NBA News and Rumors

Written by admin on April 10, 2018

The playoff pairings in the National Basketball Association are coming down to the final two days of the regular season, particularly in the Western Conference, where five teams entered play on Monday night within two games of one another — the 4-9 slots in the West. The Eastern Conference has a somewhat clearer picture, but the lower half of the Read More

Written by admin on April 9, 2018

Don’t look now, but the Philadelphia 76ers have pushed past Cleveland into third place in the Eastern Conference standings with just three days remaining in the NBA’s 2017-18 regular season. A 14-game winning streak has moved the Sixers just four games back of Boston for second place, and if the Sixers can hang on, they’ll have a first-round matchup with Read More

Written by admin on April 6, 2018

We’re coming down to the wire in the National Basketball Association, with the regular season set to end on April 11. The postseason picture in the Eastern Conference is just about in place, but in the Western Conference, several spots remain in play. In fact, the fourth-seeded Utah Jazz is just two games ahead of the eighth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves and Read More

Written by admin on April 2, 2018

You might think that the loss of Joel Embiid (orbital fracture, concussion) through possibly the first series of the playoffs might have scuttled the Philadelphia 76ers’ chances. However, missing Embiid hasn’t slowed them down a bit, as they now ride a 10-game winning streak and still hold fourth place in the Eastern Conference. Boston has won six in a row Read More

Written by William Hayes on March 30, 2018

Carmelo Anthony garnered some laughs when he guaranteed that the Oklahoma City Thunder would make the playoffs on Wednesday. Since the Thunder are sitting in fourth place in the Western Conference, it would take a significant collapse for them to miss out on the postseason, so Anthony’s prediction was much less momentous than he might have thought. In the Eastern Read More

Written by admin on March 28, 2018

The Houston Rockets are running away with the Western Conference, and the Toronto Raptors are sitting atop the Eastern Conference standings. However, the three most likely matchups for the NBA Finals, according to the oddsmakers, involve teams that are not at the top of the standings. The Cleveland Cavaliers are third in the East — and just took a 19-point Read More

Written by admin on March 26, 2018

Things are getting rough for the Golden State Warriors, as Stephen Curry’s MCL sprain may keep him out through the first round of the playoffs, and Klay Thompson’s thumb has him day-to-day. Meanwhile, Houston just keeps winning, with their winning streak hitting nine. The Portland Trail Blazers saw their 13-game winning streak end last week but have started another one Read More

Written by admin on March 19, 2018

Did you know that, in the NBA, four of the top five teams in the Western Conference have winning streaks of at least five games going — with Portland sporting a 13-game streak that has them all the way up to third in the conference? San Antonio has returned to the playoff conversation with a three-game winning streak of their Read More

Written by admin on March 8, 2018

We’re in the last quarter of the 2017-18 NBA regular season, which means that the contenders are jostling for home court advantage in the postseason (while the bottom-feeders are jostling for prime lottery positioning). The Houston Rockets now have won 17 games in a row — and if you look at the top four teams in the West, they are Read More

Written by admin on March 5, 2018

The Toronto Raptors continue to run away with the Eastern Conference in the NBA, winners of four in a row and nine of their last ten. That means they’ve picked up four games on Boston in their last ten, and the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers have dropped two in a row and are just ½ game ahead of Indiana in third Read More