In what has undoubtedly been the box-office series of the first round, 3rd seed Sacramento will look to move ahead in the series when they welcome the Warriors to the raucous Golden 1 Arena in the wee hours of Thursday morning. The tie is perfectly balanced with both teams taking care of home court through ... More
After a dominant game 1 performance, the Lakers came out with flat tires in game 2 and paid the ultimate price after falling into a big hole in the first quarter and never really recovering after that. They did attempt a comeback of sorts in the 3rd q but for every run they made, the ... More
In what is one of the most intriguing first-round matchups, 2nd seed Memphis Grizzlies failed to make the most of the homecourt in game 1 as they lost by 16 points to the 7th sees Lakers. What was a see-saw battle all the way to the 4th quarter quickly swung in the Lakers’ favor when ... More
After all the talk about their title credentials following the signing of Kevin Durant at the trade deadline, Phoenix Suns failed to live up to the expectations as they lost at home in game 1 of their first-round matchup with the Clippers 115-110. It was a back-and-forth affair but they ultimately came up short when ... More
Chelsea have failed to take off under new interim manager Frank Lampard. A 2-1 loss to Brighton over the weekend meant they have now gone 5 games without a win (D1 L4). The Blues already lost the 1st leg of this tie 2-0 and have a lot of ground to cover if they are to ... More
With a 1-1 draw in their last match, Fiorentina has the best current record with 7 unbeaten matches in the league. We also noted that the team did not concede many goals from the start of the season as it stands with an average of 1.10 goals per game, 9th on the table with 41 ... More
Spezia managed to avoid a second defeat when they held Fiorentina to a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. However, a point away from home caped them in the 17th position with 26 points. Football is full of surprises we noted that as they have two draws and one win at home, this makes ... More
A 2-1 loss to Lazio at the weekend means Juventus’ path to Europe next season is all but done unless of course, they go the route of winning the Europa. That’s still a long shot and they face quite a few obstacles there starting with this very tough 1st leg against Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon. ... More
Nantes has been the struggling sides failing to find any winning rhythm this season facing in a serious relegation battled and they are heading down as the team performance is below expectations. They are in 14th place 30 points, just 8 points away from the relegation zone.it looks like the doomsday as they continue to ... More
Things are looking increasingly gloomy for basement side Southampton as they lost 1-0 away at West Ham in midweek and remain at bottom of the log. Their ability to defend setpieces this season reared it’s ugly head again as West Ham defender Nayef Aguerd rose highest in the 25th minute to nod in a Thilo ... More