The parity era continues in the NBA.The New York Knicks havent won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The normally stoic Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was caught smiling on camera after a Game 3 loss at Denver that put Oklahoma City down 2-1 in the NBA Western Conference
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder grew up on Sunday.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Jalen Williams added 24 and the Thunder rolled into the NBA Western Conference finals,
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder have reached a moment of truth.The youngest team in league history to win at least 60 regular-season games can validate
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CHICAGO — Yang Hansen had just taken questions for about 20 minutes in his native Mandarin, then decided to show off a little of his English as he walked out of the room.“Bye bye,” he
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SAN FRANCISCO — Kelsey Plum scored 26 of her 37 points in the second half and the Los Angeles Sparks spoiled the first game in Golden State Valkyries history with a 84-67 victory Friday
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SAN FRANCISCO — The fans in the packed arena were decked out in matching purple T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “First of a Lifetime.”After years of hoping the WNBA would come to the
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DENVER — Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has a strained left hamstring and his availability is in doubt for Game 7 against the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Sunday, according to a person with
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NEW YORK — Even when Jayson Tatum was lost to a season-ending injury earlier this week, the Boston Celtics still believed they could find a way to win.The belief ended with 1:49 remaining in
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NEW YORK — The New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title reign of the Boston Celtics with astonishing ease, rolling to