
Italy, Latvia, Serbia clinch spots in Basketball World Cup quarterfinals
Stefano Tonut and Giampaolo Ricci each scored 15 points and Italy reached the World Cup quarterfinals with win over Puerto Rico
Stefano Tonut and Giampaolo Ricci each scored 15 points and Italy reached the World Cup quarterfinals with win over Puerto Rico
Spain defeated Brazil 96-78, and the Americans beat Greece 109-81
The five-time champions are taking an untested team to the tournament under coach Steve Kerr’s idea of a collective game and with the goal of redeeming a seventh-placed finish in 2019
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
The Americans have six players who averaged at least 20 points in the NBA last season
Greece will play the U.S., Jordan and New Zealand in group-stage games at Manila in the tournament, which starts Aug. 25 in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan
Lillard asked the Trail Blazers for a trade, a move that will end the seven-time All-Star’s tenure with that team
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
The Mavericks were without All-Star guard Kyrie Irving because of right foot soreness and fell 1 1/2 games behind the Warriors
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.
The number 16 shirt with which the Spanish player won two NBA titles at the Los Angeles Lakers was ceremoniously retired on Tuesday
It reaffirmed that getting out of the Western Conference and making the NBA Finals is going to be incredibly daunting this season
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
There were 56 players who entered this week averaging at least 20 points per game
The other eight starters are Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Donovan Mitchell and Zion Williamson
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