Joe Wolfond

Toronto

Sports Writer at TheScore

white guy, dark humour | nba features for @theScore | 'pound the rock' co-host: https://t.co/Gfo6L7lRif

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The Celtics don't need to panic ... unless they keep panicking

5 days ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

It's hard to be surprised by anything at this point in these topsy-turvy playoffs, considering we're barely a quarter of the way through and have already seen more blown 20-point leads than in any other postseason in NBA history, and seven games in which the eventual losing team at one point had an implied win probability as high as 94%. Even so, what transpired in the first two games of Celtics-Knicks was difficult to believe.
5 more takeaways from a bonkers start to the 2nd round

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

What on earth is happening? We're just four days into the conference semifinals, and already this feels like one of the wildest second rounds we've ever seen. If your head is spinning from everything that's already transpired, here's a rundown of five more things you need to know. (Check out Wednesday's initial five takeaways.
5 takeaways from an absolutely bonkers start to the 2nd round

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

What on earth is happening? We're just three days into the conference semifinals, and already this feels like one of the wildest second rounds we've ever seen. If your head is spinning from everything that's transpired, here's a rundown of five things you need to know, with five more coming tomorrow. Note: I'll have more on Knicks-Celtics later in the week, so that series doesn't feature as prominently here.
How a stylistic tug-of-war is dictating Wolves-Lakers

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

They say styles make fights, and that's rarely more evident than it is during playoff basketball. For proof, look no further than the thrilling first-round series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers, which the T-Wolves lead 3-1 after a nail-biting Game 4 win.
Damian Lillard's career deserved a better 2nd act

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

All sports injuries are tough, but some of them feel crueler than others. Watching Damian Lillard crumple to the floor and grab at his heel in Game 4 of his Milwaukee Bucks' first-round series against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night, knowing what that type of noncontact injury entails, was particularly difficult to stomach. As he was helped off the court, it was hard not to think about everything that led up to that moment.
The Clippers' depth is overwhelming the paper-thin Nuggets

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

When Kawhi Leonard and Ivica Zubac checked out with a little over four minutes remaining in the first quarter of Thursday's Game 3, their Los Angeles Clippers trailed the Denver Nuggets 24-19. By the time they checked back in to start the second, the Clippers turned that deficit into a seven-point lead. L.A. finished the opening frame on a 16-4 run despite Nikola Jokic playing the whole quarter for Denver.
4 major observations from the NBA's 1st round

3 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

The 2025 playoffs are in full swing, and it's already given us plenty to digest. With each series having completed two games, here are four observations from the first round. The best series of the opening round has featured two contests decided by a grand total of five points, with each side taking one of them on the strength of a brilliant performance from its unique superstar.
2 bigs or not 2 bigs? That is the question for these playoff teams

1 month ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

March and early April can be a dreary portion of the NBA calendar, but it can also be a time that's ripe for experimentation. Every so often, a team stumbles onto something that can have bigger implications for the spring. This year, that something may be the Houston Rockets' gargantuan frontcourt tandem of Steven Adams and Alperen Sengun.
What can we learn from March-April breakouts?

1 month ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

When basketball insider Jon Rothstein officially christens the flipping of the basketball calendar on the first day of March every year, it means different things to two subsets of the sport. The most wonderful time of the year in college hoops coincides with the doggiest dog days of the NBA calendar. In the NBA in March and April, the worst teams are tanking, the best teams are coasting or resting, and every kind of team is simply depleted by injuries.
SGA and Jokic have put on an MVP race for the ages

1 month ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

It's been a foregone conclusion for weeks, if not months, that the NBA MVP award will go to one of two players. With 10 days left in the 2024-25 season, there's only one thing left to determine in one of the most compelling award races we've seen in ages: Will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokic lift the Michael Jordan Trophy? The purpose of this piece isn't to make a case for one over the other, it's to unpack the historic seasons both are having and let readers draw their own conclusions.