But this year they come in with experience and also with an understanding they aren’t going to be sneaking up on anybody this time. They are now an established member of the NBA’s playoff class. They carry the burden of having to prove last year’s Eastern Conference finals run wasn’t a fluke and also of knowing they could be entering their championship window and their … [Read more...] about Tyrese Haliburton on playoffs: We have real expectations to do something special, and by that I mean a championship
StatMuse: Tyrese Haliburton this season: 673 assist and 120 turnovers. The most assists in a season with fewer than 125 turnovers since the merger. pic.x.com/hKIItrxG1h … [Read more...] about
The Caitlin Clark effect has reached the preseason. ESPN will broadcast what is believed to be the WNBA’s first nationally televised exhibition game when Clark returns to Iowa for the Indiana Fever’s game against Brazil’s national team on May 4, sources briefed on the network’s scheduling said. The 5 p.m. CT tipoff will be on ESPN unless the network has a Game 7 in the NBA … [Read more...] about
Eric Nehm: Will Jericho Sims be available for the first round vs. the Pacers? Doc Rivers: “Yes. I think so, pretty sure of that.” Rivers said that Sims completed most of today’s practice. … [Read more...] about
Per data from Sportradar, the Pacers crossed half court before the shot clock hit 20 seconds on 76.8 percent of their full-court possessions this season. On 26.4 percent of their possessions, they crossed half court by the time the shot clock hit 22, the third-highest rate of any team in the NBA. For context, the Bucks crossed half court by 22 on just 14 percent of their … [Read more...] about