Wembanyama earns first NBA win as Spurs top Rockets in OT
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The Spurs rookie made the tying basket with 20 seconds left in regulation, the opening basket in overtime and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds in his first NBA victory
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Luka Dončić overshadows Wembanyama’s NBA debut
The highly rated French center scored 15 points in his first official game but the San Antonio Spurs fell to a 119-126 defeat by the Dallas Mavericks
NBA breaks foreign player record with 125 in new season
The league’s foreign stars include Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Dončić and Wembanyama, to name a few
Celtics and Bucks will challenge Denver in an NBA season watching Wembanyama
The 2023-24 championship features a new in-season tourmanent, the NBA Cup, but all eyes will be on the towering 19-year-old French rookie, the number one Spurs pick
Doncic stars for Slovenia vs Georgia. Spain and the US reach the second round at the World Cup
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Spain defeated Brazil 96-78, and the Americans beat Greece 109-81
Balanced effort leads US past Doncic-less Slovenia 92-62 in World Cup warm-up game
Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton each scored 10 for the Americans, who improved to 2-0 on their five-game slate of exhibitions before getting to the Philippines for the World Cup
Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavor to Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement
Spain was well-represented, with Pau Gasol shouting out his national team — “mi familia” — before joining what may be the greatest international class of inductees in the Springfield shrine’s history
The Lakers are keeping Reaves and Russell. The Bucks agreed to keep Lopez in free agency
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Austin Reaves agreed to a four-year deal that could be worth $56 million, and D’Angelo Russell returned to the Lakers as well on a $37 million, two-year deal
NBA opens investigation into Dallas’ move to sit Irving, Doncic in loss to Bulls
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The league made the announcement a day after the Mavericks held out its star players in a defeat that knocked the franchise out of postseason consideration
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NBA: Curry, Warriors get crucial 127-125 win over Doncic, Mavs
The Mavericks were without All-Star guard Kyrie Irving because of right foot soreness and fell 1 1/2 games behind the Warriors
NBA suspends Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks for 18th technical
Brooks earned his latest suspension when he dunked, and then danced his way back down the court.
Grabbing NBA play-in spots in West will be tough
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The race for the last two guaranteed playoff spots and the four berths into the play-in tournament is as muddled and murky as possible.
After trade deadline, NBA title road got tougher
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It reaffirmed that getting out of the Western Conference and making the NBA Finals is going to be incredibly daunting this season
NBA trade deadline sees Irving, Durant bolster West teams
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Phoenix could end up being more powerful than last season’s squad, which won an NBA-best 64 games, then flamed out with a second-round loss to Dallas
Kyrie Irving going to the Dallas Mavericks
The Nets get Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and a package of draft picks, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal
Trademarking Luka Doncic
On the court, the Slovenian NBA star has been putting up a string of stellar performances for the Dallas Mavericks. Off the court, he just ended a legal battle with his mother over his commercial rights