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The Denver Nuggets, led by MVP candidate Nikola Jokić, are rounding into championship form as the NBA regular season winds down. The Nuggets have now won eight straight games after securing a 136-134 overtime win at home against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. Advertisement The Spurs had a massive first quarter, scoring 43 points and pulling away from the …

Joe Mazzulla wasn’t supposed to be the long-term answer. A week before training camp in 2022, the Celtics’ future was clear and it was beautiful. They had just come off a Finals loss against the Warriors, the roster was intact, and the next few years of contention felt inevitable. Advertisement Then, the Ime Udoka situation forced everything sideways, and a …

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry swapped out a green-and-gold snapback for a navy blue Red Sox hat, changed from his baggy gray cargo pants into sweats and walked across the Warriors’ locker room to Kristaps Porzingis and dapped up the Latvian big man. Then, he left the building. Advertisement Steph’s newest sidekick has yet to share the floor with him, …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry faced what he called “some long, dark days” of rehab on his troublesome right knee over the past two months. The recovery took far longer than he’d ever imagined. Now, the two-time MVP is set to return when the Golden State Warriors host Houston on Sunday night after missing 27 consecutive games — it …

DALLAS — LeBron James doubled down on his comments from earlier in the week about Memphis. When asked after the team’s Saturday practice at Southern Methodist University if he wanted to clarify comments he made about Memphis during an appearance on the “Bob Does Sports” show, in which he suggested the Grizzlies should be relocated to Nashville, James pointed out …

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 40 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds, Christian Braun added 21 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio 136-134 in overtime Saturday to snap the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak. Cameron Johnson scored 17, Jamal Murray finished with 15 points and 10 assists and Aaron Gordon scored 15 for the Nuggets. Advertisement Gordon scored …

Old habits die slowly for Dusty May. Instead of sitting in his office in the Michigan basketball locker room to prepare for the Wolverines’ Final Four game vs Arizona at 8:49 p.m. ET, May was instead courtside scouting the Illinois-UConn semifinal. The Wolverines would play the winner of the first semifinal if they prevail in the second semifinal on Saturday, …

This Sunday matinee, the Washington Wizards visit the Big Apple and play the Brooklyn Nets on the second afternoon of a back-to-back East Coast road trip. Game Info When: Sunday, April 5 at 3:30 p.m. Where: Barclays Center, New York City Advertisement How to watch: Monumental Sports Network How to listen: The Team 980 AM, 106.7-2 FM. Wizards: Tristan Vukcevic, …

The clock is bleeding out, each second slipping through your fingers like sand you swore you had a grip on a moment ago. The arena hums with that low, anxious energy that lives somewhere between hope and dread. Under 30 seconds with the score tight, down by three points or less, and every possession suddenly feels like it carries the …

Nikola Jokic outshone fellow Most Valuable Player contender Victor Wembanyama with a game-high 40 points as the Denver Nuggets ended the San Antonio Spurs’ 11-match winning streak. Serb Jokic, a three-time winner of the NBA’s MVP award, starred as Denver recorded their eighth straight win with a 136-134 triumph in overtime. Advertisement Wembanyama led San Antonio with 34 points but …

Of course Stephen Curry is coming back for this game. Not that it matters, of course. The Houston Rockets have lost multiple games against the Golden State Warriors over the past couple of seasons in which Curry didn’t play. Houston lost earlier this year at Toyota Center. In the one game Curry did play, Reed Sheppard had his coming out …

The final road game of the season wasn’t supposed to end like this. For three quarters, the San Antonio Spurs looked like a team that had already figured it out: poised, confident, and in control inside a hostile Ball Arena against a championship contender, the Denver Nuggets. They ran. They shared the ball. They scored 43 points in the opening quarter like it …

It’s always easier to predict a split back-to-back than actually go through it. The Sixers fell 116-93 to the Detroit Pistons Saturday night, completing the season series sweep. They are now 43-35 and will drop back a half game behind the Toronto Raptors for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. Advertisement Tyrese Maxey steadily put up 23 points and …

The Washington Wizards had a strong defensive effort, holding Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo to 69 points fewer than he scored the last time these teams faced each other. Editor’s Note: The Wizards allowed more than 150 points for a second straight game and the 15th time in franchise history. Advertisement Kevin’s Note: Hey, their defensive rating was six points …

Miles McBride is against the clock to get back to his best before the postseason starts. He’s played three games now after missing the previous 28 following surgery to repair a sports hernia. It’s imperative across these last four regular-season games that he gets back as close to how he was playing before the surgery. Advertisement McBride was enjoying a …

The Lakers (50-27) are back in action on Easter Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks (24-53) on the road. L.A. looks to sweep the four-game season series against Dallas this season. Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks Advertisement When: 4:30 p.m. PT, Apr 5 Where: American Airlines Center Watch: NBC, Peacock Just when the Lakers were playing their …

INDIANAPOLIS — Yaxel Lendeborg kept it together, barely, as he limped away from the court in the first half. He’d worked so hard. Come so far. And now he feared it was all over, his hopes for a national championship ruined by an injured left knee and once-again throbbing ankle. Advertisement “As soon as I got in the tent, I …

New York Knicks (50-28, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (45-33, fifth in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta will look to keep its four-game win streak going when the Hawks take on New York. Advertisement The Hawks are 26-22 in conference play. Atlanta ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 18.4 fast …

Washington Wizards (17-60, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (18-59, 14th in the Eastern Conference) New York; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nets -3.5; over/under is 230.5 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: Washington travels to Brooklyn looking to break its four-game road losing streak. The Nets are 12-34 in Eastern Conference games. Brooklyn is the worst team in …

INDIANAPOLIS — We thought it would be the game of the year. No. 1 seed Michigan vs. No. 1 seed Arizona. Two of the most dominant teams of the season meeting in the Final Four. Unstoppable force vs. immovable object. A box office attraction that billed heavyweights duking it out in what could be one of the all-time games in …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tobias Harris scored 19 points, and Daniss Jenkins added 16 points and 14 assists as the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-93 Saturday night to clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The last time the Pistons (56-21) were the top seed in the East was in 2006-07. They have already clinched the Central …

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 40 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds, Christian Braun added 21 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio 136-134 in overtime Saturday to snap the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak. Cameron Johnson scored 17, Jamal Murray finished with 15 points and 10 assists and Aaron Gordon scored 15 for the Nuggets. Advertisement Gordon scored …

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer season standings: Tyrese Maxey – 22.5VJ Edgecombe – 12Joel Embiid – 10.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain :’( – 3Dominick Barlow – 2Andre Drummond – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster spot – 1 Well, that …

Two years ago, the Detroit Pistons were the laughing stock of the NBA and seemingly without hope. Tonight, they clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons used suffocating second-half defense to easily handle a tired Philadelphia 76ers team en route to an easy 116-93 win. All five Pistons starters scored in double figures, and two bench …

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan nearly made some history in the 2026 Final Four. It was a total beatdown delivered by the Wolverines, who dominated Arizona 91-73 in the national semifinals to advance to the national championship game against Connecticut. Advertisement REQUIRED READING: Michigan vs Arizona basketball live updates, Final Four game score, highlights A game that was expected to be a …