What went wrong for the Rockets? How Houston Unraveled, From Kevin Durant’s Exposed Burn Score to First-Round Loss originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Houston Rockets won 52 games this season, but it cannot be considered a success. Advertisement Despite adding Kevin Durant…
He was never the top topic among Memphis Grizzlies trade talks, not with the ongoing saga surrounding Ja Morant taking up oxygen and airtime. But it was notable, if you paid attention, that Jaren Jackson Jr.’s name kept popping up here and there: that smart teams were “registering interest” in him; that smart analysts were…
Like much of my millennial generation, I grew up doing my fair share of casual cyberstalking: digging into an old friend’s fingerprint or snooping through the social media profile of a distant acquaintance. (When it comes to socially discouraged activities, this behavior is only slightly less common than nose picking or lying.) Nowadays, a scant…
HOUSTON – By the time the Oklahoma City Thunder scored their third 3-pointer in the span of 60 seconds at the start of the fourth quarter, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, furious at his team’s compounding mistakes, stormed onto the court heading straight for Reed Sheppard. Sheppard, who was the culprit for two of the…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 27 points, Desmond Bane added 22 points and seven assists and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 123-110 on Friday in their NBA Cup opener. Jaylen Brown scored 32 points for the Celtics. Payton Pritchard added 27 points and Derrick White had 16 points and 10 assists….
The 2025-26 NBA season is here! We’re presenting our previews, examining the biggest questions, best- and worst-case scenarios, and win projections for all 30 franchises, from teams still rebuilding to true title contenders. Final 2024-25 Record: 48-34 (seventh in the West, lost to the Timberwolves in the second round of the playoffs) Off-season moves Additions:…
