Josh Hart 1st Knick With 40+ Points, 25+ Rebounds Over 2 Playoff Games Since 1970
Josh Hart is the first New York Knicks player to score at least 40 points and grab over 25 rebounds across the first two playoff games of a postseason since Willis Reed in 1970. Hart is the first and only player in NBA history to average four or more m...
Is Kawhi Leonard (Knee) Playing In Game 2 Against Mavericks?
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard remains questionable for Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. The Clippers currently lead the best-of-seven series 1-0. Although Leonard participate...
Heat Guard Terry Rozier (Neck) To Return As Early As Game 3 Against Celtics
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (neck spasms) could return from injury no sooner than Game 3 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Rozier, 30, is still at least a week away from being cleared to return, according to I...
Heat, Celtics Have Now Faced Off 7 Times In NBA Playoffs Since 2010
The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics have faced one another six times in the NBA playoffs since 2010, and the teams are now meeting for a seventh time. Each year they match up, the winner goes on to make the NBA Finals. In fact, a top-seeded team hasn...
Pelicans 1st NBA Team to Finish 6-0 on Season Against an Opponent Since 1995
The New Orleans Pelicans improved to 6-0 against the Sacramento Kings this season with Friday night’s 105-98 play-in tournament victory, becoming the first NBA team to go 6-0 in a season (without a playoff series) against an opponent since the De...
Kings Have 46 Wins, the Most by Non-Playoff Team Since Nuggets in 2018
The Sacramento Kings lost 105-98 against the New Orleans Pelicans in Friday night’s play-in tournament, ending the regular season with 46 wins, the most by an NBA team to miss the playoffs since the Denver Nuggets in 2018. De’Aaron Fox scor...
Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Still Battling Knee Inflammation, Questionable For Game 1 Against Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard still has inflammation in his surgically-repaired right knee and his status is questionable for Game 1 against the Dallas Mavericks. Lawrence Frank, Clippers president of basketball operations, said Leonard ha...
Bulls Could Be Without Alex Caruso (Ankle) Against Heat
Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso suffered a “significant” left ankle sprain during the third quarter of Wednesday night’s 131-116 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament. Caruso, 30, did not return. He finished with six po...
Is Zion Williamson (Hamstring) Playing Against Kings on Friday?
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has officially been ruled out for Friday’s play-in tournament elimination game against the Sacramento Kings with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Wednesday. The Pelicans said an MRI confirme...
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Calf) to Miss Start of Bucks-Pacers Series
Giannis Antetokounmpo (left calf strain) is expected to remain out through the start of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. However, Antetokounmpo could return sometime later in the serie...