NBA News and Rumors

Written by Mike Page on April 18, 2022

The first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs is underway, and we’ve already seen drama in several series. Kyrie Irving flipped Boston fans the double bird in Brooklyn’s one-point loss to the Celtics in Game 1, letting his former fans know that he would not take any of their displeasure. Minnesota went to Memphis and delivered a 13-point upset win Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 15, 2022

Most of the first-round matchups in the 2022 NBA playoffs are set. In the East, we have Boston-Brooklyn, Milwaukee-Chicago and Philadelphia-Toronto. In the West, we have Memphis-Minnesota, Golden State-Denver and Dallas-Utah. Phoenix is waiting for the winner of New Orleans and the Clippers in one play-in, while Miami awaits the winner of Cleveland and Brooklyn in the other. Let’s take Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 15, 2022

We’re into the play-in tournament now on the way to the start of the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs on Saturday. Tonight, Atlanta visits Cleveland and New Orleans visits the Clippers to play for the eighth seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. We have the updated NBA betting odds of each of the 18 remaining teams Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 13, 2022

The NBA play-in tournament got underway Tuesday night, with the seventh-place teams in each conference hosting the eighth-place teams. Both of the home teams won, as the Brooklyn Nets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115-108, behind 34 points from Kyrie Irving, to take the seventh seed in the playoffs. Now the Cavaliers will host the winner of Charlotte-Atlanta, set for Wednesday Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 13, 2022

The 2021-22 NBA regular season is in the books. If you had included the Lakers missing the playoffs in your NBA betting for the season, then you just made a lot of money. Now we’re set for the play-in tournament ahead of the start of the first round on Saturday. The play-in features teams seven through ten in the standings Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 12, 2022

Every year in the NBA, some teams perform according to expectations – but others either play out of their minds and have huge seasons (think about time Allen Iverson basically led the 8-seed Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA Finals all by himself), while still others underperform, disappointing their fan bases and their ownership – and going through overhauls in the Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 9, 2022

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have been eliminated from the postseason, the team has decided to shut down LeBron James for the rest of the year, so that he can continue rehabbing his ankle and look to start recovery for next season. The Memphis Grizzlies are also missing a star to injury – top scorer Ja Morant – whose Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 7, 2022

The Atlanta Hawks visit the Miami Heat on Friday night in a game that could still have playoff seeding implications for both of them. A Miami win would guarantee them the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but if the Heat lose Friday and Sunday, they could finish as low as fourth. The Hawks are locked into the play-in tournament Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 7, 2022

The 20 teams headed to the NBA postseason are set, although some movement is still possible in the seedings, as most teams have either two or three games left on the schedule. In the Eastern Conference, any of the top four teams could still end up with the top seed; in the Western Conference, Denver has yet to clinch the Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 6, 2022

Five days from now, the 2021-22 NBA regular season will come to a close. The Los Angeles Lakers officially were eliminated from the postseason after losing to Phoenix on Tuesday night, so the San Antonio Spurs will have the tenth slot in the West, opening the play-in tournament with a trip to New Orleans to face the Pelicans. Injuries plagued Read More