Jeff Zillgitt
NBA Reporter at USA Today
NBA reporter for USA TODAY Sports. Word guy. Food and spirits guy. Fly-fishing guy. IG: jzillgitt
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4 days ago |
usatoday.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes
The No. 1 seeds took care of business with not much of a worry, and stars – some new, some old – showed up as the NBA playoffs opened with eight Game 1s Saturday and Sunday. The Oklahoma City Thunder, the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seed in the East, were impressive.
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4 days ago |
usatoday.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes
Who is the NBA’s 2024-25 MVP? There is no wrong choice, but only one can win the award, and this could be one of the closest MVP races by vote count in NBA history. Who will win? Will Jokic become the third player to win four MVPs in five seasons? Or will Alexander win his first MVP? Regardless, the winner will mark seven consecutive seasons with the MVP awarded to a player born outside of the U.S.The winner will be announced later during the playoffs.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic? Who is the NBA’s 2024-25 MVP? There is no wrong choice, but only one can win the award, and this could be one of the closest MVP races by vote count in NBA history. Who will win? Will Jokic become the third player to win four MVPs in five seasons? Or will Alexander win his first MVP?
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Lorenzo Reyes |Jeff Zillgitt
The NBA postseason is a grind, essentially a two-month micro season during which things can change very quickly. It's often the consistent teams, or the ones that catch fire and get hot or the ones carried by stars that end up with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. This season, there is no shortage of stars, with a pair of Most Valuable Player candidates in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets carrying their teams.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Jeff Zillgitt
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo can’t forget ‒ and won’t forget ‒ his first NBA playoff series against Chicago, in 2015. “I learned what it felt like to be in a playoff atmosphere,” Antetokounmpo told USA TODAY Sports. “I learned how it was to get ejected in the playoffs. I learned how it felt to be emotional in the playoffs. I felt how it was to have a great game in the playoffs.”He remembers his first playoff series victory against Detroit, in 2019.
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