OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, the defending champion Thunder were making it appear that the rest of the NBA would be playing for second place. Oklahoma City won 24 of its first 25 games, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 23 points and knocked down a key 3-pointer with 3:45 left to help seal it, Jimmy Butler added 14 points, nine assists and nine rebounds, and the Golden State ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amen Thompson scored 26 points to lead six players in double figures and the Houston Rockets never trailed in beating Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers 117-96 on Thursday night...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For San Antonio, the NBA Cup final was an education. A painful education. The Spurs let an 11-point third quarter lead slip away and then some on Tuesday night, falling to the New Yor...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell pounded his hand on the padded scorer’s table, and the All-Star guard lowered his head to cover his face in disbelief. That, or embarrassment. The Cavaliers, consider...

With the win, San Antonio reached the NBA Cup championship. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Here’s how much the NBA Cup semifinals against Oklahoma City meant to San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama: He grabbed the ball ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Knicks might get a trophy. Tyler Kolek’s dad might get a car. The NBA Cup final will have San Antonio against the Knicks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The game won’t cou...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Alone in Santa Clara’s practice gym, Thierry Darlan reaches up and grabs onto the bottom of the net with two left fingers. He crosses his left leg over the right and stands ...

Let the record show that it’s very possible Victor Wembanyama essentially lost this season’s defensive player of the year award in mid-November, in a game against the Golden State Warriors. And he was...

It’s happening: The U.S. vs. the World is finally a done deal and will be the format for this season’s NBA All-Star Game. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association unveiled the long-awai...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Reaves had the ball for the final possession, of course, dribbling left off the high screen before seeing his opening to split the double team with a crossover and beeline in...

NEW YORK (AP) — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operati...

NEW YORK (AP) — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operati...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder received their NBA championship rings Tuesday night before their season opener against the Houston Rockets. Oklahoma City beat the Indiana Pacers in the ...

The most important result for the San Antonio Spurs over the early weeks of this NBA season will probably come on Nov. 4. And the team doesn’t even have a game that day. Voters in Bexar County, Texas,...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Western Conference is so loaded that its championship might be the real NBA Finals, at least if all the betting money pouring in on those teams is any indication. Of the top seven...

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic considers the Denver Nuggets a dark horse in the race for an NBA title. Technically speaking, of course, they’re not. Far from it, even. The Nuggets are only slightly behind...

All Dwight Howard urges his doubters to do is this: look at the numbers. They tell the story, he insists. He averaged 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Only 13 other players in the history of th...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder felt slighted last season when they were left off the NBA’s Christmas schedule. That won’t be an issue this year. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the NBA cham...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It hit Damian Lillard as he drove home with his kids after signing a contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers. He was coming home. Lillard’s three children, Damian Jr., 7...