SportsPulse: Yes, Kevin Durant has been an instrumental part in the Warriors last two titles. No, he was never needed for the Warriors dynasty to become a dynasty. MILWAUKEE — What a difference a week makes. Last Friday, the Milwaukee Bucks cruised to a 125-103 victory at Fiserv Forum to take a 2-0 lead
The Raptors beat the Bucks in Game 5, 105-99, and the momentum has shifted significantly in this series.
Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points — 15 in the fourth quarter — and added seven rebounds and nine assists as the visiting Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 105-99 on Thursday to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. The Raptors can reach the NBA Finals for the first
Kawhi Leonard led Toronto to a crucial Game 5 victory in Milwaukee, which puts the Raptors within a win of the NBA Finals.
Trading DeMar DeRozan was worth this. The Toronto Raptors are closer to the NBA Finals than they have ever been, with a chance to close out the Milwaukee Bucks at home in Saturday night’s Game 6, and it’s all thanks to Kawhi Leonard, the man they acquired for DeRozan this past July. Leonard scored
SPECIAL MIDDLE OF THE WEEK BASKETBALL BLOG EDITION. There is no question that the game of basketball has become much more athletic over the years. It is more athletes playing basketball versing fewer basketball players playing basketball except maybe for the international NBA players of which there are
Adam Gase may be a manipulative control freak. He may not. Either way, the team’s ownership has put him in a terrible position for the rest of the offseason.
The Houston Rockets entered the 2018-2019 season with high hopes, firm in the belief that had Chris Paul not gone down to injury in the closing moments of their Game 5 Western Conference Finals win over the Golden State Warriors, it would have been them hoisting the trophy at the end of the race. Instead
It’s been a busy week for SMU basketball in the scheduling department. Last season, the Mustangs’ non-conference strength of schedule placed 319th out of 353 Division I basketball programs, per Kenpom.com. It’s hard to reach the NCAA Tournament with a non-conference schedule so weak. For
Second baseman Cavan Biggio, the son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, will be called up by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. It will be his first stint in the major leagues.
