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Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic will be an free agent this summer, and the Oklahoma City Thunder could be a potential landing spot.

New York (AFP) - NBA Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr.of the Memphis Grizzlies was the top vote-getter on the NBA All-Defensive Team announced Tuesday.

While Vucevic has insisted that returning to the Bulls was atop his priority list as he enters free agency, he also made it very clear that he will shop around. Considering the Bulls cap situation, they need Vucevic more than Vucevic needs them.

Miami wasn’t anything like this in the regular season, but it found a way to oust top-seeded Milwaukee in Round 1.

Not sure what Mike Budenholzer was doing here.

Miami (AFP) - Jimmy Butler conjured a dazzling 56-point performance as the Miami Heat came from behind to shove the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs Monday, while LeBron James led an overtime rally to give the Los Angeles Lakers a commanding series lead…

Jimmy Butler got hot like never before for the Heat, scoring a Miami playoff high 56 points in the 119-114 victory over Milwaukee for a 3-1 series lead.

Miami (AFP) - Jimmy Butler produced a scintillating 56-point performance as the Miami Heat scored a stunning come-from-behind victory to leave the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs on Monday.

MILWAUKEE — This is what happens when you are a No. 1 seed playing a No. 8 seed:

MILWAUKEE — The Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks both lost important players in the opening game of their first-round series. But it was the Heat that escaped Game 1 with an impressive win to send a statement to the heavily favored Bucks.

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