This season was all about the arrival of Paul George and whether the 76ers could finally get past the second round of the NBA Playoffs in the Joel Embiid era.
Losing is nothing new for the Charlotte Hornets. They have a losing record in eight of the last nine seasons. Key players missed games due to injuries and no one could step up to take their places. We now know that they have little depth and that, right now, is the main problem.
If you think that Washington’s team is always in a never-ending cycle of rebuilding, you might be right. The Wizards have been near the bottom of the NBA for a few years now and no one is expecting anything from them anymore.
The New Orleans Pelicans became the second team to be eliminated from postseason contention, just a few days after the Utah Jazz were eliminated. The silver lining? They weren’t the first, and that had to provide some relief to their fanbase.
On March 10, the Utah Jazz found themselves at the bottom of the standings with a mark before their name — a mark you earn when you’re eliminated from postseason contention.
After the much-needed NBA All-Star Break, the race for the postseason is on every fan’s mind. We have at least six weeks to track those up-and-down movements in the NBA standings before the Play-In Tournament starts.
The NBA trade deadline came and left like a tornado. The damage? Just a bunch of players who were scattered all over the NBA map. A lot of big names were included in those unexpected deals that left us in a state of shock.
Jimmy Butler’s seven-game suspension was one of the biggest headlines in the NBA this month. All in all, Butler was away from his Miami Heat teammates for at least 13 days, which doesn’t even include the time he’ll miss after being suspended a second time.
For one day, people forgot about the NBA’s poor ratings. The five games we followed on Christmas Day were so exhilarating that they even overtook the NFL’s own Christmas slate in terms of excitement. All games were decided by 10 points or less and the Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James showdown even gave us a game-winning shot in the end.
It’s finally over. The Milwaukee Bucks won the second in-season tournament, the NBA Cup, when they beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in Las Vegas.
The last day of the Emirates NBA Cup’s elimination round is finally done. It doesn’t mean that the in-season tournament is over, though. Remember, eight teams are still alive. How these teams perform should be intriguing to follow and we now have something to cheer about in the early parts of December.
The third week of the Emirates NBA Cup (formerly known as the In-Season Tournament) gave us hints on which teams got eliminated and which teams gained paths to the Knockout Rounds. With the stakes getting higher and higher, players are supposed to step up. Unfortunately, being under the bright lights of the tournament can get in your head sometimes.
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