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Rick Carlisle resigns as Mavericks head coach

The Dallas Mavericks will have a new head coach next season On Thursday, Rick Carlisle of Ogdensburg, New York resigned after 13 seasons according to Tim MacMahon and Adrian Wojnarowski of...

LaMelo Ball named 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year

According to Tim Bontemps of ESPN on Wednesday, Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball of Anaheim, California, was named the 2020-21 National Basketball Association rookie of the year Ball...

Hawks deliver fourth biggest comeback in NBA playoff history

When the Philadelphia 76ers took a 70-44 lead on the Atlanta Hawks in game five of the Eastern Conference semifinal on Wednesday night, two minutes and 38 seconds into the second half, not many...

New Orleans Pelicans fire head coach Stan Van Gundy

The New Orleans Pelicans experiment with Stan Van Gundy of Indio, California as their head coach only lasted one season On Thursday, the Pelicans fired Van Gundy after New Orleans was unable to meet...

Kevin Durant shines in complete game for the Nets

Nine times in Kevin Durant's career he has played more than 48 minutes in a postseason game However, in each of those nine occasions, Durant was playing in a game that went to overtime On Tuesday,...

Five NBA teammates with back-to-back 30+point postseason games

The Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta Hawks got right back into their respective series on Tuesday The Clippers defeated the Utah Jazz 118-104, and the Hawks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 103-100 to...

Chris Paul leads Suns to 2021 Western Conference Finals

The Phoenix Suns are the first team to reach the final four of the 2021 NBA Playoffs On Sunday from Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, Chris Paul of Winston-Salem, North Carolina scored 37 points as the...