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Chicago Bulls (29-44, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (24-49, 12th in the Western Conference) Memphis, Tennessee; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulls -3.5; over/under is 245 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: Memphis plays Chicago looking to stop its three-game home slide. The Grizzlies are 13-23 in home games. Memphis is seventh in the Western Conference with 11.4 …

Utah Jazz (21-53, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (40-33, seventh in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -16.5; over/under is 229.5 BOTTOM LINE: Utah looks to stop its four-game slide with a victory against Phoenix. Advertisement The Suns are 25-21 in Western Conference games. Phoenix scores 112.4 points while outscoring opponents …

Miami Heat (39-35, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (16-58, 15th in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Sunday, 5 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Indiana hosts Miami looking to break its 11-game home losing streak. Advertisement The Pacers are 12-33 in Eastern Conference games. Indiana averages 13.8 turnovers per game and is 12-25 when it has fewer turnovers than its …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic is facing a one-game suspension after he received his 16th technical foul of the season while scoring 41 points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 116-99 victory over Brooklyn on Friday night. Doncic got whistled for a double technical foul with the Nets’ Ziaire Williams in the third quarter. Advertisement Williams was …

Luka Doncic led the Los Angeles Lakers in the 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com Arena on March 27. Doncic had 41 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals in 39 minutes played for the Lakers. Advertisement The guard also received his 16th technical foul of the season, meaning he is likely to face a one-game suspension. “I’m …

The Los Angeles Lakers returned home from their most recent road trip, earning a 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on March 27. The game saw LeBron James and Bronny James share the court for a second straight game. Advertisement The duo created a moment in the second quarter of the game, producing the first father-son assists in NBA history. …

Michigan had just dispatched Alabama to advance in the NCAA Tournament when coach Dusty May was asked about his top-seeded Wolverines becoming the latest Big Ten team to eliminate a Southeastern Conference opponent. “You know, college basketball has been cyclical forever,” May said after Michigan’s 90-77 win in the Midwest Region semifinals. “Hopefully this is a long cycle for us …

CHICAGO (AP) — Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight for the third straight year. Coach Rick Barnes’ team used a dominant effort on the glass and a strong second half to put away Iowa State (29-8) and move within one win …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis had 28 points and eight assists, Gui Santos made a pair of free throws with 11.4 seconds remaining, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Washington Wizards 131-126 on Friday night. Brandin Podziemski added 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the Warriors win a third straight game for the first …

SEATTLE (AP) — Luke Raley hit his second home run in as many games as the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-1 on Friday night for their first win of the season. Raley, who hit only four home runs last season in an injury-plagued year, walloped a belt-high cutter from Guardians reliever Colin Holderman and hit it 390 feet …

The Cleveland Cavaliers ran the Miami Heat off the floor. Let’s go over today’s winners and losers. WINNER – Jarrett Allen In case you couldn’t tell, the Cavs missed Jarrett Allen. That was clear the moment he returned to the floor for his first game since March 3rd. Advertisement During that time without Allen, the Cavs ‘ defense had fallen …

The Cleveland Cavaliers obliterated the Miami Heat in a bounce-back performance from their previous meeting. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 6 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals Advertisement Mitchell played the role of facilitator in this one. He used his gravity as a weapon, drawing multiple defenders and generating open looks …

WASHINGTON – Caleb Foster rolled out of the Duke locker room with his right foot wrapped in ice and his right knee perched atop a one-legged scooter, a bag of ice strapped and wrapped around his left calf for good measure. Twenty days ago, Foster fractured his right foot in a win against North Carolina. In the wake of the injury, Duke …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder used a 22-0 second-half run to power a 131-113 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. The usually efficient Gilgeous-Alexander made just 8 of 24 shots. His teammates picked up the slack and helped the Thunder shoot 46.5% from the field. Gilgeous-Alexander still scored at …

Memphis, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 25 points and led a fourth-quarter rally as the Houston Rockets pulled away from the Memphis Grizzlies with a 119-109 victory Friday night. Jabari Smith Jr. added 21 points and 16 rebounds and Amen Thompson had 18 points as Houston ended a two-game slide. Durant also had 10 assists. Advertisement Olivier-Maxence Prosper led …

TORONTO (AP) — Andrés Giménez drove in the winning run with a two-out single in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Athletics 3-2 on Friday night. Giménez had three RBIs, including a two-run triple in the fifth. Advertisement Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers hit two home runs, including a game-tying blast off Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman …

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonny Brodzinski scored twice, Adam Sykora scored his first goal and Dylan Garand made 27 saves for his first NHL win as the New York Rangers downed the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Friday night. J.T. Miller, Matthew Robertson and Alexis Lafreniere also scored as the Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak. Advertisement The 23-year-old Garand, who …

Per his Instagram account, UNC forward Caleb Wilson has declared for the NBA Draft. His announcement arrives just less than a week after former head coach Hubert Davis was relieved of his duties. Wilson had one of the most incredible individual seasons that we’v seen in a long time at UNC. He finished his season averaging 19.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, …

It took Pittsburgh eighth-grader Otto Schellhammer until the Sweet 16 to finally miss one of his women’s picks for March Madness. No. 6 seed Notre Dame beat second-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, to open the regional rounds of the women’s NCAA Tournament. That ended the 14-year-old’s run as the last perfect bracket after the opening weekend of …

With his “runner’s knee” and the strained adductor he suffered during rehab, Stephen Curry has missed the Warriors’ last 23 games. Without him, they have gone 8-15 and slid to 10th in the West, where they would have to win two games just to make the playoffs. The good news is that Curry is now officially listed as day-to-day by …

The 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament is down to its Sweet 16 and we’ll have a Final Four by Sunday evening. For half of the college stars taking the court this weekend, it’s one final opportuniy to impress NBA teams with their play at full game speed when the lights are brightest as this year’s draft class comes into focus. The …

Tanking has become the white whale of the NBA league office. Stamping out tanking has become Adam Silver’s quest, but that obsessive effort has the league missing the big picture. Silver runs a multi-billion-dollar business, and he has business reasons to focus on tanking. While many fans in Utah or Sacramento or Washington — or the other six cities where …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers starting center Jarrett Allen returned to the lineup on Friday after missing 10 games with a knee injury, giving Cleveland a major boost as it ramps up for the NBA playoffs. Allen has been out since he got hurt on March 3 while playing Detroit. The injury didn’t initially appear serious, but the Cavs reported it …

The 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament is down to its Sweet 16 and we’ll have a Final Four by Sunday evening. For half of the college stars taking the court this weekend, it’s one final opportuniy to impress NBA teams with their play at full game speed when the lights are brightest as this year’s draft class comes into focus. The …

CHICAGO — In the final injury report ahead of the Sweet 16 matchup from the United Center on Friday, March 27, the No. 2-seeded Cyclones listed Jefferson as “questionable” against No. 6-seed Tennessee. The game is set for a 10:10 p.m. ET tipoff. REQUIRED READING: March Madness games today: Analyzing Friday’s Sweet 16 men’s NCAA Tournament matchups Advertisement Jefferson went …