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Sep 26, 2020
The Lakers can eliminate the Nuggets with a victory in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 26, 2020
Ahead of Lakers-Nuggets Game 5, our experts take a look at what to believe from both conference finals series.
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Sep 26, 2020
Ahead of Lakers-Nuggets Game 5, our experts take a look at what to believe from both conference finals series.
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Sep 26, 2020
Veteran teammate Jimmy Butler begged to differ, but Bam Adebayo said it was his fault the Miami Heat lost to Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday night.
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Sep 26, 2020
The Celtics exploded for 41 points in the third quarter to take control of Friday's Game 5, which they won 121-108 to force a Game 6 on Sunday.
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Sep 26, 2020
The Celtics exploded for 41 points in the third quarter to take control of Friday's Game 5, which they won 121-108 to force a Game 6 on Sunday.
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Sep 26, 2020
Brad Stevens told his team that for the first time in several games, they were playing Celtics basketball.
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Sep 25, 2020
Klay Thompson took part in his first full practice 470 days after tearing his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, an encouraging sight Friday for Warriors coaches and players.
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Sep 25, 2020
Dwight Howard echoed Kobe Bryant's comments more than a decade ago on Friday, saying the Lakers' job is not finished despite their 3-1 advantage.
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Sep 25, 2020
Dwight Howard echoed Kobe Bryant's comments from more than a decade ago on Friday, saying that despite their 3-1 advantage, the Lakers' job is not finished.
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Sep 25, 2020
Despite the Nuggets having come back from 3-1 deficits twice in the playoffs, coach Michael Malone said that being in such a hole again is not what the team wanted.
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Sep 25, 2020
Former New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has agreed to join the Utah Jazz as an assistant coach, reuniting with head coach Quin Snyder, sources tell ESPN.
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Sep 25, 2020
The word "culture" gets tossed around in sports. Miami's is real.
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Sep 25, 2020
With NBA players shooting more 3s than ever, why are teams having success using the zone?
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Sep 25, 2020
The word "culture" gets tossed around in sports. Miami's is real.
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Sep 25, 2020
The East finals have turned on a few big plays. Here is one of that mattered most.
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Sep 25, 2020
Nuggets coach Michael Malone, unhappy with the Lakers' 35 free throw attempts in Game 4, said he would reach out to the NBA to "see if we can figure out how we can get some more free throws."
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Sep 25, 2020
With the Lakers clinging to a four-point lead in the fourth, LeBron James asked to switch onto Nuggets star Jamal Murray, a move that helped L.A. hold on for a 114-108 win.
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Sep 24, 2020
Dwight Howard will start for the Lakers instead of JaVale McGee for Game 4 of the West finals against the Nuggets.
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Sep 24, 2020
Dwight Howard started for the Lakers on Thursday against the Nuggets in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 24, 2020
Rookie guard Tyler Herro poured in a career-high 37 points Wednesday to lead the Heat to a Game 4 victory and 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Nobody who has been around him all season was surprised.
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Sep 24, 2020
Billy Donovan was introduced as the Bulls' new head coach in a Zoom news conference and said the chance to build back up the iconic franchise was "very, very appealing and exciting."
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Sep 24, 2020
With an NBA title and Coach of the Year award in his first two seasons, the Raptors' Nick Nurse will enter his third with a contract extension to keep him in Toronto for a long time.
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Sep 24, 2020
The West might come down to whether the Lakers can shut down Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray
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Sep 24, 2020
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Thursday that star big man Bam Adebayo is good to go for Friday's potential close-out Game 5 against the Celtics.
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Sep 24, 2020
Nikola Jokic is the new Dirk and other thoughts on Lakers-Nuggets going to a huge Game 4.
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Sep 24, 2020
Childhood friends Kyle Kuzma and Monte Morris are facing off for a trip to the Finals, while shining a light on a city that is still in crisis.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Miami Heat got a superstar performance from Tyler Herro and now find themselves on the doorstep of playing for a title.
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Sep 24, 2020
Jayson Tatum and the Celtics came out flat in the first half and got rolling too late Wednesday night, falling to the Heat 112-109 in Game 4 to go down 3-1 in the series.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Miami Heat got a superstar performance from Tyler Herro and now find themselves on the doorstep of playing for a title.
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Sep 23, 2020
Celtics forward Gordon Hayward, who is with the team on the NBA campus, and his wife, Robyn, announced the birth of the couple's first son Wednesday.
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Sep 23, 2020
Lakers and Nuggets players were frustrated by the Kentucky grand jury's decision to not prosecute any of the officers for the death of Breonna Taylor. LeBron James tweeted that "justice was met for her neighbors' apartment walls," but not Taylor herself.
