Before this series, Grant Williams had never made more than eight 3-pointers in a game. He’d only ever cooked six before. He’d never been the leading scorer for the Boston Celtics. All of that changed in the NBA playoffs on Sunday. Jayson Tatum stated, “Grant won us a playoff game tonight.” “A Game 7.” Celtics … Read more
Jayson Tatum was not going to repeat the mistake. The Boston Celtics had a golden opportunity to seize control of the NBA finals semifinal series two nights previously, but they let Game 5 slide through their fingers. On Friday, however, this was not the case. Tatum seemed to have an answer for everything as the … Read more
Golden State Warriors defeated Denver Nuggets 118-113 to establish a 3-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference playoffs’ first round. The Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole each scored 27 points to help them win their first title in four years. On Sunday, they’ll wrap off the series with a win at the Ball Arena. … Read more
Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-114 at the buzzer in their first NBA playoff game. The Eastern Conference second seeds held off a fourth-quarter comeback by the Nets thanks to Jayson Tatum’s 31 points. In the best-of-seven first-round series, the Celtics are up 1-0. During the third quarter, Kyrie Irving, who scored 39 points … Read more
In his first game of the NBA playoffs, Stephen Curry returned from injury to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 123-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Curry, who had missed the previous 12 games due to a sprained ankle ligament, came off the bench and scored 16 points in 22 minutes. On his playoff … Read more
The Milwaukee Bucks (3 seeds) have drawn the Chicago Bulls (6 seeds) in round one of the NBA Playoffs after all of the buzzers rang, the jockeying was completed, and the tanking came to a halt. Thus concludes the perplexing season of playoff seeding and tiebreakers. Milwaukee had an opportunity to clinch the two seeds … Read more
