EAST LANSING, Mich. — The battle of the Spartans wasn’t all that much of a battle.

Seventeen points and a career-high 18 rebounds from Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State to a 79-60 win over San Jose State in a game it led wire-to-wire Thursday at Breslin Center.

Sandwiched between Saturday’s ranked win over Arkansas and a Champions Classic ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson avoided the worst.

The Knicks’ star point guard was diagnosed with a Grade 1 right ankle sprain, a league source told the New York Daily News.

Brunson was officially ruled out for Friday night’s game against Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden. He will be evaluated on a daily basis moving forward, the source said...Read more

Klay Thompson didn't hold back after a former NBA player used a graphic term in reference to the Dallas Mavericks star's girlfriend, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, on a podcast this week.

Former NBA champion Jason Williams was discussing Thompson's shooting struggles this season with his "Hoopin' N Hollerin' " co-hosts, fellow ex-NBA player ...Read more

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Long before Mike Krzyzewski stared upward at the banner newly recognizing his accomplishments at West Point, the place where it really all began for him, a commemoration of a different kind took place in the back of a restaurant just outside the grounds, in little Highland Falls.

Of all the pomp and circumstance and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Yes, this is the 12th year of the Joel Embiid portion of The Process. He joined the Sixers one season into their ridiculous and catastrophic plan. He has been both their best player and their least dependable player.

He’s broken his eye sockets, torn up his knees, messed up a hand, and even had Bell’s palsy for a bit. But ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — By the time the 2025-26 renewal of the Kentucky-Louisville men’s basketball Armageddon tipped off Tuesday night, the pent-up desire among U of L backers for a victory over UK was boiling.

A raucous crowd of 22,586 — the first Louisville men’s basketball sellout since March, 4, 2017 — filled the KFC Yum Center.

So ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Dalton Knecht soared through the air for an emphatic two-handed dunk. Luka Doncic, who fired the full-court assist on the basket, looked at the Lakers bench and clapped twice in encouragement. But nothing was going to help the Lakers crawl out of this.

Unlike the blowout loss in Atlanta last Saturday, it appeared the Lakers ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — While the Lakers were preparing for Wednesday’s prime-time matchup against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, one of their star players was back at the organization’s El Segundo training facility progressing with their return-to-play process.

LeBron James practiced with the Lakers’ South Bay G League ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls can’t survive in the Eastern Conference without their two leaders.

Wednesday’s 124-113 loss to the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars marked the Bulls’ second consecutive game without Josh Giddey, who has been day-to-day this week with an ankle sprain. His absence has taken a visible toll on the Bulls, who ...Read more

NEW YORK — An already rough night for the Knicks became worse as Jalen Brunson suffered an ankle injury in the waning minutes of Wednesday’s 124-107 loss to the Orlando Magic.

Brunson’s right ankle appeared to roll awkwardly as he was fouled by Wendell Carter Jr. on a drive to the basket with 1:54 left in regulation. The Knicks trailed ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the first time this season, there was no Madison Square Garden magic for the Knicks.

Instead, it was the Orlando Magic who looked right at home at MSG on Wednesday night, routing the Knicks, 124-107, to deal them their first home loss of the 2025-26 campaign.

Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Knicks (7-4) came...Read more

MIAMI — Commit enough turnovers and fouls and sometimes it doesn’t matter who you are playing.

It is a hard reality the Miami Heat learned in Wednesday night’s 130-116 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kaseya Center.

As in a Cavaliers team that gave the night off to Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley and had lost Darius Garland to injury ...Read more

DETROIT — Headlined by the absences of Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren, the Detroit Pistons came into Wednesday's game against the Chicago Bulls missing six of their core players. Despite being significantly shorthanded, the Pistons built a 23-point lead midway through the third quarter.

The Bulls made a strong comeback at the start of the ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The biggest game in the Yum Center in years didn’t go well for Kentucky.

No. 12 Louisville nearly landed a knockout punch in the first half before finishing off the ninth-ranked Wildcats in the second. The Cards ended up surviving a scare in the final minutes before claiming a 96-88 victory over UK on Tuesday night in the ...Read more

Twenty-one days, three matchups, three nail-biters.

After trading one-point victories on each other’s home courts, the Boston Celtics and 76ers squared off in their third thriller of the young season Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Kelly Oubre Jr. beat Jaylen Brown for a go-ahead putback with 8.7 seconds remaining, and Neemias Queta couldn’...Read more