Category: NBA Basketball

3rd Quarter Report

The Clippers and the Mavericks have shown up to the matchup, but their offenses sure haven’t. Sitting on a score of 66-65, the Clippers have looked like the better team, but there’s still one more quarter to play.

If the Clippers keep playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 2-0 in no time. On the other hand, the Mavericks will have to make due with an 0-2 record unless they turn things around (and fast).

Who’s Playing

Dallas Mavericks @ Los Angeles Clippers

Regular Season Records: Dallas 50-32, Los Angeles 51-31

Current Series Standings: Dallas 0, Los Angeles 1How To WatchWhen: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 10 p.m. ETWhere: Crypto.com Arena — Los Angeles, CaliforniaTV: TNTFollow: CBS Sports AppTicket Cost: $49.00What to Know

On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks will fight it out against the Los Angeles Clippers in a Western Conference playoff contest at 10:00

Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points for a career best in the playoffs and spearheaded another stifling defensive performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series on Tuesday night.

Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert each added 18 points to help the Timberwolves offset the smothering of Anthony Edwards by the Suns, who held the All-Star to 15 points after allowing him 33 in the opener. Edwards went 3 for 12 from the floor.

The teams head to Phoenix for Game 3 on Friday night. Minnesota has held a 2-0 series lead only one other time in franchise history, against Denver in the first round in 2004 en route to a 4-1 series victory.

Devin Booker scored 20 points, Kevin Durant added 18 and sixth man Eric Gordon had 15 for the Suns, who again failed to get their high-octane offense in gear. The big three of Booker, Durant and Bradley Beal combined to shoot 18 for 45, with McDaniels leading the list of reasons for the slump.

Karl-Anthony Towns (12 points) got going after early foul trouble.

Phoenix lost starting guard Grayson Allen

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Tyrese Maxey has won the NBA’s 2023-24 Most Improved Player award, the league announced Tuesday. He narrowly beat Bulls guard Coby White to win the honor. Maxey, now in his fourth year playing for the Philadelphia 76ers, has been essential to the team while playing, at times, as their only available All-Star.

Maxey averaged 20.3 points per game last season, but did so playing alongside James Harden and Joel Embiid. Harden demanded a trade during the offseason, though, and after he successfully forced his way to the Los Angeles Clippers, Maxey took over as Philadelphia’s primary ball-handler. He flourished in the role, averaging just under 26 points per game for a 76ers team that likely would have been the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference were it not for Joel Embiid’s torn

The NBA and Denver police are looking into an incident in which a man reported to be one of the brothers of Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić was seen punching a fan after the team’s buzzer-beating 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA playoffs.

In videos shared by TMZ and other outlets, the man is seen climbing over seats to confront another person at Ball Arena, who he then punches in the face. TMZ said the altercation happened on Monday night just after the Nuggets completed their comeback from a 20-point deficit to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.

An NBA spokesperson said Tuesday that the league is looking into the matter.

The Denver police media relations unit said in an email sent to The Associated Press that it is investigating the incident, but said it was not reported to the Denver police at the arena or after the game.

“At this time, no one has come forward as a victim of this incident,” the email said. “The Department is looking into this incident, is actively working to identify the person in the video who was struck, and encourages anyone who was involved or witnessed this firsthand to contact the Denver Police Department.”

Reporting by The Associated Press.

The Philadelphia 76ers plan to file a grievance related to the officiating during their series against the New York Knicks, a team spokesman said early Tuesday.

The 76ers lost both games in New York, with the Knicks rallying in the final 30 seconds for a 104-101 victory on Monday night.

The Knicks got the go-ahead 3-pointer from Donte DiVincenzo with 13 seconds left, a possession that started when they stole the ball from Tyrese Maxey. Maxey was unable to cleanly catch the inbounds pass while swarmed by Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart and fell to the ground, with Hart then ripping the ball away from him.

Joel Embiid said Maxey was fouled, and also that coach Nick Nurse and some players had attempted to call timeout before the Knicks got the ball. The All-Star center used an expletive in saying the officiating had been unacceptable.

Houston after referees determined after the game that a foul on Brunson that set up the winning free throws shouldn’t have been called. The NBA denied the protest, saying a referee error was not