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Wheat, chaff, separation, etc., in NBA’s second round
It’s beginning to look a lot like a short second round of the NBA playoffs after the Suns rolled out to a 3-0 lead on the Nuggets with a 116-102 win in Denver on Friday night, behind 28 points from Devin Booker and a 27-point, eight-assist night from Chris Paul....

Kawhi’s gonna have to do it again
This 0-2 hole, in some ways, isn’t as dispiriting as the previous round’s seemed to be for the Los Angeles Clippers. ...

Hear me out: If Chris Paul is a winner, why hasn’t he won anything?
Remember Cars? Yesterday was the movie’s 15-year anniversary. In the 2006 film, after a full season of third-place finishes, a racer — Chick Hicks — is asked to compete with the top two racers for a chance to win the championship. That’s a plot hole that has bugged me for the last fifteen years. Why...

Step aside Lakers, L.A. is Clippers Country now
The worm has turned in L.A....

Luka’s first Game 7 will tell us a lot about the young superstar
This Game 7 is huge for Luka Dončić. ...

The Clippers can’t afford to do this, and yet, they’re doing it
Are the Clippers really going to do this?...

The NBA’s young players don’t GAF and it’s beautiful
The opening weekend of the playoffs confirmed that the future of the NBA is in good hands. Young, playmaking guards highlighted the weekend and not only brought their game, but brought their attitude, disrespect, and pettiness as well....

Kawhi Leonard’s legacy is on the line
There’s a lot at stake for Kawhi Leonard....

Home cookin’ won’t be equal for all NBA playoff teams
For the first time in two years, we might actually get to talk about home-court advantage in the NBA playoffs, but in a weird, 2021-ish kind of way....

Blazers welcome back fans just in time to stick it to L.A.
I don’t think anyone will argue that the NBA playoff intensity was alive and well in the bubble last year. There were fantastic games that came down to clutch moments, and there were underdog teams like Miami making a run all the way to the Finals. It was everything on the court you could hope for. ...

Famous basketball robot set to drop a track with Rod Wave and NBA YoungBoy
Every day it feels like we know less and less about Kawhi Leonard....

Screw your narrative: Paul George deserves his flowers
Lost in the desire to disregard Paul George is the fact that he’s one of the better basketball players of his era. And right now, he’s on his best stretch of ball since joining the Los Angeles Clippers prior to last season....

We should have had an Eastern conference battle last night with Nets-Sixers, but got ripped off instead
If ESPN were smart, it would demand a refund....

Clippers getting Rajon Rondo is the move that could win the West… and more
To most NBA fans, the Los Angeles Clippers are dead....

Has to be said: Kawhi Leonard-Clippers marriage has been a failure
Kawhi Leonard has been a bust in L.A....

Incomplete Brooklyn Nets are scary good, just ask the Western Conference
The numbers are stoopid....

The Nets might just have too much
Most eyes were on Brooklyn again last night, as the Clippers, the hottest team in the league, were the guests of the NBA’s latest and most vibrant science experiment in the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets came out on top 124-120, with Kyrie Irving going for 39, James Harden merely “settling” for a triple-do...

Ty Lue will need plenty of help for Clippers to end conference finals drought
In a decision that will likely absolutely shock no one, the Los Angeles Clippers have finally announced Ty Lue as their next head coach. ...

Magic Johnson Owns Clippers, too, With Lethal Twitter Takedown
There will be no greater takedown of the Los Angeles Clippers, who blew a 3-1 series lead in which they held leads of 16 and 19 points in Games 5 and 6, than the one delivered by Magic Johnson, the only completely sincere and benign person on Twitter....