Five-time All-NBA guard Luka Doncic is expected to make his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday against the visiting Utah Jazz. The Lakers hosts the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, but coach JJ Redick said he wasn’t counting on playing Doncic, who is making his way back from a calf injury. “Probably more likely … Read more
Jalen Williams scored 27 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 121-109 home win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday. While the Thunder’s All-Star duo of Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25 points) led the way as they have for much of the season, the latest win was about the return of second-year big … Read more
GOLF Aditi keeps going at Founders Cup India’s Aditi Ashok ensured weekend play as she squeezed inside the cut line alongside a long list of stars at the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. Aditi added 1-under 70 to her first-round 72 and was now even par and tied-50th alongside the likes of Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee … Read more
Tim Hardaway Jr. had a season-high 32 points and the host Detroit Pistons clinched their first winning season in nine years by defeating the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers 133-122 on Friday night. The last time Detroit (42-32) posted a winning season was 2015-16 when it finished 44-38. The Pistons also snapped a 12-game losing streak … Read more
LeBron James missed the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ game against Indiana on Saturday to rest his sore left ankle. The Lakers announced the decision about four hours before they hosted the Pacers. The 40-year-old James has been outstanding in recent weeks for the Lakers (30-19), who have won four straight and 10 of 12 despite … Read more
Anthony Davis left in the third quarter with a lower-body injury and didn’t return in his debut with the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday after the seismic trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Davis went down without contact and was grabbing his groin area in Dallas’ 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets. … Read more
The NBA will not bring back its All-Star Game mini-tournament next season. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the format used last month — a four-team tournament made up of 24 NBA All-Stars and another team of rookies and sophomores, all playing to a target score of 40 points — “was a miss.” The game … Read more
Josh Giddey buried a miracle shot from beyond halfcourt at the final buzzer as the Chicago Bulls overturned an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-117 on Thursday. The Bulls trailed 115-110 with 12.6 seconds remaining before delivering down the stretch with a wild sequence of plays. Patrick Williams and Coby White … Read more
In his Dallas debut, Anthony Davis scored 26 points with 16 rebounds before leaving in the third quarter with an abdominal injury to guide the host Mavericks to a 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday. It was Davis’ first game with the Mavericks since he was acquired in a league-shaking trade that sent … Read more
GOLF Aditi shoots second straight 69, finishes T-34th at Founders Cup Indian golfer Aditi Ashok carded a second consecutive 69, featuring four birdies, to finish Tied-34th at the Founders Cup, marking her first event on the LPGA Tour this season. The 26-year-old, who had rounds of 72-70-69-69 for a 4-under total, closed on a fine … Read more