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Lynx overwhelm Wings in the fourth quarter, improve to 9-0
The Phee for MVP Tour made another stop in Dallas on Sunday afternoon.
She did not disappoint.
In an 81-65 matinee win over the Dallas Wings, Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier did it all. She scored 28 points on 10-for-19 shooting, had 10 rebounds. She dished out four assists and made three steals. She had three blocks and nine deflections....Read more

Is Sky vs. Fever a rivalry? Fans at a packed United Center think so. 'It's good for basketball.'
CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever matchup Saturday night marked the first WNBA game played at the United Center in its 31-year history. Fans wanted to see the teams play — a franchise record 19,496 attended — but do they see them as rivals? The opinions of spectators aligned at the home of the Bulls.
“I wish Caitlin (Clark) was ...Read more

Courtney Vandersloot to miss the rest of the Sky's season with a torn ACL
CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky will have to unravel a 2-5 start to the season without their floor general.
Guard Courtney Vandersloot sustained a torn right ACL in Saturday’s game against the Indiana Fever at the United Center and will miss the rest of the 2025 WNBA season, the team announced Sunday. Vandersloot will undergo surgery this week ...Read more
Former Warriors coach Don Nelson to be honored at NBA Finals for lifetime in basketball
SAN FRANCISCO – Former Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson will add another accolade to his already impressive resume on Sunday evening.
The Hall of Fame coach and general manager will receive the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Basketball Coaches Association before Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Indiana ...Read more

Luke DeCock: Offseason roster turnover gives reason for NC Triangle hoops optimism ... again
RALEIGH, N.C. — We all fell for it last summer, didn’t we? What looked like the most promising college basketball season in the Triangle in years ended up something less than that.
N.C State fell so hard from the Final Four it got its coach fired. North Carolina squeaked into the NCAA Tournament as the last team in the field. And Duke made ...Read more

Sky soak in atmosphere of 1st WNBA game at the United Center: 'Great moment for women's basketball'
CHICAGO — History is hard to escape at the United Center.
It hangs in the rafters and echoes in the stands. And on Saturday, history was alive on the hardwood at center court as the Chicago Sky and the Indiana Fever faced off in the first-ever WNBA game held at the arena.
For Sky veterans such as guard Ariel Atkins, the game — which drew ...Read more

Valkyries stun Aces behind offensive explosion, snap four-game losing streak
SAN FRANCISCO — In their first game on national television, the Golden State Valkyries showed out.
They routed the Las Vegas Aces, 95-68, on Saturday in a game broadcast by ABC, to snap their four-game losing streak.
The expansion Bay Area team had its best offensive showing all season in front of a fourth consecutive sellout crowd of 18,064...Read more

Mark Story: Unveiling Kentucky men's basketball's All-Quarter Century Team, the top Cats since 2000
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Since the turn of the century, a whopping 56 Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball players have been chosen in the NBA draft. In all of UK’s storied hoops history, there has never been a higher level of talent than there has been in the first quarter of the 21st century.
Given that reality, only a nincompoop would try to ...Read more

'You learn from it': Ex-Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce thriving with Pacers in NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY — Four years ago, the paths of the Hawks and then-head coach Lloyd Pierce diverged.
The Hawks parted ways with Pierce on March 1, 2021, just ahead of their run to the Eastern Conference finals, where they lost to the Bucks in five games. After that season ended, Pierce became the lead assistant for the Indiana Pacers.
And how ...Read more

Knicks coaching search points to Mavericks' Jason Kidd: report
NEW YORK — The Knicks may have their next head coach in mind — and it’s not a free agent or rising assistant, but an NBA Finals-tested rival already under contract.
The Knicks are reportedly interested in tabbing Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd as the successor to Tom Thibodeau’s throne at Madison Square Garden, according to ...Read more

John Clay: Five reasons (plus one) why you should be watching the NBA Finals
Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
No LeBron. No Jokic. No Steph. No Giannis. No Celtics. No Knicks. No reason for the league or network executives to be celebrating this finals matchup.
And yet, here are five reasons (plus one) why you should be watching:
1...Read more

Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton's heroics in NBA Finals haunt Kings fans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings haven’t played a game in more than seven weeks, but they seem to take another loss every time Tyrese Haliburton leads the Indiana Pacers to victory.
Haliburton did it again Thursday, hitting a game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 111-110, in Game 1 of the...Read more

Dom Amore: Dan Hurley to the Knicks? Stop spreading the news; he's invested in this UConn roster.
SOUTHIGTON, Conn. — The mere mention of the large, gray, trunked mammoth that wandered into the banquet room was enough for Dan Hurley to cringe.
Addressed more directly, he just waved it off. “Not another summer of that,” he said, as the dais was breaking up.
That should be enough to calm any fears that Hurley would entertain the ...Read more

Sonics return? NBA owners could start expansion process in July.
SEATTLE — NBA commissioner Adam Silver indicated Thursday that there could be authorization to start a formal expansion process from the league’s owners coming in July during the next Board of Governor’s meeting.
Prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Oklahoma City, Silver said he believes the current sense from owners is that expansion ...Read more

Jay-Z makes $1M bet on Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals
LAS VEGAS — Jay-Z is in an Oklahoma City state of mind.
The billionaire rapper and producer bet $1 million to win $2.3 million on the Thunder to win the NBA Finals in five games over the Indiana Pacers.
Jay-Z placed the bet at Fanatics Sportsbook, which doesn’t operate in Nevada, at +230 odds, the book posted Thursday on X (@FanaticsBook)....Read more

Hometown Thunder motivates Hawks' Trae Young to bring NBA Finals to Atlanta
OKLAHOMA CITY — For Hawks guard Trae Young, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s run to the NBA Finals comes with some conflicting feelings.
A fan of the team while growing up in Norman, Okla., Young is rooting for them as a hometown kid seeing the local franchise reach the pinnacle of an NBA season. But it mostly provides motivation to bring a ...Read more

Resale prices for Sky-Fever at UC plummet after Caitlin Clark injury. Can they still break the WNBA record?
CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky are set to make history Saturday when they face the Indiana Fever at the United Center — the first professional women’s basketball game played in the 31-year-old arena.
But one of the marquee matchups of this WNBA season took a hit when the Fever announced May 26 that Caitlin Clark would be out at least two weeks...Read more

Mike Bianchi: Magic are responsible for Pacers-Thunder NBA Finals
ORLANDO, Fla. — By now, you’ve probably heard of the Kevin Bacon effect — the theory that everyone in Hollywood is only a few steps removed from Kevin Bacon. But let me introduce you to the Orlando Magic effect, a tragicomic tale in which the Magic unwittingly became the Kevin Bacon of the NBA.
Because somehow, some way, a single 2016 ...Read more

Charles Barkley and Shaq head to NBA TV amid questions about network's future
Charles Barkley isn’t quite done covering the NBA this season.
On Saturday, Barkley and his "Inside the NBA" colleagues said goodbye as TNT signed off following Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. After 35 years, TNT will no longer air NBA games, which are moving to NBC and Amazon’s Prime Video as part of the league’s 11-year, $76 ...Read more

David Murphy: Jay Wright as coach of the 'Nova Knicks? Makes sense for everyone except Wright.
PHILADELPHIA — Jay Wright to the New York Knicks makes sense from every perspective except one.
Jay Wright’s.
He shouldn’t want this job. The city of Philadelphia shouldn’t want it for him. The list of reasons is as long as the one in the other direction. In fact, they are one and the same.
The money? Nope. There is as much money in ...Read more
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