Author: Jordan Sigler

Former New York Knicks power forward Obi Toppin was all smiles in the locker room following the Indiana Pacers’ 138-135 win on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden in front of 19,812 fans. Toppin, the No. 8 pick by New York in the 2020 draft, went 4-of-9 shooting for eight points. He added 10 rebounds and a steal in 20 minutes off the bench for Indiana. His dunk with 15.1 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Pacers a 138-135 lead. Obi Toppin: The New York Knicks slowed down Following the game, Toppin told SNY Knicks that the Pacers were a…

The Dallas Wings are 0-2, but they appear to be a draw for the WNBA despite a slow start in 2025. Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the draft, is proving to be an offensive threat in the league. She scored 29 points through the Wings’ first two games (which leads Dallas in points). She’s averaging 14.5 points, six rebounds, and five assists per game. The Dallas Wings have a budding superstar The standout at UConn had a lot of hype surrounding her before the draft, and it’s translating to the WNBA. Per Front Office Sports, her debut in…

Caitlin Clark was feeling giddy during her postgame press conference on Saturday after earning another win over her rival Angel Reese. The Indiana Fever routed the Chicago Sky 93-58 in front of 17,274 fans at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday in their regular season opener. The game was somewhat close through three quarters, but Clark and the Fever appeared to receive a boost of energy following a dramatic moment with 4:38 remaining in the third quarter when Clark committed a flagrant foul on Reese to stop the second-year power forward from making an easy basket. A dramatic moment between the Indiana…

On Saturday, the Chicago Sky are set to open their regular season on the road against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The game will be televised on ABC beginning at 3 p.m. EST. The matcup is must-watch WNBA TV as Angel Reese and Clark tip-off the 2025 season by adding another contest to their rivalry that began before the 2023 national championship between LSU and Iowa. Since Reese and LSU won the championship, Clark has gotten the better of her rival in four- tof their five subsequent meetings. The Hawkeyes knocked off LSU 94-87 in the…

A’Ja Wilson had to wait until 2023 to learn she was finally getting a shoe release from Nike, and the Las Vegas Aces star recently vented her feelings about Indiana Fever second-year star Caitlin Clark receiving a deal before her rookie season in the WNBA in 2024. At 28, Wilson has been in the WNBA since the Aces drafted her with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft. As a three-time WNBA MVP, she’s regarded as the best player in the league. However, Wilson isn’t a household name like Clark, who was selected with the No. 1 pick in…

The Boston Celtics are headed to New York down 0-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals after bringing up double digits in two consecutive games. The New York Knicks overcame a 20-point deficit in the third quarter to take a 91-90 win over Boston in front of 19,156 fans at the TD Garden on Wednesday. New York outscored the Celtics 30-17 in the fourth quarter. The irony for the Knicks being that they were able to stay fresh enough on the court to come from behind despite head coach Tom Thibodeau utilizing a philosophy of playing his star players more minutes…

The Los Angeles Lakers are on the brink of disaster following their 116-113 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in front of 19,289 fans at the Target Center in Game 4 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The Wolves have a 3-1 lead in the series before Game 5 in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Lakers made a gamble to send Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline so they could add Luka Doncic. Doncic struggled with an illness in Game 3 that played a key role in the Lakers’ loss. Doncic played much better on…

The Detroit Pistons fan base was screwed out of watching their team win a home game for the first time since 2008 after the refs swallowed their whistle at the end of Sunday’s game. The New York Knicks escaped Game 4 with a 94-93 win in front of 20,062 fans at Little Caesars Arena. Jalen Brunson’s 32 points helped the Knicks take a 3-1 series lead before Game 5 on Tuesday night in New York. The Detroit Pistons got robbed on Sunday The Pistons had a chance to score a last-second bucket, but contact by Josh Hart on Tim…

Luka Doncic exploded for the Los Angeles Lakers to begin the team’s series in round one of the Western Conference playoffs. Doncic scored 37 points in Game 1 and 31 points in Game 2. He was nowhere to be found when it mattered, as the Minnesota Timberwolves took a 2-1 series lead by defeating the Lakers 116-104 in Game 3 in front of 19,312 fans at the Target Center. Doncic went 6-of-16 shooting and 2-of-8 from behind the three-point line against the Wolves on Friday night. He finished with 17 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds. Los Angeles Lakers: Luka…

The No. 3 seed New York Knicks were slow out of the gate, which cost them a 100-94 loss to the No. 6 Detroit Pistons in Game 2 in front of 19,812 fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The series is tied at 1-1 before Thursday night’s matchup in Detroit. The Pistons took a 25-18 lead in the first quarter and never looked back behind the hot shooting of Cade Cunningham, who went 12-of-21 shooting for 33 points to lead Detroit in scoring. Despite Jalen Brunson’s being the game’s leading scorer with 37 points, the Knicks offense looked…

The No. 3 seed Los Angeles Lakers looked woefully underprepared in their Game 1 loss to the No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. The Lakers allowed the Wolves to outrebound them 44-38 as Minnesota escaped with a 117-95 win in front of 18,997 fans at crypto.com Arena. The Lakers committed three more turnovers (13) to Minnesota’s (10) in the round one upset. Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick on the team’s effort After Monday, Lakers head coach JJ Redick said the team’s practice practice was the best they’d had in months, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Redick wasn’t happy with the…

The No. 7 seed Golden State Warriors were able to hang on from a fierce second-half run by the No. 2 Houston Rockets to win 95-85 in Game 1 of their first-round matchup in front of 18,055 fans at the Toyota Center on Sunday night. Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 31 points, but Jimmy Butler’s well-rounded efforts on offense and defense helped the team steal a game on the road in Houston. Butler finished with 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and five steals. The Golden State Warriors had a turnover problem While Butler was creating turnovers, Curry…

In a move that didn’t come as a surprise, the Phoenix Suns fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after the team’s final defeat on Sunday. The Sacramento Kings beat the Suns 109-98 on Sunday before they headed to the Play-In Tournament. The Suns finished the season 36-46, three games back from the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks for the No. 10 seed in the Play-In Tournament. It was Budenholzer’s only season as the head coach of Phoenix. The Milwaukee Bucks fired Budenholzer following the 2023 season, two years after he won the NBA finals with Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Bucks were unhappy that the…

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison is still trying to defend his risky trade as the team tries to claw its way into the playoffs. During a closed-door press conference on Tuesday that wasn’t recorded, Harrison argued that trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis was in the best interest of helping the team win a championship. “Yeah, there’s no regrets on the trade,” Harrison said via a transcript from CBS Sports. “Part of my job is to do the best thing for the Mavericks, not only today, but also in the future. Some of the…

Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg said his childhood dream was to win a national championship. His only chance to win a title at the college level is to return for another season after the Blue Devils suffered a choke job in front of 68,252 fans at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Saturday. Duke led for most of their contest against Houston in the Final Four. Per ESPN analytics, the Blue Devils had a 98.5% chance of winning Saturday when they took a 59-45 lead with 8:17 remaining in the second half. However, the Cougars would battle back, going on…