Game RecapsSaturday, Apr 4, 2026

The Detroit Pistons clinched homecourt advantage throughout the East playoffs for the first time since the 2006-07 season while missing franchise player Cade Cunningham.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma apologized to the South Carolina staff on Saturday after his emotional outburst at South Carolina coach Dawn Staley in the closing seconds of their semifinal game in the Women's Final Four.

UConn defeated Illinois in the Final Four on Saturday to advance to its third national championship game in the last four years.

Michigan's 18-point margin of victory over Arizona is tied for the largest in an NCAA men's tournament game between 1-seeds since 1979.

The Houston Rockets have clinched a spot in the 2026 NBA playoffs, and they’ve now won five consecutive games, including a 140-106 trouncing of the Utah Jazz on Friday night. With this recent hot streak, the Rockets are now fifth in the Western Conference standings, and as things stand, they are set to face the […] The post Ime Udoka vows to ‘play it out’ regardless of Rockets’ final seeding appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Here's what you need to know for Saturday's Final Four game between UConn and Illinios, including predictions and how to watch.

Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg suffered a left MCL sprain and left ankle sprain in Saturday's win over Arizona, but team trainer Chris Williams told ESPN he is "very confident" the forward will play in Monday's title game.

Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to have a 50-point game, as the rookie scored 51 in Friday's 138-127 home loss to the Magic.

Here's what you need to know about Saturday's Final Four between Michigan Wolverines and Arizona Wildcats, including predictions and how to watch.

The Miami Heat earned a 152-136 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday. It was the first contest between these teams since Bam Adebayo scored 83 points on March 10. Washington seemingly didn’t want that to happen again, so head coach Brian Keefe devised a plan for the matchup. Essentially, right at tip-off, the Wizards […] The post Heat’s Bam Adebayo draws Wizards triple-team to begin game after 83-point outing appeared first on ClutchPoints.

NEW YORK (AP) — CJ McCollum had 25 points and seven assists and the surging Atlanta Hawks routed the Brooklyn Nets 141-107 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory and 18th in 20 games. Fifth in the Eastern Conference at 45-33, the Hawks remained 1 1/2 games ahead of sixth-place Philadelphia and moved within 3 1/2 games of fourth-place Cleveland. Atlanta and Cleveland will play a home-and-set next week. McCollum was 8 of 12 from the field, hitting 4 of 7 3-pointers. Nickeil Alexander...

Would you believe the Knicks beat the Bulls at MSG? Easy peasy victory, as New York reached FIFTY wins for the third consecutive season. S/o Thomas Joseph Thibodeau. Mike Brown On a fast start against Chicago: “Tonight we started the right way, and when we do, we might jump on somebody. It’s about making our […]

The Final Four of the men's NCAA Tournament tips off Saturday with matchups between Illinois and Connecticut ahead of Arizona facing Michigan.

Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Spurs in Western Conference thriller.

Nikola Jokic outdueled Victor Wembanyama in a clash of MVP candidates Saturday as the Nuggets extended their win streak to eight games.

Here is the 2026 NCAA bracket for the March Madness men's basketball tournament. Get the bracket, schedule, scores, highlights and more here.

Looking back at the first half highs and the lows of the Wolves 2025-26 season.

The Boston Celtics did no wrong on Friday night as they thoroughly beat down the Milwaukee Bucks in a 32-point blowout.

The Dallas Mavericks may have lost their Friday night clash against the Orlando Magic, 138-127, but the rest of the team will go to sleep tonight with their hearts full. After all, the team’s main man, Cooper Flagg, just had the best night of his brief professional career thus far. Flagg, who is making a […] The post Cooper Flagg thanks Mavericks for having his back in 51-point game vs. Magic appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Luka Doncic for at least the final five regular-season games L'articolo Luka Doncic out through regular season with Grade 2 hamstring strain proviene da Sportando.

Last weekend's matchup between the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder for NBC's "Sunday Night Basketball" averaged 3.4 million viewers across Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. It was the largest NBA audience during March Madness since 2016. The Warriors-Nuggets nightcap averaged 3.0 million viewers. The NBA does not traditionally show games on broadcast television during the NCAA tournament, though the new "Sunday Night Basketball" package takes advantage of an unopposed window. Not countin...

Andy Katz Talks with Dan Hurley after UConn’s Final Four victory.

There’s nothing like facing a couple of also-rans to get a team back on track.

Again and again this NCAA Tournament, UConn freshman Braylon Mullins has proved that this stage isn’t too big for him to handle.

The Cavaliers will look to enter the last week of the regular season with a win.

Paul George scored 23 points, Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr. each had 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-103 on Friday night. Joel Embiid had 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in his return to the lineup to help the 76ers remain sixth in the Eastern Conference with five games to play. Julius Randle and Bones Hyland each had 21 points for the Timberwolves.

The All-American struggled through the toughest shooting performance of her career as Texas fell one win short of the national championship.

With last year's Final Four loss under its belt, UCLA is approaching Sunday's national title game against South Carolina with a much more focused and "businesslike" mindset.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault watched Isaiah Joe record his tenth 20+ point game of the regular season in a 139-96 rout against the Los Angeles Lakers. Joe scored 20 points, including six threes in 13 minutes. He added to the Thunder’s avalanche of scoring in the third quarter that […] The post Why Mark Daigneault highlighted Thunder guard’s elite shooting of late appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Joel Embiid missed the Philadelphia 76ers' 116-93 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday due to "right oblique; injury management; [and] illness." Embiid expressed his frustration over getting ruled out of Wednesday's game against the Wizards on Friday. Embiid has not played in both back-to-back games this season. Nick Nurse said he wasn't concerned with the situation ahead of Saturday's game. "We handle it by keeping things basketball-related," Nurse said. "He was at shootaround yesterday; ...