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INDIANAPOLIS – Solo Ball is in a walking boot a day before UConn plays in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game. Ball has “some type of a foot sprain,” UConn coach Dan Hurley said Sunday, April 5. Advertisement “Solo just sprained a foot early in the game,” Hurley said. “So he was able to finish in the game. He won’t …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. It’s been a season of progress for the Toronto Raptors, yet they find themselves in Play-In peril ahead of today’s trip to the Boston Celtics. Advertisement That amps up the pressure on a Toronto team that’s 5-5 in its last 10 games, and …

With a week to go in the season, Minnesota and Phoenix are essentially locked into the 6/7 seeds, but that play-in divide could become formal today. Here’s what you need to know on Easter Sunday in the NBA. Playoff Scenarios • Minnesota clinches a top-six playoff spot with a win and a Phoenix loss. Don’t be so sure this happens …

Today, the Toronto Raptors have another opportunity to see if they have what it takes to beat a contender in the Boston Celtics. Both teams have five games left in the regular season. While the teams who will appear in some type of playoff contention are set, it’s still unclear how exactly the seeding will shake out. Now more than …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The OKC Thunder are closing in on the top seed in the West. Completing a regular-season series sweep over the Utah Jazz on Sunday would definitely help. OKC, with just one loss in its last 17 games, is a massive 22.5-point favorite in …

No one would have blamed Michigan coach Dusty May if he rested his star player in the second half of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament Final Four on Saturday night. Yet May opted to bring his hobbled star Yaxel Lendeborg back into the 91-73 win over Arizona despite a first-half leg injury Lendeborg suffered, and despite a big lead for …

The San Antonio Spurs came up short in one of their final tests of the regular season, ending their win streak at 11. The Nuggets are battle-tested, deploying the top offense in the NBA, and they were the better team in the crucible. Nikola Jokić feasted in the lane, but the Spurs couldn’t be stopped from getting there, either. It …

Well, now what? The first version of this article lasted all of about 55 minutes before Austin Reaves was ruled out for the regular season and likely the playoffs with a Grade 2 oblique strain. He will join Luka Dončić, who is out for the rest of the regular season and likely the first round of the playoffs with a …

The Spurs game in Denver did not go as expected. The Silver & Black blew a lead late in the fourth and lost their way in overtime. Some silver lining to the gray cloud was Julian Champagnie’s six three-pointers. He ended the afternoon with eighteen points on 6 of 9 shooting beyond the arc. Advertisement None were bigger than this …

Illinois coach Brad Underwood stole a quote from Houston coach Kelvin Sampson after the Fighting Illini’s Final Four loss to UConn. Sampson, one of the greatest coaches to never have won a national championship, knows a thing or two about March Madness heartbreak, which is exactly what Underwood was feeling after Illinois’ 71-62 loss on Saturday, April 4, at Lucas …

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 …