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As regular season ends, NBA's play-in games take shape

The NBA’s new play-in tournament begins Tuesday night, and it took until the 146th and final day of this compressed season ...

Curry is scoring champ, Warriors beat Grizzlies for 8 seed

Stephen Curry became the oldest scoring champion since Michael Jordan at age 35 in 1998, finishing with 46 points as the ...

Play-in or playoffs? Lakers won't know until the final day

LeBron James may be one game away from the playoffs. Or he may be one game away from the play-in tournament, and a possible ...

Nets finally get Big 3 back together, beat Bulls 105-91

Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden were on the floor together for the first time in three months. Barely two minutes ...

'It's an honor': The Hall of Fame's class of 2020 enshrined

Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan's hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena ...

James returns as he and Davis send Lakers by Pacers 122-115

Los Angles Lakers coach Frank Vogel liked what he saw of LeBron James' return “It is going to take time to get his timing ...

Suns rout short-handed Spurs 140-103, keep hope for top seed

Devin Booker had 27 points and the Phoenix Suns maintained their hope of earning the top spot in the NBA and Western ...

With 2 days left, there's much left to decide in the NBA

The play-in field isn’t quite set. And nobody knows who’ll play anybody yet. Welcome to the final weekend of the NBA’s ...

Bogdanovic scores 22 as Jazz top Thunder 109-93

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 22 points, and the Utah Jazz beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 109-93 on Friday night to inch closer to ...

Curry, Embiid help 76ers top Magic, clinch top seed in East

Joel Embiid and the 76ers are happy to have earned home-court advantage for the playoffs — but they are a long way from their ...

Wizards beat Cavaliers 120-105, clinch East play-in spot

Russell Westbrook got his first triple-double since passing Oscar Robertson and becoming the NBA’s career leader earlier in ...

Ionescu hits 3 with 0.4 left, Liberty beat Fever 90-87

Sabrina Ionescu had a dream that she would hit a winning shot in her New York City debut. That dream became reality when ...

WNBA returns, celebrating 25th anniversary season

The WNBA is back and celebrating its silver anniversary. It was a busy offseason for the longest running women's professional ...

Booker hits late free throws, Suns top Trail Blazers 118-117

Devin Booker wasn’t at his best Thursday night. Regardless, there was no question he was getting the ball with the game on ...

Burks scores 30, rallies Knicks past Spurs, 102-98

The New York Knicks want to start their postseason in Madison Square Garden. “We definitely want that fourth seed,” RJ ...

The Big 3: Hall of Fame night awaits Duncan, Garnett, Bryant

Kobe. Timmy. KG. The full names weren’t necessary. The first name, or even the initials, were enough. Such was the star power ...

Playoff bound: Hawks clinch 1st postseason berth since 2017

The Atlanta Hawks spent three miserable years totally rebuilding their team, all with the idea of finally making a big move ...

Kuzma's late basket gives Lakers 3rd straight win

Despite missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers are keeping alive their slim hopes of trying to avoid ...

Blazers win fifth straight, beat Jazz 105-98

Portland took another big step toward securing a top-six seed in the upcoming NBA Playoffs. Damian Lillard scored 30 points ...

Harden returns to score 18 points, Nets beat Spurs 128-116

Forget being a reserve. James Harden was sidelined so long he couldn't remember what it was like even to be a starter. It all ...

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