LAGO BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Virtual fans and tubes in the noise of the crowd. A head-to-head showdown between two former Finals MVP played in front of a handful of real faces. A battle for Los Angeles about 3,000 miles from the Staples Center. Lakers 103, Clippers 101. The NBA …
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Every day of the week, Chris Mannix of SI will register with his Bubble Bits, a quick success in something remarkable from inside the NBA campus LAGO BUENA VISTA, Florida. In the middle of the third trimester, a quiet gym suddenly became noisy. When Andre Roberson recorded the Oklahoma City …
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The summer of 2020 is not exactly the most comforting moment in recent memory, with the NBA returning in the shadow of a global pandemic. But despite the wave of concerns outside the bubble, basketball on the NBA campus will take center stage sooner rather than later. And there’s no …
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ORLANDO – The message came shortly after 11 am, and my first day in the bubble reached its first official speed bump. I just finished practice, are you here? This, from Thunder team member Matt Tumbleson, buzzed just as I was preparing to leave my hotel room, and a strange …
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The NBA is preparing to resume the season in Orlando next month as the coronavirus continues to plague Florida. According to CBS News, the state established another single-day coronavirus registry with more than 4,000 new cases. The number of infections statewide increased to 93,000. Florida was one of the first …
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