With the score tied at 115 in overtime, the Houston Rockets faced the herculean task of forcing a miss from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the dying seconds of the game.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The following article "Webber returning to TNT for college hoops; Pearl gets CBS, TNT roles" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. TNT Sports is bringing back one of its most prominent NBA analysts and adding one of college basketball’s best-known coaches.
Achievements like scoring titles, All-Star appearances, and MVP awards can really cement a player as an all-time great. What really helps put them in that conversation, too, are championships; however, some of the best-ever NBA stars never managed to get over that hump.
Perhaps NBA great Chris Webber was in a hurry. Or maybe he didn't too hard enough about his answers. Whatever the case, Webber failed in his list of an all-time starting lineup for the Sacramento Kings.
NBA great Chris Webber has a message to anyone spreading rumors about him on the Internet: Don't do do it or suffer the consequences. He recently responded to accusations of him being the father of one of his former teammate's child.
The NBA Draft isn’t the same type of event as the NFL Draft. Still, it has its moments and none were more dramatic than when the draft crowd booed a Chris Webber trade.
LeBron James has left a trail of shell-shocked and disappointed opponents throughout his impressive 22-year NBA career. “King James” has earned his nickname not only for being a four-time NBA champ, but for the way in which he lorded over the Eastern Conference for so long, at one point getting to the Finals eight years in a row.
Michael Jordan is known as one of the greatest trash talkers in NBA history. Not just because he could get inside his opponent’s minds, but because he could back up what he said.
With the Sacramento Kings franchise having just wrapped up its 40th season in Sacramento, now seems as good a time as any to reflect on the past and celebrate some of the best players who have ever put on the jersey.
The duo of Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway was a lethal force that vaulted the Orlando Magic into title contention. Recently, O'Neal lavished Hardaway with praise on The Pivot Podcast.
With the NBA Draft lottery scheduled for Monday, May 12th, it is time to take a look at teams that beat the odds. The league flattened the odds starting from 2019, giving each of the top three teams a 14% chance to get the No.1 pick.
An amazing end to an amazing career Duke fans are understandably upset about Shelton Mitchell’s late change of heart, but is that the biggest recruiting miss Duke has ever had?
The Final Four of the 2025 men's NCAA Tournament will take place in San Antonio on Saturday night. For the first time since 2008, all four of the No. 1 seeds will play in the Final Four.
Far from an easy task, we tried to select the 25 great prep players from the Detroit metro area, but certainly many worthy candidates were left off. But with that in mind, here's our list of those who have stood out through the decades, listed in chronological order.
NBA great Chris Webber thinks the load management era is negatively impacting the past and could affect the future generation. In recent years, the league has saw an increase in players taking off games for rest purposes.
The early 2000s in the NBA brought an unexpected rivalry for fans between the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers and the young, balanced Sacramento Kings team.
When discussing signature moves in the NBA, plenty come to mind. The Michael Jordan fadeaway. The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar skyhook. The Dirk Nowitzki step-back.
Home is the starting place of love, hope, and dreams. It is also where you sometimes have to leave to find the true you. Leaving home is tricky, but occasionally, you must leave home to unlock your true potential.
If you've been following along with Big Ten basketball this season it can't be all that surprising to hear that Purdue center Zach Edey has been named the conference's player of the year for the 2022-23 season.
The program has just one national championship to date. However, the Wolverines have finished runner-up on six occasions. That's even more baffling considering the number of great, even legendary, players the program has produced.
Webber was famously accused of accepting money from former booster Ed Martin and ultimately pleaded guilty to a criminal contempt charge in 2003 and admitted to giving more than $38,000 to Martin as a repayment.
Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and Fab Five member Chris Webber says current University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel privately apologized to him for the fallout that occurred between Webber and his former school.