From 0-3 to 4-3 in MLB and NHL In the NBA, no team has therefore gone from 0-3 to 4-3 in the play-offs. On Monday, at home, the Boston Celtics may achieve an unprecedented performance against the Miami Heat. In MLB, on the other hand, the Boston Red Sox achieved the feat in 2004 of … Read more
At home, the Miami Heat finished the job on the night of Friday to Saturday by winning Game 6 of their play-off series against the New York Knicks (96-92) and joined the Eastern Conference final for the third times over the past four seasons. Despite a very bad start (14 points behind in the first … Read more
The Miami Heat won Sunday, at Madison Square Garden, the first game of its Eastern Conference semi-final against the New York Knicks (101-108). The outcome of a meeting where it took until the third quarter to see the match reversed, after a start totally missed by the Florida franchise. The first period was indeed catastrophic … Read more
Hayes at 17 points Despite the Pistons’ loss, Killian Hayes returned his best copy in more than a month, with 17 points against the Pacers in 37 minutes, the same total as against Boston on February 7. The point guard also brought 6 rebounds and 13 assists to his team. Ousmane Dieng, the second Frenchman … Read more
The Miami Heat regained the lead in the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA playoffs on Saturday. Traveling to Boston, the Florida franchise won Game 3 against the Celtics (109-103) and now leads by two wins to one. But Miami’s victory did not come without damage. The Heat was indeed deprived throughout the second period … Read more
In view of the profusion of cases of Covid-19 within the NBA, teams will soon be unable to field a team. This Sunday, Miami and Orlando presented themselves with many absences between the injuries of some and the Covid protocols of others. – – Already much weaker on paper – second least performing team in … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers became NBA champions for the 17th time in franchise history Sunday night in Orlando, equaling the Boston Celtics atop the standings. They secured the title with style, correcting the Miami Heat (106-93) in Game 6 and winning the series four wins to two. It was all over even before half-time, which … Read more
8 LeBron James (unanimously elected) is the 8th player to win the final MVP trophy for the Lakers succeeding Jerry West (1969), Wilt Chamberlain (1972), Magic Johnson (1980, 1982, 1987), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1985), James Worthy (1988), Shaquille O’Neal (2000, 2001, 2002) and Kobe Bryant (2009, 2010). James and Abdul-Jabbar are the two who also won … Read more
Miami is the first to attack and was in the lead by 13 points at the end of the first quarter (36-23). The Heat then continued to lead before the break, still having a good gap (53-39, 20th). But, thanks to two three-point shots from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Marc Gasol, Los Angeles had made up … Read more
The Miami Heat will play the sixth final in its history, in search of its fourth title from Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James. On Sunday, the Heat ended up dominating the Boston Celtics (125-113) in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final (victory 4 wins to 2). The decision was made … Read more