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Game 1 lessons from all eight first-round NBA playoff series: Knicks can go big, Thunder make statement
An NBA playoff series is a fundamentally unstable entity. We enter each one with expectations and then Game 1 blows all of ...
2025 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament: Your guide to Wednesday's matchups
Breaking down the players to watch, the key matchups and predictions for the two 9 vs. 10 matchups in the SoFi Play-In Tournament.
Inside Draymond Green’s defensive mind, which seeks to ‘completely destroy’ you
The Golden State Warriors’ regular season will end on a Sunday afternoon at Chase Center in one of Draymond Green’s favorite ...
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NBA teams dealing with injured stars as playoffs loom. Kevin Durant is latest to get hurt
Wednesday night showed just how essential Nikola Jokić is to the Nuggets ... Also out for the Mavs: Dante Exum (fractured left hand), Daniel Gafford (sprained right knee), Dereck Lively II ...
NBA playoffs predictions: Expert picks for every first-round series, with Lakers, Warriors favored to move on
Now that (most) first-round matchups are set, the CBS Sports NBA staff went matchup-by-matchup to make our pic ...
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The Nikola Jokić effect: How the quiet MVP front-runner gets the most out of his teammates
The Athletic has live coverage of Heat vs. Bulls and Mavericks vs. Kings in the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament Nikola Jokić could not have known such a small request would change a career.
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Nikola Jokić joins Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook as only NBA players to average triple-double
Even with three MVP awards and a Finals MVP already in his trophy case, Nikola Jokić did something he had never done before this season. With a 26-point, 16-rebound, 13-assist performance Friday ...