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Can Joel Embiid Still Save the Sixers’ Season?
If you’re the Philadelphia 76ers, Monday night’s Game 2 collapse yielded devastating news, but also one pretty good reason to feel cautiously optimistic about the rest of the first-round series against the New York Knicks. Let’s start with the bad first. Up five with 27 seconds to go, Philly gave up a corner 3 to Jalen Brunson and then, instead of calling timeout to advance the ball, turned it over in chaotic fashion as Madison Square Garden physically shook. “The first thing is obviously they...
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Heat forward Jimmy Butler 'working,' but no timetable for return
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler says he wants to play in the NBA playoffs, though there's no timetable for his return from a sprained MCL.
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Jimmy Butler says he's 'working,' but there's no timetable for his return to the Heat
Jimmy Butler says he wants to play in the NBA playoffs, though there's no timetable for his return from a sprained MCL. The Miami Heat forward spoke to TNT during a first-quarter stoppage of his team's Eastern Conference first-round game against the Boston Celtics on Saturday night, as he watched from the team's bench area. Butler got hurt in the play-in round against Philadelphia and has missed all four Heat games since. "I don't know about a timeline, but we've been working," Butler said...