OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night had a number of sports celebrities — from outside the basketball world, even — thinking of one player. Kobe Bryant. Bryant played in only ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Difficult as it may seem, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is desperately trying to not think about what may await the Oklahoma City Thunder. The MVP, scoring champion and Thunder star does...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The French sports newspaper L’Equipe published a photo of Victor Wembanyama across the entirety of its front page on Friday, the San Antonio star looking down with his hands on his hips. “Coup D’Arret...

The trade deadline is gone. The All-Star break is about to end. Luka Doncic is with the Los Angeles Lakers.Jimmy Butler is with the Golden State Warriors. Anthony Davis is with the Dallas Mavericks, t...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has already gone up against the U.S. in international events, most notably last year’s Paris Olympics when he led France’s march to the gold medal game against t...

Hometown favorite Stephen Curry won MVP honors in the new format. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The winning total last year: 211 points. The winning total this year: 41 points. An All-Star Game like none other...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Damian Lillard’s native Oakland hardly resembles the thriving sports city he has so cherished since his youth. Three major professional sports franchises, all gone in recent yea...

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler was back from suspension. Again. And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again. Butler has been suspended for the third time this month by the Heat, this one startin...

PARIS (AP) — For all the glowing things said in Paris the past few days about San Antonio phenom Victor Wembanyama, Hall of Famer Tony Parker probably summed matters up more succinctly than anyone. As...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and eight assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114 on Thursday night in a matchup...

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are t...

MIAMI (AP) — Trey Murphy III knew his mother was in downtown New Orleans to ring in the new year. His chef was there as well. And when Murphy heard about the tragedy that happened on Bourbon Street, h...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buddy Hield hollers through the locker room at Stephen Curry with some good-natured banter or cracks jokes at practice and on the team plane, by all accounts leaving everyone in h...