Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to a 122-115 double-overtime win against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer is The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic is likely to win the NBA scoring title this season, but he might not make the All-NBA team.
The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league’s owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of adding franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle.
LeBron James started for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Miami Heat, making it the 1,611th regular-season game of his career and tying Robert Parish’s all-time NBA mark.
LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record for career field goals in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 120-113 loss to Denver on Thursday night, with the Nuggets getting 28 points each from All-Stars Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic.
James Harden has passed Shaquille O’Neal for ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
Khris Middleton awoke in Milwaukee on the morning of an NBA season opener, just as he has done many times over the last dozen years.
The NBA season opens Tuesday with a record 135 players born outside the U.S. They come from 43 countries, with 71 players from Europe.
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama says he expects to play this coming season and has been fully cleared after dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder for the past few months.
Obi Toppin scored 20 points, Andrew Nembhard added 17 and the resilient Indiana Pacers sent the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 by rolling past the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 on Thursday night.
The Buss family’s decision to sell a controlling stake in the Los Angeles Lakers at a franchise valuation of $10 billion marks the end of nearly a half-century when one of the most valuable properties in the entire sports world was run by an eccentric father and his sometimes squabbling children.
Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo were the only players to appear on every MVP ballot this season.
Mookie Betts and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates were joined by the Colorado Rockies in visiting Jackie Robinson's statue at Dodger Stadium on the 78th anniversary of the infielder breaking baseball's color barrier.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and most of the Milwaukee Bucks’ other top players will sit out Sunday’s regular-season finale with Detroit as both teams already are locked into their respective playoff positions.
Luka Doncic scored 45 points in his first game in Dallas since being traded to the Los Angeles, helping the Lakers wrap up a playoff spot with a 112-97 victory over the Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71.
LeBron James has become the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason.
Victor Wembanyama is one of the faces of the NBA, the star of the San Antonio Spurs and already one of the biggest names in basketball around the world.
Each time Kevin Durant comes back through Chase Center to face his former Warriors, he takes time to stop and enjoy seeing all of the old familiar faces.
There was a conversation that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James had with Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic during last year’s All-Star Game that went viral, since microphones picked up the exchange.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander isn’t just putting up MVP numbers — he’s posting historic ones.
San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer Tony Parker says Victor Wembanyama can be the best player in the NBA.
Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110.
When LeBron James broke another NBA record earlier this month, the one for most regular-season minutes played in a career, his Los Angeles Lakers teammates handled the moment in typical locker room fashion.