Basketball Page 145 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sky, Mercury meet amid post-break struggles
The Phoenix Mercury have lost four of five since the WNBA All-Star break while the Chicago Sky are 0-5 over that span amid an overall seven-game losing streak.,A much-needed victory will be there for the taking when Phoenix visits Chicago on Sunday after both teams opened August with losses on Frida...
Lynx F Napheesa Collier departs with ankle injury
Minnesota Lynx star forward Napheesa Collier exited Saturday's road game against the Las Vegas Aces late in the third quarter with an apparent right ankle injury.,The WNBA's leading scorer was trailing a Minnesota fast break when her feet got tangled with teammate Alanna Smith, who had been bumped b...
Dream in a comfort zone with Mystics up next
The Atlanta Dream could be without starting forward Rhyne Howard (knee) and center Brittney Griner (neck) for their game against the visiting Washington Mystics on Sunday.,But as their 95-72 rout of the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night showed, the Dream doesn't always need its best players to play li...
Report: Sun moving to Boston in record $325M deal
A Boston-based group led by Celtics minority governor Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal with the Mohegan Tribe to purchase the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and move the team to Boston, according to multiple reports Saturday.,The Sun, who have called Connecticut home since 2003, could relocate as early as ...
Liberty look to hit brakes on losing skid in rematch vs. Sun
New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello knows her reigning WNBA championship team isn't getting any sympathy during its longest losing streak since 2022.,The Liberty's skid reached four games on Friday with a 78-62 road loss to the Connecticut Sun. The two teams will play again on Sunday afterno...
Fever bring 4-game winning streak into visit with Storm
The Indiana Fever have adjusted without Caitlin Clark and will take a season-best four-game winning streak into Sunday's road game against the Seattle Storm.,The Fever earned an 88-78 road victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday when they asserted themselves just before and after halftime to take a ...
Report: Luka Doncic signs 3-year, $165M extension with Lakers
Five-time All-NBA guard Luka Doncic signed a three-year, $165 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN reported on Saturday.,The Lakers announced the extension but did not divulge terms of the deal, which comes six months to the day after Doncic was acquired by the Lakers from th...
Dearica Hamby, Sparks outlast Storm in 2OT thriller
Dearica Hamby was one of four Los Angeles scorers with at least 21 points, notching her final two on what proved to be the game-winner for the Sparks in their 108-106 defeat of the host Seattle Storm in double overtime on Friday.,Hamby muscled through a double-team to put in a layup with 4.7 seconds...
Marina Mabrey, Sun hand Liberty fourth straight loss
Marina Mabrey racked up 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as the Connecticut Sun extended the New York Liberty's misery with a 78-62 victory Friday night in Uncasville, Conn.,The defending champion Liberty dropped their fourth straight game and set a season low for points scored. It is their ...
Kelsey Mitchell leads balanced attack as Fever beat Wings
Kelsey Mitchell poured in 23 points to lead a balanced attack as the visiting Indiana Fever pulled away from the Dallas Wings in the second half for an 88-78 win on Friday.,The Fever (16-12), playing their sixth straight game without injured star guard Caitlin Clark, won their fourth consecutive out...
Valkyries win on back-to-back days with victory over sliding Sky
Veronica Burton scored 18 points and Janelle Salaun added 16 as the visiting Golden State Valkyries turned up their defensive pressure in the fourth quarter to earn a 73-66 victory over the Chicago Sky on Saturday., ,Iliana Rupert had 14 points and Carla Leite added 11 for the expansion Valkyries, w...
Dream pour it on early as they rout Mercury
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 26 points on 7-for-9 shooting from 3-point range on Friday to help the Atlanta Dream post a 96-72 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury in College Park, Ga.,Naz Hillmon added 18 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta (17-11), which won for the fourth time in five ga...
League's leading scorers clash as Lynx pay visit to Aces
The two top scorers in the WNBA will go head-to-head on Saturday afternoon when the Las Vegas Aces host the league-leading Minnesota Lynx.,Minnesota (23-5) is coming off an emotional 100-93 home win Wednesday against the New York Liberty in a rematch of last year's WNBA Finals. Napheesa Collier scor...
Report: Johnny Juzang reaches 1-year deal with Timberwolves
Free-agent guard Johnny Juzang has agreed to a one-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, ESPN reported Friday.,Juzang, 24, averaged 8.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 64 games (18 starts) last season with the Utah Jazz.,He averaged 7.9 points, 2.5 boards and 1.0 assist in 102 caree...
Valkyries F Monique Billings (ankle) out at least 3 weeks
Golden State Valkyries forward Monique Billings will be re-evaluated in three weeks as she recovers from a sprained left ankle, the team announced Friday.,Billings, 29, is averaging 7.5 points and 4.7 rebounds in 21 games (eight starts) in the team's debut campaign.,She has career averages of 6.3 po...
Former Finals MVP Emma Meesseman to make Liberty debut vs. Sun
Forward Emma Meesseman signed a contract with the New York Liberty on Friday morning, the team announced.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed for Meesseman, who will debut Friday night as the Liberty (17-9) bid to snap a season-worst three-game skid against the Connecticut Sun (4-21) in Uncasville,...
Skidding Sky seek to tighten up defensively vs. Valkyries
Mired in a season-long six-game losing streak, the Chicago Sky return home Friday to take on the Golden State Valkyries.,The Sky (7-19) lost Ariel Atkins to a leg injury at the start of the losing streak and received just seven games out of Courtney Vandersloot before she was lost for the season wit...
Reports: Mikal Bridges agrees to 4-year, $150 million extension with Knicks
Fresh off playing an integral role in the New York Knicks reaching their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years, forward Mikal Bridges agreed to a four-year, $150 million contract with the team on Thursday, according to multiple media reports.,The deal reportedly includes a player op...
Late bucket lifts Valkyries over Mystics, into playoff position
Kate Martin scored 14 points and Iliana Rupert added 11 as the visiting Golden State Valkyries leaned into their defense to earn a key 68-67 victory over the Washington Mystics that could have playoff implications.,Veronica Burton had 10 points with 10 assists while Temi Fagbenle had 10 points for t...
Storm try to carry road success back home to face surging Sparks
The Seattle Storm return home from a three-game road swing on Friday when they face the Los Angeles Sparks for the first time since June's Commissioner's Cup.,Seattle (16-11) bookended last week's series of away dates with routs of Chicago and Connecticut. The Storm's 196 combined points in the wins...