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Third-year power forward Xavier Tillman registered a new career-high 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting, alongside a game-high 13 rebounds in 32 minutes as Memphis utilised a fast start to outscore the Lakers and tie their first-round series at a game apiece before venturing to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Saturday.
Continue reading “Grizzlies 103-93 Lakers: Tillman’s career-high lifts Memphis without injured Morant”
February 9 is now in the rearview mirror, with All-Star weekend almost upon us. After the Kyrie Irving move to Dallas opened up a series of trades – both small and significant – I take a look at them in this piece, assessing where that leaves some ball clubs as well as specific players who’ll find themselves in differing situations over the coming months – like the pair above in Brooklyn. Continue reading “NBA trade deadline day – a week on: A look at moves, winners and losers plus new season projections”
After recording an encouraging 4-2 start to the season, the newlook Minnesota Timberwolves have lost five of their last six games and face a tricky road schedule – starting in Memphis against Ja Morant and co on Friday night. So, are critics overreacting to their worrying tendencies, or will things worsen for a side in transition after a blockbuster offseason trade?
Continue reading “Stuttering start: How worried should neutrals about the Timberwolves’ growing pains?”
Some bad news ahead of the All-Star break, as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ franchise player Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss some time after failing to shake a troublesome wrist injury he’d played through in recent weeks. Continue reading “Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined with troublesome wrist injury”
Draymond Green has put pen to paper on a four-year, $100m max contract extension deal to secure his long-term Warriors future – while proving the Dubs will not diminish quietly despite Kevin Durant’s summer departure. Continue reading “Draymond Green’s $100m max contract a long time coming”
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