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• Al Horford Opens Up About LeBron James’ Longevity: ‘It’s Something That I’m Not Sure If We’ll Ever See Anything Like That Again’
During an interview with NBA reporter Jay King of The Athletic, Boston Celtics big man Al Horford opened up about Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James‘ longevity. LeBron is 40. He’s the oldest player in the NBA. However, the Lakers forward is still putting up elite numbers. “Just mentally his focus, his determination, his consistency […] The post Al Horford Opens Up A...2025
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target

Mike Watters-Imagn Images With an awesome team already and nearly all their own assets available to upgrade it, the Orlando Magic are ready to win now. The Orlando Magic should be on the cusp of something special. Before his oblique injury, Paolo Banchero looked like the next thing. And then before his own oblique injury, Franz Wagner looked like the next-next thing. Jalen Suggs might be t...2025
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra, and Doc Rivers are just a few of the NBA coaches struck by how a star-studded Celtics squad has embraced selfless basketball. BOSTON — Just how unselfish are the Boston Celtics? The standard numbers don’t pop out. The Celtics average 26 assists per game — good for 14th in the NBA. And only the Clippers have...2024
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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.

Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Celtics fittingly snapped the Cavaliers' undefeated start to the NBA season with a three-point barrage — but don’t call it a statement win. TD GARDEN — Joe Mazzulla wasn’t going to overplay the significance of the Celtics’ 120-117 win over the previously undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers. “To me, I care more about, can we do it again in 72 hours?” s...2024
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• D-White's reaction to Tatum's ‘favorite teammate' admission is gold

Derrick White found out that Al Horford was Jayson Tatum's favorite teammate while sitting next to the Celtics star, and his reaction was priceless....2024
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• Horford's heroics help C's snap Cavs' historic win streak

The Celtics handed the Cavaliers their first loss of the season on Tuesday night, and they couldn't have done it without their beloved 38-year-old big man Al Horford....2024

• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• The NBA’s 7 most important players this season

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images These 7 NBA players will determine the championship picture this season. NBA championships are often won and lost in the summer. While trades and free agency signings usually get all of the attention, internal development from young players or the ability to stave off decline from older ones usually goes a long way to determining which team is ...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Regardless of who has been on the floor, the defending champions have fittingly been the best team this preseason. BOSTON – Every now and then, confetti still falls from the rafters at TD Garden. In a Saturday night Celtics thrashing, a small piece of paper landed on Derrick White’s head. On Sunday, a few pieces were collected by an excited cou...2024
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart have powered a historically dominant team all year — do the Minnesota Lynx have a chance? BROOKLYN — To say that the New York Liberty dominated the WNBA season is a massive understatement. They finished the season with a 32-8 record, winning games by an average margin of 9.2 points. They boasted two win streaks of 8 ga...2024
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images After one of the most impressive seasons in the sport’s history, the Huskies are certainly “running” college basketball. Everyone already wrote their “now they’re officially a blue blood” story a year ago, so there’s no point in rehashing that. Although the urge is understandable. Extracting new narratives from periods of sustained dominance is difficult....2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2024 deal made as they happen

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images Let’s grade every 2024 NBA trade deadline deal. The NBA transaction periods have become almost as exciting as the games themselves, and that makes the 2024 NBA trade deadline something close to a holiday for a certain type of hoops fan. No matter where your team is in the standings right now, the trade deadline represents an opportunity for hope: teams ar...2024
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• Fantasy Basketball Drop Candidates: Minutes limit means Al Horford could be expendable

With rosters seeing upheaval after some significant injuries to NBA stars, these five players could be cut to make room for a pickup....2024
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• Fantasy Basketball Drop Candidates: Minutes limit means say goodbye to Al Horford

With rosters seeing upheaval after some significant injuries to NBA stars, these five players could be on the move to make room....2024
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• Jae Crowder's Mixed Feelings About Boston Celtics Fans Should Be Mutual
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• DeMarcus Cousins Confronts Reporter over Column on Nightclub Incident
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• Deng, D-Wade, Understand Derrick Rose's Plight, and the Price Paid for Playing
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"Think the Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden Oklahoma City Thunder, the Paul Millsap and Al Horford Atlanta Hawks, and the last decade of the Philadelphia 76ers."

