PITTSBURGH — I remember the final few months of the Kevin Stallings era of Pitt basketball and just how awful that was.

It was 2017-18, and in just two seasons Stallings and then-athletic director Scott Barnes managed to destroy the house that Jamie Dixon and Ben Howland built.

Petersen Events Center was a morgue, devoid of atmosphere. And ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Butler had to be helped back to the locker room early in the third quarter of the Warriors’ 135-112 victory on Monday over the Heat at Chase Center.

He underwent an MRI the same night, and the results will be known by Tuesday. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he did not want to speculate on how the team will adapt to ...Read more

DETROIT — In a matchup between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons showcased their superiority halfway through the 2025-26 season. The Pistons picked up a 104-103 victory over the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena Monday.

Tobias Harris was the leading scorer for the Pistons, finishing the game with 25 points....Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Amid online rumors of an apparent health scare for Kansas basketball coach Bill Self, a KU Athletics spokesperson announced Monday night that Self was hospitalized Monday “out of an abundance of caution” after feeling “under the weather.”

“Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self felt under the weather earlier ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets didn’t have time to recover from Sunday night’s 20 3-pointers in Chicago before the same problem followed them home. One night later at Barclays Center, Brooklyn watched the Phoenix Suns rain down 20 more from deep in a 126-117 loss that dropped it to 12-29.

Dillon Brooks led the way with 27 points and six 3-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Five-star USC freshman Alijah Arenas is likely to make his long-awaited debut for the Trojans this week against Northwestern.

Arenas is considered "probable" for Wednesday's game, a person familiar with his status but not authorized to speak publicly told The Los Angeles Times.

The addition of the five-star freshman, who has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lakers guard Luka Doncic was voted as a Western Conference starter for the NBA's All-Star team, becoming the 15th player in NBA history to earn six All-Star selections before the age of 27.

Doncic, who received his fifth starting nod, leads the league in scoring (33.3), is fourth in assists (8.6), is making 46.4% of his shots ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn.— The UConn men’s basketball team has been tested over the last couple of weeks, but the Huskies pulled out their 14th consecutive win at Georgetown on Saturday and were rewarded with the No. 2 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll Monday.

Sitting at 18-1 on the year and 8-0 in the Big East it is the program’s best start to a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards is in his sixth NBA season, but he is still only 24 years old. These two numbers can lead to some conflicting viewpoints among fans. In six seasons, it’s easy to say Edwards should have the league figured out by now after more than half a decade in it — that he should be consistently great night in and night ...Read more

DENVER — The Denver Nuggets’ short-handed winning streak is over, but the sting was dull.

Down by 18 in the first quarter and 30 by the end of the third, Denver threw in the towel by keeping everyone’s minutes to a minimum in a 110-87 loss to the Charlotte Hornets Sunday at Ball Arena. The Nuggets (29-14) fell to 7-4 without the injured ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls needed to blow off some steam.

That was clear within minutes of Sunday’s 124-102 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The Bulls haven’t won big often this season — before this weekend, they logged only seven victories by a double-digit margin.

Beating the 12-27 Nets doesn’t mean much. Brooklyn sat star Michael ...Read more

Two nights after the Brooklyn Nets stole one from Chicago at Barclays Center, the Bulls returned the favor at United Center and then some, turning Sunday’s rematch into a 3-point avalanche the Nets never survived.

Without Michael Porter Jr. on the front end of a back-to-back, the Nets were already in a tough spot. It got worse quickly. A ...Read more

When the Orlando Magic captured a seven-point victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in Berlin, Jamahl Mosley‘s squad had to overcome a 20-point first-half deficit to take down Memphis.

Orlando, however, was unable to complete a similar comeback over the Western Conference foe Sunday in London when the Grizzlies jumped out in front...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. — Before the Los Angeles Lakers took the court Saturday night, they added two more starters and a key reserve to the injured list. But the Lakers still had LeBron James and they hoped he could carry them past Portland.

Starters Luka Doncic (left groin soreness) and Deandre Ayton (left knee soreness) did not play. In the fourth...Read more

DENVER — Two weeks after he initially returned to action from a left ankle injury, Christian Braun’s ability to play remains in flux for the short-handed Denver Nuggets.

Braun missed his fourth consecutive game Saturday night, a 121-115 win over the Washington Wizards at Ball Arena, but he hasn’t re-injured the ankle or suffered any ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Playing without Jimmy Butler at Chase Center on Saturday night, the Warriors looked to unexpected places for an offensive spark against the Hornets.

Butler was a late scratch and replaced by rookie Will Richard in the starting lineup. The Warriors later announced that Butler, who scored 32 points against the Timberwolves on ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons put together a convincing 121-78 victory over the Indiana Pacers Saturday night. The Pacers entered Little Caesars Arena missing seven of their key players because of injuries. As a result, the Pistons won from start to finish, securing their largest victory of the season.

Cade Cunningham and Duncan Robinson led ...Read more

The Atlanta Hawks sure could have used All-Defensive guard Dyson Daniels to defend Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown Saturday night. But with Daniels sitting out the game due to an ankle injury, Brown torched every other member of the Hawks who tried to guard him.

Brown, a Georgia native who certainly enjoyed his homecoming trip to Atlanta as ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Before the two programs had made four combined coaching changes, Louisville rewrote the Pitt record books with a 106-51 victory at the Petersen Events Center on Jan. 24, 2017. For nearly a decade, that game stood alone as the worst home loss in Pitt men’s basketball history, a low watermark for the already disastrous Kevin ...Read more