NBA News
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WNBA: Liberty outlast Fever 109-102 in New York shootout
211 points, and one possession decided it Two hundred and eleven points. That was the combined total at Barclays Center on Friday night, and the New York Liberty came out the right side of it, 109-102 over the Indiana Fever. Breanna Stewart put up 22. Leonie Fiebich, back on the floor for the first time…
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WNBA: Kelsey Plum out indefinitely 20 days after the trade
One trade, two games, then the shutdown Kelsey Plum arrived at the Phoenix Mercury on August 2, coming over from the Los Angeles Sparks. Twenty days later, she is sidelined indefinitely with a calf injury. She has already missed the last two games for her new team. The trade was supposed to give a floundering…
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WNBA: Olivia Miles drops 24 on a bad ankle as Lynx win sixth straight
Forty-eight hours after limping off, she led everyone in scoring Olivia Miles left Wednesday’s win at Golden State early with a sore left ankle. Two nights later she put up 24 points and seven assists in Washington, and the Minnesota Lynx walked out of the capital with a 94-84 win and a sixth straight victory.…
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WNBA: Sydney Taylor’s buzzer-beater sinks the Valkyries
Two threes in 34 seconds, and a 21-point lead saved Chicago beat Golden State 73-70 last night. The Sky owed it all to Sydney Taylor. Kaitlyn Chen had put the Valkyries ahead with a 33-foot bomb, then followed it with a floater for 70-67 with 46.3 seconds left. Taylor answered from 24 feet to level…
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WNBA: Tempo end 12-game slide with Harrison double-double
Twelve losses, then one that finally went the other way Isabelle Harrison finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Tempo went home with something they had not had since June. Toronto beat the Portland Fire 82-79 in Vancouver overnight, ending a 12-game losing run. Kiki Rice added 19, Laura Juskaite 15. The…
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Basketball: France fall to Serbia 87-90 in Belgrade
France opened their build-up to the 2027 World Cup with an 87-90 defeat to Nikola Jokic’s Serbia, the home side edging a tight contest in Belgrade after a late France surge cut the gap to three but never quite got them over the line. Jokic finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and nine assists. It…
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NBA: Max Strus sent to the Clippers, Peyton Watson heads to Cleveland and Denver keeps sliding…
NBA insider Shams Charania reported overnight a four-team trade between the Clippers, Nuggets, Wizards and Cavaliers, with Max Strus going to Los Angeles, Peyton Watson and Cam Whitmore landing in Cleveland, Julian Reese plus draft picks heading to Denver, and Tre Mann plus cash going to Washington. Denvers decision is hard to make sense of:…
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WNBA: Lynx still own the Valkyries, and Miles limps off
18.9% from three, and the night was over by halftime Golden State shot 32.5% from the floor and 18.9% from deep. Minnesota did not need much else. The Lynx won 77-66 at Chase Center overnight, and the margin flattered the hosts. Olivia Miles put up 20 points and 7 assists. Kayla McBride matched the 20,…
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WNBA: Nelson-Ododa powers Sun past Sparks in Boston
A big frontcourt night Seven of 11 from the field. That was the line Olivia Nelson-Ododa put together in Boston on Tuesday, and it carried the Connecticut Sun to an 85-77 win over the Los Angeles Sparks. She finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Her second big outing in three days, too. On Saturday…