Ric Bucher

FS1 analyst & occasional host/On The Ball with Ric Bucher podcast/No Filter Network ambassador/author/part-time pianist. IG: https://t.co/tP1MScM2t3

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Triple Shot: Why Pacers Have A Chance, SGA Is In Top 5 PG Convo, Bronny Has To Play Next Season

3 weeks ago | player.fm | Ric Bucher

Ric discusses why the Indiana Pacers could make the NBA Finals vs. the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder more competitive than expected, why Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could be in the conversation for top 5 point guards of all-time if he wins this year's title and Finals MVP, and why rumors that the Lakers are hoping guard Bronny James -- son of LeBron -- can be in their playing rotation next season has to happen -- for Bronny's sake.
Nepotism, the NBA and LeBron

Jun 30, 2024 | player.fm | Ric Bucher |Malika Andrews |Michael Rapaport |Si Nba

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2024 NBA offseason confidential: 76ers under pressure; players drawing most interest

Jun 28, 2024 | foxsports.com | Ric Bucher

So far, the 2024 NBA offseason is not exactly firing imaginations — at least not outside of New York — about shakeups to the existing league hierarchy in the 2024-25 regular season. The 2024 NBA Draft lacked sizzle and the free-agent market that opens Sunday isn't looking hot, either. The league only has itself to blame.
Did Mavs unlock something in Game 4 rout of Celtics?

Jun 14, 2024 | foxsports.com | Ric Bucher

So maybe Game 3 wasn’t a total loss, after all. The Dallas Mavericks, playing Game 4 from the start with the urgency and pace that fueled an ultimately futile 20-2 fourth-quarter run in Game 3, exorcised a lot of frustration and earned themselves a return trip to Boston with a resounding 122-84 win, reducing the Celtics’ best-of-seven series lead to 3-1. Game 5 will be Monday in TD Garden.
The Comeuppance of Luka Doncic

Jun 14, 2024 | player.fm | Ric Bucher |Malika Andrews |Si Nba |Mike Fitzpatrick

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Who’s slowing Luka DonÄiÄ down: the Celtics or himself?

Jun 13, 2024 | odishaexpo.com | Odisha Expo |Ric Bucher

Luka DonÄiÄ fought the legislation â and the legislation received. If there was a cause to consider the Dallas Mavericks might beat the Boston Celtics for the 2024 NBA title regardless of Boston’s sizable benefit in Finals expertise, it was Luka DonÄiÄ and his confirmed potential to reply in stress conditions together with his finest, using an old-school array of abilities and techniques to get to wherever he wished to on the ground and make no matter play was obligatory.
Who's slowing Luka Dončić down: the Celtics or himself?

Jun 12, 2024 | foxnews.com | Ric Bucher

If there was a reason to believe the Dallas Mavericks could beat the Boston Celtics for the 2024 NBA title despite Boston's sizable advantage in Finals experience, it was Luka Dončić and his proven ability to respond in pressure situations with his best, utilizing an old-school array of skills and tactics to get to wherever he wanted to on the floor and make whatever play was necessary.
Celtics are one game away from clinching. Who should win Finals MVP?

Jun 12, 2024 | foxnews.com | Ric Bucher

The only question left for the Boston Celtics appears to be who their 2024 NBA Finals' MVP will be. It also may be the toughest one to answer. If anything has defined this particular Celtics' squad in this year's playoffs, it has been the spectrum of star-like performances. They are the NBA version of whack-a-mole: if one or two of their mainstays disappears on a given night, they can count on one or two others to pop up and make their presence felt.
Luka Dončić made shots, but Jayson Tatum's playmaking pushes Celtics to 2-0 lead

Jun 9, 2024 | foxsports.com | Ric Bucher

Luka Dončić made shots. Jayson Tatum made plays. The Boston Celtics will take that trade-off every chance they get, and they now hold a 2-0 best-of-seven series lead over Doncic's Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals because of it. Box-score disciples will point to Doncic's triple-double, his game-leading 32 points and the fact that he was 4-of-9 on 3s while the rest of the team was 2-for-17, and put the blame on his supporting cast for Sunday's 105-98 loss in TD Garden.
Unpacking Caitlin Clark, LeBron-Kyrie & Dan Hurley-Lakers

Jun 8, 2024 | player.fm | Ric Bucher |Malika Andrews |Si Nba |Mike Fitzpatrick

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