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Kings oust Warriors from play-in, advance to face Pelicans

A year after having their season ended by their Northern California neighbors, the Kings dealt the Warriors a bit of payback in emphatic fashion with a victory that might have signaled the end of a dynasty. Keegan Murray scored 32 points, De’Aaron Fox added 24 and the Kings stayed alive in the play-in tournament, eliminating […]

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Sources: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard to get final Team USA spot

LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will get the 12th and final roster spot on Team USA for the 2024 Olympics, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill met with most of the 12 invitees on the 2024 Olympic team over the past few days, and it wasn’t until Tuesday […]

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Donte DiVincenzo ineligible for MIP despite 81 games played

His shooting efficiency metrics reached career-best levels, as did his scoring, which jumped from 9.4 points per game a season ago to 15.5 points this season. He drained a franchise-record 283 triples — only Stephen Curry and Luka Doncic finished with more — nearly doubling the 150 3s he connected on during the 2022-23 campaign. […]

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NBA playoff experts’ picks: Predicting Lakers-Pelicans, Kings-Warriors and every play-in game

The NBA play-in tournament begins Tuesday, featuring two of the game’s biggest stars each fighting to secure a spot in the first round. Before LeBron James‘ Los Angeles Lakers take on the New Orleans Pelicans and Stephen Curry‘s Golden State Warriors face the Sacramento Kings, our NBA experts are making their picks for the play-in […]

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How Draymond Green and Trayce Jackson-Davis have revived the Warriors’ defense

With 1:30 left in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks on April 2 and the Warriors holding a 98-92 lead, Mavericks guard Luka Doncic feigned a dribble penetration from the top of the 3-point line before dishing the ball to guard Kyrie Irving. As Warriors forward Draymond Green roamed the paint, Irving sidestepped the […]

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Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Friday

The best places to look for those are probably in Detroit, Portland, Washington, Houston, Utah, San Antonio, Charlotte and Atlanta. If you paid attention on Thursday’s podcast, we were all about Chimezie Metu and, later on, Marcus Sasser and they both kind of went off. Metu had 15 points, eight boards, three assists and three […]

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Spurs’ win has Thunder, Wolves, Nuggets in 3-way tie atop West

With the Denver Nuggets’ 121-120 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, coupled with wins by the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves, there is now a three-way tie atop the Western Conference heading into the final day of the NBA regular season. On Wednesday, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves and took a one-game lead on […]

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NBA offseason 2024: Schedule, deadlines, contract details

With many teams already doing deep dives into preparation for the 2024 NBA draft and this summer’s free agency, here’s a look at the league’s upcoming calendar, along with important deadlines for teams and players to exercise contract options. More than 30 players are in line for qualifying offers that would make them restricted free […]

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