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Top questions for the Chicago Sky ahead of the 2026 WNBA season, including how new additions like Skylar Diggins and Azura Stevens fit in the lineup.

The Lakers have a 2-0 series lead going into Game 3.

The Minnesota Timberwolves were one of the NBA's most frustrating teams during the regular season — stacked with plenty of talent but not quite able to live up to their potential. The Timberwolves have a 2-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the first-round series. Game 4 will be played in Minnesota on Saturday.

Mystics open the preseason against the Lynx in DC on Saturday night.

Durant also missed the opener of the series because of a bruised right knee. Coach Ime Udoka said Durant was injured with about seven minutes left in Game 2 when he was chasing down Luke Kennard, but he did not leave the game.

After the Miami Heat’s loss in the play-in tournament to the Charlotte Hornets, the team is entering a critical offseason regarding who the team will retain, walk, or even move in a trade for a star like Giannis Antetokounmpo. As rumors will surround the Heat and Antetokounmpo, there are other players on the team whose […] The post Andrew Wiggins speaks bluntly on upcoming crucial Heat decision appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Atlanta Hawks guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker has been named the recipient of the George Mikan Trophy as the 2025-26 Kia NBA Most Improved Player, the league announced on Friday night. This marks the first time since the award’s inception during the 1985-86 season that a team has gone back-to-back years with one of its players claiming […] The post Hawks make NBA history with Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s Most Improved Player Award appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Here's a look at USA TODAY Sports' top 10 uncommitted players in the college basketball transfer portal, with the latest intel on each player.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker was named this season's Most Improved Player on Friday, marking the second straight Atlanta Hawks player to win the NBA award.

A former Suns security employee's lawsuit, which cited allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, was voluntarily dismissed on Thursday with prejudice, and the team said there was no settlement.

There’s too much at stake to lend more rope to a player who has looked utterly lost and overwhelmed for much of the series, especially in the Game 3 debacle.

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After a three-year wait for home playoff basketball, the Suns host Game 3 against an OKC machine.

This is what the Lakers and Deandre Ayton have been building toward all season.

Barcelona is out of the EuroLeague after the loss in Monaco L'articolo Barcelona, Xavi Pascual after elimination: “We had to reinvent ourselves many times” proviene da Sportando.

Despite an increased workload, Joel Embiid will miss Game 3 of the 76ers first-round series against the Celtics as he continues to recover from an appendectomy.

Lakers expected to be among several teams in the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade sweepstakes this summer.

There’s still a positive chance that the German joins the Zags’ 2026 recruiting class in the fall.

The Boston Celtics arrived in the City of Brotherly Love tied with the Philadelphia 76ers in their opening-round playoff series, so the potential return of Joel Embiid would theoretically makes this a tense situation for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. The C’s are not glued to the injury report, however. Apparently, it […] The post Celtics not concerned with 76ers’ Joel Embiid possibly returning from injury appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Phoenix Suns are down 2-0 in their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and you can tell that Game 2 had them livid. If anything, it was more about the officiating, as there were several questionable calls that were in the Thunder’s favor. After the game, Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks called out the […] The post Suns’ Royce O’Neale calls for refs to be fair before Thunder Game 3 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

We could be in for even more change around the WNBA next offseason.

Players have reached the deadline to declare for the 2026 NBA Draft. Who is putting their name in consideration, and who hasn't decided yet?

Mitchell Robinson’s usage has been perplexing – especially to those close to him.

With the Knicks down 2-1 to the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, head coach Mike Brown said on Friday that the starting lineup for Game 4 will be a "game-time decision."

After big losses last night, pundits focused on how much New York and Denver lost in big trades. How did Nets do?

Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley aggravated his strained right hamstring while working his way back from the injury and will not be available during Toronto's first-round playoff series against Cleveland, the team said Friday.

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Monaco clinched a place in the EuroLeague quarterfinals by beating Barcelona 79-70 in the Play-In Final L'articolo Manuchar Markoishvili: If this is a last dance, let it be the best one proviene da Sportando.

It may be safe to say that through three games, the Atlanta Hawks may have the New York Knicks on the ropes, as they extended their series lead to 2-1. Game 3 was another nail-biter at the end, but the Hawks were able to prevail and win 109-108. Several players have been key to the […] The post Hawks’ Jonathan Kuminga credits Draymond Green for winning play vs. Knicks appeared first on ClutchPoints.