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San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama missed Game 3 of San Antonio’s first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Will he suit up in Game 4? Wembanyama suffered a concussion on Tuesday, April 21 when he stumbled on a drive, leading to his face slamming into the court. Advertisement He lay on the floor for a few moments and appeared to …

The Los Angeles Lakers will look to close out the first-round NBA playoff series with the Houston Rockets on Sunday, April 26. LeBron James has helped lead the way for the Lakers, who hold a 3-0 lead in the series against Houston. Advertisement Los Angeles has played throughout the series without guards Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic. Doncic was ruled …

The Minnesota Timberwolves might have just lost a key starter for an indefinite period. Early in Game 4 of Minnesota’s first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, shooting guard Donte DiVincenzo suffered an Achilles tendon rupture when he fell to the court on a non-contact play. The Timberwolves ruled DiVincenzo out of the game with a lower leg injury. After the …

After Lucas’ look at Carlos Medlock Jr. on Friday, we’re continuing our preview series of new basketball players with a look at the Spartans’ only transfer (at least so far) for 2026-27: Anton Bonke. Bonke’s background is pretty interesting. He was born in the Netherlands but moved with his mother to Port Vila, Vanuatu, when he was three. Bonke grew …

And the tri-state area expelled a sigh of relief. The New York Knicks (2-2) took control early tonight and never let go, rolling past the Atlanta Hawks, 114–98, in Game Four of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Behind a dominant, wire-to-wire effort, Karl-Anthony Towns recorded the first triple-double of his postseason career (20-10-10), while OG Anunoby added a 22-point, …

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost two starters before the end of the first half of Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets. Donte DiVincenzo and Anthony Edwards both suffered leg injuries before halftime, with both players later ruled out of the game. DiVincenzo’s injury occurred after playing only one minute and 19 seconds, with the guard sustaining an apparent non-contact injury. He …

Anthony Edwards hobbled off the court with a left leg injury in the second quarter of Game 4 of the first-round series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets in the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Edwards had been playing through a right knee injury, but injured his other knee after an awkward landing trying to challenge a shot from Nuggets forward …

Having lost the previous two games to the Atlanta Hawks to go down 2-1 in the series, the Knicks were in must-win territory on Saturday night. If not, New York would’ve been on the precipice of ending its season prematurely and in danger of wholesale changes rocking the organization after a fourth consecutive postseason that didn’t lead to the NBA …

MINNEAPOLIS — When the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Ayo Dosunmu from Chicago in February, they expected to get a strong defender and savvy offensive player. If he wants to be an elite scorer, they’ll take that, too. Dosunmu scored a career-high 43 points, stepping up after leg injuries to Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo with the highest-scoring playoff performance by a …

Amid the uncertainty surrounding Victor Wembanyama’s return date, the Spurs headed to Portland for a crucial Game 3. A loss would have upped the pressure considerably on a young San Antonio team that still doesn’t know when it will get its superstar back. Fortunately, the Silver and Black prevailed thanks to fantastic performances from their young guards and a gutsy, …

At the end of an emotional game in which the Minnesota Timberwolves lost two players to injury, tempers flared and a pair of stars were ejected. It started with just 1.3 seconds left in Game 4, when the outcome was already decided. But the Timberwolves, looking to burn the clock, tossed the ball up to forward Jaden McDaniels. Rather than …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane each scored 25 points, and the Orlando Magic blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead before rallying to beat the Detroit Pistons 113-105 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Banchero had 12 rebounds and nine assists. Franz Wagner scored 17 points for Orlando, which got 15 from …

Originally, I figured that the most 2026 Houston Rockets thing that could happen is what happened in Game 3: take a sizable lead into the final moments and blow the game, culminating in an overtime loss. The poor play in clutch situations has defined this team, and their 20+ blown fourth quarter leads this year is the evidence. The Rockets …

In one of the most insane games in the history of Target Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves took down the Denver Nuggets 112-96 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead. Unfortunately, the outcome of the game felt like a side story most of the night. A little more than a minute into the game, Donte DiVincenzo took a false …

The Lakers aim to close out their first round series against the Houston Rockets on Sunday The purple and gold are looking to sweep an opponent in the playoffs for the first time since May 2010. Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets Advertisement When: 6:30 p.m. PT, Apr. 26 Where: Toyota Center Watch: NBC, Peacock Just like …

Detroit Pistons (60-22, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (45-37, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando, Florida; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Pistons -2.5; over/under is 214.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Magic lead series 2-1 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic host the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference first round with a 2-1 lead in the series. …

Minnesota Timberwolves (49-33, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (54-28, third in the Western Conference) Denver; Monday, 10:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Nuggets -10.5; over/under is 223.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Timberwolves lead series 3-1 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Timberwolves look to clinch the series over the Denver Nuggets in game five of the Western Conference first round. …

Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18, first in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (45-37, seventh in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Monday, 9:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Thunder -10.5; over/under is 213.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Thunder lead series 3-0 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The Oklahoma City Thunder look to clinch the series over the Phoenix Suns in game four of the Western Conference …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Denver-Minnesota rivalry took another dramatic turn in the closing seconds of Game 4 on Saturday, when Nuggets star Nikola Jokic confronted Jaden McDaniels after he took an uncontested layup with the Timberwolves on the way to victory and a 3-1 lead in the first-round NBA playoff series. After McDaniels made the unsportsmanlike basket with 2.1 seconds …

ATLANTA — A few notes on the Knicks’ performance in a do-or-die Game 4 win. HART OF THE MATTER The Knicks put Josh Hart on CJ McCollum to start the most important game of their season and Hart delivered. With Hart as the lead defender on McCollum, the Knicks limited him to eight points and three turnovers in the first …

ATLANTA (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns has long been known as one of the NBA’s best-shooting big men. On Saturday night, he showed he can be a pretty good passer, too. Towns had the fifth triple-double in his 11-year career and first in the playoffs, leading the New York Knicks to a 114-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks to tie the …

Saturday night in Minnesota was a lot. Ayo Dosunmu’s star turn was unexpected, but there he was carrying the Timberwolves on his back without two of their best players. With Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo both ruled out, Dosunmu went off for a career-high 43 points off the bench. The Wolves gutted it out for a 112-96 win and now …

MINNEAPOLIS — Ayo Dosunmu scored a career-high 43 points, stepping up after leg injuries to Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo with the highest-scoring playoff performance by a reserve in 50 years, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 112-96 on Saturday night. The Timberwolves took a 3-1 lead in the series in a game that ended with ejections of …

ATLANTA — At the same time as New York Knicks forward Josh Hart was emphatically campaigning in the direction of an official for being too physical, his teammate Jose Alvarado, still full of energy as if he recently crushed a Celsius, paced back and forth by the bench unable to take a breather. State Farm Arena, which allegedly housed the …

The Minnesota Timberwolves picked up a 112-96 win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday — but not before tempers flared. The Game 4 win, which gave Minnesota a 3-1 series lead, ended with a confrontation between Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels and Nuggets center Nikola Jokić in the final seconds. With seconds ticking down and Minnesota up by double digits, McDaniels …