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Can the No. 3 Illini men meet sky-high expectations? What to know about Illinois basketball this season.
CHICAGO — When David Mirković thought back to the Illinois men’s basketball team’s postseason run in the spring, his favorite experience off the court was deboarding the plane at Willard Airport after the Elite Eight win over Iowa.
The Illini had just made their first Final Four in 21 years, and people came out en masse to celebrate the ...Read more
Michael Rand: Anthony Edwards' injury will test whether Wolves have a true Big Three
MINNEAPOLIS — The news that Anthony Edwards will miss up to two months because of a procedure on his troublesome right knee is a lot of things, but first and foremost it’s a bummer.
Let’s get that out of the way before we get into any second-guessing or possible silver linings.
It’s a joy to watch Ant play basketball, it was an ...Read more
Jayson Tatum hits buzzer-beater to give Celtics wild OT win over Nets
BOSTON — Jayson Tatum hit an overtime buzzer-beater to cap a wild, roller-coaster 125-124 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at TD Garden.
Tatum scored 40 points — including a career-high 18 free throws on 22 attempts — to rescue Boston after it coughed up a four-point lead in the final four seconds of regulation.
After trailing ...Read more
Knicks snap pair of losing streaks with 111-97 win vs. Pistons
NEW YORK — Ahead of tipoff against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, Knicks head coach Mike Brown reflected on his time as an assistant coach on the Golden State Warriors’ championship staff in 2018. It was the season after the Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant-led Warriors won it all in 2017. The Dubs lost on their ring night and dropped two of ...Read more
Sean Keeler: Nuggets fans say Nikola Jokic complaining about booing is 'diva behavior'
DENVER — She’s trying her darnedest not to put boo and boo together. But every time Nikola Jokic opens his mouth lately, Nicole Werner wonders if he wants the heck out of Denver.
“I get that he’s not, like, the lovable goofball anymore,” Werner, a longtime Nuggets fan from Littleton, told me Tuesday. “He’s become just kind of like...Read more
Ex-UNC coach Hubert Davis joins TNT as college basketball contributor
Hubert Davis is back in basketball.
The former North Carolina men’s basketball coach has joined TNT Sports as a regular college basketball contributor, Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a release Tuesday afternoon.
This will be Davis’ second television stint in his career. He previously worked as a college basketball analyst for ESPN for...Read more
Hornets surprise former star Muggsy Bogues with plan to retire his jersey
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Muggsy Bogues thought he was going to videotape an interview for an upcoming kids’ basketball event.
The Charlotte Hornets, though, had something different in mind.
On Saturday morning, the Hornets invited Bogues to Spectrum Center and surprised him with the news that he will become just the third player in franchise ...Read more
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will undergo knee surgery, miss up to two months
MINNEAPOLIS — Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and could miss up to two months.
The news, which was first reported by ESPN, comes just four games into the 2026-27 NBA season, with the Wolves off to a 3-1 start after winning their first three games.
Edwards scored a game-high 47 points in ...Read more
Former NBA player Malik Beasley to plead guilty in federal gambling case: Report
DETROIT — Former Detroit Piston Malik Beasley has reportedly agreed to plead guilty in a federal betting and bribery case.
Beasley, 29, will enter the plea Dec. 9 in a federal court in Brooklyn, according to online court records.
U.S. Attorneys alleged Beasley deliberately manipulated his statistics in at least four games to benefit gamblers...Read more
Why morning tipoff could keep some Valkyries fans from watching Game 6 of WNBA Finals
SAN FRANCISCO — In the middle of an early timeout break during the Golden State Valkyries’ win Monday over the Atlanta Dream, the video board at Chase Center panned to a fan-made sign that evoked no shortage of cheers.
"Move the Hawks game. Women = Prime Time."
