🏀 Full-Court Coverage
LA and Milwaukee gave us what might be the game of the year…

😴 Playoff Sleepers
How this team out East could clamp their way to a series win.

🔒 What We’re Enjoying
The Pelicans are taking agenda-pushing to a whole new level!

• Down by 18 in the 4Q on the wrong end of a Giannis masterclass, the LeBron-less Lakers did the impossible and gave us one of the best regular season games we’ve seen in a long time. D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves came through with some excellent guard play down the stretch (including an AR dagger in 2OT) but this W had Anthony Davis’ fingerprints all over it. The All-NBA big man was a major reason why the Lakers forced OT and ended up with the 128-124 win in this one, as he dominated the paint with 23 boards and four blocks, including this game-saving rejection on Dame at the end of OT:

• Down in New Orleans, the Pelicans were looking to write their own comeback story after being down 20 midway through the third against OKC. Led by yet another Zion scoring clinic, the Pels brought it all the way back to take a five-point lead… before the Thunder clamped up and secured the seven-point win.

• The Mavericks have looked downright scary since the trade deadline. Dallas dominated the paint on defense and rained in threes with impunity to send the Kings home in a 132-96 beatdown.

• Are you without your star player? Are you down by 30 to the best team in the league? That’s exactly the type of seemingly hopeless situation the Hawks found themselves in on Monday against a red-hot Celtics squad. But instead of giving up and unleashing the bench mob, Dejounte Murray started diming like prime Chris Paul, the entire roster got scorchingly hot from three, and De’Andre Hunter drilled what might be the most ill-advised shot of all-time to complete the 5th largest comeback in NBA history. Pure cinema:

• Be on the lookout, because Domantas “Since Wilt” Sabonis is at it again. The Kings’ star center made it 54 straight double-doubles with a crisp 11-13-10 during Sacramento’s 108-96 Monday night W over the Sixers. That’s the longest streak by any player since the 1976-77 merger—only 173 to go to catch Wilt!

• You know you were balling when the opposing coach gets salty about it after the game 😂. Donte DiVincenzo dropped a new career-high with 40 points in the Knicks’ blowout of the Pistons on Monday, including a franchise-record 11 threes. Shout-out to Josh Hart for backing up his Villanova bro as well.

• Jeremy Sochan may have been 0 for his last 14 from beyond the arc, but with the wise words of Dion Waiters ringing in his head, he buried a go-ahead triple over the Suns to give the Spurs one of their most impressive wins of the year:

🧠 Daily Trivia 🧠 

Gaming Tools 🏀

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• Set a budget you can afford and stick to it

• Give yourself a time limit (don’t go into OT)

• Never chase losses

• Never borrow money to gamble with

• Always remember, gambling is entertainment

Playoff Sleepers: Orlando Magic

😭 Think of the children, Giannis!
The Greek Freak has no mercy for his kids on the court.

🤣 Will Jokic ever get this call?
Keep trying, Big Honey. We believe in you.

🤯 Steph… from Steph range.
This man NEVER disappoints, even from the logo.

What We’re Enjoying

HerbJones.com: When it comes to the dark arts of agenda-pushing, the Pelicans’ most recent creation might just be the Mona Lisa. In a quest to get Herb Jones on First Team All-Defense, New Orleans put together… a website. Quotes from players and coaches, key stats, in-depth articles—you name it. This site has every piece of info you need in order to understand that Herb is an undisputed clamp god.

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