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USA SMOKES SERBIA BEHIND STEPH CURRY, DOMINANT DEFENSE Team USA ran away from Serbia for a 105-79 exhibition game victory on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to improve to 3-0 on the team’s pre-Olympics tour. Bam Adebayo scored at will — inside and out — and helped Anthony...
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JOE ‘JELLYBEAN’ BRYANT, THE FATHER OF KOBE BRYANT, DIES AT 69 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the father of the late Basketball Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died, his alma mater announced Tuesday. Bryant, who spent eight seasons in the NBA with three...
PACERS ANNOUNCE SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER
The Pacers announced on Monday their roster for 2024 Rookie/Free Agent Camp, which will take place Saturday, July 6 - Tuesday, July 9 at the Ascension St. Vincent Center in preparation for the NBA 2K25 Summer League 2024 games, which will take place in Las Vegas from...
NBA NEWS
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 pick, but that's...
TEACHING BASKETBALL TO KIDS IN THE US IS BECOMING A BIT MUDDLED, AND THE NBA IS SEEKING SOLUTIONS
(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...
NBA FINALS: BOSTON 107 DALLAS 89
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...
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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...
INDIANA ELIMINATES NEW YORK, ADVANCES TO ECF
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...
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P.J. Washington made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time in the past three seasons with a 117-116 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. Washington was...
INDIANA PACERS GAME 7 PREVIEW
INDIANA PACERS PRESS RELEASE It all comes down to this. The 2024 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Pacers and Knicks has gone the distance and will come down to a decisive Game 7 on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The winner will advance to face the...