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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler Have Nothing to be Happy About
If a career night from Jimmy Butler is what it takes for the Chicago Bulls to beat the NBA’s worst team in overtime, then a lot of things are wrong in the stuttering Fred Hoiberg project.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Can’t be Great When Kyrie Irving Struggles
A loss to the San Antonio Spurs isn’t the end of the world for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but it once again highlighted an important point about LeBron James and his team’s attempt to win an NBA championship: Without Kyrie Irving playing well, it’s going to be difficult for them overcoming the best teams in the NBA.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers Overcoming Everything
The Los Angeles Clippers didn’t let the Blake Griffin injury get in the way of building a nice win streak. Turns out that even without DeAndre Jordan, there’s no problem. They beat the Miami Heat 104-90, rolling to their 10th consecutive victory.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Crossing Their Fingers Kobe Bryant Retires Early
The Los Angeles Lakers have already admitted that this season is about Kobe Bryant, which puts the development of this team on hold. Bothersome injuries are making it difficult for Bryant to force his retirement tour on everybody recently. Him actually retiring earlier than announced because of those injuries could work out perfectly for everyone.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Need Russell Westbrook to Grow Up
The Dallas Mavericks went into their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder knowing they were going to lose, resting their entire starting lineup. No wonder the big headline from the blowout was Russell Westbrook getting thrown out of the game via a two-technicals ejection instead of the scoring from Kevin Durant and the rest.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Not so Special Without Draymond Green
While declaring something like we did in the title after only the third loss this season for the Golden State Warriors, which was by only two points, is a little bit bold, we stand by it. Draymond Green is what makes the Golden State Warriors truly great, not Stephen Curry.
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Solid Game for Jeremy Lin, Great one for the Charlotte Hornets & Kemba Walker
The losing streak is over for the Charlotte Hornets in a 107-84 win over the Atlanta Hawks, led by Kemba Walker in one of his more efficient games while Jeremy Lin had a weird shooting night but ended up doing a lot of damage whenever he stayed away from taking three pointers.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Showing There’s Nothing Special About Them
Every time the Chicago Bulls might be headed in a direction telling us they can be taken seriously as championship contenders comes a losing streak, this time three games long, with defensive problems that simply won’t go away, that reveals a completely different truth.
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NBA Rumors – Cavaliers, LeBron Happy Seeing This Kind of Kyrie Irving
The Cleveland Cavaliers are still waiting for Kyrie Irving to find consistent form in his comeback from a long and rough knee injury. In a 110-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks in overtime, they still needed a lot from LeBron James, but got just about enough from his second in command.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks, Kristaps Porzingis Are Thriving
These are good times for the New York Knicks, beating the Boston Celtics 120-114 despite not having Carmelo Anthony for the finish, but still enjoying the ability of their two rookies, Kristaps Porzingis and Jerian Grant.