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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: 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.

Celtics dominate short-handed Cavaliers in blowout Game 1 win

Boston rode a 32-point performance by Jaylen Brown and three quarters of strong defense to easily defeat the Cavaliers, who got dominated on the boards and from three-point range.

Watch: Celtics' Derrick White stays hot from deep in Game 1

Jayson Tatum is ice-cold from three-point range. Luckily Derrick White is picking up the slack for him.

Rudy Gobert's Defensive Player of the Year award redeems reputation of darkness retreats

Rudy Gobert’s darkness retreat helped lead to his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award.

Nuggets melt down under Timberwolves' pressure to go down 0-2

The Timberwolves' relentless defense got to the Nuggets Monday night, even on an emotional level.

Three stars from Monday’s slate of NBA playoff games

New York won another game with controversial calls that went down to the wire. Minnesota looked more like contenders than the defending champs. Here are three stars from Monday’s NBA playoffs.

Knicks' Jalen Brunson joins elite company with latest scoring effort

Only four players have scored 40 or more points in four straight playoff games. Three are Hall of Famers. One is Jalen Brunson.

Watch: Nuggets HC Michael Malone gets into it with the referees

It looked like Michael Malone might get ejected when he exploded at referee Mark Davis. He didn't even get a technical foul.

Watch: Knicks' Donte DiVincenzo makes, absorbs big shot to win Game 1

Another Knicks playoff game, another big three from the Michael Jordan of Delaware. 

Watch: Pacers bench dominates in first half of Game 1 vs. Knicks

It's the second straight game T.J. McConnell has provided bench punch after logging 20 points and nine assists in Indiana's Game 6 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

New dad Rudy Gobert to miss Game 2 but history shows he could have big return

Minnesota center Rudy Gobert welcomed a new baby Monday morning. Based on recent playoff history, the Timberwolves could be getting a supercharged Gobert when he returns.

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama unanimously wins NBA Rookie of the Year award

The most hyped NBA rookie since LeBron James lived up to the hype this season.

Series preview: Knicks vs. Pacers is a 90's throwback

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers met in the playoffs six times between 1993 and 2000. Now, they're facing off again in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The NBA dropped the ball with its playoff TV scheduling

The NBA buried one of its first-round playoff series for no reason.