Nene has been suspended one game for his headbutt and neck grab of Jimmy Butler in an attempt to throw him down in Game 3 of the Chicago Bulls-Washington Wizards series, the NBA announced.
Nene will miss Game 4 without pay.
Nene has been suspended one game for his headbutt and neck grab of Jimmy Butler in an attempt to throw him down in Game 3 of the Chicago Bulls-Washington Wizards series, the NBA announced.
Nene will miss Game 4 without pay.
Joakim Noah and Wizards security manager Jackie Miles got into a back-and-forth exchange of expletives on Friday at the end of the Chicago Bulls' shootaround.
Noah told Miles, “Get the [bleep] out of here, I’m not done … get the [bleep] out of here."
Miles started firing back with, “Don’t [bleeping] talk to me that way,’’ and then again telling Noah to leave the court.
Miles and the Bulls had a similar confrontation back in January.
In this episode of RealGM Radio, host Daniel Leroux previews the NBA Playoffs with four different guests.
Beckley Mason (@BeckleyMason) of the New York Times and ESPN joins the show to work through the bracket and provide his take from the first round to the finals.
After that, Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) of Basketball Insiders comes on to provide his insight on the various matchups he is looking forward to in the next few weeks.
Following him, Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) of RealGM projects how the various first round series will shake out and what he is looking forward to the most.
Finally, Arturo Galletti (@ArturoGalletti) of BoxScoreGeeks.com shares his playoff predictions and discusses the playoff prediction contest his site is running with Wages of Wins.
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The San Antonio Spurs finished the 13-14 regular season with the best efficiency differential in the NBA with a mark of +8.1. The Spurs scored 110.5 points per 100 possession while allowing 102.4 points per 100 possessions.
The Los Angeles Clippers ranked second, followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors.
The Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns round out the top-10.
Corner three-pointers are one of the best value propositions in the NBA as the league makes almost 40 percent of them as a whole.
More than 95 percent of made corner 3s this season have been assisted, the highest such number anywhere on the court.
John Wall leads the NBA in corner three-point assists with 109, followed by LeBron James with 89 and Goran Dragic with 66. Kyle Lowry and Chris Paul rank fourth and fifth.
In the drive-and-dish NBA, five of the most talented playmakers lead the league in corner 3 assists.
LeBron James and Chris Bosh will sit out of the Miami Heat's game against the Washington Wizards due to rest, the team announced Monday night.
The Heat would lose contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference if they lose on Monday.
Glen Rice Jr. played 16 games with the Iowa Energy of the D-League and he's excited to be back with the Washington Wizards.
Rice enjoyed the ability to get back on the court and build his endurance.
“That was definitely the fun part of it, to get out there and play the game that I love,” Rice said. “Basically I got out there and got conditioning because we don’t really do the same stuff as Washington. … I worked on ball handling, shooting, defense. Just fine-tuning some things.”
Rice averaged 14.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in the D-League.
The Washington Wizards recalled Glen Rice from the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League.
Rice has appeared in 11 games, including one start, for Washington this season while averaging 2.9 points in 10 minutes per game.