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Game Date:
02/26/2018
9:00pm EST
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Houston -2
Utah +2
Total:
Over
212 (-110)
Under 212 (-110)
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Minnesota's Jimmy Butler has a meniscus injury in his right knee the Timberwolves said Saturday, a day after the All-Star guard was carried off the floor in the third quarter of a loss to the Houston Rockets. Butler underwent an MRI exam on Saturday which revealed the meniscal injury, the NBA team said in a statement. The Timberwolves did not give any timetable for his return, saying only that further updates on his progress would be issued when more information becomes available. Continue to Article
February 24, 2018 5:59:pm EST
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler’s X-rays on his right knee were negative Friday night, league sources told Yahoo Sports, and he will undergo an MRI on Saturday morning in Minnesota. There was some hope around Butler about the status of his knee, but he and the Timberwolves understand the significance of his looming MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Continue to Article
February 23, 2018 11:09:pm EST
Jimmy Butler earned his spot on the All-Star team — he’s had an All-NBA, bottom of the MVP ballot level season. He deserved the trip to Los Angeles.
But when he got there, Butler didn’t play in the All-Star Game itself, saying he needed to rest. That Continue to Article
February 23, 2018 10:01:pm EST
Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell edged out Larry Nance Jr. in the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk competition, but the back-and-forth between the two young players was not the only source of thunderous jams over the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend. Continue to Article
February 20, 2018 11:00:pm EST
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan Sports Analytics Conference being held this week in Boston will feature one very unique speaker, former President Barack Obama. For a lot of people, he's a surprising choice to attend a sports analytics conference, but for the organizers who convinced him to attend, it's a no-brainer. "We know he's a huge sports fan and he's done a lot on tactical decision making leveraging analytics," said Jessica Gelman, the conference's co-founder. "On the team and business side, that's exactly what we're about." Gelman is the CEO of Kraft Analytics Group, which was formed in 2016 after being spun out of the Kraft Sports Group, which owns the New England Continue to Article
February 20, 2018 2:28:am EST
