percent for the game).

Here are this week's national NBA survey results from SB Nation Reacts.Our Washington Wizards team survey results were released yesterday.A decisive majority think the NBA's single game record COULD be broken again

Forty-two percent of our national respondents believe that Wilt Chamberlin's single game scoring record will never be broken again.

The Washington Wizards play the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at 7 p.m. ET.The game will be televised on NBC Sports Washington.Washington is back on a losing streak of two games after having a six-game winning streak.The Wizards are at home, but are +2 underdogs in this matchup and the over/under is 222.5, according to DraftKings Sportsbook.

"Classic rock" was the first genre I learned.My pops grew up in the 70s and reared me on the best his decade offered.It all started when he told me to search for the Led Zepplin album with "the old man carrying sticks."That album was Led Zepplin IV, considered one of the greatest rock albums ever.

While Jalen Brunson has become the most reliable basketball player in New York, that wasn't always the case.Less than a year ago, there were people around the league who believed that the Knicks had overpaid for the young floor general and questioned just how good Brunson could be.It's not like pundits and analysts thought that he was bad, but given his short stature, defensive limitations, and lack of experience as the go-to guy, many thought that his ceiling and potential were somewhat limited.

By Eric Samulski Posted on May 14, 2023 New York Knicks forward Julius Randle (30) celebrates after scoring during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Miami.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Despite the New York Knicks exceeding all expectations for the 2022-23 season and winning 53 total games en route to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, it seems that a certain segment of fans was unhappy with the result in Miami on Friday.

TOM WITHERS Posted on April 26, 2023 New York Knicks' Josh Hart (3) makes a layup past Cleveland Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Cleveland.(AP Photo/Phil Long) Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams CLEVELAND (AP) Jalen Brunson scored 23 points, RJ Barrett added 21 and the New York Knicks downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-95 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Payton Pritchard's recent decision to replace his current representation with Creative Arts Agency signals the point guard will most likely move on from the Boston Celtics during the upcoming offseason.Pritchard called it a 'business decision.'"At the end of the day, it's a business decision," he told MassLive's Souichi Terada.

The Chicago Bulls finally managed to defeat the Warriors 132-118 on Sunday, marking their first win over the Dubs since March 2, 2017, snapping an 11-game losing streak against the team.Nikola Vucevic was the star of the day, scoring a career-high 43 points and adding 13 rebounds and 4 steals.Zach LaVine also added 27 points, 9 boards, and 6 assists.

Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine went off on Friday night, leading the team to a huge win over the Detroit Pistons, to push the Bulls into the No. 10 spot in the East.Chicago has a quick turnaround on Saturday, as it hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game of a home and home between the two teams.

Celtics The Celtics aren't finished, but they are in trouble.The Celtics fell apart late once again and find themselves on the brink against the Heat after dropping Game 2, 111-105.Here are the takeaways as the series shifts back to Miami.
1.We have a great number of places we could start when describing why the Celtics lost on Friday, but we'll open with Jaylen Brown, who submitted one of his worst performances of the playoffs.

The Boston Celtics look to bounce back from their first post-All-Star break loss when they take on the Cavaliers on Wednesday, March 1.Against the Knicks in a 109-94 loss at MSG on February 27, the Cs shot a dismal 21.4% from the 3-point line on 42 shot attempts.Obviously, that number needs to improve against a Cleveland team that is anchored defensively by a pair of rim-protecting bigs (Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley).

The Boston Celtics take on the Cavaliers for the final time during the 2022-23 season in Cleveland on Monday, January 6 in what will be the backend of a back-to-back where the first night's game went to double overtime.Sunday night's loss to the Knicks was brutal for several reasons, perhaps the worst of the bunch being that New York may actually be a team worth taking seriously come the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The Toronto Raptors must make it a necessity to look at every possible angle from which this roster can be improved.If that means trading with a team like the Cleveland Cavaliers, who could be a threat to their designs on Eastern Conference domination, then so be it.The Cavs might look to jettison some of their bench this offseason, if the latest rumors from Sam Amico of Hoops Wire are to be believed.

Just when it looked like Toronto Raptors star OG Anunoby was finally going to start getting the respect he deserves from the larger NBA media as a whole, he has once again dipped back into the realm of perpetual anonymity.This comes at a time when his defense has been as good as ever.While Anunoby, once a trade chip, has long been underrated due to the fact he doesn't excel in the traditional counting box score stats that voters love so much, the fact that he came into this week leading the league in steals per game is a terrific arrow to have in his quiver.

