Basketball

LeBron stars in Amazon ad, credits family for historic 23rd season return while nursing knee injury

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James may be daydreaming about Prime Day deals in his new Amazon commercial, but there’s no fantasy when it comes to his real-life focus: getting his knee healthy in time for training camp.

Jun 16, 2025 11:05 PM Read more >

Pacers' Haliburton plays through lower leg injury in Game 5 loss to Thunder in NBA Finals

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton grabbed at his lower right leg after an awkward fall in the first quarter, briefly leaving Game 5 of the NBA Finals for treatment. He kept playing. He clearly wasn't right.

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Game 5: Williams scores 40 points and Thunder win 120-109 for a 3-2 NBA Finals lead over Pacers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana comes roaring back in the fourth quarter. Indiana won that one.

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Williams scores 40, Thunder grab 3-2 lead in Finals with 120-109 win over Pacers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams scored a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont.

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Rick Carlisle is a WNBA fan, and in the NBA he's far from alone in that club

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's official: Rick Carlisle isn't just an Indiana Fever fan. He's a fan of the WNBA game in general.

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Reese's triple double and Van Lith's career-high 16 points push Sky past Sun 78-66

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Angel Reese had her first triple double, Hailey Van Lith led a dominant performance by the Chicago bench with a career-high 16 points and the Sky pulled away from the Connecticut Sun for a 78-66 win on Sunday.

Jun 15, 2025 7:09 PM Read more >

Magic land Desmond Bane in a trade with the Grizzlies for Anthony, Caldwell-Pope and draft picks

The Orlando Magic wanted to find scoring and shooting this summer. Desmond Bane was their answer, and the first big move of the NBA summer — before the NBA summer even officially begins — has arrived.

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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offers defense of Scott Foster after referee receives criticism in Game 4

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster on Sunday, evidently aware of the mountains of online criticism that came after Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

Jun 15, 2025 2:14 PM Read more >

Pacers and Thunder are set for a pivotal Game 5 in an NBA Finals that has been back and forth

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The ratings are down for these NBA Finals , as was expected. Oklahoma City vs.

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Jalen Williams' resilience helps Thunder gain solid position heading into Game 5 vs. Pacers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams keeps bouncing back. The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star has suffered through poor shooting stretches in each of the past three playoff series. And each time, he’s recovered to help the Thunder win critical games.

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