NBA issues new guidelines, instructs refs to crack down on push-offs
The NBA has issued new guidance to its referees on four types of "high-volume and highly impactful" calls, including push-offs.
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The NBA has issued new guidance to its referees on four types of "high-volume and highly impactful" calls, including push-offs.
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Aces center A'ja Wilson had to be restrained by teammates after she confronted a fan whom she said stepped toward her and pointed at her late in Tuesday's Game 2 loss at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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Austin Reaves was asked what he has learned from playing alongside Walker Kessler at Lakers practice on Wednesday. He began waxing poetic about Kessler’s care factor — before abruptly cutting himself off. Reaves lost his train of thought. Something stunning caught his eye. He came to a full stop. He had to acknowledge it. Los...
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Caitlin Clark became the first player in league history to produce a points-assists double-double in the first half of a playoff game and finished with 27 points and 15 assists in a 99-89 win over the Aces to keep the Fever alive.
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Game 1 between the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces averaged a 1.2 rating with 2.11 million viewers on ABC. It was ABC's largest audience for a WNBA playoff game, and the third largest audience since 2000. Game 1 of Liberty-Lynx averaged 1.2 million viewers on ABC earlier in the day. WNBA games averaged 731,000 viewers across all networks this season, up 11% from last year.
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Long before the New York Knicks won the 2026 NBA Championship with Karl-Anthony Towns as their starting center, another legendary center had come real close. The Knicks went all the way to the NBA Finals back in 1994 with Patrick Ewing as their star man, eventually losing to Hakeem Olajuwon’s Houston Rockets 4-3. For that […] The post What Knicks’ Patrick Ewing texted Karl-Anthony Towns after emotional NBA championship moment appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Apparently Luka Doncic and Walker Kessler didn’t need much of an introductory period. Just throw it up there. Kessler caught multiple lob passes from Doncic during the Lakers’ first training camp practice, providing an early glimpse at a combination Los Angeles hopes will become considerably more familiar this season, according to Lakers Nation. It doesn’t […] The post Luka Doncic, Walker Kessler apparently figured each other out pretty quickly appeared first on Hoops Wire.
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Caitlin Clark and Tyrese Haliburton have given Indiana basketball fans plenty to celebrate in recent years. Now, the two stars have something else in common, this time on the playoff stage.
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Cunningham got plenty of talk about her pregame outfit on Tuesday.