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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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Watch: Daniel Gafford owns the rim early in Game 4

Gafford threw down two dunks in the first quarter against the Thunder as Kyrie Irving dissected the Thunder’s defense to get him easy baskets.

Jaylen Brown's big three-pointer gives Celtics 3-1 lead over Cavs

Even with Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen out, the Boston Celtics didn’t put the Cleveland Cavaliers away until a Jaylen Brown three-pointer with 1:09 to go.

Famous podcaster believes TNT has lost NBA rights

There's been no official announcement on the NBA's upcoming TV deal, but one big-time podcaster says it's a done deal. And TNT is out.

Timberwolves center flashes 'money sign' again

Rudy Gobert drew a $100K fine for making the "money sign" to the referees in March. It didn't stop him from doing it again in Game 4.

Three stars from Sunday’s NBA playoffs

On Mother’s Day, the Indiana Pacers made the New York Knicks call them daddy, while the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves continued to refuse to win a home game. Here are three stars from Sunday's action.

Watch: Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards throws it down in Game 4

On a night where the Timberwolves offense disappeared for stretches, Anthony Edwards tried to take over by himself.

Watch: Jamal Murray stuns Timberwolves with last-second shot in first half

Minnesota had weathered a Denver run and got Game 4 to a seven-point game. Then the Nuggets scored eight points in the final 20 seconds.

Watch: Denver grabs hold of Game 4 with huge run

Minnesota has the league’s top defense, but Denver showed it's no slouch on that side of the ball early in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Pacers blow out Knicks on Mother’s Day, even series at 2-2

On Mother's Day 2024, the Indiana Pacers delivered the mother of all blowouts to the New York Knicks.

Smother's Day: Pacers shut down Knicks in first half of Game 4

The Indiana Pacers are playing lights-out basketball on Mother's Day as they look to tie up their second-round series with the New York Knicks.

Nets lose another top pick from failed super team

The Nets are lacking a first-round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

MVP Jokic, Nuggets blow out Timberwolves on road in Game 3

For six months, NBA teams battle each other to get home-court advantage. In the Nuggets-Timberwolves series, that's been meaningless. After the Wolves blew out the Nuggets in Denver in Game 2, Denver returned the favor in Minneapolis in Game 3.

Three stars from Friday’s NBA playoff games

The Pacers finally won a game in crunch time and the Nuggets jumped back in their series aggressively. Here are three stars from Friday’s NBA playoff games.

Watch: Nuggets star Jamal Murray gets hot in the first half

In Game 2, Jamal Murray was throwing hot packs on the court. In the first half of Game 3, he was simply hot.

Watch: Jalen Brunson ties Game 3, Andrew Nembhard wins it

Nembhard made his first three-pointer of the game with 18 seconds left to give the Pacers the lead. Indiana held on for a 111-106 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of a second-round playoff series.

Watch: Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton starts hot in Game 3

The Pacers needed a fast start in Game 3. Tyrese Haliburton answered the bell.

Pacers coach claims officials are biased against 'small market' teams

Indiana Pacers HC Rick Carlisle is making some wild claims about the officiating in his team's second-round series against the New York Knicks.

Three stars from Wednesday’s NBA playoff game

The Knicks took a 2-0 lead but lost another key player to injury, Reggie Miller returned to Madison Square Garden as an announcer and still got booed and the referees had another rough fourth quarter. Here are three stars from Wednesday’s NBA playoff game.

Jalen Brunson shakes off injury to lift Knicks to Game 2 win

Jalen Brunson’s foot injury kept him out of the second quarter of Game 2. Then he scored 24 points in the second half.

Watch: Bizarre non-call gets Pacers coach ejected

The Indiana Pacers thought they were victims of questionable officiating in Game 1. A strange sequence at the end of Game 2 was even more questionable.

Watch: The Villanova Knicks go on 20-4 run to take lead in Game 2

Trailing by double digits early in the third quarter of Game 2, the New York Knicks turned to their trio of Villanova Wildcats to key their comeback.

Watch: Pacers star ties playoff high in threes in one half

When Tyrese Haliburton’s three-point shot is falling, the Pacers’ offense is electric.

Watch: Tyrese Haliburton-T.J. McConnell combo brings Pacers back in first quarter

The Pacers found a way to counter the Knicks' Jalen Brunson in the first quarter of Game 2: Two point guards at once.

Three stars from Tuesday’s NBA playoff games

The top seeds in each conference showed why they are the top seeds in Game 1 of their second-round series. The Celtics crushed the Cavs while the Thunder’s top two trumped Dallas’ dynamic duo. Here are three stars from Tuesday’s NBA second-round action.

Thunder’s three-point barrage takes down Mavericks in Game 1

Seven different Thunder players made two or more three-pointers, a balanced attack that the Mavericks’ defense couldn’t handle.