Joe Mazzulla said pregame that tonight’s game will show 3-5 things the Celtics will learn from. Apparently he’s testing Jayson Tatum’s Game 7 of the Finals minutes schedule because he’s on track to play 45 tonight. Celtics only have 1 game in the next 5 days, so might as well?
“He played really well tonight. He was aggressive on both sides of the ball. That’s the OG we got, that’s the OG we saw playing against for a while.” Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, whose three-game winning streak ended. Denver went 3-2 on a five...
No longer with any hopes of their own, the Knicks snapped the Bulls' seven-game winning streak and dropped them back into a tie with Toronto for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference with two to play. "We let a big game slip tonight. It was probably the biggest game of the seas...
“They came back home, we came back home, played a game, same amount of rest, and they were better than us tonight in all facets of the game.” The Knicks were technically still on their trip, finishing 3-2 after beating the Lakers in Los Angeles on Monday. Coach Tom Thibodeau said...
Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, whose three-game winning streak ended. Denver went 3-2 on a five-game trip that began with a loss at Philadelphia. "They were just more aggressive," Jokic said. "One team basically on the floor today. We were not there today...
1. I’m a Delly guy. I’ve got no shame in admitting it. He played a wonderful game and was huge part of why the Cavs the were able to close this game out tonight. 2.Larry Drewmay have stumbled onto something with the bench grouping of Nwaba, Nance, and Delly. They were a team...
Steve Nash said Seth Curry has been dealing with an ankle injury for some time, and that because it was an early game, he couldn’t get it right in time for tip-off. Said Curry’s absence also played a factor in Durant playing 43 minutes tonight.#NetsWorld–3:49 PM ...
“We weren’t ourselves tonight,” Knicks forward RJ Barrett said. “Over the course of 82 games, game like this is going to happen, but we can’t make this a habit.” Brooklyn jumped to a 24-8 lead on Sumner’s 3-pointer and kept the margin there after one quarter, leading 38-...
He doesn’t need a big game tonight, but it would be nice to see some consistency at some point. — I can only see one Knick jersey in the crowd. If I was a Knick fan, it might be a bit depressing. — Kevin Durant isn’t getting touches every time down the court. This is ...
a decent Golden State team with a rejuvenated Steph Curry, who had been putting on a clinic in recent games, draining shots from the logo. Normally, this would be a packed house. Tonight, with the attendance capped at 10 percent of capacity, it was more like a G League preseason game....