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Why Perk thinks Warriors need to capture the 6th seed
Kendrick Perkins explains why the Warriors would benefit from landing the sixth seed and how they'd be a tough draw for the Lakers.
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Why Perk trusts Clippers more than Lakers in playoffs
Kendrick Perkins and Bobby Marks debate whether the Clippers or Lakers is more trustworthy in the playoffs.
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Why the Nuggets fired their coach and GM -- with just days left in the season
With less than a week left in the regular season, Denver fired its head coach and GM, ending a yearslong cold war, and risking the NBA's most precious commodity: the prime of three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
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NBA playoffs intel: Examining Lakers, Warriors, West contenders
Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst canvass the league ahead of a potentially wild ride through the West playoffs.
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Grizzlies' Morant doing grenade celebration until it's 'a problem'
Grizzlies star Ja Morant, recently fined for mimicking pointing a long gun after a 3-pointer, said mimicking a grenade toss was "my celebration now until somebody else has a problem with it, and I'll find another one."
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Bucks play the Pistons, aim for 7th straight win
Milwaukee Bucks (46-34, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (44-36, sixth in the Eastern Conference)
