Basketball
The birth of the Nova Knicks
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Monday, 22 April 2024 14:08
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsON THEIR FIRST day at Villanova, Jalen Brunson and Donte DiVincenzo shook hands and unpacked all of their belongings. Then they sat down on their beds 5 feet apart from each other and started talking. This would be their new life for the next year.In the fall of 2015, Villanova's two biggest recruits would be living together as…
What we learned from the opening weekend of the NBA playoffs
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Monday, 22 April 2024 07:34
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe NBA playoffs tipped off this weekend, as the Denver Nuggets look to become the NBA's first repeat champions since the 2017 and 2018 Golden State Warriors. They picked up right where they left off in the Western Conference a season ago, winning their fifth consecutive playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The East also features a…
OKC overcomes inexperience to edge New Orleans
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Monday, 22 April 2024 00:30
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsOKLAHOMA CITY -- Entering the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder were the youngest team in NBA history to secure a No. 1 seed since seeding began in 1984.After missing the playoffs the past three seasons and working on a rebuild, the Thunder's reward as the top seed in the strong Western Conference was facing the 49-win New Orleans…
'Setting the tone': Dame's 35-pt. half lifts Bucks
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Sunday, 21 April 2024 21:38
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMILWAUKEE -- With the clock winding down toward the end of the first quarter, Bucks point guard Damian Lillard put an exclamation point on his Game 1 masterpiece.With a crossover, he created space and stepped back into a 28-foot 3-pointer, a vintage move from Lillard to knock down a shot past the outstretched hand of Pacers guard T.J.…
Lakers unsure when Wood, Vanderbilt will return
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Sunday, 21 April 2024 18:53
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsDENVER -- It remains unclear whether Los Angeles Lakers forwards Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt, who missed Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, will be available to return at any point in the series.Wood has been sidelined since Feb. 14 because of discomfort in his left knee, undergoing arthroscopic surgery on March…
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