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Splash Brothers had a 3-point historic night in Warriors’ win over Nets (124 -120)

December 17, 2023

After losing 3 straight and what appears to be an imploding Golden State Warriors, they finaly got a much needed win with scoring explosion from the Splash Brothers. Steph Curry scoring a team high 37 points on 14-for-22 shooting, this includes an efficient 6-for-8 from beyond the arc. He also scored 12 straight points in less than two minutes in the fourth quarter to seal the victory, Curry also made his 3,500th triple in the process.

Klay Thompson on the otherhand was also shooting the lights-out, scoring 12 of his 24 points from 3-point range, making 4 three-points in 9 shots, he also added 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Thompson also moved-up to 9th place on the NBA’s career 3-point leaderboard, passing Jason Terry. Depending on how Klay shot from the 3-points line this season he can jump over Vince Carter and Lebron James in the rankings.

The Splash Brothers also got a lot of help from the team; GSW rookie Brandin Podziemski scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, with Andrew Wiggins coming off the bench added 14 points and 5 rebounds. Saric and Kuminga also chipped-in 12 points and 10 pts, respectively. Chris Paul facilitated the team with 11 assists. This is the second missed game of Draymond Green after receiving an indefinite suspension from the league after hitting Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic in the face.

Nets almost spoiled the Splash Brothers historic night, after erasing the 18-point lead that the Warriors have in the 3rd qtr. Six Nets players scored in double figures with Cam Thomas scoring a team high 41 points on 15-for-24 shooting with five 3-pointers, he also grabbed 5 rebounds, Claxton and Bridges scored 19 points and 18 points, respectively, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 16 points, 5 rebounds and a season-best 14 assists. Brooklyn Nets even grabbed the lead 99-97 on a Mikal Bridges made 3-points with 9:12 remaining in the game. That’s when the Splash Brothers took over the game.

Warriors will improve their standings to 11 – 14, but are still 2 games behind the Suns for #10 in the Western standings, to qualify for the Play-In. The Nets on the other hand will fall to 13-12 and will go down to #9 in the Eastern Conference standings.

Golden State Warriors will go to Portland this Sunday to complete their home-road back-to-back, while the Nets will visit Utah Jazz Monday night before going back home.

Nets to trade Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns

February 9, 2023

In a blockbuster trade, the Brooklyn Nets will ship Superstar Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, this was first reported by ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. In the trade, Suns will send Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round unprotected picks (2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029) and a 2028 pick swap to Brooklyn. The Nets on the otherhand will send Kevin Durant and TJ Warren and the 2028 pick swap to Suns.

New Phoenix Suns majority owner Mat Ishbia pushed to get a deal done on the eve of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Durant, 34, still have three years and $153 million left on his contract, originally requested to be traded last Summer but Nets where unable to find any suitors. Last week, this Allstar teammate Kyrie Irving was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, and a clear sign that Durant will be the next star to leave the Brooklyn franchise.

Source: ESPN

Participants for the Mountain Dew 3-Point Contest at the NBA 2022 All-Star in Cleveland

February 10, 2022
Participants for the Mountain Dew 3-Point Contest at the NBA 2022 All-Star in Cleveland

Even though Steph Curry will not defend his 3-Point crown, there are plenty of star power for this year’s Mountain Dew 3-Point Contest at the NBA 2022 All-Star in Cleveland.

Headlining the 8-player contest are;
• CJ McCollum, New Orleans Pelicans
• Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
• Zach LaVine, Chicago Bulls
• Desmond Bane, Memphis Grizzlies
• Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves
• Fred VanVleet, Toronto Raptors
• Luke Kennard, LA Clippers
• Patty Mills, Brooklyn Nets

Our of the 8, my favorite to win the contest is Trae Young, who whether he wants to admit it or not, looks like Steph Curry Jr. 🙂

To give you a refresher, here’s the highlights from last year’s MTN DEW 3-Point Contest;

TheNBA 2022 All-Star MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will take place on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET, telecast by TNT at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

NBA announces key matchup and dates for it’s 75th Anniversary (2021-22) Season

August 18, 2021

NBA just release the games for the first 4 days of the season and the Christmas day match-up, which will surely hyped-up even the most casual fan.

The nationally televised games will be on TNT, ESPN and ABC for opening week and Christmas Day for its landmark 75th Anniversary Season. It’s also worth noting that the there will be a Play-In Tournament that will be held on April 12-15.

In the announcement, NBA said;

The first four days of the league’s 75th Anniversary Season (Oct. 19-22) will feature eight national television games as part of Kia NBA Tip-Off 2021, with TNT and ESPN airing two doubleheaders each. Those games will showcase 12 different teams, the last eight players to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award and three rematches from last season’s playoffs.

October 19, 2021

  • Brooklyn Nets @Milwaukee Bucks – 7:30 p.m.,,, on TNT
  • Golden State Warriors @Los Angeles Lakers – 10:00 p.m.,,, on TNT

October 20, 2021

  • Boston Celtics @New York Knicks – 7:30 p.m., on ESPN
  • Denver Nuggets @Phoenix Suns – 10:00 p.m., on ESPN

October 21, 2021

  • Dallas Mavericks @Atlanta Hawks – 7:30 p.m., on TNT
  • LA Clippers @Golden State Warriors – 10:00 p.m., on TNT

October 22, 2021

  • Brooklyn Nets @Philadelphia 76ers – 7:30 p.m., on ESPN
  • Phoenix Suns @Los Angeles Lakers – 10:00 p.m., on ESPN

As for the Christmas day games, NBA will feature arguably the top teams in both conference but the key matchup for the Christmas day games is the Brooklyn Nets visiting Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Durant versus Lebron James. Stephen A.’s reaction probably summed up all our excitement for the upcoming NBA season.

Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2021)

  • Atlanta Hawks @New York Knicks – 12:00 p.m., on ESPN
  • Boston Celtics @Milwaukee Bucks – 2:30 p.m., on ABC
  • Golden State Warriors @Phoenix Suns – 5:00 p.m., on ABC
  • Brooklyn Nets @Los Angeles Lakers – 8:00 p.m., on ABC/ESPN
  • Dallas Mavericks @Utah Jazz – 10:30 p.m., on ESPN

Lakers routs Nets – 126-101

April 12, 2021

In a game that was considered as an NBA Finals preview, the Los Angeles Lakers, even without Lebron James and Anthony Davis, showed the Nets that they’re still the league’s defending champs by outscoring the Nets in the 1st, 3rd and 4th qtr by an average of 10 pts.

Laker’s buyout acquisition Andre Drummond contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Dennis Schroder chipped-in 19 points before being ejected with Kyrie Irving in the third quarter.

The Los Angeles Lakers lead most of the games and was never really threaten by the Nets, even though getting 22 pts from Kevin Durant and 18 pts from Irving. The Nets are without their leading scorer James Harden who is recovering from a hamstring injury.

Aside from Lebron and Davis, LA Lakers are also playing without Kyle Kuzma (left calf strain), Marc Gasol (left hamstring tightness) and Wesley Matthews (right Achilles tendon tightness).

The Lakers will visit New York Knicks while the Nets will go Minnesota on Monday.

Here’s the game highlights;