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The San Antonio Spurs star won the 2025-26 DPOY with every first-place vote and also became the youngest player ever to earn the award L'articolo Victor Wembanyama makes history as first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year proviene da Sportando.

The Lakers look to protect homecourt in Game 2 against the Rockets on Tuesday.

Jaden McDaniels took perhaps his most notable shot after Minnesota's 119-114 playoff win at Denver in Game 2 on Monday night. The Timberwolves forward pretty much labeled all the Nuggets' players bad defenders. Thrown in there were All-Stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.

Brown prefers to sit both Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns for the starts of the second and fourth quarters rather than stagger them and have one on the court.

Phoenix Suns (45-37, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Thunder -17.5; over/under is 214.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Thunder lead series 1-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Thunder won the last matchup 119-84 on Sunday, led by 25 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Devin Boo...

The Milwaukee Bucks are expected to retain Jon Horst as general manager, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Horst, Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam recently met with Taylor Jenkins to discuss the team's head coaching vacancy. Horst also said earlier in the month that the Bucks have not decided on Giannis Antetokounmpo's future with the team. The Bucks went 32-50 last season.

Ionescu said she didn’t really participate in the recruiting process to bring Sabally to New York. She wanted it to happen and thought it would be mutually beneficial.

The key elements from Atlanta's stunning Game 2 comeback victory.

JJ Redick speaks on the Rockets' desperation ahead of Game 2 of the Lakers' first-round series against them.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 19-point deficit to come up huge in the clutch against the Denver Nuggets and steal Game 2.

Orlando Magic (45-37, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (60-22, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT LINE: Pistons -9.5; over/under is 218.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Magic lead series 1-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic visit the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Magic won the last matchup 112-101 on Sunday, led by 23 points from Paolo Banchero. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 39. ...

Anthony Edwards scored 30 points, Julius Randle added 24 and the Timberwolves rallied past the Nuggets 119-114 on Monday night to tie their Western Conference playoff series at one game apiece.

Karl-Anthony Towns delivered his props to CJ McCollum following the latter’s explosive performance in the Atlanta Hawks’ upset win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 on Monday night. Going into the game, Atlanta trailed 1-0 in the first-round series after losing Game 1. They needed a win on the road to go back […] The post Karl-Anthony Towns gives props to Hawks’ CJ McCollum for taking down Knicks in Game 2 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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It was a timeout that had Knicks fans furious that they didn’t use in the closing seconds of the game.

The league finalized the draft-position tiebreakers: the Jazz hold the fourth-best lottery odds, while the Kings land fifth L'articolo NBA Draft 2026, Utah wins tiebreak with Sacramento and keeps protected pick proviene da Sportando.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2026 NBA playoffs with only one goal in mind: to get over the hump. So far, so good — they’ve taken the first two games of their first-round matchup against the Toronto Raptors, taking a 2-0 series lead after earning a 115-105 victory on Monday night. While the series is […] The post Cavs ‘stars’ Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Evan Mobley get Game 2 props from Kenny Atkinson appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Madison Square Garden has a way of turning stars into villains or legends, and on Monday night, CJ McCollum chose legend. The Atlanta Hawks veteran orchestrated a stunning fourth-quarter comeback to edge the New York Knicks 107-106, tying their Eastern Conference first-round series at 1-1 and silencing a rowdy New York crowd. McCollum dominated the […] The post Damian Lillard fires huge reaction to Hawk’s SG CJ McCollum’s wild MSG takeover appeared first on ClutchPoints.

After suffering two losses to start off their journey in the 2026 NBA playoffs, some frustration is understandable for the Toronto Raptors. Following their 115-105 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of their first-round matchup, the Raptors have plenty of soul-searching to do, especially with Brandon Ingram suffering one of the worst performances […] The post Raptors’ RJ Barrett stops short of getting fined with Game 2 take vs. Cavaliers appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The New York Knicks suffered a costly setback in Game 2 vs. the Atlanta Hawks, falling 107-106 after a late collapse that evened the series at 1-1 on Monday night. Karl-Anthony Towns’ quiet fourth quarter emerged as a defining storyline, raising questions about New York’s late-game execution. The loss stings given how firmly the Knicks […] The post Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns reveals why he went quiet in 4th quarter vs. Hawks appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Golden State Warriors were one of the teams that discussed an Ivica Zubac trade with the Los Angeles Clippers before he was eventually traded to the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers acquired Zubac from the Clippers for Bennedict Mathurin, a top-4 protected 2026 draft pick and a 2029 unprotected first rounder. Zubac is signed through the 2027-28 season with his three-year, $58.6 million extension signed in 2024. The Warriors also discussed a trade with the Clippers for Kawhi Leonard.

Evan Mobley looked elite tonight.

The Liberty announced they were bringing back Jonquel Jones on a muti-year deal last week, and this is what the star center had to say.

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Despite a huge start by the Nuggets, the Timberwolves are headed back to Minneapolis tied up 1-1.

What an effort!

While the loss in Game 2 against the Hawks could be attributed to several reasons, both Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns pointed to the Knicks' fourth-quarter collapse.