Basketball Page 283 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Dream continue playoff push vs. surging Lynx
As the regular season winds down, Tuesday's meeting between the visiting Minnesota Lynx and Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga., features teams in vastly different situations.,Minnesota (26-9) has already clinched a playoff berth, the club's second straight and 13th in the last 14 seasons. The only g...
Longtime Rockets coach, GM Carroll Dawson dies
Carroll Dawson, who spent nearly three decades with the Houston Rockets' organization as an assistant coach and general manager, has died at the age of 86, the team announced Monday. ,No other details of his death were given. ,"The Rockets family mourns the loss of beloved former coach and general m...
Sun silence Sparks down stretch, earn 79-67 win
Alyssa Thomas recorded a triple-double and the Connecticut Sun held the host Los Angeles Sparks to one point in the final 6:43 to come away with a 79-67 victory on Sunday night. ,Thomas had 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Brionna Jones had a team-high 21 points for Connecticut before fouling ...
Without Angel Reese, Sky handle Wings with ease
The day after losing All-Star rookie Angel Reese for the rest of the season with a wrist injury, the Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings 92-77 on Sunday in a dominating home performance., ,Chennedy Carter led Chicago (13-22) with 28 points and six assists. Starting in place of Reese, Isabelle Harr...
Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston help Fever hold off Dream in OT
Caitlin Clark recorded her franchise-record 14th double-double of the year with 26 points and 12 assists to lead the Indiana Fever to a dramatic 104-100 comeback win in overtime on Sunday over the visiting Atlanta Dream.,Aliyah Boston scored off an inside move with 1:03 left in overtime to give Indi...
Liberty hold off A'ja Wilson-less Aces in tight finish
Jonquel Jones made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left to seal the New York Liberty's 75-71 win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.,Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Jones added 15 points and eight rebounds as the Liberty (29-6) moved closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in ...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx outlast Mystics
Napheesa Collier paired 19 points with 12 rebounds Sunday as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 78-71.,Courtney Williams scored 12 points, while Bridget Carleton, Kayla McBride and Natisha Hiedeman added 10 apiece as Minnesota (26-9) won for the 10th time in its last 11 games.,T...
Aces C A'ja Wilson (foot) ruled out vs. Liberty
Las Vegas star center A'ja Wilson was ruled out of Sunday's game against the host New York Liberty, marking the first game that she will miss in the last three seasons.,Wilson, who was not listed on the initial injury report, was seen sporting a walking boot on her right foot. The two-time WNBA MVP ...
Sky rookie Angel Reese (wrist) to miss rest of season
Chicago Sky All-Star rookie Angel Reese will miss the rest of the season due to a wrist injury, the team announced Saturday. ,Reese sustained the injury during Friday's 92-78 win over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks. She later underwent further medical testing, and the Sky decided to shut her down f...
Skylar Diggins-Smith sets Storm assists record in rout of Mercury
Skylar Diggins-Smith broke the Seattle Storm record for most assists in a season in a 90-66 victory Saturday against her former team, the Phoenix Mercury, in Seattle.,Diggins-Smith tallied 11 assists to give her 227 this year. Sue Bird had the previous record of 221, achieved twice (in 2003 and 2018...
Sun making playoff seeding push with Sparks on the schedule
The Connecticut Sun are looking to keep up in the race for the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs when they play the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday night.,Connecticut (24-10) has fallen to the No. 3 seed, a game behind the red-hot Minnesota Lynx (25-9), who have won nine of their last 10 games. The ...
Facing Wings, Sky aim to hold onto final playoff spot
Two of the teams vying for the eighth and final spot in the WNBA playoffs meet on Sunday when the Chicago Sky welcome the Dallas Wings., ,Sitting in 11th place and three games back of eighth-place Chicago, Dallas (9-25) can't afford a loss. Especially after Friday night as the Wings held a 16-point,...
Nuggets, Jamal Murray agree to 4-year, $208M extension
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, his representation told ESPN on Saturday.,The extension will begin in the 2025-26 season and keep Murray with the Nuggets through the 2028-29 campaign.,Murray, 27, matched a career-high average of...
Defensive-minded Liberty take on Aces
The New York Liberty can move closer to clinching the top seed in the upcoming WNBA playoffs with a win, and/or losses by second- and third-place teams Minnesota and Connecticut, when they host the fourth-place Las Vegas Aces on Sunday afternoon.,The game between the Liberty (28-6) and Aces (22-12) ...
Dream carry momentum into 'fight' with Fever
The Atlanta Dream have shown a lot of fight while battling for a playoff spot, rallying from 16 down to beat Dallas in overtime on Friday night.,The Dream (12-22) look to carry that momentum into Sunday's date with the Indiana Fever (18-17) in Indianapolis.,The Dream are tied with Chicago for the le...
Mystics look to continue playoff push vs. red-hot Lynx
The Washington Mystics endured a historically futile start to the season, losing their first 12 games to set a franchise record.,But entering Sunday's home game against the surging Minnesota Lynx, Washington is trending toward a more favorable side of history.,Winners of five of their last six games...
Playoff-Bound Caitlin Clark Carving MVP Path
Caitlin Clark is bringing the Indiana Fever to the NBA Playoffs for the first time in years, and her MVP candidacy should be growing....
Angel Reese, Sky top Sparks, end seven-game skid
Angel Reese produced 24 points and 12 rebounds and Chennedy Carter added 15 points, nine boards and seven assists as the host Chicago Sky defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 92-78 on Friday to stop a seven-game losing streak.,Reese paced the Sky with her WNBA-best 26th double-double of the season while ...
Rhyne Howard, Dream down Wings in overtime
Rhyne Howard scored a game-high 33 points while leading the Atlanta Dream to a 107-96 overtime win over the Dallas Wings on Friday in College Park, Ga.,Tina Charles added 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Dream (12-22), who rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit. Atlanta's Allisha Gray tallied ...
A'ja Wilson, Aces come back for win over Sun
A'ja Wilson scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead jumper with 58.5 seconds left as the Las Vegas Aces began a four-game road trip by rallying down the stretch for a 72-67 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.,The Aces (22-12) won their fourth straight by gradually rallying ...