High-level AAU circuits are underway, and Illinois commits are already making noise across the college basketball landscape. 2027 signees Quinton Kitt and Mason Martin both delivered 30-point performances while leading their teams to wins over the weekend. Kitt plays for Meanstreets on the Nike EYBL circuit and currently ranks among the top 10 in points per game in the league. …

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers consistently turned the ball over as the Houston Rockets earned a 99-93 victory in Game 5 of the Western Conference first-round series on Wednesday, April 29. Now the series might be turning in the Rockets’ favor after winning two straight games and closing the gap after the Lakers built a 3-0 lead to …

Jalen Brunson delivered another playoff masterclass. Brunson erupted for 39 points and 8 assists on 15-23 shooting, leading the … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PqIuin903Q Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

So that Game 3 overtime win Friday in Houston was fun, huh? The Lakers needed it, of course. The Lakers wanted it. The Lakers are paying for it. Because LeBron James looked superhuman since playing those 45 minutes, including all five gutsy minutes of ovetime. Advertisement He hasn’t looked great. Not even particularly good, not by his lofty standards. And …

Bill Self stole Mark Pope’s candy. Up until fall, Tyran Stokes was set to join Kentucky, with Mark Pope being the favorite to land the No. 1 recruit. Yet, the early signing period went without any news on the Stokes front. Then, Kansas turned up the heat on their recruitment and surged to become the favorite. However, Pope rallied by …

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This season never really gave the Golden State Warriors a stable version of themselves. It kept shifting with players in, players out, lineups changing, roles stretching past where they were supposed to go. Some nights it looked functional, some nights it didn’t, and most of the time it felt like they were figuring it out in real time with no …

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CLEVELAND – Dennis Schroder spent a few minutes at halftime listing out all of the things the Cleveland Cavaliers should be doing better in Game 5 against the Toronto Raptors. On the top of that list, was getting back to playing their way. “I felt like I had to say something to the group,” Schroder said afterward. “So we can …

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There have been 159 times an NBA team has led a series three games to none. There have been 159 times that team has won the series. Marvel in that statistic. Appreciate its power. Wax in its endurance. Embrace its existence. Advertisement Because the Lakers are two losses from blowing it to bits. Lakers guard Austin Reaves tries to control …

The NCAA appears to be closing in on a significant change to college basketball’s postseason. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, the NCAA is in the final stages of expanding both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams, with a target start date of the 2026-27 season. A formal decision could be announced in the coming weeks, potentially …

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The Michael Jordan/LeBron James GOAT debate is heating up again, thanks largely to King James, who had a few things to say about it. They’re very different players, as James rightly notes, but we’re in the Jordan camp for several reasons. Advertisement First, as Muggsy Bogues pointed out, consider their weaknesses. For James, it’s free-throw shooting, basic shooting mechanics, turnovers …

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“You have to kill them.” This was JJ Redick’s response when asked about the challenges of closing out a team in a playoff series. His team experienced it firsthand when the Houston Rockets staved off elimination in Game 4. Then, with a chance to deliver the death blow in front of their home crowd, the Lakers once again failed to …

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The Golden State Warriors cycled through injuries, lineups, and versions of themselves that never quite stuck. Jimmy Butler III went down. Stephen Curry missed time. Moses Moody didn’t make it through the year. By the end, it felt less like a season and more like something that kept getting interrupted. But even inside all that, there were nights where everything …

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The Rockets are coming home to Houston. Not to start their off season, but to play Game 6 of their first round series with the Lakers. The series is now 3-2 in favor of the Lakers, and of course it’s easy to see a world where they Rockets would be ahead 3-2. They aren’t, of course, but they also have …

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There’s a kind of relationship that only championship basketball produces. It isn’t friendship or a business. It’s something more volatile than either, built over four title runs, a thousand film sessions, and three knockdown fights a year just to establish the rules. Steve Kerr gave us the most honest line of the entire Warriors postmortem cycle when he told The …

Last week, the NBA revealed all 71 names that would be entering the 2026 NBA Draft pool as early entrants. Several players with ties to Kansas announced their intentions to go pro, such as one-and-done phenom Darryn Peterson and now-Louisville center Flory Bidunga. However, another name surfaced on that early entrant list that may have raised some eyebrows. The first …

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