There once was a time when OG Anunoby was viewed as one of the few untouchable players on the Toronto Raptors roster.Long thought of as one of the most underrated and versatile defenders in the NBA with his offense improving every season, Anunoby is the archetype of the ideal Masai Ujiri player.The script has been well and truly flipped in the last few months.

Well, this was a weird curse that is no more."We're rolling.Two in a row."Nick Nurse joked after the game.It seems that Pascal Siakam's historic 52 point explosion at MSG on Wednesday really did change the vibes.Cleveland came in with the third best record in the league, but they are now 0-3 against Toronto.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) drives to the basket against Brooklyn Nets guard Seth Curry, left, and forward Cameron Johnson (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York.BROOKLYN There was still 10:53 left in the fourth quarter when Donovan Mitchell posterized Yuta Watanabe during Tuesday's Nets game against the Cavaliers.

The Brooklyn Nets look to snap a three-game losing skid when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center on Tuesday, March 21 (3/21/2023) at 7:30 p.m. ET.Nets vs. Cavaliers will be broadcast on NBA TV nationwide, and in-market on YES Network and Bally Sports Ohio.It can be streamed live on fuboTV (free trial) and other live TV services.

The Brooklyn Nets look to snap a three-game losing skid when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center on Tuesday, March 21 (3/21/2023) at 7:30 p.m. ET.Nets vs. Cavaliers will be broadcast on NBA TV nationwide, and in-market on YES Network and Bally Sports Ohio.It can be streamed live on fuboTV (free trial) and other live TV services.

In recent days, a report surfaced surrounding the Miami Heat and Donovan Mitchell.Speaking about his preferences when it came to potentially playing with the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler, specifically, the whole occurrence sent a shockwave throughout social media, as many didn't and still don't know what to believe.

The Miami Heat may be in the market to make a move come the NBA Trade Deadline.Perhaps, they may even entertain a conversation or two before then.However, recent reports indicate that if there is a move to be made by this Miami Heat franchise, it'll be among the forward or big positions.The Miami Heat have also been linked to several guys that fit that very bill, making all of this that much more intriguing.

The Miami Heat are headed out west for a road trip and the first two games of it occur on the Friday before New Year's Eve and then on that night itself.Facing off against the Nuggets in Denver on Friday, the Miami Heat will then travel to Utah to face a Jazz team that many thought would bottom out after shipping off Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell.

Wednesday's ESPN doubleheader is tonight!I pray you weren't caught off-guard.There's some serious conference-rival basketball on the docket, homie.First, the Philadelphia 76ers (45-22) take on the Cleveland Cavaliers (43-27), and then the NBA champion Golden State Warriors (36-33) visit the LA Clippers (36-33).

On March 1st the Boston Celtics had a decisive win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, but there was one person who we didn't see play tonight: Grant Williams.Williams hasn't been DNP by the coach since 2021.Grant Williams hasn't been a DNP-CD since May of 2021.Played every game he was available last season and this season.

Celtics Williams sat the first three quarters against Portland, but scored eight points in the fourth.Grant Williams flexed his confidence when he told Donovan Mitchell that he was going to make both free throws with the game on the line Monday night.His embarrassment was on clear display after both shots clanked off the rim.

The Boston Celtics had two chances to defeat the Cavaliers, in Cleveland, on the second night of a back-to-back, without their entire frontcourt playing, on March 6.But Grant Williams got to the free-throw line, chirped up Donovan Mitchell, who had 40 points when it was all said and done, and missed both foul shots with 0.9 seconds left and the game tied in the fourth quarter.

Celtics "Definitely should have been moments where we could have had him on the floor."Just a day after the Celtics dropped a home contest to the Knicks in double overtime, head coach Joe Mazzulla accepted the blame for a critical lineup lapse.Even though Derrick White has been one of the most valuable contributors on a loaded Celtics roster this season, the guard spent most of Sunday's crunch-time minutes on the bench.

Despite the doom and gloom talk over the past few weeks leading to the trade deadline, the Toronto Raptors now find themselves with their best stretch of the season.They are 11-3 over their last fourteen games, sitting in the ninth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.The Raptors don't have a lot of room for a mistake from here on out, even if the bare-minimum goal is to maintain being in the play-in range.

