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Sean Keane

NBA Writer

Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible.com. His debut album “America’s Uncle Dad” debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart and since 2016, he’s co-hosted the NBA podcast “Roundball Rock. In 2014, the San Francisco Bay Guardian named Keane an “Outstanding Local Discovery” and promptly went out of business.

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Jarrett Allen continues to punish the Nets for trading him

Allen scored 23 points, collected 13 rebounds and blocked three shots as the Cavaliers won their 15th straight game.

Heat are letting fourth-quarter leads, playoff spot slip away

For the season, the Heat have lost nine times in games where they led by 15 points or more.

Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray show Nuggets are playoff threat to Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the NBA's No. 1 defense. That didn't stop Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets for hanging 140 points on them Monday night.

Lakers' loss to Nets shows they already miss LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers faced the 21-42 Brooklyn Nets without LeBron James Monday night. They looked like the team holding onto 11th place, not a championship contender.

P.J. Tucker is a throwback addition for the Knicks

Signing P.J. Tucker provides help for a New York Knicks team with issues of frontcourt depth. He's also the type of player the Knicks relied on in their 90's glory days.

Grizzlies' Ja Morant remains greatest almost-dunker in NBA history

Ja Morant came away from Sunday's game with the New Orleans Pelicans with 32 points, a 107-104 victory and what was almost the dunk of the year.

Jazz out-tank Sixers in epic battle for ping-pong balls

The Philadelphia 76ers did their best to blow a 22-point fourth-quarter lead Sunday. But they couldn't play badly enough to lose to the aggressively tanking Utah Jazz.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes MVP statement in Thunder's big win

SGA finished second to Denver's Nikola Jokic in last year's MVP voting, but he outplayed the Nuggets big man Sunday.

Crucial non-call helps Thunder take down Nuggets

Oklahoma City's lineup featuring Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein helped slow down Nikola Jokic on Sunday. A huge non-call helped keep the two bigs on the court.

No one in the Eastern Conference wants the 10-seed

The lure of making the play-in isn't working like commissioner Adam Silver intended. Short of the NBA initiating fines for blatant tanking, the bottom part of the Eastern Conference looks to be unwatchable for the rest of the season.

Watch: Christian Braun and Kevin Durant trade last-second threes before Nuggets' OT win

The Nuggets fought off a Suns team that isn't quitting after dropping 12 of their last 16 games.

Lakers' stifling defense gives them OT win over Knicks

The New York Knicks have a top-five offense in the NBA. After halftime Thursday night, the resurgent Los Angeles Lakers defense shut them down.

Jalen Brunson's ugly injury could lead to disastrous Knicks road trip

Jalen Brunson suffered an ankle injury that knocked him out of the game — and the rest of the Knicks' West Coast road trip.

Bulls guard Coby White's career night downs reeling Magic

Leading late in the fourth quarter, the Orlando Magic looked poised to break their four-game losing streak. Then Coby White took over the game. 

Mavericks lose game with more players injured than active

Dallas was blown out by 30 points, but that's to be expected when the Mavericks had nine of their players unavailable.

Celtics' Payton Pritchard may have locked up award with historic night

The Boston Celtics had to play without Jayson Tatum Wednesday night. Luckily, they still had Derrick White and, even more luckily, they still had Payton Pritchard.

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo joins 20,000-point club in blowout win

The Greek Freak dominated in the Milwaukee Bucks' blowout win Wednesday night. On the way, he became the sixth-youngest player to hit a huge milestone.

Awards, contracts could affect Jaren Jackson Jr.'s return

Jackson Jr. is out for weeks but has some huge incentives to return quickly.

Cavaliers' win over Heat further proves it hasn't been easy to maintain success

Duncan Robinson thought he'd tied Wednesday night's game with a clutch three-pointer. But his heel went out of bounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers extended their win streak to 12 games.

How Kings have been thriving since trading away their franchise player

One month after dealing Fox to the San Antonio Spurs, the Kings and their new additions are thriving.

Did unpopular trade play role in Kyrie Irving's injury?

After the blockbuster Luka Doncic trade, the Mavericks got criticism from media, players and their own fans. Did that backlash play a role in the subsequent injury to their remaining star?

Raptors rookie shocks Magic with a last-second three

Kobe Bryant was deadly on last-second shots. A rookie named Ja'Kobe was just as deadly for the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Watch: Lakers' LeBron James scores his 50,000th career point

It took LeBron James 22 seasons to get to 49,999 career points. Tuesday, it took him only three-and-a-half minutes to pass the 50K mark.

Stephen Curry leads Warriors to huge comeback win over Knicks

Whenever the Knicks threatened late, Curry was there with a big shot.