PORTLAND, Ore. -- Stephen Curry is arguably the Warriors' most valuable player. Draymond Green is arguably the Warriors' most important player.

Combine their complementary skillsets, and the Warriors just ensured something that only one other team has accomplished in NBA history.

The Warriors finished with a 119-117 overtime win over the ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- In hopes to improve his health for a presumed NBA Finals run, Andre Iguodala will sit out when the Warriors play the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday because of tightness in his left calf.

"He has a sore left calf," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "So he's not going to play."

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The 76ers' James Ennis will decline his player option for $1.8 million next season and become a free agent, his agent Scott Nichols confirmed.

The news was first reported by The Athletic's Shams Charania. Ennis' decision was an unsurprising one.

"The 76ers expected this," Nichols said.

Nichols expressed hope that Ennis could remain with the ...Read more

Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas has made one of his most pressing decisions in his new job -- and he is keeping Ryan Saunders as head coach.

A source confirmed that Rosas and Saunders are finalizing an agreement for Saunders to be the permanent head coach.

Rosas also made another move in the front office, bringing...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Warriors appear on the verge of becoming only the second team in NBA history to appear in five consecutive NBA Finals. Therefore, it seems downright impossible for the Warriors to become the only team in NBA history to squander a 3-0 playoff series lead.

The Warriors measure their worth by NBA championships, though. So ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Draymond Green watched himself in the corner of the screen during team film sessions when nobody else did. He became disgusted with what he repeatedly saw, a player at times slouching, pouting and complaining to officials.

As transcendent of a talent that Green is, a surefire Hall of Famer, he's been known too for the ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland's Damian Lillard is playing through separated ribs, but even that hasn't been the most painful part of his Western Conference finals.

No, that would be the way the Trail Blazers have allowed double-digit leads in the second half slip away in each of their last two games, which have left them trailing Golden State 3-0 ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Warriors might feel good about their chances to close out the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. They are less certain about whether veteran Andre Iguodala will help that cause.

On Sunday, the Warriors listed Iguodala as questionable for Game 4 despite a clean MRI on the left calf limited him to ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers couldn't shoot in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, nor close out Game 2, but two hours before Game 3 on Saturday, their most important home game in nearly two decades, their coach felt confident in what he would receive from his players.

"There's not going to be a letdown," Portland's Terry ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Make it three out of five -- the Fab Five.

Jimmy King joined Jalen Rose and Chris Webber in throwing his support behind their former teammate, Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard, to become the next Michigan men's basketball coach.

"Absolutely," King said Saturday while attending third annual Champions for Change Gala ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Draymond Green has endlessly elevated the Warriors with qualities that the stat sheet does not fully capture. Yet, Green surely left his imprint on the box score this time.

The most important statistic Green significantly affected? The final score. The Warriors prevailed with a 110-99 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Among the challenges of drafting in the middle of the first round is getting a vision of potential possibilities, especially with so many floaters hindering the focus.

Which brings the Miami Heat to Nassir Little, with forecasts placing the North Carolina freshman wing everywhere from several slots ahead of the Heat's No. 13 ...Read more

MILWAUKEE -- The Bucks' leaders in points, rebounds, assists and steals this postseason were pictured on the giant scoreboard above Milwaukee's home floor Friday night.

The team's leading scorer, Giannis Antetokounmpo, was pictured on the left. Next to him was Milwaukee's leading rebounder, Giannis Antetokounmpo.

To his right stood the team's ...Read more

The Portland Trail Blazers claimed to be in a good mental state despite blowing a winnable playoff game Thursday night on the road against the back-to-back NBA champion Golden State Warriors.

They said they have a strong psyche heading into Game 3 on Saturday night at Moda Center despite being down 2-0 in the best-of-seven Western Conference ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Vinny Del Negro sat at the head of the table inside a conference room Friday at Quest Multisport. All eyes landed on him.

Hours before action began at the second and final day of the NBA draft combine, Del Negro gathered the 16 coaches -- former NBA players in the coaches development program, G League coaches, former WNBA star Sheryl...Read more