NBA playoffs: Everything you need to know - Western Conference edition
With six games to go for most teams in the Western Conference, the race for the final NBA playoff and play-in spots have really heated up.
The Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies all have 44 wins up to this point, and with the last two guaranteed playoff places available, there is a lot left to play for.
With the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth seeds to be made up by those four teams, the Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns are left to fight for the remaining two places in the play-in.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Dylan Richardson analyses each team’s recent form and offers a prediction of who will make it.
NBA news: Uncertain future for Jimmy Butler as Miami Heat decline contract extension
Miami Heat have sensationally decided against extending NBA star Jimmy Butler's contract, resulting in a tense stand-off between player and board.
Sports News Blitz writer Harrison Pearce reports on the story.
NBA betting tips: Toronto Raptors to tear apart New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets to block out Phoenix Suns
Midweek action in the NBA sees a basement battle between the Raptors and the Pelicans as well as an intriguing clash between the Suns and the Nets in Phoenix.
Sports News Blitz writer George Dempsey is here to dive into a stacked Wednesday night card and see if payday cannot come early.