The under is 41-24-1 (63.0 percent) on Christmas Day NBA games since 2005 and has been a moneymaker in 14 of the last 15 years.
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Less than two weeks before the 2020-21 72-game NBA season starts Dec. 22, the Mavericks guard is the clear favorite to end the Bucks forward’s two-year reign as MVP.
UNLV’s basketball team went winless in Asheville, N.C., losing the seventh-place game 77-73 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum, who missed the 2020 WNBA season because of an Achilles injury, helped put together two fights at the invitation of UFC president Dana White.
UNLV stayed close for about 15 minutes before things like forgettable shot selection and not being able to guard anyone and never getting to the rim painted an inevitable fate.
T.J. Otzelberger’s second season at UNLV begins Wednesday when the Rebels host Montana State in what will be a fanless Thomas & Mack Center because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Once viewed as bitter rivals, the NCAA and Las Vegas are at long last playing ball together. Jerry Tarkanian, the late UNLV basketball coach, would not have believed it.
After receiving a psychological assist from Seattle’s Sue Bird in the WNBA semifinals, Angel McCoughtry and the Aces are being deluged by the real kind by the Storm.
The iconic Maui Classic early season basketball tournament was switched to Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday because of COVID-19 and Hawaii’s strict quarantine rules.
NASCAR racer, Georgetown’s Hall of Fame basketball coach formed an unusual bond that lasted a lifetime.
In addition to winning championships, Arizona’s Lute Olson made those who played for him better coaches and people and never used swear words.
The 5 Tournament featuring former NBA players and created by the virus pandemic survives two weeks in a Las Vegas bubble without major health issues.
Handicapper Dana Lane is betting against the Golden Knights, who might be without leading scorer Max Pacioretty. Dallas is a +115 underdog to the Knights, who are -125.
In podcast, Robert Sarver broached the subject of bringing an NBA team here with then-commissioner David Stern in 2004, but was steered toward buying Phoenix franchise.
The Westgate sportsbook has adjusted 2020 NBA title odds and posted odds on which teams will earn the eighth playoff seed in each conference.