DENVER — The most valuable thing sitting on the Nuggets bench during the playoffs was the first aid kit.

Until that changes, neither will anything on Nikola Jokic’s spring travel itinerary.

Another Memorial Day in Sombor. Another June with no parade. Another year closer to the end of the greatest career in Nuggets history.

So, to the next...Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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