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Sep 23, 2020
Players from the Lakers and Nuggets were frustrated by news of the Kentucky grand jury's decision to not prosecute any of the officers for the death of Breonna Taylor. Said Danny Green: "Most guys felt it was definitely not enough. ... It's a tough one."
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Sep 23, 2020
The Knicks got their first look at their new coach, Tom Thibodeau, at the team's first workout.
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Sep 23, 2020
New Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair said he is looking forward to working with coach Luke Walton to revive a franchise that has the longest current playoff drought in the NBA.
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Sep 23, 2020
A grand jury in Louisville announced that Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the police raid on the night of March 13 that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.
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Sep 23, 2020
Steph Curry and Draymond Green won't attend the Warriors' minicamp because of excused absences tied to family, coach Steve Kerr said.
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Sep 23, 2020
A Kentucky grand jury indicted Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree in the shooting case of Breonna Taylor. Athletes from all over the sports world took to social media to react.
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Sep 23, 2020
A grand jury in Louisville announced that Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the police raid on the night of March 13 that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.
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Sep 23, 2020
Butler's road to his first Eastern Conference finals has been anything but smooth.
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Sep 23, 2020
The NBA forecast panel answers the big questions about the Celtics, the Heat and the East finals.
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Sep 23, 2020
Jimmy Butler's road to his first Eastern Conference finals has been anything but smooth. Here's how the Heat star has been discussed by those who lived the journey alongside him.
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Sep 23, 2020
LeBron James said he had "zero comment" on an L.A. County sheriff's public urging of the Lakers star to donate more than $100,000 to double the reward for information connected to the recent shooting of two officers in Compton, California.
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Sep 23, 2020
"We have two superstars in Nikola and Jamal," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said after Tuesday's win over the Lakers. Jamal Murray had 28 points and 12 assists in the 114-106 win. Nikola Jokic added 22 points and 10 rebounds.
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Sep 23, 2020
Nikola Jokic has been tearing up defenses with his offensive prowess during the playoffs. It's something his old Adriatic League coach always knew was in store for the Serbian center.
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Sep 22, 2020
The Chicago Bulls have hired former Oklahoma City Thunder coach Billy Donovan as their next head coach, the team announced Tuesday.
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Sep 22, 2020
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said his "best guess" is that the league will not begin its next season until 2021, emphasizing that "the goal is to play a standard season."
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Sep 22, 2020
Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed her husband, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others.
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Sep 22, 2020
Here's how Anthony Davis arrived at the doorstep of the NBA Finals with an opportunity to cement his legacy.
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Sep 22, 2020
In his new book, "Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty," Jeff Pearlman reveals the inner workings of the Kobe-Shaq dynasty, full of behind-the-scenes infighting, untold hilarity and endless controversy.
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Sep 21, 2020
Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan are teaming up to field a car for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with Bubba Wallace driving.
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Sep 21, 2020
The fourth-year wing is helping the Celtics get back to the NBA Finals for the first time in a decade -- during a time he has long been preparing for.
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Sep 21, 2020
As the Nuggets mounted a comeback in Sunday's Game 2, the Lakers needed only to look at their jerseys -- featuring the "Black Mamba" design that Kobe Bryant helped design years ago -- to remind themselves that it was time to "make big-time plays."
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Sep 21, 2020
Our experts break down how the Nuggets nearly rallied from 16 points down before Anthony Davis ended that.
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Sep 21, 2020
Our experts break down how the Nuggets nearly rallied from 16 points down before Anthony Davis ended that.
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Sep 21, 2020
Center Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets on a late run against the Los Angeles Lakers, but it wasn't enough Sunday as the Lakers took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Jokic says his team needs to "fight" to get back into the series.
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Sep 20, 2020
Nikola Jokic is a surprising NBA superstar. Here are the ways his path, success and skills are so unusual.
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Sep 20, 2020
Nikola Jokic is a surprising NBA superstar. Here are the ways his path, success and skills are so unusual.
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Sep 20, 2020
Getting a key player in Gordon Hayward back in the lineup gives Boston a chance to hold on to the leads it has blown.
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Sep 20, 2020
Jimmy Butler said the Heat can't keep creating early deficits, especially against the Celtics, who led by as many as 20 and won Game 3 117-106.
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Sep 20, 2020
Following two straight collapses down the stretch to open the Eastern Conference finals -- and the accompanying emotional outbursts in the locker room -- the Celtics "persevered" to win Game 3 and get themselves back into their series with the Heat.
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Sep 19, 2020
The Boston Celtics have listed Gordon Hayward as active for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat after Hayward warmed up prior to the game.
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Sep 19, 2020
The Boston Celtics have listed Gordon Hayward as active for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat after Hayward warmed up prior to the game.
