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The Rockets are all but done after losing consecutive games to Dallas and Minnesota. The Warriors win their fifth straight, on the back of a great defensive play by Draymond Green against Daniel Gafford, showing their typical late year mettle. Embiid returns and the Sixers morph back into form with seven games remaining.

We examine the flaws of Boston, Denver, and try to find some with Dallas in attempt to predict who will win the finals. The Kings are officially toast due to their poor season compounded by the recent injuries, especially to Malik Monk. Will the Wolves end the Rockets season tonight?

We try to make heads and tails from the Hawks beating the Celtics again, on the back of Murray taking 44 shots and scoring 44 points. The Pelicans continued their strong season, even without Brandon Ingram, as they get set to face the Clippers in round one.

The Rockets beat the Thunder on the road becoming one of three teams in NBA history to win ten consecutive games this late into the season but the Warriors got the job done against the Magic, keeping the Rockets on the outside looking in. The Suns bounced back with a resounding victory on the back of Kevin Durant against the champion Nuggets and show why they're still one of the most dangerous...

Our predictions are rounding into shape with Phoenix and Sacramento heading into the gauntlet for the final ten games while Dallas gets a big boost punching Sacramento in the gut. Golden State holds onto their spot in ten, staving off the Rockets as the Rockets will challenge the Thunder in Oklahoma City tonight, and likely see their win string vanish. All that and more on NBAVE

NBAVE predicts whether Houston will pass Golden State for the final playoff spot. What should the Rockets do with Sengun and what should the Wolves do with KAT? Why does Dallas have the best chance at snatching the six seed? All those answers and more...

The NBAVE dad is in the studio for a full deep dive into the Phoenix Suns from last nights game and a look around the NBA as we gear up for the playoffs.

The Pacers and Heat blow huge opportunities, losing games they should have won. Brunson beats Fox and Monk in one game and Steph Curry in the next game, playing like the best player on the floor. McBride fills the scoring void with OG on the bench.

At NBAVE, its well documented that Dallas is a real threat in the West and on our list, we had them as a top 3 contender in the West to make the finals weeks and weeks ago. Now that Kyrie hit the incredible buzzer beater, everyone is joining the hype train after the fact. This is why our analysis is top notch. We discuss that game and what makes a team threatening overall come playoff time. That t...

Through the Friday and Saturday ballgames the Pelicans take care of business on a back to back at home beating the Clippers in what was a preview of a likely first round playoff series and slashing the blazers on the second night at the Smoothie King Center. A lot of insight to be learned about the Clippers vs Pelicans matchup, particularly pertaining to Zion and the athleticism of the Pelicans. T...

As the seasons moves down the home stretch, the matchups of good teams playing bad teams increases and the outcomes are more predictable. We breeze through the results of last nights games and previewing tonight's games and we focus more on the remaining strength of schedule and decipher who will move up and down in the standings. We also discuss the boring Devin Booker interview and how it co...

Recapping one of the best nights of NBA basketball from the entire season with a complete recap and opinions on how the Nuggets play and several ways which they are superior to all the teams in the league and certainly compared to the Miami Heat who seem to lose to Denver the same way every time. DeRozen rips out the hearts of Indiana and eats it for a late supper in a heroic overtime victory. Cle...

On today's show we welcome back OG to the Knicks as they demolish Maxey and the shorthanded Sixers. We also discuss the teams who should throw a max contract at Maxey in the offseason. We dive deep into the Pacers recipe for beating SGA and the Thunder. We discuss the weirdness of Kawhi Leonard, leaving the arena, the Kings throwing up a monster game, and preview a stacked night of NBA action.

We recap last nights games including the Suns beating the Cavaliers who continue to play their worst stretch of basketball in Mitchell's absence, the Warriors beating the Spurs, and the Nuggets massive comeback against the Raptors. We also look at the difference between the Celtics and Nuggets and preview tonight's NBA games.

The NBAVE review of 10 headlines with 18 games to go. 1. Cavs playing their worst 2. Knicks getting healthy 3. Magic schedule gets tougher 4. Sixers staying in it 5. Heat played with fire 6. Bulls playing well enough to be scary 7. Wolves resigned to lower seed 8. Pelicans beating up cans 9. Dallas righting the ship...again 10. Lakers leave the Warriors in the dust

Anthony Edwards is now unleashed and will amp up the entertainment level in Minnesota. Don't overreact to Denver's win over Boston. Boston still may have the better roster and a higher ceiling, which we discuss. The challenges of replacing players like KAT and Julius Randle. DeRozan continues to be spectacular in the fourth quarter. In a wild card matchup, Dallas gets a much needed victory...

Recap of last nights NBA action including the Warriors impressive performance from the complete roster, the Lakers starting quick against the Kings and fizzling out against a monster game from Fox, the Magic taking advantage of a weak schedule to win five straight, surprise wins from the Hawks and Grizzlies, and the breaking KAT injury update.

The two longest win streaks in the NBA get snapped in one night with the Celtics and Nuggets getting beat in close games. The Magic move up to the four seed, Jimmy Butler is back, the Pacers continue to have the Mavericks number, the Suns get a much needed victory and Alec Burks tries shooting his way out of the league.

The Kings continue to show their true colors, blowing another 20 point lead, this time to the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks show some grit, the Nets can't beat the Grizzlies, and the Lakers win one against the Thunder to move back in front of the Warriors.

In today's episode we talk through the collision course bound Nuggets and Celtics who have won a combined 17 straight games. There continue to be missed opportunities from playoff teams to move up in the seeding. We also talk through the problematic duos in the NBA who should not be playing together.

The 20 NBA playoff teams have been set for a while, so we rank the teams in order of least to best odds of winning the title and explain why.

Lebron leads the Lakers to a massive fourth quarter comeback with the help from his sidekicks, Rui, Reaves, and Russel. Wiggins takes another leave of absence, muddying the water for the Warriors as they get set to face the Knicks at MSG. The Cavaliers show that two kings cannot share one crown. The Pelicans go 0-15 when they are trailing entering the fourth quarter.

We recap all elements of the shot of the year, Max Strus's buzzer beater and how he flipped the script for the Mavericks and the Cavaliers. We look at how different things would be if the Lakers signed Max Strus instead of Gabe Vincent, who hasn't been available for nearly the entire season so far. The Eastern and Western conference seeding keeps shifting, so we continue to examine that as...

Last night was largely a night of missed opportunities in the NBA. The Knicks won a controversial game, the Kings continued squandering their season, and many more storylines.

We have a good old fashioned showdown in the western conference playoff race where the Kings, Suns, Pelicans, and Mavericks are fighting for playoff positioning with two of these teams avoiding the play-in game and two of them ending up in the play-in. The standings were on the verge of a meaningful shift that temporarily stalled with some of the recent games but the next few games may change that...