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LeBron's Lakers take on Pelicans as NBA play-in tips off
LeBron James will be out to extend his 21st NBA campaign on Tuesday when his Los Angeles Lakers open the NBA play-in tournament against the New Orleans Pelicans, the winner booking a playoff meeting with the defending champion Denver Nuggets.The Heat will be trying to retrace thaRead More »
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Curry's Warriors out of NBA playoff contention after Kings defeat
The Sacramento Kings ended the playoff hopes of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, routing the 2022 champions 118-94 in the NBA Play-in tournament.The Warriors had finished 10th in the Western Conference and needed a win against the ninth-ranked Kings to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Guardian
‘It’s an addiction’: NBA’s ties to gambling trouble players past and present
The league has forged close links to betting companies. But many worry about how such relationships will affect athletes and fans
AFP
Thunder grab top seed in West, LeBron's Lakers one win from NBA playoffs
The unexpected Oklahoma City Thunder clinched the Western Conference top seed ahead of the defending champion Denver Nuggets as the NBA regular season wrapped up on Sunday.The Boston Celtics, already assured of the top seed in the East, closed the regular season with a 64th victory, 132-122 over the Washington Wizards.
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Mills, Ingles headline NBA-heavy Australian squad for Olympics
Veteran NBA stars Patty Mills and Josh Ingles headlined an extended men's Australian basketball squad named Thursday for the Paris Olympics as the Boomers aim to better their bronze medal from Tokyo.Australia provisional Olympic squad: Chris Goulding, Joe Ingles, Nick Kay, Dante Exum, Johnny Furphy, Patty Mills, DJ Vasilijevic, Sam Froling, Rocco Zikarsky, Duop Reath, Josh Giddey, Will Magnay, Dyson Daniels, Josh Green, Will McDowell-White, Jack McVeigh, Keanu Pinder, Xavier Cooks, Jack White, M
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Porter could face ban for 'cardinal sin': NBA's Silver
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter could face banishment from basketball if gambling allegations against him turn out to be true.Speaking in New York after an NBA owners meeting on Wednesday, Silver warned that the consequences for Porter could be "very severe" if the league's investigation uncovered wrongdoing.
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Celtics hold off Fox, Kings to extend NBA win streak
The top-seeded Boston Celtics held off a 40-point display from De'Aaron Fox and a furious fourth-quarter rally to beat the Sacramento Kings 101-100 on Friday.But what looked like a formality for Boston came within a whisker of an implosion as Sacramento roared back to take a 100-99 lead after a Fox 3-pointer with 27 seconds remaining.
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LeBron's son Bronny to enter NBA draft
LeBron James' son Bronny says he will enter the 2024 NBA draft despite a low-key first year in college basketball with the University of Southern California.James said on Instagram that he would enter the draft while also entering the NCAA transfer portal that would allow him to move to another college team.
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LeBron James’ son Bronny to enter 2024 NBA draft
The 19-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest last July and had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect during his first year as a USC student.
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Sixers, Warriors boost NBA playoff hopes with key wins
Tyrese Maxey scored 37 points and Joel Embiid added 29 to ignite the Philadelphia 76ers in a 109-105 victory at Miami on Thursday and boost their NBA playoff chances.Elsewhere, Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and Luka Doncic added 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to power the Dallas Mavericks over visiting Atlanta 109-95.
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Celtics clinch NBA playoff home edge by silencing Thunder
The Boston Celtics clinched the NBA's best record this season and a home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs on Wednesday with a 135-100 blowout over the Oklahoma City Thunder.With Minnesota and Denver next best and sharing the Western Conference lead at 53-33 and only six games remaining for Boston, the Celtics are assured of having the most home games in any playoff series they have as they chase an NBA-record 18th all-time league crown.
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Two-time NBA champion Rondo announces retirement
Rajon Rondo, a four-time NBA All-Star guard who helped the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers capture NBA titles, said Tuesday he has retired from the league after 16 seasons.Rondo helped the Celtics win the 2008 NBA crown in just his second season in the league, then played a key reserve role for the Lakers in their 2020 title run.
