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• NBA Net Rating (Week 12): Thunder Extend Lead Over Cavs Despite Head-To-Head Loss

The win streak of the Oklahoma City Thunder ended at the Cleveland Cavaliers last week, but their Net Rating improved to 12.8 points per 100 possessions. The Cavaliers dropped from 11.8 to 10.8 following loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. The Thunder and Cavaliers will meet again this week on Thursday. NBA Net Rating (Week 12):1. Thunder: 12.82. Cavaliers: 10.83. Celtics: 9.54. Grizzlies: 7.55...2025
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• Central Notes: Mobley, Cavs, Bulls, Giannis, Pistons
Fourth-year big man Evan Mobley is having the best season of his career for the 31-4 Cavaliers and making a strong case for All-Star consideration, as Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com writes in a subscriber-only article. The Cavs have an eye-popping +16.0 net rating when Mobley is on the court, compared to a team-worst +4.4 mark […]...2025
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• NBA Net Rating (Week 11): Thunder Remain No. 1 Ahead Of Cavs, Celtics, Grizzlies, Knicks

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the midst of a gauntlet schedule over a two-week span in which they play the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers twice, plus a game against the Boston Celtics. So far, the Thunder continue to win and remain No. 1 ahead of those East teams. NBA Net Rating (Week 11):1. Thunder: 12.22. Cavaliers: 11.83. Celtics: 10.44. Grizzlies: 7.85. Knicks: 7.36. Rockets: 5.67....2025
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA MVP award. What makes an NBA MVP? For some, the award should go to the best player alive regardless of team performance. To others, MVP has a stronger narrative pull for players who elevated their team to new heights (see: Derrick Rose in 2011) or who broke through unthinkable glass ceilings (see: Russell Wes...2025
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images De’Aaron Fox isn’t on the trade block yet, but the Spurs are already reportedly lining up. The Sacramento Kings have been one of the most frustrating teams in the NBA to start the 2024-25 season. Expectations were high for the Kings after acquiring DeMar DeRozan over the summer on a $76.7 million deal, but thus far the only thing Sacramento is doing cons...2024
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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Russell Westbrook is redefining himself on the Nuggets by doing the little things. Nikola Jokic typically doesn’t get involved in the Denver Nuggets’ business at the ownership and front office level, so it raised a few eyebrows to see the three-time MVP go to bat for a free agent addition during an otherwise morbid offseason in Denver. As the ...2024
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Wolves were pointing fingers at each other as they melted down vs. the Raptors. The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed one of the finest seasons in franchise history last year, winning 56 games and advancing to the Western Conference Finals. The Wolves were seen as a young and ascendant team behind 23-year-old superstar Anthony Edwards, but with a big lu...2024
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• The Warriors rediscovered their championship formula with a new crew around Stephen Curry

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Warriors have reinvented themselves as an NBA championship contender once again The Golden State Warriors’ dynasty has been pronounced dead so many times over the years. It was dead when a 73-win team blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was dead when Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson each suffered ...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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• The definitive guide to the WNBA playoffs

Photo by Michael Hickey/NBAE via Getty Images We’ve got it all — key matchups, predictions, schedules and everything else you need to know ahead of the first round of the WNBA postseason. It’s WNBA playoff time: matchups are set, the schedule is out, and all that’s left is the basketball to be played. This postseason comes on the heels of a regular season that shattered attendance and vie...2024
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• New York Liberty face Atlanta Dream in WNBA playoffs: preview, predictions, schedule, matchups and more

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and Jonquel Jones host Allisha Gray, Tina Charles and Rhyne Howard in a Liberty-Dream first round matchup. The New York Liberty (32-8) host the Atlanta Dream (15-25) in the first round of the WNBA playoffs, a best-of-three series that features two-time MVP Breanna Stewart, one-time MVP Jonquel Jones, the league’s all-ti...2024
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• Ranking the WNBA’s 12 teams by their 2024 championship chances

Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images The WNBA is back. Let’s rank every team by their chances of winning the championship. The 2024 WNBA season is set to restart after a lengthy Olympic and All-Star Break, a layoff that feels even longer than the month taken. In one of the most anticipated and tightly contested seasons in W history, much is still up in the air as we hit the bac...2024
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs

Art via Thilo Latrell Widder, original photos via Getty Images The Cavaliers and Clippers, more alike than you may realize, face similar questions as they enter the NBA playoffs. Before we go anywhere else, I am not comparing Jarrett Allen and Michael Olowakandi, nor Cavaliers Shawn Kemp to Clippers James Harden, but there’s something to be said about how similar the Cavs and Clippers hav...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Jae Crowder's Mixed Feelings About Boston Celtics Fans Should Be Mutual
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• Everything That's on the Line in Miami Heat-Toronto Raptors Game 7
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• NBA Friday Roundup: Damian Lillard's 51 Points Trip History-Hunting Warriors
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• Will Golden State Warriors Have More Wins Than Philadelphia 76ers' Have Losses?
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• Meet Steph Curry, the NBA's Most Beloved Megastar
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• How Much Better Will the Detroit Pistons Be Without Josh Smith?
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• David Lee's Reserve Role Could Put Golden State Warriors over the Top
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring
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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets
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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Only trades for more help can save the Lakers from falling off a cliff. The Los Angeles Lakers’ first 14 games provided a fleeting moment of hope that perhaps a new head coach really could fix all their problems. Since then, the Lakers have descended into the cold reality of their long-time mediocrity, slipping down the Western Conference standings as th...2024
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• 5 NBA teams beating expectations so far

