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The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies will tangle for the first time since last season’s surprising first-round playoff series, which the Griz won in six games. The young core of the Griz came together last season matching a franchise record with 56 regular season wins raising expectations for 2022-23. A playoff run last season and new additions to the roster have also increased the expectations in the Twin Cities, but a 13-point home loss to the Knicks on Monday dropped them below .5... 

It might not be the best division in the NBA but the Atlantic has to have the most drama and dysfunction. And for a change the New York Knicks aren’t involved. However, in many ways they still are the Knickerbockers. Following a promising start to the season they dropped four of five games, including a contest with Boston where they allowed a team record 27 three-pointers. To relieve themselves of the Kyrie Irving situation the Nets are finding solace on the court. Under interim coach Jacque Vaughn they put together their first winning streak of the season beating Washington and Charlotte on the road. The contest between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets takes place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY will air live on ESPN. BookMaker.eu will have odds for every game on the Wednesday NBA schedule. ... 

Following a six-game homestand that yielded positive results, the Milwaukee Bucks hit the road for just the second time this season and first since opening night when they tangle with the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. Milwaukee’s 110-108 win over Detroit on Halloween night extended their season-opening winning streak to six games leaving the Bucks as the only unbeaten team just a weeks into the 2022-23 NBA season. At this point I think the Wolves are just happy to play someone... 

If the first meeting of the season between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers is any indication the reigning Eastern Conference champions are in for another workout. The teams met last week in the Garden with the Cavs getting 41 points each from their starting backcourt of Donovan Mitchell and Caris LaVert in a 132-123 overtime victory. It was the fourth straight win and payout for the Cavs after a season-opening loss to Toronto.The contest between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavali... 

After drama-filled offseason for both clubs the New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns are happy to get the season started. And there’s a lot at stake for the Suns after their flameout in last season’s playoff followed by a summer of uncertainty with DeAndre Ayton and the black cloud of ownership. Lost in all this is the fact that the Suns still have the pieces in place that carried them to the best record in the entire NBA last season and the NBA Finals the season before that. Making their first playoff appearance in four seasons, New Orleans put up a good fight before losing the first round series to Phoenix in six games. ... 

The Brooklyn Nets aren’t getting the kind of action they were at this time last year when some had them as the favorite to win the O’Brien Trophy. It’s a different looking club but they still have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to go along with a rejuvenated Ben Simmons making them a legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference. The Nets will go as far as that trio takes them and they played well against Toronto to pick up their first win of the young campaign. The hierarchy in the East will be te... 

We’ll get a good look at the Philadelphia 76ers in the first few days of the season as they look to get to where their first two opponents had recently been. After opening the 2022-23 campaign against the Eastern Conference champion Celtics they open the home portion of their schedule on Thursday against the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. Trusting the process has gotten the Sixers to near the top of the East with five straight playoff appearances, though they failed to reach the conference final in any of them. The contest between the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers takes place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 20, 2022, from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and will air live on TNT. BookMaker.eu will have odds for every game on the Thursday NBA schedule. ... 

The Golden State Warriors begin defense of their NBA title with a matchup against one of their biggest rivals when they host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the season opener on Tuesday. It wasn’t that long ago when the Lakers were in this position after claiming the title in 2020, but the downward spiral resulted in a first round playoff exit the following season and completely missing the postseason last year. It’s doubtful a new coach can resurrect the club with Russell Westbrook still hanging around and James getting up in age. It’s unlikely we see a hangover from the Dubs, who earned their fourth title in eight seasons and they are near the top of the futures board entering the new campaign. The contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors takes place at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, from Chase Center in San Francisco and will air live on TNT. BookMaker.eu will have odds for every game on the Tuesday NBA schedule. ... 

Handing the Boston Celtics consecutive losses for the first time this postseason has the Golden State Warriors on the verge of their fourth NBA world title in eight seasons. The Warriors can hoist the O’Brien Trophy on the fabled parquet floor with a win on Thursday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Dubs seized control with a 104-94 win on Monday night, the second straight game decided by exactly 10 points. Those games were the closest in the series so far with the first three matchups decided by... 

The Boston Celtics can take another step toward their NBA record 18th world championship with a win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals. Following their blowout loss in Game 2, the Celtics made the first Finals game in Boston since 2010 a memorable one with a 116-100 blowout to take a 2-1 series lead. The top defensive team in the league did its thing on Wednesday with the Celtics holding Golden State to 11 fourth quarter points allowing for a comeback. Easily coverin... 

For the first time in over a decade the city of Boston will host an NBA Finals game. The series returns after the clubs split games in San Francisco with each winning by double digits. The Boston Celtics did their part stealing homecourt advantage with a blistering fourth quarter display in Game 1. And the Golden State Warriors did their job with a dominant third quarter to win ... 

There’s nothing like a championship game or series to bring out the betting options at your favorite sportsbook. And we have an intriguing matchup in place for the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors are playing in the Finals for the sixth time in eight years while the Boston Celtics are back for the first time since 2010 looking to break a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most NBA Championships in league history.The betting markets run deep when it comes to the NBA Finals with a supers... 