The Guardian
‘Fear is the basis of human psychology’: how self-doubt haunts the NBA
Players such as Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz have been accused of suffering from the yips. But every player has to confront fear at some point
AFP
NBA-best Celtics beat Pelicans to snap skid, Bucks win
Jayson Tatum scored 23 points to lead a balanced Boston attack in a 104-92 victory at New Orleans on Saturday, snapping a two-game losing skid for the NBA-best Celtics.Tatum had 13 first-half points for Boston while Brown and Porzingis each scored 11.
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'So much greatness' - Wembanyama on upward path as NBA season winds down
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs may be headed to a bottom-of-the table finish, but the sensational French rookie has no doubt he's on the right trajectory in his first NBA season.Brunson's latest close-up view of the Frenchman left the Knicks star in no doubt of just where Wembanyama is headed.
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NBA fines 76ers' Nurse, Oubre for ref abuse after missed foul
Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse and guard Kelly Oubre Jr. were each fined $50,000 by the NBA on Friday for heated complaints after a missed call in a frustrating loss.But that came too late to prevent Nurse and Oubre from heated actions after the missed call robbed the Sixers of their chance to win.
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NBA T-Wolves owner Taylor says club no longer for sale
Minnesota Timberwolves majority owner Glen Taylor said Thursday the NBA club was no longer for sale, scuttling a purchase option held by retired baseball star Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore."The Timberwolves and Lynx are no longer for sale."
The Guardian
How the Knicks went from laughing stocks to NBA finals contenders (yes, really)
For the first time in decades, one of the NBA’s most iconic yet consistently disappointing teams is heading into the playoffs with a legitimate hope of reaching the finals
AFP
NBA bans Utah's Dunn for two games and Houston's Smith one
Utah Jazz guard Kris Dunn was suspended two games and Houston forward Jabari Smith Jr. was banned for one game by the NBA on Sunday after they fought during a game.Both players were issued technical fouls and ejected from the game.
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Celtics pass Bulls test to push NBA win streak to nine games
The Boston Celtics pushed their NBA winning streak to nine games with a 124-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday as the Houston Rockets won their eighth straight, 147-119 over Utah.The Celtics are now two wins away from equalling their season-best 11-game winning streak.
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NBA Pelicans lose forward Ingram for at least two weeks
The New Orleans Pelicans will be without injured star forward Brandon Ingram for at least two weeks as they fight for an NBA playoff berth, the team said on Friday.The Pelicans are 1.5 games ahead of Dallas and Phoenix and two games in front of Sacramento in the fight for the last two playoff positions and the top two play-in spots. js/bsp
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Ex-NBA star Jeremy Lin banned for five games in Taiwan over WADA breach
Former NBA champion Jeremy Lin has been banned for five games for violating anti-doping rules over blood treatment for an injury, Taiwan's P. League+ said.To treat an injury, Lin underwent a type of blood irradiation therapy which is against World Anti-Doping Agency rules, the league said in a statement.
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NBA Cavs lose Mitchell at least a week after broken nose
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell will be sidelined for at least a week after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to repair a broken nose, the NBA team announced.Mitchell, the Cavs' scoring leader with 27.4 points a game, underwent a realignment procedure at the Cleveland Clinic and will be reevaluated in about one week, the club said.
The Guardian
‘She’s must see TV’: NBA and WNBA on Caitlin Clark’s blistering talent
The Iowa star has broken records while producing breathtaking highlight reels. How will she cope in the NCAA Tournament – and the pro game afterwards?
The Guardian
Premier League weekend awards: City’s NBA tactics and Villa’s wild swipe
From Kevin De Bruyne’s magic to Kai Havertz’s tumble, we hand out honors (and dishonors) from the top-flight weekend
The Telegraph
NBA’s first female scout who has swapped Chicago Bulls for London Lions
Certain words and phrases tend to make your eyes glaze over when coming from sportspeople. When Vanja Cernivec, general manager of the London Lions basketball team, starts talking about “culture”, I fear the worst. This is usually a chance for LinkedIn-speak, the vague buzzwords of performance and “elite mindset” that launched a thousand Jake Humphrey podcasts. Cernivec has a different approach.