Category: NBA

Yaron Weitzman FOX Sports NBA Writer BOSTON — During the final season break, Joel Embiid decided to up his game after another disappointing performance in the playoffs. During the Philadelphia 76ers’ second-round loss to the Miami Heat, he averaged just 19.8 points per game with a 42.6% shot rate. He had allowed the Heat to […]

Patrick Everson FOX sports betting analyst In November, the Los Angeles Lakers were an afterthought in the NBA Finals odds market. LeBron James & Co. were able to win the title with odds well over +10000. Fast forward to May 9, four games into the second round of the NBA playoffs, and it’s a whole […]

Rick Bucher FOX Sports NBA Analyst The star combos for both the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets popped up and down. If Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray have their way, the result of Sunday’s Game 4 could still be a tie. The reason for Phoenix’s 129-124 win and now a […]

Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer It was an emotional day for LeBron James. His son Bronny announced on Instagram that he was committed to playing for USC on Saturday hours before the Los Angeles Lakers would beat the Golden State Warriors 127-97 in Game 3 of their Western Conference Semifinals series. For James, direct […]

Rick Bucher FOX Sports NBA Analyst The Story of Game 3 between the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns: Too Much Devin Booker. And maybe too much Jamal Murray. They may have to come up with a new description for shooting with great efficiency after Booker scored 47 points in the Suns’ 121-114 win on […]

Winners of four of the last six NBA titles will collide when the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors meet in a Western Conference Semifinals. Game 3 of the best-of-seven series takes place in Los Angeles on Saturday. Steph Curry and the defending champion Warriors have won three of the past six and four […]

Yaron Weitzman FOX Sports NBA Writer FOX Sports writers provide game insights throughout the NBA Playoffs. Here are her thoughts from Wednesday. Celtic’s 121, 76’s 87: Joel Embiid fails to wow the ’76ers It’s been an exciting 24 hours in Joel Embiid country. First, it was announced that he was voted NBA MVP. Then we […]

Yaron Weitzman FOX Sports NBA Writer Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer FOX Sports writers provide game insights throughout the NBA Playoffs. Here are her thoughts from Tuesday. Lakers 117, Warriors 112: Lakers-Warriors to a furious start This is what we’ve been longing for. Normally, a playoff matchup between the sixth and seventh seeds isn’t […]

John Fanta College basketball broadcaster and reporter FOX Sports writers provide game insights throughout the NBA Playoffs. Here are her thoughts from Monday. Nuggets 97, Suns 87: Nuggets revealing Suns’ depth issues The Denver Nuggets are showing the NBA world that they have just as much reason to raise the Larry O’Brien trophy as anyone […]

Rick Bucher FOX Sports NBA Analyst Yaron Weitzman FOX Sports NBA Writer FOX Sports writers provide game insights throughout the NBA Playoffs. Here are her thoughts from Sunday. Warriors 120, Kings 100: Curry refuses to let Warriors lose No one comes into the NBA at 6-foot-3, 181 pounds, out of a mid-major college, with bad […]