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The Minnesota Timberwolves raced out to a 3-1 lead, but it might have cost them everything. Yes, Game 5 on Monday, April 27, when the Denver Nuggets outpaced Minnesota, 125-113, in the first round of the NBA playoffs, was just one game. But it also served as an indicator of just how much Minnesota is missing without Anthony Edwards and …

The Oklahoma City Thunder are moving on in the NBA playoffs, completing a first-round sweep of the Phoenix Suns with a definitive 131-122 win in Game 4. Although the Suns fought to keep their season alive, Phoenix was unable to provide a real answer for Oklahoma City’s offense. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team with 31 points behind a number of …

Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets aren’t done just yet. The Nuggets picked up a commanding 125-113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series on Monday night to keep their postseason hopes alive. Advertisement While they can’t lose the rest of the way and trail 3-2 headed into Game 6 later this week on …

PHOENIX (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Chet Holmgren added 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 131-122 on Monday night, capping a four-game sweep in the first-round series. The Thunder — who have a 12-0 record in the first round over the last three seasons — will face the winner of the Los Angeles Lakers-Houston …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Those 60 wins in the regular season and that No. 1 seed don’t mean much for the Detroit Pistons right now. They’re one loss away from a rare elimination. Only six No. 8 seeds have defeated a No. 1 in a playoff series in NBA history. It’s happened only four times since the postseason was expanded …

The Oklahoma City Thunder are moving on, completing a sweep of the Phoenix Suns with a definitive 131-122 win in Game 4. Although the Suns fought to keep their season alive, Phoenix was unable to provide a real answer for Oklahoma City’s offense. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team with 31 points behind a number of wild, tough finishes in the …

At the trade deadline last February, the Detroit Pistons mostly stayed quiet. Trajan Langdon and the front office made a conscious decision not to make a big move; they wanted to see what this group — which finished with the No. 1 seed in the East — could do in the cauldron of the playoffs. They chose not to add …

Can we just talk about Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain’s dunk on Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren? I mean, seriously, look: Do we even care about the game? Like, who actually won? I genuinely don’t remember. Advertisement That is one of the nastiest throw-downs ever and not just in a playoff context. Cain kept climbing and dunked on Duren, a …

Jamal Cain has a serious claim for Dunk of the Postseason, and we’re only in the first round of the playoffs. The Orlando Magic forward, after bringing the ball up the court himself in the fourth quarter of their Game 4 matchup with the Detroit Pistons, threw down an absolutely violent one-handed dunk at the Kia Center. Advertisement Jalen Duren, …

Entering the season, Cooper Flagg was projected to run away with Rookie of the Year. He was the No. 1 pick and on a team that entered the season expecting to be playing in postseason games right now. “This season turned out a lot different than I expected…” Flagg said on NBA Showtime on Peacock on Monday. “Being thrown into …

DENVER — The Denver Nuggets will be without a key piece while facing elimination Monday night. Aaron Gordon has been ruled out for Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves with calf tightness. The Nuggets announced his status after pregame warmups. Gordon was previously listed as questionable and ended up as a true game-time decision. Advertisement Gordon sustained the injury in …

The Cleveland Cavaliers had chances to take a decisive 3-1 lead over the Toronto Raptors in Game 4. They had an eight-point advantage with five minutes to play, but squandered the lead with a combination of bad defense, reckless decisions, and missed point-blank shots. This all added up to a 93-89 loss with the series tied at two games apiece. …

The NBA and FIBA are in the process of going through bids from those seeking franchises for a new league in Europe, with multiple potential ownership groups from all 12 of the league’s targeted cities expressing interest. NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, speaking at an Associated Press Sports Editors meeting on Monday, said the NBA and FIBA “were very, very …

DALLAS, TEXAS – JANUARY 29: Cooper Flagg #32 of the Dallas Mavericks and Kon Knueppel #7 of the Charlotte Hornets talk after the game at American Airlines Center on January 29, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of …

Cooper Flagg was named NBA Rookie of the Year on Monday over fellow finalist and former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel, making the first time players from the same college team finished first and second in voting. Flagg joined the Dallas Mavericks as the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA Draft with enormous expectations that he largely met during a …

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg was voted as the NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2025-26 season on Monday, April 27, 2026. Flagg finished ahead of the Charlotte Hornets’ Kon Knueppel in a close race for the award. Advertisement Flagg led the Mavericks in scoring with 21 points per game. He scored a career-high 51 points on April 3 …

In the end, it was a win that came with a massive cost. Not only did Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo go down with a ruptured right Achilles tendon in Minnesota’s 112-96 Game 4 victory Saturday, April 25 over the Denver Nuggets, but All-Star guard Anthony Edwards also got injured. Advertisement The Timberwolves announced Monday, April 27 that an MRI revealed …

Dallas’ Cooper Flagg and Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel were Duke teammates last season. For the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award, they’re basically rivals. The former Blue Devils were expected to finish first and second — in some order — for the NBA’s rookie award, which will be announced shortly past 7 p.m. EDT on Monday. Flagg and Knueppel were first …

Former Knicks sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo became the fourth player over the past two playoffs to go down with a season-ending Achilles injury. DiVincenzo suffered the devastating injury just 79 seconds into the first quarter of Minnesota’s Game 4 matchup with the Nuggets on Saturday night. Advertisement The shooting guard lofted up a three, then went down with the non-contact injury …

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley had things to say. No, he’s not retiring. No, he’s not resigning. No, he’s not stepping aside as president of the Miami Heat. And no, the power dynamic at the top of the front office — managing general partner Micky Arison, CEO Nick Arison, Riley and executive vice president and general manager Andy Elisburg — …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The top of the Western Conference continues on its pace toward a Western Conference Finals matchup that we could see for many years to come. Advertisement The San Antonio Spurs suffered a brief hiccup against the Portland Trail Blazers, but my Trail Blazers …

NBA Draft lottery reform is coming, Adam Silver wants it and what the NBA Commissioner wants, he gets. The only question is what it will look like. There is a growing momentum behind a formula that would expand the lottery to 18 teams and flatten the odds, reports Sam Amick at The Athletic. Advertisement Yet according to league and team …

Here’s a fun fact for you: The Atlanta Hawks’ starting five, which had the second-best plus-minus of any five-man unit in the NBA during the regular season, entered the work week with the worst plus-minus of any five-man unit in the 2026 NBA playoffs. That seems kind of odd, considering the Hawks head into Tuesday’s Pivotal Game 5™ against the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Solving the riddle of the Boston Celtics requires far more than the Philadelphia 76ers getting Joel Embiid back in the lineup. Advertisement That said, Embiid’s presence in the interior is undeniable, and Philadelphia really needs him to dominate the defensive glass to limit …

This is the report we expected, but now it is official. Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards underwent an MRI, and it “revealed a left knee hyperextension injury and bone bruise. Edwards will be considered week-to-week,” the Timberwolves announced. Edwards will miss the rest of Minnesota’s first-round series with the Denver Nuggets — the Timberwolves lead that 3-1 — and could miss some …