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Cooper Flagg scored 27 points, Naji Marshall added 25 and the Dallas Mavericks bounced back from a 33-point loss to Cleveland two days ago to defeat the Cavaliers 130-120 on Sunday afternoon. The Mavericks, who were routed 138-105 on Friday night, pulled away in the second half to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Cavaliers. P.J. Washington had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas, which won for just the second time in 11 games.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 134-123 on Sunday. Antetokounmpo also had eight assists while Bobby Portis scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds. Ryan Rollins shot 8 for 12, including 3 for 5 from beyond the 3-point line, to finish with 20 points, seven assists and three steals. Aaron Nesmith led the Pacers with 32 points. Indiana also got 16 points and two blocks from Jay Huff. The Bucks tra...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch had words for the officials after a 116-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday. After Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards was cleared to play in the matinee on the road, Minnesota fell short in the final frame, where the Thunder outscored its opponent 36-27. Amidst […] The post Timberwolves’ Chris Finch calls out refs after brutal loss to Thunder appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Oscar Cluff scored 21 points as Purdue, which lost four of its last six regular-season games, topped No. 3 Michigan to win its first Big Ten tournament since 2023.

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Former NBA big man Glen Davis, who was sentenced in 2024 to 40 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the league’s health and welfare benefit plan, was released on Thursday after serving 17 months, per Matt Moret of The Athletic. Davis was one of 18 former NBA players originally charged […]

The NBA ruled that Spencer Jones had a clean strip of Austin Reaves with 9.2 seconds remaining in regulation of Saturday's Nuggets-Lakers game and that Reaves should not have gone to the free throw line.

UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are projected No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament when the bracket is announced Sunday night. The Huskies head into March Madness undefeated and need six more wins to complete the seventh undefeated season in school history. If they win, UConn will be the first repeat champion since the team won four in a row from 2013-16.

The 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday, where a handful of bubble teams will anxiously await their names being called – or not.

Max Strus scored 16 points in the first half against the Mavs. According to Elias, he is the first player since 1997-98 to score at least 15 points in the first half of a season debut after not playing in at least the first 60 games of the season.

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made history recently, breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s streak of consecutive games scoring at least 20 points. The next game after breaking the record, the incredible streak found itself ins serious danger. The reigning NBA MVP was well below the 20-point mark deep into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s clash with […] The post Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander barely pushes 20-point streak to 128 games appeared first on ClutchPoints .

There’s no timeline for when Detroit's key reserve will rejoin the team.

An injury may have ended Keyonte George’s chances at a major award. The Jazz guard is not expected to have his hamstring strain reevaluated for another week and a half, which makes it extremely unlikely he will reach the NBA’s 65-game requirement for Most Improved Player consideration. George has appeared in 54 games, though one […] The post Jazz’s Keyonte George Likely Out Of Most Improved Race Due To Injury appeared first on Hoops Wire .

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The Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, and Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed on the team’s injury report as questionable. Antetokounmpo is dealing with an ankle sprain, and was sidelined for the team’s recent game against the Atlanta Hawks. Here’s everything we know about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s injury and his playing status for […] The post Giannis Antetokounmpo on lengthy injury report vs. Pacers appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The lights of State Farm Arena will be at full strength tomorrow night as Jalen Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks host Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic in a high-stakes Southeast Division battle with major Eastern Conference Play-In implications. The Atlanta Hawks (34-31) enter this contest as one of the East's most resilient squads, having won eight of their last nine home games. The Hawks are led by the triple-double threat Jalen Johnson , who is putting up a career-best 22.8 points, 10.5 r...

Wes Enis scored 19 points on Sunday to help top-seeded South Florida beat No. 2 seed Wichita State 70-55 to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament and clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.

The Sacramento Kings are signing guard Killian Hayes to a two-year contract. Hayes recently completed a pair of 10 Day deals with Sacramento. In 10 games with the Kings, Hayes has averaged 3.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 15.3 minutes per game. The 6-foot-4 point guard was praised by Sacramento head coach Doug Christie for his defense and preparedness. Hayes was formerly the seventh overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2020 NBA Draft. After four seasons with the Pistons, Haye...

Pistons wing Ausar Thompson, who has missed the team’s past five games due to a right ankle sprain, has been upgraded to available for Sunday’s matchup with the Raptors in Toronto, tweets Hunter Patterson of The Athletic. Thompson has started 56 of the 57 games he has played this season for the 48-18 Pistons and […]

All the metrics, analytics and number crunching in the world cannot erase the most important statistic attached to the team that has captured college basketball's imagination and its curiosity leading into March Madness. Miami of Ohio's record is 31-1. The Redhawks were the first college basketball team in five years to enter their conference tournament with an undefeated record.

The intensity of a Central Division rivalry returns to Fiserv Forum this afternoon as the Milwaukee Bucks look to complete a season sweep against a battered Indiana Pacers squad in a rematch of their 2025 first-round playoff battle. The Milwaukee Bucks (27-39) enter today's contest looking to snap a recent slide and finalize their dominance over Indiana this season, having won all three previous meetings. The Bucks have leaned heavily on Ryan Rollins , who leads the active roster with 16.7 po...

All you need to know for March Madness women's tournament, which runs from selections on Sunday, March 15 through the championship on Sunday, April 5.

The WNBA and its players union enter a sixth day of marathon meetings. With no deal yet, revenue share and housing remaining top priority.

Duke was selected as the No. 1 seed of the East Region in the 2026 men's NCAA tournament bracket. Watch the full East Region reveal here from the 2026 March Madness selection show.

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Here is the schedule for March Madness 2026, which begins with Selection Sunday on March 15 and continues through the Final Four and the national championship game on April 4 and 6 in Indianapolis.

Kawhi Leonard suffered an apparent ankle injury during the Los Angeles Clippers’ clash with the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Leonard is going through the 15th season of his NBA career, his seventh with the Clippers. He continues to shine as one of the top veteran stars in the league, wowing crowds with his elite […] The post Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard exits Kings showdown with ankle injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Currently operating under a temporary administrative phase and state financial support, the EuroLeague future of AS Monaco remains contingent on securing a wildcard or long-term license through a potential change in ownership The post Monaco’s EuroLeague future hangs in balance, Gladyr retains interim tag appeared first on Eurohoops .