![]() Because Eden Prairie keyed in on Scales, he subsequently took it upon himself to get everyone else involved. Scales is Eastview’s star player, yet the point guard scored just six points Tuesday. The same can be said of most of Eastview’s roster. Goetz described Hassan as a “very humble, team-oriented kid” who doesn’t care if he scores. “He’s made tremendous strides, and he’s going to be an example for everybody in our program - from fifth grade on up,” Goetz said, “that if you work hard, good things happen to you.” When the Lightning have an open gym, the wing is there an hour early, getting up shots. If you walk into Eastview High School and hear a ball bouncing, Goetz had no doubt it’s Hassan in the gym. “Without Kaysar, we wouldn’t have the team we have today. “Kaysar gives us an energy that nobody else can,” Eastview point guard Kenji Scales said. He has coached basketball for 35 years, and never had a kid work as consistently hard as Hassan has. Goetz read something this week that called Hassan “the heartbeat” of Eastview’s team - spot on, the coach thought. Gregg Popovich’s crew will be immediately challenged to hang on to that spot, however, as a Grizzlies team that’s won five straight despite the absence of Ja Morant (knee) comes to town looking to compete a four-game season sweep.That it was Hassan who stepped up to spark Eastview on such a big stage was fitting. 10 spot occurring Tuesday night as a result of the Lakers’ loss to the Mavericks. visiting Grizzlies: One team that’s actually just crossed into play-in territory from non-contender status is the Spurs, with their ascent to the No. They trail the current holder of that spot, the Nuggets by two games at the moment, with a chance to pick up a half-game over idle Denver if they can notch their 19 th road win. Meanwhile, Minnesota has enjoyed similar later-season success, but the T-Wolves would ideally like to climb out of the play-in level and get into the No. Toronto’s aforementioned win over the Celtics on Monday night was its eighth in the last 10, a surge that’s boosted them all the way to the No. Timberwolves and Raptors clash north of the border: Another interesting battle between unfamiliar opponents Wednesday unfolds in Ontario, where the Raptors welcome in the Timberwolves for a meeting between two teams poised for postseason play. 9 spot in their own right, pay a visit to MSG. Tom Thibodeau’s club looks to take another step on its improbable quest when the Hornets, which sit at the No. 10-seeded Hawks entering Wednesday’s action, having won four in a row. Knicks aim to continue late-season surge against Hornets: The Knicks are one of those aforementioned squads that are still trying to crash the play-in party and sneak in at the last minute after extended periods of struggle. With the Celts having taken the first two meetings between the teams this season, they find themselves 4.5-point favorites. The good news for Ime Udoka’s squad is that it doesn’t have to wait long to get a shot at redemption, as Jimmy Butler and company pay a visit to TD Garden on Wednesday night. However, Boston’s overtime loss to the Raptors on Monday night, albeit with a very short-handed crew, combined with a Heat win over the Kings vaulted Miami back into the top spot. 4-ranked Bulls.Ĭeltics get direct shot at conference’s top spot as Heat visits: The Celtics got a brief taste of the top seed for about 24 hours a couple of days ago, undoubtedly leaving them wanting more. 7 seed in the East, but that still places them just 5.5 games back of top-seeded Miami and 1.5 back of the No. Meanwhile, Cleveland is all the way down at the No. Dallas just throttled the short-handed Lakers for their seventh win in the last 10 games, and they’re now just a game back of the No. Mavs and Cavs face off in key late-season interconference battle: One of two intriguing interconference battles takes place early in the night in Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, as the Cavaliers host the Mavericks in a battle of contenders. Take the Under on him scoring 23.5 points or perhaps even better, the Under on Murray reaching 40.5 combined points, rebounds, and assists. Murray is averaging 14.8 PPG on rough 38/24/84% shooting splits with a 101.6 offensive rating in his last six meetings with Memphis. The Grizzlies win by an average of 10.4 PPG when listed as road favorites and have held Murray in check while beating the Spurs in five straight matchups. Memphis is now 18-2 without Ja Morant (knee) and sporting a ridiculous 100.4 defensive rating in those contests. Dejounte Murray just led the Spurs in a shootout win over the Rockets, but they could run into a buzzsaw tonight with the red-hot Grizzlies coming to town.
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