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Nikola Jokic beat out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for top spot.

With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves out, the Lakers’ 2026 playoff run now depends entirely on LeBron James.

General manager Jeff Pagliocca isn’t leaving the Chicago Sky’s future success up to lottery luck. The Sky don’t own their first-round pick in the next two drafts thanks to separate deals with the Washington Mystics. Pagliocca included a pick swap in 2027 as part of last year’s trade for Ariel Atkins, a deal that also included sending the No. 3 pick in 2025 to the Mystics — and ultimately ...

Here’s what’s on my mind heading into tonight’s game.

The CelticsBlog crew shares their bold, strange, and possibly regrettable takes for Boston’s upcoming playoff run.

The Sixers' first-round playoff series vs. the Celtics is full of storylines.

If he carries the injury-riddled Lakers past the heavily favored Rockets, the team's last standing star will again stamp his label as the G.O.A.T.

Harden has a chance to change his legacy this postseason, but isn’t bothered by how you view his place in the game.

Will an Oklahoma City repeat end an NBA-record run of seven different champions in seven years? Our writers make their picks ahead of Saturday’s postseason tip-off

The Lakers spent six months building and working toward the opportunity to make some noise in the playoffs. Luka Doncic made a move toward the Thunder's basket, but stopped suddenly and hopped gingerly off the floor with a strained hamstring. Austin Reaves had already been looking uncomfortable, periodically grabbing at the oblique muscles in his side, and he also left the court for good a few minutes later.

Erik Spoelstra wants Nikola Jovic to duplicate what Jaime Jaquez Jr. did last offseason.

According to Ibrahim Kutluay, a potential playoff series against Hapoel Tel Aviv could be costly for Fenerbahce L'articolo Fenerbahce-Hapoel could mean a €2 million playoff hit proviene da Sportando.

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After securing the top seed with a strong regular-season finish, the American big man is already focused on the EuroLeague playoffs L'articolo Donta Hall fires up Olympiacos: “Throw it upstairs, I’m going up there to dunk it” proviene da Sportando.

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Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast to discuss everything Pistons. Submit your question to the comments section here or on X/Twitter to @TheRealWesD3 and/or @blakesilverman. Join us live on Saturday afternoon for the show where we’ll preview the Pistons’ postseason. We’ll know who the Pistons play in the first round […]

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According to the Associated Press, the former player and assistant coach is expected to become the first defendant to plead guilty in the federal case opened last fall L'articolo Damon Jones expected to plead guilty: former NBA player set to admit guilt in gambling case proviene da Sportando.

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Every WNBA team has selected its group of players in the 2026 draft and are ready for the season's May 8 tip-off. But how do they measure up?

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