The no. 1-seeders in both conferences each lost their first game of the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2003, back when LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were still NBA draft prospects and not grizzled veterans. One half of that dynamic duo goes home early this season. Will it …
Read More »Bucks, Lakers stunned in playoff openers
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – At first it was Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks, unable to claim what was one of the best defenses in the league. Then came LeBron James and the Lakers, who sounded 3-pointers from the edge to deliver a constant sound in a mostly empty …
Read More »Sports teams tackle voice crisis with plan to turn arenas into polling station | American news
When the United States rules over Donald Trump’s latest attempt to suppress the vote in the November presidential election by undermining it via mail-in-vote, an alternative route to casting votes takes shape can provide for hundreds of thousands of Americans: turn sports arenas into giant polling stations. At least 12 …
Read More »The Lakers’ bubble problems do not leave a clear title favorite entering the NBA playoffs
Thanks to the Los Angeles Lakers’ fight in the bubble, there is no clear favorite to win the NBA Championship entering the playoffs, for a change. Some sports books have the Milwaukee Bucks as the team to beat, while other bookmakers still have the Lakers as pointed as the favorites, …
Read More »NBA Playoffs 2020 – The experts’ predictions for each row of the opening round
The NBA playoffs may not officially begin until Monday, but the post intensity will hit Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex two days early. After an exciting Thursday of seeding game action, the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies have secured places in the play-in round of the Western …
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