The sign alluded to the WNBA moving Game 6 of the Finals between the Valkyries...Read more
Steph Curry literally cannot miss against Nuggets as Warriors finally win
DENVER – Steph Curry might be 38 years old with 36,355 regular season minutes loaded onto a creaky right knee. The future hall of famer may no longer move with the effortless burst he did during his MVP days. The roster around him is no longer awe-inspiring.
But with the Warriors sputtering to start the year, he still had the sort of ...Read more
Valkyries shut down Dream's offense, now one win from WNBA title
SAN FRANCISCO — Ballhalla has always been a fortress for the Golden State Valkyries to defend. But never quite like they defended on Monday at Chase Center.
In a pivotal Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, the Valkyries shut down the Atlanta Dream's offense in a 64-55 win. It was the Dream’s lowest scoring total by nine points this season – their ...Read more
Heat fall to 0-4 with 113-109 loss to Mavericks, despite an Antetokounmpo triple-double
MIAMI — This is what victory in the Giannis Antetokounmpo era should look like:
— A triple-double by the Miami Heat’s leading man.
— Defense played with great purpose.
— Enough 3-pointers to counter the opposition’s count.
And, still, not enough, with another loss that adds further doubt about the Heat’s Antetokounmpo-Bam ...Read more
Celtics broadcaster walks back report that Jaylen Brown 'demanded to be traded'
BOSTON — Brian Scalabrine, the former Boston Celtics player-turned-color analyst for NBC Sports Boston, shared an explosive new report Monday about Jaylen Brown’s exit from Boston.
Scalabrine said multiple times during his SiriusXM NBA Radio show that Brown “demanded to be traded” by the Celtics, who dealt him to the Philadelphia 76ers ...Read more
Payton Pritchard's monster third quarter powers Celtics to rout of Bulls
BOSTON — The Chicago Bulls scored 21 points in the third quarter of Monday night’s game at TD Garden.
Payton Pritchard nearly matched that output by himself.
The Boston Celtics sixth man scored 19 of his season-high 28 points during a sensational third period against Chicago, launching five 3-pointers and burying all of them to power ...Read more
Anthony Edwards' heroics not enough as Timberwolves fall to Cavaliers in OT
The Minnesota Timberwolves were finally tested four games into the 2026-27 NBA season.
After opening with three straight blowout wins, they tussled with the Cleveland Cavaliers down the stretch Monday at Rocket Arena.
They came up just short. The Wolves, playing for the second straight day after defeating the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, fell ...Read more
The Sixers' halfcourt offense has been beyond a work in progress. They are confident it can improve.
PHILADELPHIA — In his 24 seasons, LeBron James said he’s observed that there’s one facet of the game that typically takes a long time to calibrate when acclimating to new teammates or a new team — the offensive side of the ball. Not just the offense as a whole, but specifically the halfcourt, where teammates have to adapt to the ...Read more
David Murphy: New team, more stars, same story: Sixers still can't solve life without Joel Embiid
PHILADELPHIA — Give Joel Embiid credit for lobbying to be out there.
Give his bosses even more credit for not listening.
The Philadelphia 76ers need Embiid healthy for the long haul. Desperately so. That much was obvious in their first game without him, a 106-93 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. It was a scheduled breather for ...Read more
Adam Hill: College basketball games should be decided on the court, not in the courts
LAS VEGAS — UNLV basketball coach Josh Pastner sat in his arena and watched second-round draft pick Trey Kaufman-Renn play for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA Summer League in July.
Now he’s going to have to try to design a defense to stop him in a college basketball game next month.
Pastner’s task will be made more difficult, at ...Read more
Timberwolves remain undefeated after 117-94 win over Raptors
MINNEAPOLIS — This might have been a different story if the Raptors had been able to roll out Kawhi Leonard, but the Minnesota Timberwolves weren’t going to let up just because Toronto was missing its star player.
The Timberwolves are still undefeated in this young season after beating the Raptors, 117-94.
If you’re an NBA team that’s ...Read more
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