DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 137-132, in overtime on Monday night, April 6. Denver (51-28) moved into third place in the Western Conference...
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 40 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds, Christian Braun added 21 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio, 136-134, in overtime Saturday, April 4, to snap the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak. Cameron Johnson scored 17, Jamal Murray finished with 15 points...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers, 139-96, on Thursday night. April 2, in a game in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to injury. Only six times in their storied history have the Lakers been...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 41 points for the second straight game, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked three shots and the San Antonio Spurs ran away from the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors for a 127-113 victory Wednesday night, April 1, that extended their winning streak to...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 47 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Detroit Pistons, 114-110, in overtime on Monday night, March 30. The reigning league MVP, and strong candidate to repeat, made 12 of 19 field goals and 21 of 25 free throws. He extended his...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Stephon Castle had a triple-double with 22 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds while Victor Wembanyama provided another monstrous effort as the hot-shooting San Antonio Spurs steamrolled the Milwaukee Bucks, 127-95, on Saturday, March 28, for their eighth consecutive victory....
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — De 'Aaron Fox says he has vivid memories of many of the San Antonio Spurs ' championship runs, just from being a basketball fan. He now wants to find out how it would feel as a player. Fox signed a four-year, $228 million maximum contract extension Monday, Aug. 4,...
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama expects to play this coming season and has been fully cleared after dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder for the past few months, he told the French newspaper L’Equipe in remarks published Monday, July 14. A person familiar with the situation...
Stephon Castle made no secret about it: He wanted to be rookie of the year. And he got it done — by a wide margin. San Antonio Spurs' Stephon Castle (AP) The San Antonio Spurs now have back-to-back winners of the award, with Victor Wembanyama last year and Castle this season. Castle was the fifth...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brandin Podziemski scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors rang up their highest total of the season in a 148-106 rout of the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, March 30. San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) and Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski,...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox will miss the rest of the season with a finger injury. San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (AP) The Spurs said Fox will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a tendon on his left hand. Fox was injured during training camp in October while...
Gregg Popovich will not coach this season. He is not ruling out a comeback in the future. Popovich met with the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, Feb. 27, releasing a statement afterward to make his decision on this season — and hope for next season — public. The 76-year-old Popovich, the NBA's...