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images These teams are cooking coming out of the gates. It’s important to be skeptical of small sample sizes early in a new NBA season. The league’s eternal 82-game grind leaves plenty of time to make up ground in the standings, or waste a hot start. At the same time, trends start stabilizing around the 20-game mark of the season, or about a quarter of the way thro...2024
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• The Warriors rediscovered their championship formula with a new crew around Stephen Curry
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• The misunderstood brilliance of Jose Alvarado

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images There’s more than meets the eye with Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado. Ask an NBA fan about Jose Alvarado, and chances are the first thing they bring up is his defense. And for good reason. The Puerto Rican guard who’s generously listed at 6-feet tall has made a name for himself in the basketball world over the past half decade as one of the sports’ preeminen...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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• The definitive guide to the WNBA playoffs
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• Ranking the WNBA’s 12 teams by their 2024 championship chances
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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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• NBA Net Rating (Week 12): Thunder Extend Lead Over Cavs Despite Head-To-Head Loss
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring
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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets
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• Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson’s highlight reel has stunning similarities

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson are linked by more than just triple-doubles Nikola Jokic had already firmly established himself as the best basketball player in the world heading into the 2024-25 season with three NBA MVP trophies, one championship, and one NBA Finals MVP already under his belt before he turned 30 years old. Jokic faced one of ...2024
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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors
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• The Warriors rediscovered their championship formula with a new crew around Stephen Curry
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• Atlantic Notes: Nets Big Lineup, Simmons, Towns, Barnes
The Nets have experimented with a bigger lineup and thus far, the results are promising, Bridget Reilly of the New York Post notes. The frontcourt of Nic Claxton, Ziaire Williams and Noah Clowney has posted a plus-24.3 net rating. “It’s great because Noah was committed to shoot the 3. Ziaire will let it fly. And […]...2024
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• Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson’s highlight reel has stunning similarities
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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked
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• The misunderstood brilliance of Jose Alvarado
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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 definitive guide to the WNBA playoffs
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• Entire Atlanta Hawks Starting 5 Named NBA January Players of the Month in East
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• Metta World Peace: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation Surrounding Free-Agent SF
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• How Warriors Front Office Built the NBA's Most Potent Team
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• The Case for LeBron James to Win NBA MVP Yet Again
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• How Does the Warriors' 20-2 Start Compare to the Greatest Starts in NBA History?
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• LeBron James: Tristan Thompson 'Should Probably Be a Cavalier His Entire Career'
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• Even Minus a LeBron, Hawks' Clutch Play Says They Can Make Deep Playoff Run
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• Kristaps Porzingis Already Challenging Carmelo Anthony As Knicks' Best Player
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• Monday NBA Roundup: Kevin Durant's Return Propels Thunder Back to Elite Status
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• Crowded NBA Western Conference Is Just a 4-Team Race
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• Sacramento Kings Playing a Dangerous Game with DeMarcus Cousins
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• Anderson Varejao's Injury Should Expedite Cavaliers Hitting Trade Market
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• Dallas Mavericks Need Monta Ellis as Much as He Needs Them
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• Fantasy Basketball 2014: Top 10 Rankings and Sleepers at Each Position
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• Breaking Down Cleveland Cavaliers' Point Guard Position for 2014-15 Season
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• NBA Net Rating (Week 11): Thunder Remain No. 1 Ahead Of Cavs, Celtics, Grizzlies, Knicks
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring
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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets
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• Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson’s highlight reel has stunning similarities
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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors
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• Heat Notes: Lineups, Rozier, Robinson, Herro, Tax, Defense
Injuries have forced the Heat to switch up their starting lineup in recent weeks, but it may have been time for a change anyways, as Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald observes that Miami’s season-opening lineup has the worst net rating of any group that has played at least 90 minutes together this season. The […]...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Jokic, Collins, Filipowski, Flagler
Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has been ruled out for Friday’s game in New Orleans – Denver’s first NBA Cup matchup – for personal reasons, as Bennett Durando of The Denver Post writes. The Nuggets have a +11.3 net rating in Jokic’s 381 minutes on the court this season, compared to a -28.5 mark in the […]...2024
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs
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• The Chicago Bulls aren’t good, but they are clutch as hell

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Nobody in the NBA is more clutch than the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls can’t stop winning clutch games. The Bulls beat the Utah Jazz, 119-117, on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City to keep the team’s incredible clutch alive. The Bulls have been a sub .500 team all year — they’re currently 26-28, ninth in the Eastern Conference — but they have an incr...2024
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• Alex Caruso’s genius is being wasted on hopeless Chicago Bulls

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alex Caruso deserves better than the Bulls. It is almost impossible to successfully defend Kevin Durant. Even at 35 years old, the superstar forward has one of the most advanced scoring arsenals in the league, a near 7-footer with deep range and soft touch on his jumper who can shoot over defenders with a hesi pull-up jimbo whenever h...2023
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• Cavaliers 'Absolutely' Will Keep J.B. Bickerstaff As Head Coach Next Season

The Cleveland Cavaliers reaffirmed they will retain J.B. Bickerstaff as head coach next season. "End that speculation. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. There's no question about that," Koby Altman told cleveland.com and one other outlet when asked if Bickerstaff would return for the 2023-24 campaign during a private conversation following his 40-minute end-of-season press conference at Cleveland Clini...2023
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• Jaylen Brown Remains Vital to Celtics Despite Inconsistent Rookie Season
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• Carmelo Anthony, Courtney Lee Comment on Knicks' Struggles After Loss to 76ers
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• Wednesday NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid, Kristaps Porzingis in Disparate Situations
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• Brooklyn Nets' Top Trade Chip Holding Up His End of Bargain
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• Tuesday NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid Continues March Toward Rookie of the Year
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