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Sep 19, 2020
Barring a setback in pregame warm-ups, there's significant optimism within the Celtics that forward Gordon Hayward will make a return to the lineup for Game 3 against the Heat on Saturday night, sources told ESPN.
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Sep 19, 2020
Ty Lawson will not be part of the upcoming Chinese Basketball Association season, his team Fujian Sturgeons said Saturday, officially severing ties with the former NBA guard due to "inappropriate comments" he allegedly posted on social media.
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Sep 19, 2020
In Friday's series-opening win, the Lakers got a whole lot more from Howard than they could have expected.
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Sep 19, 2020
Miami has taken two games with great schemes and big plays. Here's how Boston can adjust to get back into the East finals.
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Sep 19, 2020
Lakers star LeBron James took issue with receiving only 16 of 101 first-place votes in the NBA MVP voting, saying that it "pissed me off."
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Sep 19, 2020
In Friday's series-opening win, the Lakers got a whole lot more from Howard than they could have expected.
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Sep 19, 2020
Jamal Murray could only chuckle about the early foul disparity in Friday's Game 1 loss, when the Nuggets were called for 16 fouls in the pivotal second quarter.
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics forward Gordon Hayward is listed as questionable for Saturday's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Heat.
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Sep 18, 2020
How do you stop one of the greatest players of all time in the postseason? It's not easy -- and it doesn't last long.
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Sep 18, 2020
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, the league announced Friday.
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Sep 18, 2020
After emotions spilled into the locker room following a Game 2 loss to the Heat, Celtics coach Brad Stevens held a late-night meeting with team leaders, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Sep 18, 2020
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Sep 18, 2020
Zach Lowe makes his picks for MVP, ROY and the other major NBA awards.
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Sep 18, 2020
Does Denver's magical run end here? Our experts make their picks for Lakers-Nuggets in the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 18, 2020
How do you stop one of the greatest players of all time in the postseason? It's not easy -- and it doesn't last long.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Heat rallied from 17 points down to take a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics. Our NBA experts break down Miami's latest statement.
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Sep 18, 2020
After watching the Denver Nuggets rally to win a pair of playoff series in which they trailed 3-1, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said Thursday that his team's respect level for the Nuggets "is out of this world."
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Sep 18, 2020
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra continued to have the right touch Thursday, with his pep talk to Bam Adebayo sparking the big man in the second half and helping Miami rally to take a 2-0 series lead against Boston.
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics guard Marcus Smart could be heard yelling at his teammates in the locker room following Thursday night's loss to the Heat, according to ESPN's Malika Andrews. After the game, players and coach Brad Stevens tried to downplay the situation.
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics guard Marcus Smart could be heard yelling at his teammates in the locker room following Thursday night's loss to the Heat, according to ESPN's Malika Andrews. After the game, players and coach Brad Stevens tried to downplay the situation.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Heat rallied from 17 points down to take a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics. Our NBA experts break down Miami's latest statement.
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Sep 17, 2020
Simply reaching the NBA's Western Conference finals can't be enough for the Denver Nuggets, coach Mike Malone said Thursday, as the team prepares to face the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Sep 17, 2020
Raptors president Masai Ujiri, despite working on extensions for coach Nick Nurse and GM Bobby Webster, said he has yet to talk to team ownership about his own contract, which has one year remaining.
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Sep 17, 2020
Eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter has signed a multiyear contract with ESPN to serve as an NBA and college basketball analyst, it was announced Thursday.
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Sep 17, 2020
Monte McNair on Thursday was hired as the Kings' new general manager, the team announced.
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Sep 17, 2020
Miami missed the playoffs a year ago. Now the Heat are three wins from the NBA Finals. Here is how it happened so fast.
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Sep 17, 2020
LeBron James was named to a 16th All-NBA team Wednesday, breaking a tie with Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most in NBA history. He was joined on the first team by Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.
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Sep 17, 2020
Inside the secret dinner that took LeBron James' Lakers from all-drama to all-business.
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Sep 16, 2020
Lakers coach Frank Vogel said on Wednesday that he needs to bring JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard back into the fold in the upcoming Western Conference finals against the Nuggets.
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Sep 16, 2020
LeBron James was named to a 16th All-NBA team Wednesday, breaking a tie with Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most in NBA history. He was joined on the first team by Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.
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Sep 16, 2020
Phase 1 of the NBA in-market bubble has started for the Pistons but veterans Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose plus free agents Christian Wood and Langston Galloway aren't participating right now, according to Coach Dwane Casey.
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Sep 16, 2020
Our NBA experts break down the Lakers, the Nuggets and Denver's hopes for another monumental upset.
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Sep 16, 2020
After the Clippers were eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday, coach Doc Rivers said the team didn't meet expectations. "That's the bottom line. I'm the coach and I'll take any blame for it," he said.
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