Pacers and Thunder both relishing extra rest
NBA, Sports
June 18, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Given the way Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton was limping on his way out of the postgame news conference after Game 5 of the NBA Finals, it’s safe to assume he’s a fan of the sched...
Williams scores 40 as Thunder take 3-2 lead
NBA, Sports
June 17, 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contributed 31 points in OKC’s 120-109 victory. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana ...
Magic trade for Bane; Adams re-signs in Houston
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP 
June 16, 2025
The Orlando Magic are acquiring Desmond Bane from Memphis in a deal that sends Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony and draft capital to the Grizzlies, a person with knowledge of the agreement said ...
Caruso stepping up for OKC in ‘Robin’ role
NBA, Sports
June 16, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Alex Caruso got asked after Game 4 of the NBA Finals if he’s aware that he’s achieved a level of superhero- type status among fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder during this playoff...
Pacers rally in the 4th, beat Thunder for series lead
NBA, Sports
WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAME
June 13, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Every time Indiana has lost a game in the last three months, it simply has come back to win the next one. Even in the NBA Finals — against a huge favorite who the Pacers now have i...
WPIAL product McConnell leads surge for Pacers’ bench
NBA, Sports
June 13, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — TJ McConnell stole inbounds passes not once, not twice, but three times in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. He waved his arms, pumped his fists and shouted at an already delirious crowd t...
It’s clear, moment isn’t too big for Thunder’s SGA
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
June 10, 2025
The moment is clearly not too big for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. These are his first NBA Finals. It’s hard to remember that sometimes. The Oklahoma City Thunder star — and NBA MVP — just had a pair of d...
Haliburton caps rally with gamewinner for Pacers
NBA, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
June 7, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton and the never-say-die Indiana Pacers pulled off yet another last-second comeback, this time on the NBA’s biggest stage. Haliburton’s 21-foot jumper with 0.3 seco...
Mr. Clutch: Tyrese Haliburton keeps delivering
NBA, Sports
June 7, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — You are Tyrese Haliburton. You went to the Eastern Conference finals last year and got swept. You went to the Olympics last summer and didn’t play much. You came into this season ...
Thunder rule: Players must learn what bombing meant to OKC
NBA, Sports
June 7, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Isaiah Hartenstein was born in 1998, three years after Oklahoma City changed forever. It was April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in Oklahoma Cit...
How the Pacers pulled off their stunning comeback
NBA, Sports
June 7, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The game plan was the obvious one. Just chip away, the Indiana Pacers said, because there was no other option that would have made any sense at that point. They were down by 15 wi...
NBA, Sports
June 4, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Thibodeau just took the New York Knicks to the Eastern Conference finals, the deepest playoff march in 25 years for a franchise that reemerged as a contender after he became their ...
Daigneault knows how to win championships
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
June 3, 2025
Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault has the best record of any coach in the NBA this season. And he has the second-best record of any coach in his house. Daigneault is a coach, and a coach’s husband, too....
Pacers look to overcome snake-bitten history
NBA, Sports
June 3, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pacers have finally ended the franchise’s 25-year NBA Finals drought, achieving the unthinkable after starting 1015 and looking like anything but a title contender. Now Indiana...
Different paths to NBA Finals for Indiana, Oklahoma City
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
June 2, 2025
Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn’t spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and...
NBA, Sports
May 31, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers wasted one chance to wrap up the Eastern Conference finals. They don’t intend to let it happen again. On Saturday, two nights after an uncharacteristically poor ...
NBA, Sports
May 29, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton wanted to play well with his father, John, back in Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the first time in two-plus weeks Tuesday night. That wasn’t the ...
Haliburton’s triple-double sets up potential close-out game
NBA, Sports
May 28, 2025
The Pacers can reach the NBA Finals with a win Thursday in New York City. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover in a sensational postseason...
Siakam’s 39 leads Pacers to 2-0 series lead over Knicks
NBA, Sports
May 24, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Myles Tur...
Thunder’s SGA wins MVP, continuing run for international players
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
May 23, 2025
The case for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was simple. He’s the best player on an Oklahoma City Thunder team that had the best record this season and set a league mark for margin of victory. If that wasn’t ...