The Golden State Warriors probably feel it’s their rightful place and they’re back playing for the O’Brien Trophy for the sixth time in eight seasons. It’s a different story for the Boston Celtics, one of the most successful franchises in NBA history. During the time the Warriors were racking up five straight Finals trips winning three trophies, the Cs were subdued three times in the Eastern Conference final. They finally broke through this season and for the first time since losing in seven gam... 

It’s hard to win four games in a row in an NBA playoff series. The Golden State Warriors just experienced that failing to get the sweep of the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference final. No team has ever rebounded from a 0-3 series deficit in any NBA playoff round so the Mavs have a steep hill to climb. They took the first step toward history and avoided an embarrassing situation with an emphatic win on Tuesday night. To remain alive, Dallas will have to do something no team has accomplish... 

We didn’t expect this to be a short series with the top two seeds battling for the Eastern Conference title and a trip to the NBA Finals. And so far the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat haven’t disappointed. There hasn’t been much of a homecourt advantage with each team winning on the other’s home turf. And the series could be a war of attrition with several key players banged up in Miami’s 109-103 win in Game 3. If this was the regular season we’d probably see Miami’s Jimmy Butler and Boston’s Jay... 

It wasn’t pretty for the Dallas Mavericks, but they find themselves in a familiar spot after dropping Game 1 of the Western Conference final to the Golden State Warriors. The Mavs dropped the opener in each of their first two series and trailed the NBA best Phoenix Suns 0-2 before rallying to win that series in seven games. And while the second round series was close most of the games weren’t with four of them decided by 20 points or more. So Dallas fans needn’t get discouraged after losing Game... 

With a feeling of invincibility the Dallas Mavericks will try to add another notch on their belt when they take on the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference final. After six unsuccessful tries the Mavs beat Utah to advance past the first round for the first time since winning the NBA title in 2011. They then knocked off No. 1 overall seed Phoenix as a big series underdog with a dominant Game 7 road performance. There is one more hurdle for Luka Doncic and the Mavs to clear and it’s not... 

There will be a new NBA champion after the Boston Celtics knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks in an epic 7-game series to set up a battle with the Miami Heat for the Eastern Conference title. Getting this far seemed like a longshot for the Celtics in late January when they were a game below .500, but they turned things around over the second half of the season to win 51 games and clinch the No. 2 seed. They then swept preseason O’Brien Trophy favorite Brooklyn in the first round. They didn’t get the... 

It hasn’t been an easy playoff ride for the Phoenix Suns, but the O’Brien Trophy favorites didn’t expect anything less, especially with a target on their back after running away with the best record during the regular season. The Suns took out the pesky Pelicans in the first round after splitting the first four games of the opening round series. They find themselves in a similar situation after the Dallas Mavericks won a pair of home games to even the Western Conference semifinal. Game 6 is sche... 

After each team registered a double digit payout win in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series, we finally had a close game with the Milwaukee Bucks beating the Boston Celtics, 103-101, in the pivotal Game 3. That was more like what most expected from the conference heavyweights who each won 51 games while splitting the four-game regular season series. At this point the clubs are quite familiar with each other with many players still in uniform from when the clubs met in ... 

The way players are getting injured and suspended in this series hopefully enough remain to take the court on Wednesday when the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies resume their Western Conference semifinal with Game 5. Both teams have had questionable fouls with the Warriors getting the better of the duel when Jordan Poole took out Griz star Ja Morant in Game 3. Winning the series was going to be difficult with Ja playing at a high level, it’s nearly impossible if he misses games. If th... 

The Milwaukee Bucks got what they wanted in their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Boston Celtics stealing home court advantage by splitting the first two games on the road. The Bucks may have been content with their Game 1 which would explain their failure to show up for Game 2. The Celtics evened the series and head to Milwaukee for Saturday’s pivotal Game 3 with plenty of confidence after their 23-point win. The four regular season games were decided by an average of just over eig... 

As the Eastern Conference semifinal between the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers switches locations for Game 3, the Sixers are counting on the return of likely NBA MVP Joel Embiid to get them a victory. His return hasn’t been made official yet as Embiid continues to recover from a facial injury and concussion sustained in the series clinching win over Toronto. Embiid lead the NBA during the regular season averaging 30.6 points and was fifth with 11.7 rebounds. Take that production out of the li... 

Just getting past the first round is a huge accomplishment for the Dallas Mavericks, but don’t think they’re going to stop there. For the first time since winning the NBA title in 2011 the Mavs advanced by knocking off the Utah Jazz in six games. They hadn’t won any of their six previous playoff series so this is a different experience for this group. They hung tough against Utah without Luka Doncic for a few games, eventually overpowering the club that finished the 2020-21 season with the best ... 

Teams with some of the best young talent in the NBA have put on quite a show in their first-round playoff series. Ja Morant scored 30 points, including the game-winning bucket in the final seconds to put the Memphis Grizzlies on the verge of advancing to the next round with a 111-109 victory on Tuesday. The Griz look to finish off the Minnesota Timberwolves when the clubs convene for Game 6 on Friday. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, Memphis has struggled in the series getting blown out in the opener with the last two games decided by a total of three points. The NBA Playoff game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves will air live on ESPN with tip off at TBD on Friday, April 29, 2022 from Target Center in Minneapolis. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ...