NEW YORK — Nets star Kevin Durant will not play in the NBA All-Star Game due to an injured hamstring, but he will play captain and general manager for his All-Star squad Team Durant, the New York Daily News confirmed Saturday.

Durant, who was named Eastern Conference All-Star captain for the the March 7 game by raking in more combined fan, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — “Preparation, Process, Parade” is a mantra Doc Rivers has the 76ers focusing on this season.

“That’s the only things on our minds,” Dwight Howard said recently, “preparing every day, going through the process. Hopefully the end of the year, we’ll have a parade.”

But the Sixers know winning the title and having ...Read more

For a half, the Minnesota Timberwolves kept pace with the Washington Wizards, one of the NBA's faster teams. For a half — or most of a half — they controlled Wizards guard Bradley Beal, the NBA's scoring leader. For a half the Timberwolves used hustle and defense to make up for the loss of Malik Beasley, who began serving his 12-game ...Read more

Matthew Hurt’s huge scoring night got Duke to overtime but Louisville’s balance, behind Carlik Jones, gave the Cardinals the win.

On a night Hurt scored 37 points, Jones countered with 25, including a free throw to force overtime and seven points in the extra period, as the Cardinals outlasted the Blue Devils, 80-73, in ACC basketball at ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic were hoping to be the first team to beat the Utah Jazz this season when trailing after three quarters.

The Jazz would have none of it.

The Magic took a small bite out of a double-digit lead early in the fourth quarter but couldn’t gain any traction after that and took a 124-109 loss Saturday against the ...Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Baylor’s No. 2-ranked men’s basketball team will not go undefeated this season.

David McCormack scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting and senior point guard Marcus Garrett added 14 points and seven rebounds to pace the No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks to a 71-58 victory over the previously unbeaten Bears (18-1, 10-1) on Saturday ...Read more

We’ve reached the point in the season where even the improbable seems routine, and if anyone saw North Carolina not only coming back from 16 down to beat Florida State but with Walker Kessler as the fulcrum of the turnaround, they’re probably the one taking bets, not making them.

Oh, and North Carolina didn’t miss a free throw in the ...Read more

North Carolina pulled off the kind of comeback that could change the course of its season. The Tar Heels rallied from a 16-point deficit against No. 11 Florida State for a 78-70 victory before a spirited crowd in the Dean E. Smith Center.

It was the 900th career win for coach Roy Williams.

It was UNC's first win over a ranked team in four ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — When the Mountain West agreed to a new television contract with CBS and Fox Sports, it allowed them to schedule games six days a week on one condition: Teams wouldn’t have to play twice within 48 hours except in the conference tournament.

That went out the window with the global pandemic, and the result Saturday was an ugly game...Read more

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving is out for the Nets’ matchup against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. The team announced Irving was out due to right shoulder injury recovery, though Nets coach Steve Nash said he doesn’t think the injury is serious. It is the same shoulder Irving had surgery on last season, though the All-Star guard has not re-...Read more

As we brace for an eight-way tie for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference (or something like that), the importance of the NBA’s release of the second half of the 2020-21 schedule looms even more important for teams such as the Miami Heat.

Going into the weekend, eight teams stood within three games of fourth place in the East, the final ...Read more

Here’s the main thing you need to know about Kansas State’s 65-43 loss against West Virginia on Saturday at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va.: Nijel Pack was unable to play because of an eye infection.

The Wildcats have performed miserably without their starting point guard this season, and that was once again the case in this game.

K-...Read more

Illinois wasn’t perfect but got the job done in its second game without star guard Ayo Dosunmu.

Dosunmu, who suffered a facial injury Tuesday at Michigan State, sat on the sideline and watched the No. 5 Illini hang on to beat No. 23 Wisconsin, 74-69, on Saturday in Madison.

Illinois (18-6, 14-4) struggled with 20 turnovers, which the Badgers...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James, responding to criticism from soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, vowed to continue to use his platform to speak on off-court issues he's passionate about.

"I would never shut up about things that are wrong," James said Friday after the Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 102-93 victory over Portland.

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