OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors love Klay Thompson partly because of his low-maintenance. So it hardly seems surprising Thompson only needed a tune-up to fix his engine.

The Warriors finished with a 99-91 Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday at Oracle Arena, and it did not require coach Steve Kerr to burn some ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The 76ers are Eastern Conference semifinals-bound.

They punched their tickets there for the first time since 2012 with a 104-91 win over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of their conference quarterfinals on Friday at Wells Fargo Center.

They await the winner of the Boston-Milwaukee series, which the Celtics lead 3-2. Game 6 will be ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Rapper Meek Mill attended the Sixers' playoff game on Tuesday night. After hours of uncertainty on when he would be released from prison, Mill arrived at the Wells Fargo Center at about 7:15 p.m. and went directly into the Sixers' locker room.

Mill, wearing a Joel Embiid jersey, was the ceremonial bell-ringer during the pre-game...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- A single playoff victory. Nothing more.

In the end, that is all the Miami Heat were left with after sticking with a core that showed more promise at the end of the 2016-17 season than at any time this season.

The question now is not whether change is coming, but how much, with Tuesday night's 104-91 loss to the Philadelphia ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kings guard Bogdan Bogdanovic will have surgery to repair a slight tear of the medial meniscus in his left knee Tuesday, the team announced.

A "minimally invasive debridement procedure" will be performed at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and Bogdanovic is expected to make a full recovery, the team said....Read more

Udonis Haslem said Tuesday that he has discussed both the short view and the long view with Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade as their 15-season careers wind down.

First up at the close of the playoffs? A tutorial on the links.

"He's going to try to teach me how to play golf," Haslem said Tuesday of Wade's latest passion. "I don't know how in ...Read more

Strong words from NCAA officials about making changes in college basketball in light of the FBI investigation that has rocked the sport could begin to morph into action on Wednesday.

The findings and recommendations of a committee headed by former U.S. Secretary of State and Stanford University provost Condoleezza Rice, called the Commission on...Read more

Joel Embiid was asked a simple question. The 76ers' franchise player responded with a telling answer.

Following Monday's practice, he was asked what the Sixers want to show the rest of the NBA about where the franchise is right now, knowing its past struggles.

"A lot of people say that we have a bright future," Embiid said. "But I think our ...Read more

Mike Shumann, KGO-TV sports anchor, was called home from by the station last week after being caught on video taking a jacket belonging to a Golden State Warriors official from the AT&T Center in San Antonio after a Warriors practice, The Athletic is reporting.

A KGO spokesperson told The Athletic: "We are taking these allegations very ...Read more

The Sixers have withstood some hard punches from the Miami Heat, but Tuesday will be different.

Going against a team that is in a win-or-go-home situation is one of the toughest battles in the NBA. And then there's Dwyane Wade, who could be playing in the final game of his 15-year career.

Wade was asked Saturday if he thought at all about the ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a devastating loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, J.R. Smith noted how the Cavaliers always rise up to adversity, even though the reason is inexplicable.

Smith was proved right, although there were some tense moments as the Cavs built a 16-point second-quarter lead only to see the Pacers go ahead in the fourth ...Read more

Houston soundly swept the Timberwolves 4-0 in their regular-season series due to simple mathematics and this reliable fact: 3 > 2.

In their best-of-seven playoff series that the Rockets still lead 2-1, the Wolves have noticeably narrowed a 3-point shot disparity in which they were lapped during the regular season. In Saturday's rollicking 121-...Read more

SAN ANTONIO -- The intensity started with the Spurs playing suffocating defense and aggressively hunting 3-point attempts. The sloppiness started with the Warriors committing turnovers and missing shots.

And so for nearly an entire first half, the Warriors played with the same kind of complacency that plagued them periodically through the 2017-...Read more

SAN ANTONIO -- The Warriors were correct in saying that Stephen Curry would not play in the first round of the playoffs. But will he play in the second round of the NBA playoffs?

"Steph is not going to play anytime soon," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "But he's come along well and has looked good in practice."

The Warriors will have a better...Read more

Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau offered a very matter of fact answer when asked if he had seen anything different out of point guard Derrick Rose in Saturday's 121-105 victory over the Rockets.

"Nope." Thibodeau said.

Next question.

Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni also didn't feel much like elaborating on Rose's turn-back-the-clock performance ...Read more

Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau offered a very matter of fact answer when asked if he had seen anything different out of point guard Derrick Rose in Saturday's 121-105 victory over the Rockets.

"Nope." Thibodeau said.

Next question.

Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni also didn't feel much like elaborating on Rose's turn-back-the-clock performance ...Read more