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NBA: Five rookies of the season
  • NBA
  • January 26, 2024
  • 3 min read

NBA: Five rookies of the season

Wembanyama and Holmgren have been going head to head these past weeks. The rookies kind of spun their wheels the last time. They were in the forefront this time. Wembanyama made half of his eighteen attempts and finished with 24 points, 12 rebounds, and four blocked shots. In the end, Holmgren scored 17 points, 9

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Karl-Anthony Towns scores a career-high 62 points.
  • January 23, 2024
  • 2 min read

Karl-Anthony Towns scores a career-high 62 points.

Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves was breaking records of his own. In just the first half of his team’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, Towns scored 44 points, setting a record for the play-by-play era that goes all the way back to the 1996–97 season. Even though he finished with 62 points on 21

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Joel Embiid breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s 76ers record with a scorching 70-point performance.
  • Joel
  • January 23, 2024
  • 1 min read

Joel Embiid breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s 76ers record with a scorching 70-point performance.

Two of the highest-scoring games in NBA history were put up by Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns on the 18th anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s 81-point outburst. Embiid recorded the highest point total in team history against the San Antonio Spurs with a final total of 70 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 assists. Towns outscored the

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Heat retire the No. 40 jersey worn by Udonis Haslem.
  • Heat
  • January 20, 2024
  • 2 min read

Heat retire the No. 40 jersey worn by Udonis Haslem.

Udonis Haslem, a former player for the Miami Heat, wipes away a tear during the halftime show of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, January 19, 2024, in Miami. Throughout his career, Udonis Haslem averaged 7.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. He never made the squad of All-Stars. Never had a double

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Dejounte Murray overcomes Magic with a buzzer-beating pullup that wins the game.
  • January 18, 2024
  • 2 min read

Dejounte Murray overcomes Magic with a buzzer-beating pullup that wins the game.

For this moment, Dejounte Murray was prepared. When a basketball player faces the Magic and has to move the ball when opponents are either looming in the passing lanes or hooked to a guy, their options are limited to the backyard countdown that they have all practiced. It might have been unavoidable to conclude at

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