Jun 27, 2024 | BASKETBALL, NBA, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
2024 NBA Draft grades, Round 1 by Adam Finkelstein 1. Atlanta Hawks: SF Zaccharie Risacher, France It’s solid but unspectacular, but that’s what you expect in this draft. Risacher is a 3-and-D prototype, which you’d hope for more from a No. 1 overall...
Jun 25, 2024 | BASKETBALL, COLLEGE BASKETBALL, HIGH SCHOOL, NBA, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
(AP) Victor Wembanyama’s on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour. It consisted of plenty of stretching, lots of passing and dribbling drills, then a little bit of shooting. The basics. The skills. Nothing else. “It’s...
Jun 7, 2024 | BASKETBALL, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES, WNBA NEWS
CAITLIN CLARK HAS THE HOT-TAKE MACHINE OVERHEATING The first sign the Caitlin Clark discourse might get a little weird came back in February, and Clark wasn’t even in the building. Sabrina Ionescu, the New York Liberty star, had just put on a dazzling...
Jun 7, 2024 | BASKETBALL, NBA, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
BOSTON – Kristaps Porzingis did everything he could over the past five-plus weeks to prepare his body in time for the NBA Finals. On Thursday night, his diligence paid off. Boston’s 7-foot-3 center stepped back on the court for the first time since straining his calf...
May 20, 2024 | BASKETBALL, INDIANA PACERS, NBA, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
EDWARDS LEADS WOLVES BACK FROM 20-POINT DEFICIT FOR 98-90 WIN OVER DEFENDING NBA CHAMPION NUGGETS DENVER (AP) — Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver...
May 20, 2024 | BASKETBALL, INDIANA PACERS, NBA, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in Game 7 history to a 130-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 10...