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Balanced-scoring Storm send Lynx to first loss of season
Nneka Ogwumike's 21 points led a double-figure scoring effort from all five Seattle starters, and the Storm handed the visiting Minnesota Lynx their first loss of the season, 94-84 on Wednesday.,With Minnesota falling to 9-1, the New York Liberty (9-0) are the last unbeaten team in the WNBA.,Seattle...
Paige Bueckers' 35 points not enough as Wings fall to Mercury
Satou Sabally had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Alyssa Thomas also had a double-double in her return, and the host Phoenix Mercury weathered a career game from Paige Bueckers to beat the Dallas Wings 93-80 Wednesday.,Rookie Bueckers set season highs with 35 points and five 3-pointers after missing the ...
Aces' A’ja Wilson exits with apparent nose or head injury
Three-time WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson exited the Las Vegas Aces' game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night with an apparent nose or head injury.,Wilson took herself out of the game with 1:17 left in the third quarter and immediately pulled a towel to her nose. She left the bench area a short ...
Backups bring down the house, Pacers take 2-1 Finals lead
INDIANAPOLIS -- Backup guards Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell helped Indiana's bench break out with 49 points as the Pacers topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 on Wednesday to claim a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.,Thanks to 27 points from Mathurin and the kind of pyrotechnics the Pacers hav...
Star rookie Paige Bueckers back in action for Wings
Wings rookie standout Paige Bueckers will return from a four-game absence when Dallas visits the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night.,Bueckers missed three games due to a concussion and another because of an illness.,Bueckers was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft after being a college sta...
Former NBA star DeMarcus Cousins booted from Puerto Rico league
Former NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins was suspended by a Puerto Rico basketball league and had his contract rescinded after igniting a brawl earlier this week.,The Baloncesto Superior Nacional League also fined Cousins $4,250, and he could be subject to another fine of $5,570, according to the league...
Report: Suns weighing Kevin Durant trade options
The Phoenix Suns are actively working with Kevin Durant's business partner to weigh trade options, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The Suns and Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman have met "multiple times" in the past week to discuss potential destinations for the future Hall of Famer, per the report.,Teams that ha...
Celtics' Jaylen Brown has knee surgery, expects to return by training camp
Boston Celtics star swingman Jaylen Brown underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday.,Per the Celtics, Brown is expected to be ready to participate in training camp without limitation.,Brown, 28, finished the playoffs with a partially torn meniscus, ESPN reported.,He averaged 22.1 po...
Ex-Knicks coach says goodbye as team struggles to replace him
As the New York Knicks continue to hit roadblocks in their hunt for a head coach, the one they fired last week bid farewell to the team and fans on Wednesday.,Tom Thibodeau said his goodbyes in a full-page advertisement he took out in The New York Times, reflecting on his five seasons as head coach....
Report: Rockets, Wolves rebuff Knicks' request to poach coaches
The New York Knicks' coaching search is reportedly off to a sputtering start.,The Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves refused the Knicks' request to speak with head coaches Ime Udoka and Chris Finch, respectively, ESPN reported Tuesday night.,The news comes a week after former Villanova coach...
Mavericks, Pistons to play game in Mexico City on Nov. 1
The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons will play a regular-season game on Nov. 1 at Mexico City's Arena CDMX.,The NBA confirmed on Tuesday its 34th game in Mexico, the most of any country outside the U.S. and Canada.,The game will be celebrated as part of the "Dia de Muertos" (Day of the Dead) cel...
Liberty improves record to 9-0 with easy victory over Sky
Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points and Breanna Stewart added 18, fueling the undefeated New York Liberty to an 85-66 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Ionescu made 9 of 14 shots from the floor and added seven assists and four steals as New York (9-0) improved to 3-0 in WNBA Commissione...
Allisha Gray, Dream roll past Caitlin Clark-less Fever
Allisha Gray scored a game-high 23 points and added six rebounds and four assists as the Atlanta Dream posted a 77-58 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.,Brionna Jones added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta (6-3), which won for the fifth time in six games. Nia Coffey chipped in ...
Wings set to take on former star Satou Sabally, Mercury
The Dallas Wings will see Satou Sabally in a new light when they visit the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.,As that of an opponent.,The Mercury acquired Sabally as part of a four-team trade in an offseason remake that also included the addition of Alyssa Thomas and Kalani Brown. The three veteran newco...
Lynx put undefeated record on line as they visit Storm
The Minnesota Lynx will attempt to keep their unbeaten start to the season going when they visit the Seattle Storm on Wednesday night.,Minnesota (9-0) and the New York Liberty (8-0) were the only remaining undefeated WNBA teams entering Tuesday's slate of games. The Lynx and Liberty don't meet until...
Agitated Kelsey Plum leads Sparks in return visit to face Aces
Kelsey Plum just may be in a foul mood when she returns to Las Vegas for the second time this season.,Fresh off a blistering attack of WNBA officiating, Plum leads the Los Angeles Sparks into a battle with the Aces on Wednesday night.,Plum won two WNBA titles with Las Vegas and was a three-time All-...
NBA Finals Game 2 ratings lowest in nearly 20 years
A Game 2 blowout in the NBA Finals on Sunday drew an average of 8.76 million viewers, the lowest for a Game 2 in the finals in 18 years - excluding 2020 during the COVID-19 global pandemic.,The Oklahoma City Thunder's 123-107 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers, which evened the best-of-seven s...
Cooper Flagg part of Duke's table for 3 in NBA draft green room
Presumed No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg finds himself in familiar company at the 2025 NBA Draft with Duke teammates Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach among 13 players who received invitations to the green room on Tuesday. ,The two-day draft is held in Brooklyn at Barclays Center with the top 30 picks made on...
Thunder, Pacers race for edge in Game 3 of NBA Finals
INDIANAPOLIS -- Nothing is settled in the NBA Finals through two games with the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder trading wins as the series shifts to Indianapolis for Game 3 on Wednesday night. ,"Now the goal is to get to three games," Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said Tuesday, a wo...
Wings G Tyasha Harris has knee surgery, out for season
Dallas Wings guard Tyasha Harris will miss the rest of the season following a procedure to treat an unspecified injury to her left knee.,The team said Tuesday that the surgery was performed by Dr. Tariq Hendawi at Trinity Park Surgical Center in Arlington, Texas. Harris, 27, is expected to make a fu...