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"Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007."

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"Marcus Smart began the possession guarding the 280-pound Joel Embiid and ended it by leaping over teammate Al Horford to pounce on a loose ball."

2022
"Celtics' Al Horford agrees to two-year, $20 million contract extension"

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"When the Sixers swapped Al Horford for Danny Green on draft night 2020, there were more positives than getting off Horford’s massive contract."

2020
"Could the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons entertain a Blake Griffin for Al Horford trade?"

2019
"The Sixers may be without big men Joel Embiid and Al Horford against the Nets on Sunday night."

2018
"Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge was the last player chosen by Team LeBron, and Celtics forward Al Horford was the last pick by Team Stephen"

2017
"The post WATCH: Markieff Morris Confronts Al Horford Prior to Game 2 appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"But throughout the playoffs, the Australian point guard was at the center of several controversial plays involving Kyle Korver, Al Horford and Taj Gibson."

2015
" Beyond LBJ, the Atlanta Hawks' Al Horford, the Charlotte Hornets' Al Jefferson and the Bulls' Joakim Noah are all slated to be unrestricted free agents, while Dwight Howard has an early termination option with the Houston Rockets."

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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images What the NBA can learn from Celtics’ championship and Clippers’ failure. The team is led by two wings. One was just named to the All-NBA First Team, and the other just won Finals MVP. Both are talents the likes of which define the NBA — shooters, defenders, initiators, cutters. They do it all. The team is a championship favorite, of course, coming into t...2024
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• Are the Celtics set to collapse in the NBA playoffs again?

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images The Celtics are going to have to demonstrate they are comfortable getting uncomfortable if they want to go anywhere in the NBA playoffs. For years now, the Celtics have been a team on the brink. The type of brink depends wholly on where you stand. From the bottom of the mountain, looking up, the Celtics might seem like a group about to summit the peak tha...2024
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines

Photo by Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images While the spreads are high, the storylines for this year’s men’s Final Four are as stellar as ever. With UConn favored to beat Alabama by 11.5 and Purdue a 9-point favorite over NC State, the 2024 men’s Final Four is dangerously close to being the first in the history of the tournament to feature double-digit spreads in bot...2024
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• NCAA tournament 2024: Meet No. 1 seeds in men’s bracket for March Madness

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Let’s breakdown the No. 1 seeds in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. The 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is here, and this year’s field features a loaded slate of contenders on the top line. There are compelling storylines, tremendous head coaches, and true star-power on each of these four teams, who all have credible dreams of cutting down the nets on the fina...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked
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• Celtics' Al Horford makes history with a stunning stat line

Even as the basketball world's focus remains on Thursday's NBA trade deadline, veteran big man Al Horford has quietly gone about rewriting the history books....2024

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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?
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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds
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• LeBron James Playing All 48 Minutes Of Cavaliers-Celtics Game 7 2018 Conference Finals And Not Getting Tired Was ‘Disturbing’ To Al Horford: ‘He Looked Unfazed, He Looked Unbothered’

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics in the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals in seven epic games behind LeBron James, who averaged 33.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks in the seven-game series. The Celtics took a 2-0 lead by winning the first two games at home. The Cavaliers responded […] The post LeBron James Playing All 48 Minutes Of Cavalier...2024
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• Are the Celtics set to collapse in the NBA playoffs again?
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?
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• Celtics' Al Horford receives Dominican Republic's highest honor

This past week, the 38-year-old brought the Larry O'Brien Trophy to the island nation, thinking he was just there to celebrate the occasion with his family and friends. However, he was in for a surprise....2024
• The Connecticut Sun are trying to steal some of the Celtics’ championship energy

Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Sun play the Sparks at TD Garden in a sold-out game on Tuesday. History will be made in Boston today, as the Connecticut Sun host the Los Angeles Sparks in the first-ever WNBA game to be played at TD Garden. The game is already sold out — much to the excitement of Sun players — and the court has already transformed to reflect tea...2024
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• Are the Celtics set to collapse in the NBA playoffs again?
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• NBA Players and Coaches Vote Matthew Dellavedova Dirtiest Player in the League
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• Entire Atlanta Hawks Starting 5 Named NBA January Players of the Month in East
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• DeAndre Jordan Proving Los Angeles Clippers Do, in Fact, Have a Big 3
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• Kevin Durant Rumors: Clippers Reportedly Informed Star Won't Sign with Team
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• After All the Conjecture, Playoffs Will Reveal What Matters Most to Kevin Love
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• NBA Insider: Iceman to Klay Thompson: Nice Shooting, Kid, but Record Still Mine
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• Al Horford Ejected from Game 3 for Flagrant-2 Foul on Matthew Dellavedova
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• Fantasy basketball 30: Al Horford turns back the clock, Ja Morant makes the leap

All the latest fantasy basketball news, buzz and trade rumors from around the NBA, including the impressive play by Al Horford and Ja Morant....2021
• Jerami Grant might be the most undervalued player in fantasy basketball
The fantasy basketball season is well underway and Hoops Rumors wants to help you make the playoffs in your season-long leagues as well as take down the competition in daily fantasy. Here are some observations and notes from around the league: The Undervalued Jerami Grant The list of players who are shooting at least 52.0% from the field while adding at least one block and one 3-pointer made per g...2019
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• Hawks Becoming Spurs of Eastern Conference and Tuesday NBA Takeaways
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• Do Atlanta Hawks Need a Trade to Fix Broken Bench?
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• Toronto Raptors 2014-15 Season Preview: Roster Breakdown, Win-Loss Prediction
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The NBA’s 7 most important players this season
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• The Celtics were booed by their fans on ring night despite blowout win

NBAE via Getty Images The Celtics looked incredible in the season opener, but their fans were still upset about one tiny thing. The Boston Celtics accepted their 2024 championship rings on Tuesday night, and then showed why they’re the favorites to go for back-to-back titles this season. The Celtics blasted the New York Knicks, 132-109, in the season opener. The Knicks are spent all offsea...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?
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• The Connecticut Sun are trying to steal some of the Celtics’ championship energy
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• Are the Celtics set to collapse in the NBA playoffs again?
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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images UConn men’s basketball can do anything but beat a good team on the road. Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007. While several teams have come close over the ensuing years, it feels like these UConn Huskies might have t...2024
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic

Observations on Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and Michigan State after the 2023 Champions Classic. CHICAGO — It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins. Both play...2023
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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• Joel Embiid hinted he could be next NBA superstar to request trade with cryptic comments
Joel Embiid put 76ers on clock by hinting at trade request. Joel Embiid is firmly in the prime of his career. The superstar center finally won NBA MVP this past season after consecutive second place finishes. He will turn 30 years old in March. There’s only one thing missing on Embiid’s resume at this point: an NBA championship. Embiid’s lack of success in the NBA Playoffs is hard to ignore. He’s ...2023
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• Grading NBA 3-team blockbuster trade with Marcus Smart to Grizzlies, Kristaps Porzingis to Celtics
Photo by Nick Grace/Getty Images Who won the blockbuster three-team trade between the Celtics, Grizzlies, and Wizards? A three-team trade between the Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies, and Washington Wizards sent shockwaves through the NBA as Wednesday night was turning into Thursday morning just hours before the draft. It’s a shocking deal that shakes up two championship contenders and st...2023
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
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• NBA Scores: Nikola Jokic’s big night is no match for the Suns’ superstar duo
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Plus: Sixers get even behind Harden’s big night Harden comes up clutch for Sixers in 115-114 overtime win over Celtics Down two late, James Harden worked around some screens to find Al Horford, a matchup he liked enough to drive on. He got to a middle-of-the-lane floater that floated its way in, tying the game. Joe Mazzulla let his Celtics work in...2023
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