Between the Game 1 storyline and the statements following it, the stage was set for a high-intensity night out at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. The second meeting of this first round of the Eastern Conference between the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks did not disappoint. Led by thirteen points at the … Read more
Seven in a row for Washington and Westbrook When the roads of the most fit team of the moment (7 wins in a row now) and that of the worst (13 losses in a row) cross, there is no big surprise. Friday night, the Washington Wizards continued their good streak by brushing aside Oklahoma City … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James will therefore not join the Chicago Bulls (1998-1999) in history as the only NBA champions not to have participated in the play-offs the following year. Wednesday night, in a play-in game as crazy as it is exciting against the Golden State Warriors (103-100) at Staples Center, the Angelenos … Read more
Chicago clings to its last hope The last team placed out of the top 10 in each conference not to be officially eliminated, the Chicago Bulls kept their small chance of qualifying by beating the Toronto Raptors (114-102) on Thursday night. The latter made it much easier for their evening hosts by leaving most of … Read more
In front of their television screens, LeBron James, Anthony Davis and their Los Angeles Lakers teammates had to go through all the emotions. Dependent on the results of Dallas and Portland to hope to avoid dams and go directly to the play-offs, the reigning champions received a nice boost from the Phoenix Suns, Thursday winners … Read more
The Colorado Avalanche snatched the first place of the regular season, awarded with the President’s Trophy, Thursday night, after crushing the Los Angeles Kings for the second day in a row (5-1). The Denver players had a sluggish start to the game and found themselves trapped by the time of the first break. They then … Read more
The final sprint to snatch fourth place in the Eastern Conference – and therefore have home advantage in the first round of the play-offs – is breathtaking. The Atlanta Hawks kept control Thursday night by winning with authority against the Orlando Magic (116-93) in the wake of Bogdan Bogdanovic (27 points) and Clint Capela (16 … Read more
Milwaukee and Washington provided suspense and spectacle until the very last second Wednesday night at the Fiserv Forum. The Bucks finally emerged victorious from this duel (135-134) where they had to deal with the absence of Khris Middleton and the exit at the end of the meeting of Giannis Antetokounmpo, guilty of having committed six … Read more
Winner of his ninth Australian Open on Sunday, Novak Djokovic is still the undisputed leader in the ATP ranking, published on Monday. The Serbian has 12,030 points, or 2,180 ahead of his runner-up, Spaniard Rafael Nadal. On March 8, Djokovic will set a new record for the most weeks spent as world number 1 (309 … Read more
Crucified in Game 2 by a goal with just nine seconds remaining, the New York Islanders showed they could bounce back on Friday night. In a rough game until the dying moments, they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning (5-3) and come back to two wins to one in this Eastern Conference final. – – The … Read more