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By InsideHoops.comUpdated Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 9 a.m. ET
With the Lakers' lead, which was once 22 points, cut in half midway through the third quarter of Tuesday's Game 2 against the Timberwolves, an irate JJ Redick stormed onto the court to call timeout before Luka Doncic could inbound the ball from the sideline. "What the f--- is going on?!" Redick could be heard shouting on the TNT broadcast, with his team leading 62-51 with 7:40 to go in the third. "What the f--- are you guys doing? Come on!" After the huddle, Los Angeles used a 9-0 run to push its lead back to 20 and held on to win 94-85 to even the first-round series 1-1. "That's JJ," LeBron James said of the first-year coach's outburst. "Obviously we need to listen to the message and not how he's delivering it. ... I thought we responded after that." - ESPN.com
If the repeated verbal altercations and the assessment of double technical fouls in each of the first two games between the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers did not fully convey how acrimonious things have become between the teams, Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton made sure to leave no doubt. "We don't have to sit here and act like it's any secret," Haliburton said after the Pacers took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference first-round series with a 123-115 victory over the Bucks on Tuesday. "We don't like them, they don't like us and that's just what it is. And I think they live for this, we live for this, so I could [not] care less. I'm out here just trying to help my team win a game." The latest installment of Bucks-Pacers was just as unfriendly as many of the other recent games involving the teams. And things figure to remain heated as the Bucks return home desperate for a win. - ESPN.com
For the first time all series, it felt like the Memphis Grizzlies might make it competitive after they trimmed the Oklahoma City Thunder's lead to single digits midway through the third quarter of Tuesday night's Game 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA's leading scorer, responded with buckets on the next two possessions, hitting a midrange jumper and then lofting a turnaround over 7-foot-4 Zach Edey's outstretched arm. Memphis never managed to make a serious threat as the Thunder pulled away for a 118-99 win to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. That sequence has been the exception for Gilgeous-Alexander in the series. The Thunder have cruised to a couple of wins despite a pair of off shooting performances by the likely league MVP. Gilgeous-Alexander is shooting 32.6% from the floor in the series after finishing with 27 points on 10-of-29 shooting Tuesday night. - ESPN.com
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