GAINESVILLE, Fla. — March Madness has begun for the No. 3 Florida Gators.

Todd Golden’s team, and its fans, are ready as college basketball’s biggest month arrives.

UF students camped out Friday at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center as ESPN College GameDay arrived in Gainesville for the first time since 2017 ahead of Saturday night’s ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — After undergoing further evaluation, including an MRI, Magic guard Jalen Suggs has been diagnosed with a trochlea injury in his left knee and he will be out indefinitely, the Sentinel learned Friday.

The Orlando guard missed his 14th consecutive contest Thursday night against Golden State with a left thigh contusion.

During ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid’s season is finished.

After further evaluation on the seven-time All-Star center’s left knee, the 76ers determined that Embiid was medically unable to play and will remain sidelined to focus on treatment and rehabilitation.

“We are working with the medical experts to determine the exact treatment plan and ...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY – Anthony Edwards will be suspended from the Timberwolves’ game Friday against Utah after the NBA upheld the two technical fouls Edwards received in Thursday’s loss to the Lakers.

The technical fouls were the 15th and 16th of the season for Edwards, and the 16th triggered an automatic one-game suspension. For the rest of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With three of the Lakers’ championship trophies sitting on a table behind her, Jeanie Buss sat on a prop desk and joked about a very real thing that had just happened in her life.

“Everyone thinks, ‘Was this trade done to promote the show?’” Buss said before Thursday’s game. “I don’t think so.”

The show, “...Read more

Not all superheroes wear capes — at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks’ captain doesn’t need one.

Jalen Brunson delivered yet another late-game masterpiece in Wednesday’s 110-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, scoring 12 of his team’s final 15 points to hand the Sixers their ninth loss in a row.

It wasn’t just another game-...Read more

MILWAUKEE — One of the Nuggets’ toughest back-to-backs of the season began with a game that slipped through their fingers.

Nikola Jokic amassed an efficient 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, but Denver couldn’t help him enough in a 121-112 loss to the Bucks on Thursday at Fiserv Forum.

Now the Nuggets (38-21) must fly to Detroit to ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Wolverines ended February the same way they started it – with a win over Rutgers.

No. 15 Michigan swept the regular-season series and kicked off a crucial three-game homestand with a thrilling 84-82 come-from-behind victory that ended on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer by Nimari Burnett on Thursday at Crisler Center.

Vlad ...Read more

Knicks captain Jalen Brunson didn’t mince words.

After back-to-back blowout losses on national television to both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, Brunson said his team should be “embarrassed” and needs to “wake the hell up” if they expect to compete for a championship.

“The frustrating part about all this is we have ...Read more

The Warriors faced their biggest deficit of the game for 1.1 seconds and 44 feet of the court.

Steph Curry, down 17 as Orlando shot the lights out, took a dribble and launched a heave from beyond halfcourt, swishing in a miracle at the end of the first half.

That was one of Curry’s 12 3-pointers and tipped off a 40-14 Warriors run that ...Read more

The revelation is as stunning as a Luka pass. The truth is as sweet as a Luka trey.

These Lakers can win the NBA championship.

Not next year after they find their missing big man. Not in two years after LeBron James retires. Not in three years when Luka Doncic takes full ownership.

Now. The Lakers can win an NBA title right now. They can win ...Read more

Paul Pierce was The Truth.

Allen Iverson was The Answer.

Jonathan Kuminga might as well be called The Question.

The Golden State Warriors are riding high in a post-Jimmy Butler trade world. The team’s two stars have the Dubs playing 48 full minutes of competitive basketball, not just the 33 minutes Steph Curry is on the court. The team’s ...Read more

NORMAN, Okla. — Playing against his former team, Otega Oweh found a way to lift his current one to a victory Wednesday night.

Oweh scored the final 18 points of the game for Kentucky in an 83-82 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center, his home court for his first two seasons of college basketball.

The former Oklahoma ...Read more

MIAMI — The post-Jimmy Butler reality for the Miami Heat remains similar to the reality of when Butler still was around: Make your 3s, win the game.

So after a dreadful performance from beyond the arc in Monday night’s road loss to the Atlanta Hawks, when his team was 7 of 40 on 3-pointers, Erik Spoelstra this time saw the other side of the...Read more

NEW YORK — Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau always preaches the value of learning through winning. Thanks to another clutch performance from their captain, the Knicks get to absorb their lessons from the win column rather than the loss column.

Jalen Brunson poured in a game-high 34 points on 8-of-17 shooting, once again delivering in crunch time to...Read more

NEW YORK — Entering Wednesday’s home matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder without Nic Claxton, D’Angelo Russell and Cam Thomas felt like a recipe for disaster, to some, for the Nets.

The visitors were 16.5-point favorites for good reason. Two losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves were the only blemishes on Oklahoma City’s schedule ...Read more

NEW YORK — Kelly Oubre Jr. blew a kiss to the Knicks’ bench following a 3-pointer. Tyrese Maxey then sank another of his trademark floaters to give the Sixers a 102-98 lead with under three minutes to play.

And then Jalen Brunson went to work.

The Knicks’ All-Star point guard, and former Villanova standout, calmly sank two free throws. ...Read more

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In fables and Big Ten basketball games, sometimes the tortoise beats the hare. But who wins a race between two tortoises?

Wednesday night at XFINITY Center, No. 8 Michigan State won a war of attrition against No. 16 Maryland, with both teams fighting off slow offense and frequent misses en route to a 58-55 finish. After ...Read more