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MVP Joel Embiid leads All-NBA team; runner-up Nikola Jokic lands on 2nd team
Denver’s Nikola Jokic now knows how Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid felt during two previous NBA award seasons. Second in the MVP race — but only second-team All-NBA. Embiid — the newly crowned MVP — headlined the All-NBA team unveiled Wednesday night. He was the...
Fox leads Kings past Warriors 126-123 in playoff return
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De'Aaron Fox finished off a dazzling playoff debut that was years in the making and had one more task to do. With the home crowd counting down following an exhilarating return to the postseason, Fox pressed the button and lit the ceremonial beam, letting...
Mavericks fined $750,000 by NBA for sitting players
The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 on Friday, saying the team engaged in “conduct detrimental to the league” by sitting out most of its key players against the Chicago Bulls on April 7 despite still having a chance to reach the postseason. The league's investigation,...
Season of NBA moments: LeBron, Lillard, Mitchell and more
Some moments from the 2022-23 NBA regular season: Oct. 18: Boston defeats Philadelphia and Golden State beats the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night. The Warriors received their championship rings from last season in a ceremony preceding their game. Oct. 20: NBA...
Embiid wins NBA's scoring race, Harden takes assist title
MIAMI (AP) — The individual stat races in the NBA saw two repeat winners this season. Philadelphia's Joel Embiid is now a back-to-back scoring champion, and Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr. won the blocks race for the second consecutive year. A look at the top stat races: ...
NBA opens investigation into Dallas' move to sit players
The NBA wants to know why the Dallas Mavericks held out several key players in their next-to-last game of the season, even while the team still had a mathematical chance of making the play-in tournament. NBA officials opened an investigation Saturday into the Mavericks'...
Depleted Mavs lose to Bulls, eliminated from play-in race
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving had a seat next to Dallas owner Mark Cuban, and fellow All-Star Luka Doncic wasn't far away in sweats after his limited duty was finished. Neither was available to address how the Mavericks essentially pulled the plug on their season before they were...
East play-in field set, Embiid poised to win scoring title
The Eastern Conference play-in tournament matchups are set, as are the top four seeds in the Western Conference. Also apparently decided: The NBA’s scoring race. Brooklyn sealed the No. 6 seed in the East on Friday night, which locked Miami into No. 7 and the play-in...
Mavs to sit Irving, 4 others in game with draft implications
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas is sitting Kyrie Irving and four other regulars against Chicago in a game with draft implications and with the Mavericks facing postseason elimination if they lose. Fellow All-Star Luka Doncic will play Friday night with the franchise paying tribute to his home...
Mavs' Cuban says keeping Irving is priority, supports Kidd
DALLAS (AP) — While Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says re-signing Kyrie Irving is the team's top offseason priority, he doesn't view it as a “Kyrie or bust” scenario. The billionaire businessman who has stayed mostly silent on Mavericks matters this season also is showing...
