Daddy’s BACK!!! NBA guard Mike Conley has cleared quarantine and will play for the Utah Jazz on Friday … just days after leaving the NBA bubble to witness the birth of his new baby son, Elijah. As we previously reported … it was a QUICK turnaround for the vet — the 32-year-old left the Orlando […]
JAZZ’S MIKE CONLEY CLEARED TO MAKE NBA RETURN 5 Days After Birth Of Child — 360APROKO
Will the Warriors take the best player available with the No. 2 pick in October’s NBA draft, or will they trade the pick?
Breaking down the Warriors’ options with the No. 2 NBA draft pick — Daily Democrat
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks still haven’t figured out how to slow down Nikola Vucevic. They did shut down his Orlando Magic teammates well enough to tie the Eastern Conference first-round series. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points and 20 rebounds and Milwaukee rode a fast start to beat the Magic 111-96 […]
Bucks bounce back, beat Magic 111-96 in Game 2 to tie series — WJMN – UPMatters.com
OK, Laker fans, you can breathe. Yes, I know. After all of those pre-bubble expectations, all those dreams of title No. 17, it took one loss to put this fan base that has waited so long to get back to the playoffs on the verge of a nervous breakdown. After all, with seven years of…
Alexander: Lakers fans, it’s been a long wait — Daily News
Caris LeVert once again finds his name side-by-side with the greatest Net of all time, Jason Kidd.
Caris LeVert joins elite company with Game 2 performance vs. Raptors — Nets Wire
Although Brooklyn couldn’t pull off the win in Game 2 against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, multiple Nets managed to stuff the stat sheet in the 104-99 loss.
While Garrett Temple led the Nets in scoring with 21 points, three of his Brooklyn teammates — Joe Harris, Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert — logged double-doubles.
Not only did Joe Harris and Jarrett Allen both finish with double-doubles, but they also finished with the same number of points (14) and rebounds (15) as one another.
LeVert achieved his double-double by complimenting his 16-point night with 11 assists. He also had a double-double in Brooklyn’s Game 1 loss on Monday, joining some elite company in the process.
By logging another double-double on Wednesday, LeVert once again finds himself among a small number of players who’ve worn a Nets uniform.
LeVert is only the fourth Nets player to ever log a double-double in consecutive playoff games. Michael Ray Richardson, Jason Kidd and Deron Williams are the only others who have done so.
The Celtics, on the other hand, are living up to Kemba Walker’s pre-series prediction that the Celtics would beat Philadelphia’s size with their speed. The proof lies in their 128-101 win over the Sixers last night for a 2-0 lead in their first round series.
Celtics take 2-0 series lead over Philadelphia — Boston Herald
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Kyle Kuzma may be a newcomer to the NBA playoffs, but after his first-ever postseason game, a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, he grasped an essential truth of this time of the year: Don’t show weakness. Is he changing his routine after an iffy shooting night for him and…
Lakers say they aren’t pressing panic button after loss to Blazers in Game 1 — Daily News
The Clippers chipped away time and again, but in the end, they failed at playing catch up. The Mavericks tie the first-round playoff series at one game apiece.
Clippers can’t catch Dallas, drop Game 2 of playoff series — Pasadena Star News
The Brooklyn Nets could be without Joe Harris for a stretch of time now that he’s left the Disney bubble.
Joe Harris leaves bubble for ‘non-medical personal matter’ — Nets Wire
The Brooklyn Nets announced on Wednesday after their Game 2 loss to the Toronto Raptors that Joe Harris has left the NBA Campus in Orlando, Florida.
Brooklyn’s sharpshooter left due to a “non-medical personal matter.” With the announcement, the Nets added, “The status of his return will be updated as information becomes available.”
With Harris now outside of the bubble, the Nets could be without the guard beyond Game 3, which is set to take place on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Harris is the first Nets player to leave the Disney bubble since the team arrived in Florida in July. (Michael Beasley had signed with the Nets when he went home before the NBA restart, but he had not joined the team in the Disney bubble at that time.)
The Raptors lead the series with the Nets 2-0
Joe Harris scored 14 points, grabbed 15 rebounds then left the bubble. Harris departed after the Nets’ Game 2 loss to the Raptors today. Nets: Joe Harris has left the NBA Campus in Orlando due to a non-medical personal matter. The status of his return will …
Nets: Joe Harris leaves bubble for personal matter — nyob.news
Even after they lost control in the fourth quarter, the Brooklyn Nets had a chance to force overtime in Game 2.
Jacque Vaughn addresses Garrett Temple’s frustration with final play of Game 2 — Nets Wire
The Brooklyn Nets had a chance to walk out of Wednesday with their first-round series against the reigning NBA champs tied at 1-1. Even after they let the Toronto Raptors take control in the fourth quarter, the Nets had the ball in their hands during what should’ve been the final possession of regulation.
But things got away and Brooklyn wound up losing 104-99.https://widgets.thescore.com/embeds/76b51e6d-83fc-40c5-801c-f21c0cd2c062/B3048BFF2122363045F286D30C5D4F30
After the loss, Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Jacque Vaughn broke down the final possession with reporters over Zoom:
We got the ball in the hands of our shoot. Good defense by Kyle Lowry. The ball was intended for Joe. it got to Joe.
Jacque Vaughn walks us through the @BrooklynNets final offensive possession: pic.twitter.com/FcMhRnEq94
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) August 19, 2020
The “good defense” by Lowry that Vaughn mentioned forced Harris and Garrett to lose control of the ball as the former tried to hand it off to the latter, leading to the turnover.
Garrett Temple on what could’ve been done differently on the key turnover: “The thing that was done differently is we complete the handoff. That’s all there is to it. I take blame. I’m sure Joe would say the same. It takes two.” #Nets #Raptors
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) August 19, 2020
Temple was frustrated with the way things broke down after Lowry scored. Given how the Brooklyn wing typically approaches things, Vaughn thinks there may have been something to the complaint, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post.
Garrett is a respectable young man. If he feels he got fouled, we’ll have to take a look at it.
The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group. … Sign up to have our top sports stories delivered to your inbox with our daily newsletters ONE: The Trail Blazers continued to be one of the hottest teams in the Orlando bubble, shocking the Lakers in…
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