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No one was more amped after Luka Doncic’s spectacular performance Sunday night than girlfriend Anamaria Goltes. The lifestyle and fitness personality shared several Doncic-centric posts to her Instagram story, after the 6-foot-7 point guard put on a show against the Los Angeles Clippers, logging 43 points, 17 rebounds, and 13 assists, including a 3-pointer at …
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Luka Doncic is not only the best 21-year-old player to ever compete in an NBA game, but maybe now he’s the best player in basketball. In his second season, Doncic makes it look too easy, like Michael Jordan did. When Jordan was 25. Doncic’s step-back 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer to beat the Clippers, 135-133, …
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For the Nets — or what’s left of them — the craziest campaign in NBA history ended Sunday at the hands of the Raptors. It remains to be seen if interim coach Jacque Vaughn’s stay ended with it. The season started by adding Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving last summer, and tipped off amidst an …
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ORLANDO Fla. — Luka Doncic hit a deep, step-back 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a triple-double on a sprained ankle and the short-handed Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 135-133 in overtime Sunday to even the playoff series at two games apiece. Doncic had 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists for his …
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After getting mauled by Toronto in their Eastern Conference playoff opener, the Nets had to prove they can play with the Raptors. They did that Wednesday, but now they have to show they can beat the defending champions. Monday’s first-round Game 1 blowout loss to Toronto was humbling. This was more heartbreaking, as the Nets …
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The refs spoiled Kristaps Porzingis’ postseason debut and a thrilling NBA playoff game with two dubious calls on Tuesday night. Porzingis was ejected from Game 1 of the Clippers-Mavericks series after a brief altercation with Los Angeles forward Marcus Morris, led to the referees giving the Latvian star his second technical of the night. Dallas …
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The Knicks could break their six-season playoff drought after all in a post-coronavirus restart scenario — but it would come with an asterisk. According to a source, one of the many plans of an NBA restart is having additional teams not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs stage a short play-in tournament in July to advance …
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Though news of the coronavirus pandemic has been discouraging, NBA executives still cling to hope of arranging a one-site, fan-less, 16-team playoff and a five-to-seven-game regular-season prelude, according to multiple NBA sources. “They’re very determined to have a champion,” one industry source said. The playoffs could be reduced to a slew of best-of-three series across …