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Sean Keeler: Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, back-to-back NBA MVP, is now greatest Denver athlete without a ring. But like John Elway, Peyton Manning, he won’t win one by himself.

Take Nikola Jokic off the Nuggets, they’re the Detroit Pistons. Joel Embiid can kick it to James Harden. Giannis Antetokounmpo runs with Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday.

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Sean Keeler: Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, back-to-back NBA MVP, is now greatest Denver athlete without a ring. But like John Elway, Peyton Manning, he won’t win one by himself.

Take Nikola Jokic off the Nuggets, they’re the Detroit Pistons. Joel Embiid can kick it to James Harden. Giannis Antetokounmpo runs with Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday.

The Denver Post

Don’t forget the Grizzlies are 20-5 in games without Ja Morant this season

The Memphis Grizzlies will have a tough road if they have to face the Golden State Warriors without Ja Morant.

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20 Thoughts on the NBA’s Wild Weekend

From Ja Morant’s injury to Joel Embiid’s comeback, our writers weigh in on each playoff series during an eventful second round.

Sports Illustrated

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic expected to win second consecutive NBA MVP award

Denver’s 7-foot center was the first player in league history to eclipse 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a season.

Chicago Sun-Times

We won’t find the Next LeBron James in these playoffs (and that’s OK)

It’s tempting to search for the next player who will define the league. But history tells us this is a fruitless task

The Guardian - US

Memphis star Morant's Game 4 status in doubt with hurt knee

Physical basketball plays are suddenly coming into question with emotions at an all-time high during these playoffs: So, what becomes too much on the big stage when stars hit the floor hard or get hurt

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Ime Udoka Rips Officiating Following Celtics’ Game 3 Loss

The Boston coach was not pleased with the officials following the Celtics’ Saturday loss to the Bucks.

Sports Illustrated

Horford’s Game-Tying Shot Doesn’t Count as Bucks Edge Celtics

The Celtics big man nearly tied the game with seconds waning in regulation, but it came after the buzzer as the Bucks took a 2–1 series lead.

Sports Illustrated

Giannis Antetokounmpo broke out the shimmy as the Bucks danced all over the Celtics

Shake your groove thing, Giannis!

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Horford tip too late as Celtics lose Game 3 at buzzer, 103-101

MILWAUKEE — Rob Williams caught a Bobby Portis elbow off the top of his head during a third quarter rebound battle, hit the floor and had to be helped to the locker room.

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The ending of Bucks-Celtics Game 3 was an absolutely chaotic sequence of events and it was great

What just happened?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ime Udoka criticizes officiating after Celtics loss

Jared Weiss: Ime Udoka said the refs told him Marcus Smart was making a sweeping motion on the final shot foul: "You cant say that's a sweep, he's going into the shot. Poor call." Source: Twitter @JaredWeissNBA What's the buzz on Twitter? Keith ...

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WIll the Celtics continue to slow Giannis Antetokounmpo in Game 3 vs. the Milwaukee Bucks?

Adjustments are everything this deep into the postseason.

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How Grant Williams’ shooting, defense are keeping the Boston Celtics right with the Milwaukee Bucks in the East semis

The Tennessee product has been a key part fo Boston's postseason on both ends.

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Is Boston’s Grant Williams the Celtics’ Giannis stopper in their series with the Milwaukee Bucks?

Or did he just have a particularly outstanding game?

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‘When a guy goes down, we’re going to have their back,’ says Grant WIlliams of stepping up in Marcus Smart’s absence vs. Bucks

The former Vol led Boston's defensive response to Giannis Antetokounmpo in Marcus Smart's absence in Game 2.

Sports Illustrated

Celtics Swing Back to Even Series With Bucks

Boston was battered in Game 1 vs. Milwaukee. With their season on the line, the Celtics returned the physicality to tie the second-round series at one apiece.

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Tim Cowlishaw: Mavs playoff scoring-machine Luka Doncic may be more comparable to Michael Jordan than you’d imagine

PHOENIX — Do not confuse this as a direct comparison. Luka Doncic trails Michael Jordan by six NBA championship rings along with many other honors and accolades. There is a long, long road to travel here when it comes to all that matters. But what you are looking at these…

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Celtics unload on Bucks, 109-86, in Game 2 win

BOSTON — Jaylen Brown summed it up simply enough when he said the Celtics had to be smarter — smarter with their shot selection, smarter with their pace, smarter with the multitude of things they did wrong on offense in Game 1.

Sports Illustrated

How the Bucks Are Clamping Down on the Celtics

After all this time, perhaps many of us simply forgot. The Bucks led the NBA in defensive efficiency during the 2018–19 season, then earned the distinction again in 2019–20. After a dropoff to ninth-best during the 2020–21 regular season, Milwaukee clamped down when it mattered most, not only ...

Sports Illustrated

Celtics Have Hands Full With Holiday Ball

How Boston chooses to guard Milwaukee’s star point guard could decide the series.

The Guardian - US

‘They made the world look at me’: Jacob Blake on his gratitude to NBA stars

When police shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the story was reported around the world, thanks in no small part to star basketball players

USA Today Sports Media Group

Magic Johnson has clear opinion on who the best player in the NBA is

Lakers great Magic Johnson praised a man he thinks is the best player in basketball.

USA Today Sports Media Group

How did Giannis Antetokounmpo fare against the Boston Celtics’ defense in Game 1?

And what does Boston need to change heading into Game 2?

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