NBA approves sale of Mavericks to Adelson and Dumont families

* Tonight on TNT: Warriors vs. Wizards, 8 ET The Golden State Warriors have begun to hit their stride. After what was a seemingly sluggish first half of the season, the Warriors have won eight straight games and sit in first place in the Western Conference. A win in Washington on Thursday would give them…

Alperen Sengun is displaying huge potential with the Rockets. The Houston Rockets have not had an ideal start to their 2022-23 campaign, sitting at 5-16 in the Western Conference, but they may have found their center of the future in Alperen Sengun. Going into the season, the Rockets were never considered a contender in the…

It took a grand total of one preseason game for Chris Paul to grasp his new team’s philosophy, as told by the Houston Chronicle: “If the shot’s there, shoot it,” he said after Tuesday’s preseason debut with the Houston Rockets in their 104-97 triumph over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Led by MVP runner-up James Harden,…

Klay Thompson is set to play in his sixth NBA Finals, beginning Thursday in San Francisco. The Golden State Warriors are in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight seasons, joining the Bulls of the 1990’s (1991-93, 1996-98), the Lakers of the 1980s (1980, 1982-85, 1987-88) and the Celtics of the 1950s and…

Kemba Walker returned against New York, playing 19:37 minutes. Boston Celtics All-Star guard Kemba Walker scored nine points with three rebounds and four assists as he played for the first time this season, starting in a 105-75 loss to the New York Knicks. Walker had been inactive after receiving a stem cell injection in his…

How formidable can the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench become? For Kyle Korver, it feels like more than 82 games this season. “The Hawks’ schedule was frontloaded, and the Cavs’ is backloaded,” he said last week. And even though the most regular games he can actually play in this season is 78, the sense of change and…