Griffin Wong has been a content writer at DK Network since November 2024. Prior to that, he was the former sports editor for the Harvard Crimson, where he covered the football team for two years and earned four Story of the Year nominations from the Associated College Press. A lifelong Lakers and Dodgers fan, Griffin’s favorite athlete of all time is Kobe Bryant. When he’s not writing, Griffin is usually skiing, running, golfing, or playing basketball — badly.
On February 22, the Los Angeles Lakers went to the Mile High City and defeated the Denver Nuggets, 123-100, announcing their presence as legitimate contenders to win the Western Conference. Tonight’s 9:30 p.m. ET rematch was supposed to be yet another preview of the conference semifinals, but Los Angeles has slid down to fourth in […]
March 14, 2025
The LA Clippers are in dire straits. Before the All-Star break, LA had largely hovered between the fourth and sixth seeds in the Western Conference, buoyed by a resurgent season from James Harden, rapid and unexpected improvements from Ivica Zubac and Norman Powell, and the injury return of Kawhi Leonard. But since the intermission, Powell […]
March 14, 2025
If the NBA season for a contending team is about peaking towards the end of the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves certainly understand that well. Up through January 1, the Timberwolves were just 17-15 with a plus-1.1 net rating. But since the turn of the calendar, Minnesota has gone 21-14 with a plus-5.9 net rating, the […]
March 14, 2025
With less than a month left in the NBA regular season, teams’ eyes are squarely focused either on the playoffs or on the draft lottery. Several of the 14 teams on tonight’s seven-game slate — such as the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers — will start their ramp-up for the portion of the season that […]
March 14, 2025
UPDATE: Doncic is available. The Los Angeles Lakers are on a two-game losing streak and recently lost LeBron James for at least a week with a groin strain. Luka Dončić alone wasn’t quite enough to lead Los Angeles to a win on Monday against the Brooklyn Nets, despite Dončić dropping his second triple-double in the […]
March 12, 2025
UPDATE: Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (illness) has been ruled out for tonight’s contest. Tonight’s clash between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Boston Celtics is a possible NBA Finals preview. Oklahoma City is running away with the Western Conference, with a 53-12 record and -130 odds to ultimately win the conference, while Boston is […]
March 12, 2025
Wednesday night’s matchup between the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets brings a battle of two All-Star point guards who have been held back by their franchises in one way or another. The Hawks’ issues can at least be partially blamed on injuries — Jalen Johnson appeared to be a breakout candidate this season before […]
March 12, 2025
This weekend, 144 of the world’s finest will descend upon TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. for the PGA TOUR’s flagship event, THE PLAYERS Championship. Long unofficially considered the world’s “fifth major”, the tournament boasts an illustrious group of winners, including the two-time defending champion, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods (twice), […]
March 12, 2025
In what has been a tight battle all season, the second and fifth seeds in the Western Conference are separated by just two games. In the middle of that morass are the Memphis Grizzlies, whose 41-24 record currently puts them in line for a second-round matchup with the fearsome Oklahoma City Thunder, led by likely […]
March 12, 2025
Tonight’s nine-game slate is headlined by a Western Conference semifinals rematch and a possible NBA Finals preview. Oklahoma City, which has 17 games left in its season, can become the first team in the West to clinch a playoff berth, since it’s 16.5 games up on the seventh-seeded Timberwolves. With so many teams in action, […]
March 12, 2025
