Ben Stinar
NBA Reporter at The Big Lead
Reporter at Sports Illustrated
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1 week ago |
si.com | Ben Stinar
On Wednesday evening, Anthony Davis and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings (in the play-in tournament) by a score of 120-106. Davis finished the win with 27 points, nine rebounds, one assist, one steal and three blocks while shooting 9/23 from the field and 3/6 from the three-point range in 35 minutes of playing time. Many people reacted to his performance on social media. Legion Hoops: "Anthony Davis is still undefeated in the Play-In Tournament.
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1 week ago |
si.com | Ben Stinar
Luka Doncic made a social media post before the NBA playoffs. On Saturday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers will begin the 2025 NBA playoffs when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves. Before the series, Luka Doncic made a post to X with a video. His post had over 50,000 likes and 1.4 million impressions in four hours. Doncic wrote: "💪⏳"💪⏳ pic.twitter.com/tLDh94VhuW— Luka Doncic (@luka7doncic) April 17, 2025Many people commented on Doncic's post.
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1 week ago |
si.com | Ben Stinar
On Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings by a score of 120-106. With the victory, they will now head to Memphis for a showdown with the Grizzlies on Friday night. The winner of that game will advance to the NBA playoffs as the eighth seed. Klay Thompson finished with 23 points, five rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block while shooting 8/11 from the field and 5/7 from the three-point range in 33 minutes of playing time.
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1 week ago |
si.com | Ben Stinar
On Saturday night, the Denver Nuggets will host the LA Clippers for Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series. Russell Westbrook (who spent part of two seasons with LA) will get the chance to go up against his former team. Via Arash Markazi of The Sporting Tribune: "The Clippers let Paul George and Russell Westbrook walk this offseason and dealt Terrance Mann and Bones Hyland at the trade deadline and finished with 50 wins and a top five seed.
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1 week ago |
si.com | Ben Stinar
On Sunday, the Boston Celtics will host the Orlando Magic for Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series. Before the game, Jayson Tatum was asked about his relationship with Magic star Paolo Banchero (h/t Noa Dalzell of Celtics on CLNS). Tatum: "It's the playoffs.... No friends out there. Nothing else matters except doing everything I can to help my team win."Asked Jayson Tatum about facing Paolo Banchero in the playoffs: “It’s the playoffs. No friends out there.
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