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NBA bubble buzz: Intel on playoff matchups and lottery teams
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 05:31
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- After successfully getting 22 teams inside the bubble here at the Walt Disney World Resort and then hosting a high-quality round of seeding games plus a play-in, the NBA now moves onto its third -- and most important -- phase of the 2020 restart: the playoffs. Six teams have been sent home over the past…
Three hurdles LeBron must clear to win the 2020 NBA title
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 05:31
In early July, a couple of days before the Los Angeles Lakers boarded a plane for Orlando, Florida, hoping their trip would extend to the NBA Finals in October, Jared Dudley made a prescient remark."[LeBron James] is ready for this moment, you can tell," Dudley said. "You can see in his beard he's ready, he's ready to lower it down…
Doncic calls historic 42-point game 'terrible'
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 00:56
Luka Doncic made history in his first playoff game with 42 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds to set the NBA record for most points in a postseason debut.But the Dallas Mavericks' budding star could only sum up his Game 1 performance against the LA Clippers with one word."Terrible," Doncic said.The Mavericks point guard turned the ball over 11 times,…
Biggest takeaways from Day 1 of the NBA playoffs
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 00:32
Playoff basketball is the NBA's reason for being. It's where players build their legends, various stakeholders cash in on revenue potential and fans record memories. It's why the NBA went to extremes to deliver the postseason, investing more than $150 million in a bubble.The road there wasn't without its trials. Between the NBA suspending the 2019-20 season on March 11…
Tatum, Brown boost Celtics in Game 1 vs. Sixers
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Monday, 17 August 2020 21:10
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As the Boston Celtics have rebuilt their team into an Eastern Conference contender the past few years, they have done so around the idea that Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown will be franchise cornerstone players for years to come.Monday night, Tatum and Brown showed how that vision is beginning to come together. Tatum's 32 points…
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