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Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons
2026-27 · Regular season
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Kenny Atkinson at Basketball Without Borders in Istanbul in August 2026. Photo by Zafer, CC-BY-SA-4.0, cropped and resized.Uncategorized
Kenny Atkinson will wait until game time to reveal his Cavaliers rotation, and wants the team to ‘celebrate’ Jarrett Allen
Atkinson has his 10-man rotation in mind but won’t name it before Thursday in Philadelphia, with Tomlin out and…
Stephen Curry courtside at Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. Photo credit: Warriors / X video still.Around the league
Watch: Curry courtside before his opener, Luka and Walker Kessler get to work, and the sounds of all 30 camps on opening day
Nine official clips for opening day: Stephen Curry at the WNBA Finals, Luka Doncic and Walker Kessler, the league's…
Jaylon Tyson with Texas Tech coach Mark Adams, Dec. 17, 2022. Photo: 2C2K Photography / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.jpg){kind=link}
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Jaylon Tyson says he’s in ‘the in-between bucket’ as Donovan Mitchell starts giving him the ball
The Cavaliers wing, who shot 44.6 percent from three last season, says defense still earns his minutes, the ball…
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Kyrie Irving says social media and gambling changed the NBA, and he doesn’t see himself playing at 42
Two days before his first regular-season game since tearing his ACL, the Mavericks guard said the league has become…
NBA commissioner Adam Silver speaks during NBA All-Star 2024 in Indianapolis, February 2024. Photo by the Office of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, PDM-1.0, resized.Around the league
Adam Silver: Eight champions in eight years makes 2026-27 ‘one of the most anticipated seasons’
On the eve of Opening Night, Adam Silver pointed to eight different champions in eight seasons, praised the league's…
File photo (December 2025): Victor Wembanyama at the NBA Cup in Las Vegas. Daiei Onoguchi · CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized.Game night
NBA Opening Night tip times in ET and Cairo: Celtics-Pistons, 76ers-Knicks, Thunder-Spurs, and the Bucks’ new 4 p.m. Friday start
Opening Night tips at 3 p.m. ET (10 p.m. Cairo) in Detroit, with the latest injury report for all…
Photo by Joe Glorioso (All-Pro Reels), CC-BY-SA-2.0, resized. Nicolas Batum with the LA Clippers against the Washington Wizards in Washington on January 25, 2022.Inside the numbers
Nicolas Batum’s final season: 95.8% of his shots were threes, a three-point-era record for 1,000-minute players
In his last NBA season, Nicolas Batum took 228 threes and only 10 two-pointers for the Clippers. His .958…
Rick Carlisle speaks at an Indianapolis community event in November 2023. Photo by City of Indianapolis Mayor’s Office, public domain, resized.Uncategorized
Rick Carlisle calls Pelicans’ rebounding ‘a big, big problem,’ says Zubac is ‘a little different than anybody we’ve ever had’
Carlisle broke down a New Orleans opener with Zion, Murphy, Poole and Mathurin and called Jamahl Mosley a culture…
Pete Nance at Northwestern in 2022. Photo by Alexander Jonesi, CC-BY-SA-2.0, cropped and resized.Uncategorized
Taylor Jenkins calls Pete Nance cut ‘extremely difficult’ — and the Bucks bring him back on a two-way
Jenkins said waiving Pete Nance was one of camp’s hardest calls and hoped he would stay. Hours later he…
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Trae Young: ‘If you forgot’ I can score, I’ll be more aggressive this year
After a pass-first preseason, the Wizards guard said he is ready to remind everyone he can score, and that…