Basketball Page 316 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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 ...
Napheesa Collier's double-double lifts Lynx over Fever
Napheesa Collier scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 99-88 win over the Indiana Fever on Friday night in Indianapolis., ,Bridget Carleton added 16 points and shot 4-of-9 from 3-point range for Minnesota (25-9), which won for the 10th time in its past 11...
Storm eyeing top-4 seed as Mercury come to town
After a 1-4 homestand, the Phoenix Mercury hit the road Saturday to face a Seattle Storm team battling for one of the top four spots heading into the WNBA playoffs.,The Storm (20-14) are coming off a 77-70 loss at the New York Liberty on Thursday. Heading into Friday's action, Seattle was 1 1/2 game...
Report: Cavs bringing back C Tristan Thompson
The Cleveland Cavaliers are re-signing free agent center Tristan Thompson to a one-year deal, ESPN reported Friday.,Thompson, 33, averaged 3.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 11.2 minutes in 49 games off Cleveland's bench last season.,He has played 10 of his 13 seasons with the Cavaliers (2011-20, 2023-24)...
Karlie Samuelson's treys power Mystics past Mercury
Karlie Samuelson made a career-best five 3-point attempts without a miss and scored 19 points to lead the Washington Mystics to a 90-77 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.,Brittney Sykes added 14 points and Julie Vanloo tallied 13 on 5-of-7 shooting as Washington won for the fif...
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton leads Liberty in tight win over Storm
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since July 6 and led the New York Liberty with 18 points in a 77-70 win over the visiting Seattle Storm on Thursday.,Laney-Hamilton was sidelined by a right knee injury that required surgery and kept her out about six weeks u...
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton leads Liberty in tight victory over Storm
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since July 6 and led the New York Liberty with 18 points in a 77-70 win over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night in Brooklyn, N.Y.,After five days of rest, the Liberty (28-6) had to knock off some rust against the Storm. New ...
Caitlin Clark guides playoff-bound Fever against Lynx
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will try to stay hot when they host the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night in Indianapolis.,Clark is coming off her second career triple-double after posting 24 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in a 93-86 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday. Clark helped le...
Clinging to last playoff spot, Sky face last-place Sparks
Despite prolonged struggles and a midweek flight out of Las Vegas, everything still is coming up sevens for the Chicago Sky.,Chicago enters Friday's matchup with the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on a seven-game losing streak with seven games remaining in the regular season. While their WNBA counterpa...