March Madness Expert Picks and News

On Friday, the Sacramento Kings surprised everyone with an unexpected move: they fired Mike Brown, their head coach. This decision comes after a five-game losing streak, leaving the team with 13 wins and 18 losses. The situation has worsened, as the Kings have only won 5 of their last 17 games.

The NBA gifted us an unforgettable Christmas! On December 25th, the league achieved its highest viewership in five years, with an 84% increase in ratings compared to last year. Thanks to ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Disney+, and ESPN+ broadcasts, the holiday games averaged 5.25 million viewers in the United States alone. Now, the league has to compete with the NFL on Christmas Day, which had two games scheduled.

Jayson Tatum, the star of the Boston Celtics, has left an unforgettable mark in the team’s history. In a 123-98 victory over the Chicago Bulls, the forward scored 43 points, grabbed 16 rebounds, and recorded 10 assists, achieving his third career triple-double. The most impressive part of this feat is that he became the first Celtics player to record a triple-double with more than 40 points since the legendary Larry Bird.

Life comes full circle. The Los Angeles Lakers star, LeBron James, has just written another chapter in the history of the NBA. On Thursday, in Sacramento, he surpassed a record that had stood for almost 39 years, becoming the all-time leader in regular-season minutes played. This achievement was reached at the same place where his incredible NBA career began in 2003.

The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder  97-81 on Tuesday to win the second annual NBA Cup in Las Vegas. The game was full of excitement and high-level basketball.