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Felisha Legette-Jack did not hold back after Syracuse's season ended in Storrs for the second time in three years

Watch the highlights from No. 1 South Carolina and No. 9 USC’s matchup in the second round of the 2026 NCAA women’s tournament.

Joyce Edwards had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Madina Okot added her 22nd double-double this season with 15 points and 15 rebounds and top-seeded South Carolina advanced to its 12th straight Sweet 16 with a 101-61 victory over No. 9 seed Southern California in the women's NCAA Tournament on Monday night. The Gamecocks (33-3) opened with a 13-0 run, were ahead 51-21 at halftime and cruised to their 18th straight NCAA win at home.

The Indiana Pacers appeared to be destined for their 17th consecutive loss of the season on Monday night, as they visited the Orlando Magic at Kia Center. The Magic may not be the fiercest contending team out there, but they have a winning record and they have been jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference […] The post Fans in party mode after Pacers ended brutal 16-game losing streak appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The first thought was, “This could get ugly.” It was Feb. 8, just after the trade deadline, and Jordan Clarkson was profanely responding to fans on social media who were criticizing his play. At the time, Clarkson had been in and out of the Knicks rotation, collecting healthy DNPs or opportunities with sparse minutes. Starting...

The Sixers, despite a slew of injuries, won more games than they lost during Paul George's suspension.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points and eight Atlanta players scored in double figures as the Hawks routed the Memphis Grizzlies 146-107 on Monday night. Atlanta outscored the Grizzlies in the first three quarters and had an insurmountable 41-point advantage at 116-75 after three periods.

Stephen Curry will be available for the play-in tournament if his ailing right knee allows as Golden State coach Steve Kerr dismissed the notion that the Warriors would sit their superstar without a guaranteed spot in the playoffs. Kerr said before Golden State's game at Dallas on Monday night that Curry's planned participation in practice a day earlier was put off by the medical staff. A six-game road trip ends against the Mavericks, and the Warriors will decide what's next for Curry after t...

There were four primary restricted free agents -- Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, Quentin Grimes and Cam Thomas -- in 2025 whose situations took several weeks or more to resolve. In part because the Nets and Bucks were the only teams with significant cap room, each of those players re-signed with his incumbent club (Chicago, Golden […]

Luka Dončić had a shot a keeping the Los Angeles’ Lakers 9-game win streak alive. But it wasn’t a very good one. And the Detroit Pistons held on for a 113-110 win

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 points, Jalen Williams added 18 in his return to the lineup and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their 12th game in a row Monday night with a 123-103 victory over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers. Jared McCain had 13 points for the Thunder in his first game in Philadelphia since last month's trade. VJ Edgecombe scored 35 points for the 76ers, who played without Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and Paul George.

Victor Wembanyama finished with 26 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past the sliding Miami Heat 136-111 on Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory. Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper each scored 21 off the bench for the Spurs, who are an NBA-best 22-2 since the start of February. Stephon Castle scored 19 for the Spurs.

The Cavaliers will look to push their modest winning streak to four games.

Daniss Jenkins scored a career-high 30 points, including six in the final 34 seconds, and the Detroit Pistons ended the Los Angeles Lakers’ nine-game winning streak with a 113-110 win on Monday. The Pistons overcame 32 points from Luka Doncic and 24 from Austin Reaves to win their fourth straight and seventh in eight games. Jalen Duren added 20 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bucks are on their way to missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse had a positive update to share about Paul George as the veteran star makes his way back from a suspension this season. George has been on the sidelines throughout the second half of the season due to a 25-game suspension. The NBA suspended the star forward as he failed […] The post Nick Nurse updates 76ers fans on Paul George’s ramp-up before suspension return appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Charles Barkley makes his feelings known on why the Lakers are not champiomship contenders despite a nine-game winning streak.

The shorthanded Sixers fell to the Thunder despite VJ Edgecombe's 35-point performance.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker continued his breakout stretch Monday as the Atlanta Hawks took a commanding 71-46 halftime lead vs. the Memphis Grizzlies. The 27-year-old guard spearheaded the offense for the Hawks with 22 first-half points, shooting 7-for-10 from the field before the break. The highlight captured his emphatic one-handed poster dunk and the stunned reaction that followed, […] The post Even Hawks guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker was shook by emphatic one-handed dunk appeared first on ...

LeBron James is quite literally the best scorer in the history of the NBA, as he is the league’s all-time leading scorer in the regular season and in the playoffs. But there is no such thing as certainty in the game of basketball. Even the Los Angeles Lakers star has off nights every now and […] The post Lakers star LeBron James’ scoreless 1st half vs. Pistons will have fans concerned appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Doc Rivers says first two Clippers jerseys that should be retired are former Braves MVP Bob McAdoo and DeAndre Jordan, then everyone else after

The Phoenix Suns find themselves stuck in the 7th seed.

Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. Vanderbilt (29-4) now is one off matching the 30-win seasons of the 1993 Final Four squad and the 2001-02 Commodores for most wins in program history. The Commodores will play No. 6 seed Notre Dame, a winner over Ohio State earlier Monday, in the Fort Worth 1 Region on Friday in their 15th regional sem...

Wizards forward Cam Whitmore has been diagnosed with upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder and will be out indefinitely.

The Bucks waived guard Cam Thomas in order to convert the contract of forward Pete Nance into a standard deal.

The Bucks have converted Pete Nance‘s two-way contract to a multiyear standard deal, the team announced (via Twitter). More to come…

Coming off a buzzer-beating win to stretch their winning streak to nine games, the Detroit Pistons will be looking to be a buzzkill that stops the hottest team in the NBA in its tracks. That buzzer-beater came via former Piston Luke Kennard, who was eminently gettable at the trade deadline and is shooting 68% on […]

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Former Mercury legend Diana Taurasi shared her thoughts and explained why she's proud of the historic WNBA CBA agreement.

Draymond Green claps back at Robert Horry for bringing up his name in his reaction to Luka Doncic's 16th tech of the season after altercation with Goga Bitadze.