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Phoenix just hit 200 straight sellouts and lost by 3 to Milwaukee on a 5-game skid. The rebuild is real. The deep playoff run talk is public money chasing a feel-good story with broken wings and a nightmare closing schedule.
By Nina Torres · 3 min read
Atlanta went 9-1 to reach 40 wins and the 6th seed. Before that run, they were 5-5. A +1.9 net rating and no true closer make the Hawks a regular-season story that ends in April.
By Rook Calloway · 3 min read
Wembanyama didn't cry because the Spurs won a regular-season game. He cried because his teammates refused to let him carry them alone, and he trusted them enough to say so out loud. That distinction matters more than any stat line in the race for the Western Conference.
By Rook Calloway · 3 min read
The Thunder have the odds, the stats, and the reigning MVP. But the Detroit Pistons, sitting at 40-13 with the best record in the NBA by losses, have something Oklahoma City can't replicate: the look of a team that would run through a wall for each other. Rook Calloway makes the case for Motor City.
By Rook Calloway · 4 min read