It's official.The Toronto Raptors are no longer undefeated during the Second Poeltl Era.While Poeltl has been excellent at filling the Raptors' big-man-sized hole, the Raptors' other glaring roster deficiency - shot creation - was on full display today.Entering tonight's game, the Raptors were 3-0 against the Cleveland Cavaliers this season.

This week, the NBA announced the KIA Player of the Month awards for each conference.February's honors went to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson.Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in February.

When I was 10 my family moved from Uniondale, a town 20 miles outside NYC, to Webster, 320 miles away.The world was far less connected then than now, so the differences were starker.The house we'd bought cost the same as the one we sold, but was more than twice as large.The place we left was rich in diversity; where we moved was whiter than Kokomo Beach.

The New York Knicks look to snap a four-game losing streak when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers, who look likely to welcome back star Donovan Mitchell from injury.Bettors in Ohio can still take advantage of our great signup offers.OH only.21+.New users and first wager only.Must register with eligible promo code.

FOX announcers accidentally referred to San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell as Donovan Mitchell.The Cleveland Cavaliers guard said he wouldn't be good in the NFL.The NFL is just one round of the playoffs removed from Super Bowl 57.This past weekend, eight teams entered the Divisional Round, and only four remain.

T.J. McConnell of the Indiana Pacers rocked a Damar Hamlin jersey before his most recent game, showing support for the hospitalized NFL player.The entire sporting world has been sending all the good thoughts and support they can muster to Bills' defensive back Damar Hamlin, who collapsed on the field during Monday night's game against the Bengals.

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti.Three plays, three blocks, eat those, Do-Mi."Thibs screams it all the time, 'verticality!verticality!',so that was going through my head, just being vertical."Words uttered by your man of the match, Isaiah Hartenstein.The Knicks' freshest big man helped New York (24-23) snap a four-game losing skid thanks to his defensive chops in a 105-103 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers (29-20) on Tuesday at MSG.

Morning Sports Update "Praying for Damar Hamlin and his family."The Monday Night Football game between the Bills and Bengals was indefinitely postponed after Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field.Hamlin, 24, is in critical condition after being transferred to UC Medical Center for testing and treatment, according to a Bills statement:
Earlier on Monday, the Bruins and Penguins met at Fenway Park for the 2023 NHL Winter Classic.

There are two minutes remaining in a great, then miserable, third quarter for the Toronto Raptors.The Cleveland Cavaliers have to this point been their victim of the evening, pounded for the first 30 minutes of the night by shooting, defense, passing, and everything in between.Donovan Mitchell is bottled and stoppered by O.G. Anunoby.

While the Toronto Raptors may be a measly 12-18 against every team in the league not named the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are a perfect 3-0 against a squad that can legitimately be considered one of the best in the Eastern Conference.Who could have figured?After breaking out of their shooting slump, the Raptors had three different players score more than 25 points in this game.

The Toronto Raptors may have won two straight games against streaking New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, but they aren't entering Christmas Day with tons of holiday cheer due to their 15-18 record.Nick Nurse and Masai Ujiri likely expected a few more ticks in the win column.The Raptors are trying anything and everything to get back on the right track, and it seems like they've done a solid job of that lately.

The Toronto Raptors appeared to be so bereft of playmakers in the rotation that Nick Nurse turned back to former first-round draft pick Malachi Flynn in the hope of getting a spark.Considering how the early returns have looked, putting him back in the squad seems to have been a solid decision.Flynn may be shooting 39% from the field in his last five games, but he is making 43% of his 3-pointers on just under six attempts per game.

Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn joked that he needs to take veteran forward Royce O'Neale out to dinner for playing him so many minutes through the first leg and a half of the regular season.Make that two steak dinners headed his way - and both of them had better be steak.O'Neale's minutes load alone is a testament to how important the former Utah Jazz wing is on both ends of the floor for a Nets team whose 19-7 run under Vaughn's leadership has legitimized their status as NBA championship contenders.

Everything seems to be hunky-dory in Knicksland these days.The Knicks have won seven straight games.They've catapulted themselves into sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings.But it wasn't that long ago that the franchise seemed teetering on the edge of the abyss.Prior to the win streak, it seemed as if big changes would be need to be made.