Getty Photographs The Miami Warmth evened out their first-round sequence towards the Celtics with a stunning 111-101 victory over in Boston on Wednesday night time. Not many followers noticed this Recreation 2 outcome coming, because the Warmth have been 14.5-point underdogs at tip-off. However Shaquille O’Neal made a surprisingly correct prediction.  “Miami by 10 tonight,” Shaq…

MILWAUKEE — The Indiana Pacers bounced again from a tough begin to the playoffs with a 125-108 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Sport 2 on Tuesday night time to even their first-round collection at 1-1. After the ultimate buzzer, Bucks ahead Bobby Portis reignited the rivalry between the groups by calling the Pacers “frontrunners.” …

The Los Angeles Lakers had a really actual probability to not solely steal a recreation towards the Denver Nuggets on Monday, however swing the whole sequence. They led by 20 within the third quarter. They’re 28-14 at dwelling, and a win would have given them home-court benefit within the sequence. A 12 months in the…

The recruitment of Joel Embiid was one of many largest tales main as much as the 2024 Olympic basketball event, which will likely be held in Paris. Embiid, a local of Cameroon, thought of his birthplace in addition to France, the place he has some household, and the US, the place he lives and performs…

Getty Photos A 12 months in the past, the Thunder and Pelicans confronted each other on comparatively even footing. The 2 younger Western Convention foes battled within the No. 9 vs. No. 10 Play-In recreation, and Oklahoma Metropolis got here out forward, 123-118. Within the 12 months since then, New Orleans has discovered itself in…

Getty Photos The Minnesota Timberwolves actually hoped they’d be completed with the Phoenix Suns once they confronted them on the ultimate day of the common season. The Suns gained their first two regular-season matchups by double digits, but when Minnesota might simply steal the season finale, it couldn’t solely safe the No. 2 seed within…

Now that the 2024 NBA postseason has begun, the basketball betting market is hotter than ever. CBS Sports activities shall be offering day by day picks during the postseason. Sam Quinn will make no less than one decide for each recreation between now and the NBA Finals. Alex Caruso is questionable attributable to an ankle…

The 2024 NBA postseason kicked off this week, and two groups have already been eradicated from the bracket. The Warriors and Hawks have seen their seasons come to a detailed within the Play-In Match, whereas the Lakers and 76ers have superior to the playoffs because the No. 7 seeds of their respective conferences. The Bulls…

SACRAMENTO — If you would like the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. However what if it by no means stops raining? Although it would not occur on the identical time for everybody, eventually we’re all confronted by our personal mortality — the concept the trough won’t ever once more change into…

Gregg Popovich might be having snort concerning the dilemma the Los Angeles Lakers are dealing with proper now. The San Antonio Spurs coach who, by all accounts, holds a selected distaste for the group he has confronted seven occasions within the postseason, by chance steered his everlasting rivals into an iceberg when his younger group…