That probably wasn’t the kind of story the Atlanta Hawks wanted to make on Thursday. When the buzzer sounded to end the first half, the Hawks were down 83-36 to the New York Knicks in an elimination game. That’s not just a blowout, it’s the largest halftime lead in NBA playoff history at 47 points….
2026 NBA Draft Announcement Tracker: Live updates on Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson and other top prospects originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The 2026 NBA Draft is just two months away and we likely have the deepest and most talented freshman class in history….
BYU’s AJ Dybantsa declares for 2026 NBA draft: Live updates originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. BYU freshman basketball phenom AJ Dybantsa made a big announcement Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The 6-foot-9 wing will enter the 2026 NBA Draft. He posted a short video…
The 2026 NBA playoffs began on Saturday, April 17, with the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder the heavy favorite to repeat. Sports Illustrated experts like the Nuggets and Celtics better Advertisement Just over half of the league’s 30 teams made the playoffs, leaving 14 sitting at home during the postseason and looking ahead to the…
Remember at the beginning of this NBA season when people compared Cooper Flagg to Andrei Kirilenko, aka AK-47? Kirilenko was a defensive athletic star and many people thought that’s where Flagg would end up. Advertisement Well, not so much. He is an excellent defender, as promised, but he has also become an offensive star. In…
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd was ejected after just one technical foul and forward Naji Marshall was ejected moments later from the bench after receiving his second caution Friday night in a game against Orlando. The sequence came early in the fourth quarter against the Magic, with the Mavericks trailing by more…
After a brief break to bring you our annual Tanking Rankings, we’re back to our regular bi-weekly programming: The World’s Most Accurate NBA Power Rankings. But first, an update to those Tanking Rankings, detailing exactly how well the 10 NBA lottery teams, now set in stone, have navigated to the bottom of the standings: Advertisement…
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was scheduled to return to the court on Monday, but that return was slightly delayed. Edwards, who has been out for six games with a knee injury, was originally listed as questionable on Monday. And shortly before the start of the game against the Dallas Mavericks, Edwards was named to…
The Golden State Warriors can’t catch a break this season when it comes to the injury bug. After receiving news that Stephen Curry has made “good progress,” the Warriors apparently lose another player to injury. Advertisement Moses Moody suffered an apparent gruesome knee injury during the Warriors’ 137-131 overtime victory against the Dallas Mavericks. Moody…
DALLAS (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 24 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 22 and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 135-120 on Wednesday for their 11th straight win. Dyson Daniels scored 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Jalen Johnson scored 17 points with 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who at 38-31 are in the thick…
