NBA News and Rumors

Written by Mike Page on May 24, 2021

Anthony Davis called himself out for a lack of intensity after the Los Angeles Lakers dropped their series opener in Phoenix against the Suns. Credit the Suns for coming out with the right game plan, but we could also ask why LeBron James decided not to attack the rim during the game. His high ankle sprain may still be playing Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 24, 2021

All eight of the NBA’s first-round playoff series have completed one game. There have been some surprises, such as Utah falling to Memphis and Dallas pulling away late to hang onto a win over the Clippers. There have also been the outcomes that we expected, such as Brooklyn opening their series against Boston with a win and Philadelphia managing the Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 20, 2021

After the first four games of the NBA’s play-in tournament, we have two seven-seeds. In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers got a late three-pointer from LeBron James to down the Golden State Warriors, 103-100. The Warriors had led by as many as 13 points in the second quarter, but then the Lakers’ defense stiffened, and LeBron and Anthony Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 20, 2021

With two final play-in games set for Thursday night, the bracket for the 2020-21 NBA postseason is almost set. Thursday’s games will reveal the eighth seeds in each conference, and then playoff series will get underway on Saturday and Sunday. There are questions for each team, of course — are LeBron and AD healed enough to guide the Lakers back Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 17, 2021

The 2020-21 NBA regular season is in the books, which means that the play-in tournament comes next. In each conference, the seventh- through tenth-place teams will square off for the seventh and eighth seeds in the playoffs. The purpose of this was to add intrigue in the late part of the regular season for more teams, and to reduce the Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 13, 2021

At this writing, only one division remains in play in the 2020-2021 NBA regular season, as the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat could both take the Southeast Division crown. We will take a look at the NBA betting odds for each of those two teams to win the title, along with a comparative look at their point in the Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 12, 2021

Most of the NBA’s teams are down to three games left in their 2020-21 regular seasons, and thanks to the play-in tournament, there is still a lot of flux going on for final postseason seedings. The Dallas Mavericks had a chance to clinch a top-six slot in the West with a win and a Laker loss on Tuesday, but instead Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 11, 2021

We’re down to the last few days of the 2020-21 NBA regular season, as most teams either have three or four games remaining in their 72-game slates. Seven of the league’s 30 teams have been eliminated from possible postseason play; in the Eastern Conference, 11 teams remain eligible for the 10 slots, although Chicago is 2 ½ games behind tenth-place Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 10, 2021

The sports betting odds for this season’s MVP in the NBA have taken a major shift down the stretch. Some of the earlier favorites, such as Joel Embiid, LeBron James and James Harden, have had extended absences due to injury, but Nikola Jokic has yet to miss a game this season. His offensive rating currently sits at 130, a career Read More