NBA

Rivers admits seeing SGA potential, but not like this

MILWAUKEE—Doc Rivers says he saw star potential in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while coaching him as a…

Thunder ‘passed the test’ with season sweep of Celtics 

BOSTON—The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a spot in the playoffs, and they did it against…

Cavs depth is engine behind ‘magical season,’ but Mitchell’s the driver

MILWAUKEE—Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson takes issue with the notion that his team doesn’t have…

Jokic makes history, logs NBA’s first 30-20-20 T-D

DENVER—Nikola Jokic sat in front of his locker, calmly scrolling through his phone, seemingly unimpressed…

Pritchard, White write pieces of Boston, NBA history

BOSTON—Payton Pritchard and Derrick White have been mostly glue guys during their time with the…

Cavs guard cries foul; Durant embarrassed 

CLEVELAND—Once the whistles stopped blowing, Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome cried foul. Upset with an inordinate…

Steph saves Warriors against Magic

ORLANDO, Florida—When Stephen Curry has it going from long range like he did on Thursday…

Sharpe’s dunk makes case as NBA’s top season highlight

WASHINGTON—Shaedon Sharpe has been one of the NBA’s most gifted young dunk artists since he…

Wizards finally get ignominy out of the way

WASHINGTON—It took 57 games for the Washington Wizards to hold a team under 100 points…

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MILWAUKEE—Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard were supposedly on minutes restrictions, but that wasn’t…