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Thursday May 23rd Best Betting Picks & Predictions: NBA & NHL Playoffs
Here's our top betting picks and predictions for May 23, 2024 including picks for the NBA and NHL Playoffs...
Cavs' Next Coach Odds: James Borrego installed as favorite
The Cleveland Cavaliers have embarked on their search for the franchise's next coach after firing J.B. Bickerstaff on Thursday.,The Cavs are coming off their first trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals in six years. However, Donovan Mitchell's future with the team remains a question, which could...
Cavaliers fire head coach J.B. Bickerstaff
The Cleveland Cavaliers fired head coach J.B. Bickerstaff on Thursday after three straight winning seasons.,The Cavaliers reached the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time in six years this season before falling to the Boston Celtics in five games in an injury-marred series.,Bickerstaff, ...
WNBA confirms 14th team heading to Toronto
The WNBA awarded an expansion team to Toronto on Thursday, making the franchise the league's 14th member and the first outside the United States.,The Toronto franchise will join the league in 2026 and will play will most of its home games at Coca-Cola Coliseum at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto...
Jewell Loyd nets 32 as Storm hand Fever 5th straight loss
Jewell Loyd scored a game-high 32 points Wednesday night and the Seattle Storm handed Caitlin Clark and the visiting Indiana Fever their fifth straight loss to start the season, edging them 85-83.,Loyd also pulled down 11 rebounds, while Nneka Ogwumike added 22 points after missing the last two game...
Luka Doncic helps Mavs take down Wolves in Game 1
Luka Doncic scored 33 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 108-105 win in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Kyrie Irving added 30 points on 12-for-23 shooting for Dallas. Daniel Gaffor...
Charles Barkley Is Right: The WNBA Is Hating on Caitlin Clark
After LeBron James spoke out in support of WNBA No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark, Charles Barkley got in on the action....
Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headline All-NBA First Team
Just two weeks after being named MVP for the third time in five years, Denver Nuggets star big man Nikola Jokic added to his resume on Wednesday night by landing on the All-NBA First Team for the fourth time in his career. ,Jokic was one of two unanimous selections to garner first-team votes on all ...
Mystics attempt to slow Kahleah Copper, Mercury
There are two winless teams left in the WNBA, and after their last effort came up two points short, the Washington Mystics are still one of them.,The Mystics will try again when they continue a three-game road swing against white-hot Kahleah Copper and the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.,Washington (0-...
Pacers eager to clean up play against Celtics in Game 2
The Indiana Pacers know where improvement is needed on Thursday when they visit the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.,The Pacers committed 22 turnovers in their 133-128 overtime loss in Game 1 on Tuesday, and those miscues led to 32 Boston points. The costliest turnover cam...
Seeking 5-0 start, streaking Liberty host Sky
In their initial season in 1997, the New York Liberty won their first seven games and 10 years later they won their first five.,This version of the Liberty (4-0) is off to an unbeaten start with the hopes of another dominant regular season as New York attempts to extend its season-opening winning st...
Visiting Lynx, Sun both look to remain unbeaten
The Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx will both try to keep chasing perfection on Thursday night when the teams square off in Uncasville, Conn.,Connecticut (3-0) is off to a fast start, sandwiching a pair of wins against the Indiana Fever around a victory over the Washington Mystics.,But the Sun be...
Reports: LaMelo Ball, Hornets sued by North Carolina mother
A North Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and the team, contending Ball struck her then-11-year-old son with his SUV.,USA Today and ESPN, whom reviewed the lawsuit, said Wednesday that Tamaria McRae alleges that her son approached Ball's vehicle as he was...
Storm's Nika Muhl set for WNBA debut with visa approval
Seattle Storm rookie Nika Muhl has gotten the government go-ahead to finally make her WNBA debut.,It could come as early as Wednesday night when the Storm meet Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. Clark's Iowa team beat Muhl's UConn squad in one semifinal of the NCAA Tournament in April.,Muhl wasn't...
Words of wisdom: LeBron James offers advice to Caitlin Clark
LeBron James knows a thing or two about having great expectations thrust upon him before he even entered a professional basketball league.,With that in mind, the Los Angeles Lakers star offered some advice to Caitlin Clark as the latter navigates her way through the early stages of her WNBA career.,...
Why the Celtics Will Win Eastern Conference Finals
The Boston Celtics have looked like the class of the NBA all season long, here's why they'll win the Eastern Conference....
Knicks' Jalen Brunson, Bojan Bogdanovic undergo surgeries
New York Knicks star guard Jalen Brunson and forward Bojan Bogdanovic underwent surgeries to repair their respective injuries and will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks, the team announced Wednesday.,Brunson fractured his left hand during Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the v...
Sky C Kamilla Cardoso to debut June 1
Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, the No. 3 overall pick in last month's WNBA draft, is hoping to make her season debut on June 1. ,Cardoso has been dealing with a shoulder injury, but she revealed her desired return date during an Instagram livestream on Tuesday. Chicago coach Teresa Weatherspoon...
Sparks edge Mystics in battle of winless teams
Lexie Brown had 20 points and six assists and Cameron Brink blocked her fourth shot of the night in the game's final second as the Los Angeles Sparks notched a 70-68 victory over the Washington Mystics on Tuesday in Long Beach, Calif.,Dearica Hamby added 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Sparks (1-2...
Kahleah Copper continues scoring spree as Mercury sink Aces
Kahleah Copper had another big night with 37 points on 15-of-23 shooting as the Phoenix Mercury went on the road and beat the host Las Vegas Aces 98-88 on Tuesday night. ,Copper knocked down five 3-pointers, but she had only one during a third quarter in which Phoenix (2-1) went 7-for-10 from behind...