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Sky defeat Wings to claim first win of season
Kamilla Cardoso had 23 points and eight rebounds and Ariel Atkins added 17 points and the host Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings 97-92 on Thursday to earn their first victory of the season.,Arike Ogunbowale scored a game-high 37 points to keep Dallas (1-5) afloat. ,Chicago (1-4) outscored Dallas...
Sky defeat Wings to claim first win of the season
Kamilla Cardoso had 23 points and eight rebounds and Ariel Atkins added 17 points and the host Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings 97-92 on Thursday to earn their first victory of the season.,Arike Ogunbowale scored a game-high 37 points to keep Dallas (1-5) afloat. ,Chicago (1-4) outscored Dallas...
Breanna Stewart nets 27 as Liberty nip Valkyries
Breanna Stewart scored 18 of her game-high 27 points in the second half and the New York Liberty's 3-point shooting propelled them to an 82-77 win over the Golden State Valkyries in Brooklyn on Thursday.,New York (5-0) shot just 10-of-25 from inside the 3-point arc, but the team's long-range shootin...
Kelsey Plum returns to Vegas riding great start with LA
Kelsey Plum's return to Las Vegas to face her former team headlines Friday's matchup between the Los Angeles Sparks and the host Aces.,Las Vegas (2-2) won consecutive WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023 with Plum earning All-Star honors both seasons. She was selected for a third consecutive All-Star...
Short-handed Dream roll into Storm matchup on 3-game hot streak
The Atlanta Dream have won three consecutive games despite being short-handed.,Guard Jordin Canada has yet to play and center Brittney Griner has missed the last two games as both battle knee issues. The players' statuses for the game at the Seattle Storm on Friday remain uncertain, but the team has...
Undefeated Lynx face major test in visit to Phoenix
The Minnesota Lynx aim to continue their unbeaten start when they visit the Phoenix Mercury Friday night.,Minnesota (5-0) is beginning a stretch in which four of five games are on the road with the only home game coming against these Mercury on Tuesday.,Napheesa Collier, the WNBA MVP runner-up last ...
Short-handed Fever looking for more fight vs. 0-5 Sun
The Indiana Fever will look for a better result as they deal with the absence of superstar Caitlin Clark when they host the winless Connecticut Sun on Friday in Indianapolis.,With the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year sidelined due to a strained left quad, the Fever (2-3) struggled to find their foot...
Warriors' Brandin Podziemski recovering from wrist surgery
Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski is recovering from wrist surgery, the team announced Thursday.,Podziemski, 22, underwent a debridement procedure on his left (shooting) wrist on Tuesday in Los Angeles. ,The Warriors said he is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for the start...
Indiana Pacers Are Still Hunting, and Somebody’s Getting Eaten
The Indiana Pacers are playing with grit, depth, and total devotion. They look like a team willing to bleed, grind, and hunt its way to the NBA Finals....
Thunder thrash Wolves in Game 5, storm into NBA Finals
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to a 124-94 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, finishing off the Western Conference finals in Game 5.,Gilgeous-Alexander added eight assists and seven rebounds as Oklahoma City closed out the best-of-sev...
In first game without injured Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Mystics
Brittney Sykes poured in 21 points and Kiki Iriafen had 16 points as the Washington Mystics snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the visiting Indiana Fever 83-77 on Wednesday night at Baltimore.,Washington's Shakira Austin, who was cleared to play after being in concussion protocol, and r...
Ticket prices plunge minus Caitlin Clark for Fever road games
The WNBA and several of its teams and broadcast partners are about to feel the impact of Caitlin Clark not being on the floor.,Clark is expected to miss at least four games with a left quadriceps strain. The news comes on the heels of 2.22 million viewers tuning in to see Clark's Indiana Fever take ...
Winless Sky need to sustain effort as they welcome Wings
The Dallas Wings earned their first victory of the season on Tuesday shortly before the Chicago Sky squandered a 16-point second-half lead to remain winless.,Gaining and sustaining control will be on both teams' minds when the Sky (0-4) host the Wings (1-4) on Thursday night.,Dallas hopes to duplica...
Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers look to wrap up series at MSG
Tyrese Haliburton has steered the Indiana Pacers to the doorstep of their first NBA Finals appearance since 2000.,After a historic individual performance in Game 4, Haliburton is focused on ending the Eastern Conference finals in style on Thursday night when the Pacers visit the New York Knicks at f...
Liberty looks to go 5-0 vs. expansion Valkyries
The reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty look to extend their undefeated start to the 2025 season on Thursday when they host the expansion Golden State Valkyries for the second time in as many games in Brooklyn.,New York (4-0) overwhelmed Golden State in Tuesday's 95-67 decision behind 24 points ...
Knicks in wait-and-see mode with hobbled KAT
Karl-Anthony Towns carried the Knicks in Game 3, but the big man buckled in Game 4 and his status is up in the air as New York faces elimination in the Eastern Conference finals.,Towns stayed on his back in obvious pain moments after abanging knees with Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith late in the fourt...
Is This the End of the Cleveland Cavaliers Core Four?
Can the Cleveland Cavaliers Core Four deliver a title, or has their championship window with Donovan Mitchell already closed?...
Mercury rally from 16 down to defeat Sky
Satou Sabally scored 20 points, Kitija Laksa added 18 and Alyssa Thomas posted a double-double of 10 points and 15 assists to lift the host Phoenix Mercury to a 94-89 win against the Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Phoenix (4-1) trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half but recovered behind a resil...
Allisha Gray puts up 25 as Dream hold off Sparks
Allisha Gray scored 25 points as the visiting Atlanta Dream held on for a 88-82 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks while increasing their winning streak to three games.,Rhyne Howard added 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Dream (4-2), who nearly let a 17-point lead slip away before...
Tyrese Haliburton posts triple-double as Pacers top Knicks for 3-1 lead
Tyrese Haliburton delivered a one-of-a-kind performance Tuesday night, and it put the Indiana Pacers one victory away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000.,Haliburton recorded 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover to lead the Pacers to a 130-121 victory over ...