Articles filed under Basketball
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In the 2021 playoffs, the NBA's class of 2018 is showing upJun 08, 2021 7:00 am - Phoenix's Deandre Ayton had Guy Fieri leaping out of his courtside seat with a thundering dunk. Atlanta's Trae Young had Spike Lee leaving early in disappointment. Dall...
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Rejuvenated Paul leads Suns over Nuggets 122-105 in Game 1Jun 08, 2021 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - In the opening minutes of Monday night's game, Chris Paul was bumped on his ailing right shoulder and grimaced for a second. His movements were a little t...
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Suns take 1-0 lead into game 2 against the NuggetsJun 08, 2021 7:00 am - Denver Nuggets (47-25, third in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Phoenix Suns (51-21, second in the Western Conference during the regular season) Ph...
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Morey, 76ers fined for team president's Stephen Curry tweetJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers and their president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, have each been fined $75,000 for a tweet Morey sent about Golden State ...
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Ex-NBA player works to end solitary confinement in prisonsJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life - the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison. The form...
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New York's Tom Thibodeau picked as NBA's coach of the yearJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Thibodeau got the New York Knicks back to the playoffs, guiding the team to its second-best record in 20 years. And in the eyes of the voters, that c...
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Well-rested Jazz face battle-tested Clippers in West semisJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - The Utah Jazz are well-rested. The Los Angeles Clippers are 'œwar ready,'ť as Paul George puts it. The Jazz, the NBA's No. 1 overall seed, host the fourth-seeded Clipper...
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Blazers hope to begin coach candidate interviews this weekJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers are compiling a list of possible candidates to replace coach Terry Stotts and general manager Neil Olshey said Monday th...
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Durant has 32, Nets up 2-0 after 125-86 blowout of BucksJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Durant left Giannis Antetokounmpo in his tracks and got to the rim for a reverse layup, with James Harden coming way off his baseline spot to chee...
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Young shines for confident Hawks under playoff pressureJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Trae Young has Atlanta floating through the postseason. Young's soft release on his high arcing shot over taller defenders creates easy buckets. Some...