Another Gruesome Leg Injury: Jusuf Nurkic

Brooklyn Nets v Portland Trail Blazers

In a wild double overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets in which the Portland Trailblazers clinched a playoff spot, the Blazers are by no means excited. At the end of the contest, they lost their third best player in big man Jusuf Nurkic to one of the gruesomest injuries since Gordon Hayward. Continue reading “Another Gruesome Leg Injury: Jusuf Nurkic”

The Clippers are LA’s Team Now

Landry Shamet, Kyrie Irving

Just as I finished writing about the Lakers’ struggles, it seems fitting that the Los Angeles Clippers are on the rise. I went to the Clippers’ game last Sunday against the Knicks, and since that impressive performance, I have paid closer attention to them. Before their loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Tuesday, the Clippers had won five in a row, including impressive wins over the Thunder and the Celtics and are firmly entrenched in the eighth spot in the West with clear direction to the sixth seed, as they only sit half a game behind the Utah Jazz. Continue reading “The Clippers are LA’s Team Now”

Lakers have LeBron but need Lonzo

lonzo

On February 21, LeBron James proclaimed that he would be turning on “playoff mode” with the Lakers struggling to find themselves in the playoff picture. Since then, the results have not been what James expected, to say the least. The Los Angeles Lakers are 2-5 since that comment and now sit 5.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the final playoff spot. Ironically, LeBron’s return had no effect on Los Angeles; who the Lakers truly need is point guard Lonzo Ball. Continue reading “Lakers have LeBron but need Lonzo”