DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 41 points and powered the Denver Nuggets past Minnesota and into sole possession of first place in the tight Western Conference playoff race with a 116-107 win over
Dallas clinched a playoff berth Tuesday night, which means its top-10 protected first-round pick will convey to the Knicks in the 2024 NBA Draft.
— Marcus Sasser scored 24 points in his hometown return, including 13 straight Detroit points during a stretch of the third quarter, and the Pistons beat the Dallas Mavericks — playing without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving — 107-89 on Friday night.
Boston Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis speaks after successful Game 1 against
Mookie Betts continued his opening-month rampage with a career-high-tying five hits, and a struggling bullpen closed the game with six scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in front of a sellout crowd of 52,718 at Chavez Ravine on Tuesday night. Betts doubled twice, singled three times, scored twice and had two RBIs, and is now batting .388 with a 1.190 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, six homers, five doubles, 18 RBIs and 22 runs in 20 games, but...
Coby White's 42 points (15-21 FG) is the second-most points scored in an NBA Play-in game and helped set up a matchup with Miami Friday night with a spot in the Playoffs on the line.
Joseph Paintsil and Diego Fagúndez scored two minutes apart late in the second half to spark the Galaxy to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in a match that featured three Japanese-born starters for the first time in league history. Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka as well as Galaxy defenders Miki Yamane and Maya Yoshida all started and accomplished a feat not seen in the league's 31 years. Neither team scored in the battle between the top two teams in the Western...
Kristaps Porzingis is on the injury report for Thursday's game.
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As last year’s Boston Celtics team walked off the TD Garden court after Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, they hung their heads. The Miami Heat’s trophy ceremony took place over the center-court leprechaun, and the city of Boston left disappointed. Memories of Caleb Martin’s monster shooting performance dance in the heads of Celtics fans to this day. But that wasn’t the only problem for Boston in the series. Miami’s zone defense felt impenetrable at times. The Celtics couldn’t find a way...
Jayson Tatum recorded his first career playoff triple-double to lead Boston past Miami, the team that spoiled the Celtics' NBA Finals dreams last year.
James hit a jumper, Anthony Davis dunked Austin Reaves' alley-oop lob, DeAngelo Russell hit a 3 and Davis grabbed a crucial offensive rebound, after which he hit two free throws to help the Lakers.