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Anthony Edwards, Wolves on cusp of eliminating struggling Warriors
Anthony Edwards knows the Minnesota Timberwolves have a chance to advance to the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night.,Edwards also knows it is dangerous to take anything for granted.,"You can't get comfortable," Edwards said. "You can't get comfortable in the NBA -- especially not in the pl...
Without Jayson Tatum, Celtics plan to 'leave it all out there' vs. Knicks
If the Boston Celtics extend their season by beating the visiting New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday night, they will do so without leading scorer Jayson Tatum.,Tatum, 27, suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon in the final minutes of New York's 121-113 victo...
Warriors list Stephen Curry as out for Game 5
The Golden State Warriors are down and Stephen Curry is out for Game 5, unable to return from a strained left hamstring that sidelined him in Game 1.,Facing a 3-1 deficit against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals, the Warriors are without Curry for the potential elimina...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum undergoes Achilles surgery
The Boston Celtics announced that Jayson Tatum underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon.,No timetable was available for Tatum's recovery, but he is certainly done for the remainder of Boston's current playoff run.,Tatum had an MRI earlier in the day following the injury M...
Trail Blazers announce plans to sell franchise
Late owner Paul Allen's estate confirmed plans to sell the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday.,The sale is "consistent with Allen's directive to eventually sell his sports holdings and direct all estate proceeds to philanthropy," the Trail Blazers said in a statement posted on social media.,The estat...
Cavs' Donovan Mitchell participates in shootaround, GTD for Game 5
Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell participated in shootaround at Cleveland Clinic Courts on Tuesday morning, hours ahead of his team's crucial Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers.,Mitchell is listed as questionable with a sprained left ankle for the t...
NBA Draft Lottery: Rigged, Broken, or Just Conveniently Absurd?
The Mavericks just landed the No. 1 pick after trading Luka Doncic for scraps, NBA fans are calling foul on another conveniently absurd draft lottery outcome in 2025....
Warriors' Stephen Curry says he'll likely miss Game 5
The Golden State Warriors are on the verge of playoff elimination, but their injured superstar doesn't expect to be back for the next game.,Stephen Curry missed the Warriors' losses in Games 2, 3 and 4 against the Timberwolves due to a strained left hamstring, leaving Minnesota with a 3-1 lead in th...
Third-quarter explosion lifts Wolves to 3-1 lead on Warriors
Anthony Edwards poured 11 of his 30 points into a 17-0 third-quarter flurry as the Minnesota Timberwolves moved within one win of a second consecutive berth in the Western Conference finals with a 117-110 road win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Monday in San Francisco.,Julius Randle led...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum injured, headed for MRI
Boston star Jayson Tatum sustained a right foot or ankle injury on a noncontact play late in the Celtics' Game 4 loss to the host New York Knicks on Monday night, and he will undergo an MRI exam Tuesday.,Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said after the Knicks took a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semif...
Jalen Brunson, Knicks again rally past Celtics for 3-1 edge
Jalen Brunson scored 26 of his 39 points in the second half and the New York Knicks became the first home team to win in the series by dispatching the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup.,Karl-Anthony Towns added 23 points and 11 rebo...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum injured, helped off vs. Knicks
Boston star Jayson Tatum sustained a right foot or ankle injury on a noncontact play late in the Celtics' Game 4 loss to the host New York Knicks on Monday night.,Tatum was hurt when teammate Jaylen Brown fumbled the ball and Tatum made an attempt toward it. OG Anunoby finished the play with a dunk ...
Five players to watch as 2025 WNBA season gets set to tip off
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese took the WNBA by storm in 2024. Paige Bueckers is preparing to do the same as the Dallas Wings' No. 1 overall draft pick this spring.,And they're all chasing A'ja Wilson, whose three league MVP awards in the past five seasons have established her as the best player in w...
Thunder embracing struggle of series with Nuggets
The Oklahoma City Thunder often made things look easy in the regular season.,They finished with one of the top records in league history and set an NBA mark for largest scoring differential by outscoring teams by an average of 12.9 points per game.,But the Thunder's second-round series against the D...
Mavericks win NBA draft lottery in stunner
The winner of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes is the Dallas Mavericks.,The Mavericks surprisingly won the No. 1 overall pick in Monday's NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago, and will surely use the pick on Flagg, the Duke star who excelled as a freshman in his one college season.,Dallas will get the chance to...
Donovan Mitchell questionable as Cavs try to stave off Pacers
The Cleveland Cavaliers' season and any chance they have at pulling off an epic comeback rest squarely on the health of Donovan Mitchell's sprained left ankle.,The six-time All-Star and face of the franchise aggravated an existing injury Sunday while warming up at halftime of a 129-109 blowout loss ...
Sun ownership group explores sale of franchise
The Connecticut Sun soon could be under new ownership for the first time since 2003.,As reported by Sportico on Monday, Mohegan Sun -- a subsidiary of Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority -- hired investment bank Allen & Company to explore a sale of the WNBA franchise.,If a control sale is made, as is th...
WNBA roars into new season marked by growth, star power
The New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces have combined to collect the past three WNBA championships. As the 2025 season lifts off Friday with more eyes on the league than ever before, those franchises are in something of an arms race while the Indiana Fever prepare to make a leap in Caitlin Clark's s...
Cavaliers G Donovan Mitchell (ankle) to be game-time decision
Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell underwent an MRI on Monday after exiting Sunday's Game 4 loss against the Indiana Pacers with an injured left ankle.,ESPN reported Monday the exam showed a reaggravation of the injury and that Mitchell is expected to be a game-time decision for Tuesday night...
Michael Jordan joins NBC's NBA coverage
NBC made a big splash on Monday, announcing that Hall of Famer Michael Jordan will be a special contributor to its NBA coverage beginning this fall.,Jordan made the announcement via video at NBC's upfront on Monday, with the network following with an announcement on social media.,"A legendary additi...