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Taj Gibson Drills Hail Mary Buzzer-Beater At The Half

Oklahoma City took a 60-57 lead over Portland into the half after Taj Gibson intercepted a baseball pass from Pat Connaughton and heaved up his own Aaron Rodgers-style hail mary that delivered at the other end. Incredible!

The Warriors Aren't Invincible

The last time that the Golden State Warriors lost back-to-back games in regulation was almost exactly two years ago, back in early April of 2015. That 2014-2015 Warriors team got blown out by San Antonio on the road, then lost a close one in New Orleans. After that loss, they won an NBA championship and 28 straight…

Jose Calderon Had A Great Two Hours At The Office

A play, in three acts:

The Pistons Need To Rely On Their Most Unlikely Players In Order To Win

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was never supposed to be Detroit’s savior.

James Harden Says Last Year Was The Worst Of His Life

James Harden’s 2015-16 season with the Houston Rockets was swallowed up by interpersonal drama and an unwanted transition to a more high-profile lifestyle, according to a new profile by Lee Jenkins for Sports Illustrated.

This Nuggets Possession Is The Good Shit

Want to see some dank ball movement?

LeBron Nearly Took Out Bill Belichick

Patriots coach Bill Belichick was in attendance for last night’s 103-99 Celtics win over the Cavs, and he had good seats:

Deron Williams Wasted The Best Pass A General Manager Has Ever Thrown Him

In his first game with the Cleveland Cavaliers since being signed two days ago, Deron Williams scored four points on 2-for-8 shooting in 24 minutes, recording two rebounds and two assists. It would have been an utterly bland outing … had it not been for his missed, game-costing shot in the final seconds of the…

Joel Embiid Is Done For The Season

The Philadelphia 76ers announced today that rookie center Joel Embiid will be out for the rest of the season due to lingering issues with his left knee.

It's Time For Phil Jackson To Get The Hell Out Of Here

Phil Jackson wasn’t content to just watch all his major offseason moves combust in his face. Instead, he took all these failures as evidence that he needed to double-down on his personal fetish, the triangle.

Kevin Durant Out At Least One Month With MCL Sprain, Bone Bruise

The results of Kevin Durant’s MRI are reportedly in, and the news is about as good as Warriors fans could have hoped for.

Amar'e Stoudemire Gets Homophobic When Asked About Playing With A Gay Teammate

Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire is currently playing ball in Israel, for a team he co-owns. He was recently included in a series of brief interviews conducted by Walla Sport, in which players from around the Israeli league were asked how they would feel about having a gay teammate.

What Would The Warriors Do Without Kevin Durant?

I’m not an internet doctor; I can’t tell you if the Warriors should panic. But I’ll tell you when they’ll know if they should. Later today, Golden State will publicly announce the results of the MRI Kevin Durant underwent last night on his injured knee.

May Russell Westbrook's Will Be Done

Watching Russell Westbrook stomp down the basketball court and score through sheer force of will is always a treat, and tonight he dropped us a particularly delectable morsel late in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City’s 109-106 win over the Utah Jazz.

Markieff Morris's Wife Apparently Talks About His Nuts "All The Time"

After Steph Curry missed a go-ahead three-pointer in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards, Markeiff Morris hit two big free throws to put the game out of reach, 112-108.

Kevin Durant Hobbles Into Locker Room With Knee Injury

The Golden State Warriors are rolling right now and playing about as well as they ever have over the past three years (Steph Curry’s o-for-11 night from three in Philly notwithstanding). All that could undo them would be an inju—OH GOD:

What Kobe Bryant Was Capable Of

The story originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times Magazine on Oct. 31, 2004 and can be found in Kaye’s ebook anthology, Men: What They Do, How They Think, And Why. It is republished here with the author’s permission.

Michael Beasley Leaves Game After Gross-Looking Knee Injury [Graphic]

The Bucks have played the Cavaliers tough this year, and they somehow ended the first half against Cleveland up by two. They had to play a bit of the half without Michael Beasley, after his leg buckled and he had to leave the game with a knee injury. The Bucks announced that he’d suffered a left knee sprain and…

Vocativ has a pretty interesting profile of David Pick, an Israeli-American basketball fiend who exc

Vocativ has a pretty interesting profile of David Pick, an Israeli-American basketball fiend who exchanges hundreds of WhatsApp messages a day, acting as journalist, agent, scout, and everything in-between. [Vocativ]

Shaq's Mom Told Him To Stop Bullying JaVale McGee

And thus ends one of the more perplexing NBA feuds, not with a verbal blowup or a throwing of the hands, but with the instigator being called off by his mommy.

Jusuf Nurkić Loses Two Teeth, Misses Zero Minutes

P.J. Tucker managed to both draw a personal foul on Jusuf Nurkić and commit a technical on him as the Blazers big man had two teeth knocked out by the Raptors swingman—teeth Nurkić had to later hand over to the team trainer:

Incredible

Bleacher Report Deletes Dirk Nowitzki Tweet After Mark Cuban Complains To President Of Turner

Last night, Bleacher Report tweeted out a video of Dirk Nowitzki shooting an air ball, captioned “DIRK FOREVER”:

Look At What They Did To My Boy

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Sixers Broadcast Roughly As Dysfunctional As Sixers Team

A power blip in Philadelphia tonight left Comcast SportsNet a bit baffled as hosts blathered amongst themselves about what was happening, going almost a full minute before realizing that they were live on the air—teaching us all that The Process is not automated.

Now Let Us Heap Scorn Upon The NBA Trade Deadline Fuck-Ups

So the NBA trade deadline was a big dud, again. It featured one blockbuster deal—the New Orleans Pelicans just straight-up robbing the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins—and then a handful of minor deals, none of which seem likely to shake up the standings all that much. That’s butt.

We Won't Be Seeing Ben Simmons This Year After All

Philadelphia 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo is holding a post-trade deadline press conference, at which he revealed that 2016 No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons will not be seeing the floor at all this season.

JaVale McGee And Shaq Beef On Twitter After Shaq Roasts McGee On TV Again

Human Lowlight Reel JaVale McGee and Shaq have had beef for a while now. Shaq loves to make fun of the silly stuff McGee (who, it should also be said, is having a really good season with the Warriors) regularly does on the court. McGee, in contrast, hates it. Last night, the beef reached all new, multi-media heights.

The Pelicans Are Playing With House Money

The DeMarcus Cousins era did not get off to the best start in New Orleans last night, as the Pelicans were blown out by the Rockets 129-99. No need to panic in New Orleans, though, because the Pelicans still have plenty of time to figure out how Anthony Davis and Cousins can fit together, and if even they can’t, they…

The Warriors And Clippers Still Don't Like Each Other Very Much

What was once an intense rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers has cooled some lately. Last night’s Warriors victory—in which the Clippers were up 12 at the half before the Warriors dropped a 50-point third quarter on them and took over the game—was their tenth in a row against the…