CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In case it wasn’t already obvious this wasn’t just another night, as evidenced by the extra table at midcourt with the logo of a well-known cable television entity, the sight of Kon Knueppel chatting with broadcast talent cemented it.

The Charlotte Hornets rookie sensation was surrounded by Tim Legler and Richard ...Read more

BOSTON — Last week’s Celtics-Pacers matchup was decided by a controversial call in the closing seconds.

Wednesday’s rematch required no such dramatics.

Boston dispatched last-place Indiana, 119-104, at TD Garden behind 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists from Jaylen Brown and 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting from Sam Hauser, who went 5 ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks didn’t need long to turn this one into a statement.

With Madison Square Garden buzzing and both teams searching for traction amid January skids, the Knicks’ stars brought the urgency from the opening tip, blitzing the Brooklyn Nets early and never looking back in a 120-66 win Wednesday night to snap a four-...Read more

Maryland men’s basketball snapped back to reality.

Three days after gifting Buzz Williams with his first victory in the Big Ten in the coach’s debut season with the team, the Terps waere saddled with another conference setback, 89-70, against No. 11 Illinois Wednesday night before an announced 15,201 at the State Farm Center in Champaign, ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit Pistons assistant coach Luke Walton remembers looking up at the Staples Center scoreboard, wondering if it was "broken." The moment came with four seconds left in the Los Angeles Lakers' 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006.

Walton had just greeted Kobe Bryant with a fist bump in celebration of his latest ...Read more

The Detroit Pistons opened the second half of the 2025-26 campaign showcasing why they are among the league's top championship contenders.

Wednesday night inside Smoothie King Center, the Pistons took a 112-104 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. While improving to 32-10 on the season, the Pistons also won their fourth consecutive game.

The ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky didn’t need a double-digit comeback Wednesday night.

But it didn’t exactly come easy.

The Wildcats couldn’t quite pull away from Texas — and even fell behind the Longhorns briefly in the second half — but Mark Pope’s basketball team made enough plays down the stretch to secure an 85-80 victory in Rupp ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Seth Trimble was ready.

When Notre Dame’s Cole Certa drove into the lane and just past Derek Dixon in the opening 30 seconds, the UNC senior guard was already in position to help. He didn’t close out as much as simply leap straight up and let his outstretched arms — and athleticism — do the work. The ensuing block ...Read more

NEW YORK — Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. has been playing through a knee issue no one outside the locker room knew about.

Speaking to reporters at shootaround ahead of Wednesday’s matchup against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Porter revealed he’s been dealing with a minor MCL sprain since Brooklyn’s 104-103 overtime loss to the...Read more

NEW YORK — The Liberty are set to begin the WNBA’s 30th season on May 8 — if the league and the WNBPA are able to reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement and avoid work stoppage.

The spring matchup against the Connecticut Sun would be the WNBA debut of new Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco at Barclays Center. The Friday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Yeah, Coach would have approved. I think.

Still, on the night when the two teams with which John Wooden was most closely associated played each other – an occasion that UCLA made a tribute game, and that the Bruins’ players made count with a down-to-the-wire 69-67 victory over Purdue on Tuesday night – I’m sure there ...Read more

There was a distinct, almost electric dissonance humming through the Chase Center on Tuesday night. If you looked at the box score in a vacuum—stripped of time, score and reality — you saw a revelation. Jonathan Kuminga, the man exiled to the end of the bench for more than a month, erupted. Twenty-one points in 20 minutes. Seven field goals ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Fran Dunphy sat at a long table inside La Salle University’s athletic center early Monday afternoon, his body turned toward a wide window on the other end of a conference room, as if the difficult discussion topic pained him and he was trying to shield himself from the hurt.

A 70-page federal indictment had dropped Thursday ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — De’Anthony Melton heaved the ball over Moses Moody’s head and out of bounds, Brandin Podziemski had his pocket picked by Gradey Dick and the Warriors watched as a desperation attempt missed the rim as the shot clock expired.

Inside Chase Center, where there were more empty seats than usual, the crowd groaned.

Three ...Read more

CHICAGO — For a half-second, Coby White thought about pushing his luck.

It was deep in the fourth quarter of a 138-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Chicago Bulls held an unshakeable 31-point lead. White had knocked down 3-pointers on his last two trips down the court. There was nothing much to lose and plenty to gain as a crowd ...Read more

The Minnesota Timberwolves likely thought they had an easy win at the end of this four-game road swing.

Fans know that’s sometimes the most dangerous thing for them to think, and the Wolves let go of a game they could have won in a 127-122 loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday before 18,186 at Delta Center.

Not long after playing some of their ...Read more