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[ad_1] What Draymond’s likely absence vs. Nuggets means for Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area DENVER – The last two players to leave the court after Warriors practice on Monday at Ball Arena were the two who didn’t see the floor in the second half of Saturday night’s loss to the Suns in Phoenix. While Moses Moody was …

[ad_1] Report: Sixers to sign Pete Nance to two-way contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers are set to sign Pete Nance to a two-way contract, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reported Monday night. To open up the two-way slot needed to add Nance, the Sixers will waive 24-year-old shooting guard Lester Quinones, HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported. Rookie wing Justin …

[ad_1] This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill is joined by Tim Cato, who covers the Dallas Mavericks for DLLS & the ALLCITY Network. The guys start with the reigning Western Conference champions, the Dallas Mavericks, …

[ad_1] NBA states refs missed key foul on Domas, not Wemby, in Kings-Spurs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NBA announced on Monday that the Kings weren’t robbed of anything in the final moments of Sacramento’s 127-125 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Golden 1 Center. Instead, the league’s Last Two Minute Report ruled that …

[ad_1] Tyrese Maxey has been trying to bring ‘positive energy’ during a tough start. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) DETROIT — Some days it’s with boundless energy and a great smile, others it’s by taking teammates to task following a bad loss. On a snowy Saturday morning in Detroit, though, Tyrese Maxey was singing old-school Motown tunes to gin up energy for …

[ad_1] Only one night remains of the 2024 NBA Cup group play games — 11 contests — yet five of the eight spots in the knockout round are still up for grabs. There are a handful of deciding games but far more teams will spend Tuesday night doing the math on point differential. Here’s everything you need to know for …

[ad_1] Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. In four games this past week, Brunson led the Knicks to a 3-1 record while averaging 26.8 points and 9.8 assists. He shot 54.7 percent from the floor and 52.4 percent from three-point range. Now 20 games into his third season as a Knick, …

[ad_1] The 2024 Emirates NBA Cup resumes Tuesday, with five of the eight spots in the knockout round — three in the East, two in the West — still up for grabs on the seventh and final night of group-stage play. Here’s a look at what’s at stake in Tuesday’s 11-game NBA Cup slate, as well as the lay of …

[ad_1] In contrast to the last few weeks, where we saw a number of players go down with injuries, Week 6 seemed to welcome the return of a number of key players back to action. The week also included a couple of unexpected, eye-popping performances and, of course, a couple of injuries to note. In this article, we will bring …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Last season, while Oklahoma City Thunder finished as the No. 1 seed in the West, they struggled when they ran into physical teams. For example, they were 1-3 against the Lakers with LeBron James, Anthony Davis, size and physicality across the board. That lack of physicality was part of the Thunder’s undoing in the playoffs. Good …

[ad_1] The Knicks are on the cusp of getting some added depth to their front court. Head coach Tom Thibodeau said on Monday that center/power forward Precious Achiuwa is “getting closer” and could return to the court “in a week or so,” via Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News. Acquired last season as part of the trade that …

[ad_1] Drummond to miss at least three games for Sixers with sprained ankle originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The right ankle sprain Andre Drummond suffered on Saturday night will sideline him for at least the Sixers’ next three games. Drummond hurt his ankle in the first quarter of the Sixers’ win over the Pistons when he made a tip-in …

[ad_1] Week 7 won’t be a standard one in Yahoo leagues, as the lack of a schedule for next week has led to the two weeks being combined. The two games each team will play during the second half of Week 7 will be determined after the NBA Cup group play concludes on Tuesday. Most teams will play four games …

[ad_1] Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, a quick look at the schedule and lineup notes (who’s …

[ad_1] How Celtics compare to last six defending NBA champs through 20 games originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics just wrapped up their 20th game Sunday — a 115-111 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road without Jaylen Brown or Derrick White. The Celtics are 16-4 through the first 20 games of their title defense season, …

[ad_1] Lakers fans, watching a resurgent Walker Kessler give Anthony Davis as much trouble as anyone has this season during Sunday night’s matchup, went online to try and manifest a trade that would make the Jazz big man the five next to AD in the Lakers lineup. The good news: Kessler is available via trade, as are a number of …

[ad_1] San Antonio Spurs v Sacramento Kings The Spurs are a come-from-behind team. As noted by Paul Garcia, of The Spot Up substack and podcast focused on the Spurs, San Antonio is a come-from-behind team. They came from 17 down to beat the Sacramento Kings on the road Sunday, the team’s third win coming back from 15 points or more …

[ad_1] Monk makes strong case to remain in Kings’ starting lineup originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO – Malik Monk has made great money in the NBA by being an absolute beast off the bench. Now it appears as if last season’s NBA Sixth Man of the Year runner-up is going to get more run with the Kings’ …

[ad_1] Mikal Bridges bounced back from a rough road trip by scoring 31 points in a home win over New Orleans on Sunday night. “The way he was playing, he was confident and it was flowing,” Jalen Brunson said of Bridges. “I love to see it.” In the four games prior to Sunday, Bridges was shooting just 33 percent from …

[ad_1] Norman Powell goes in for a layup while surrounded by three Nuggets defenders. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) The Clippers returned home from a four-game trip with a 2-2 record, and for all of the hard work it took to earn those results, they had to face one of the NBA’s best talents in Denver’s otherworldly center Nikola …

[ad_1] What we learned as Kings lose to Spurs, drop sixth in seven games originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO – Domantas Sabonis recorded his 18th consecutive double-double but it wasn’t enough to lift the Kings out of their recent funk as they lost 127-125 to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Golden 1 Center. Sabonis had …

[ad_1] Boston Celtics v Cleveland Cavaliers A couple of weeks ago, the Cavaliers came back in the fourth quarter against the Celtics but fell just short in a showdown of the top two teams in the East. Donovan Mitchell was not going to let that happen twice. Cleveland trailed by a dozen early in the fourth quarter but were sparked …

[ad_1] LeBron James missed all his three-point shots, but the Lakers managed to win. (Bethany Baker / Associated Press) The clock ticked down and the ball, like it has for most of the last two decades of professional basketball, was in LeBron James’ hands. Throughout the fourth, he was relentless in trying to find ways to score, the mismatch always …

[ad_1] The Knicks have selected first-round pick Pacome Dadiet from the Westchester Knicks. Dadiet was sent down to the G League earlier this weekend in an effort to keep him fresh and he returns having missed just Sunday night’s commanding win over the New Orleans Pelicans. The youngster was able to get some reps in as he contributed 12 points …

[ad_1] There’s been a record scratch to Golden State’s hot start to the season — the team has dropped four games in a row, with a bottom-10 offense and defense in that stretch. The issue has not been Stephen Curry, or for that matter Andrew Wiggins and Buddy Hield. However, much of the rest of the 12-man rotation coach Steve …