Basketball

Rudy Gobert wins record-tying fourth Defensive Player of the Year award

Brunson scores 43, rallies Knicks to 121-117 win over Pacers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference semis

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama named NBA Rookie of the Year after a record-setting season

Knicks set for second round against the Pacers, an old-school playoff rival who play a new-age game

Donovan Mitchell scores 39 points as Cavaliers push past Magic in Game 7

Kia Nurse helps lift Sparks past Storm on home soil in WNBA pre-season action

Minnesota Timberwolves beat Denver Nuggets 106-99 in Game 1

Doncic, Irving carry Mavs past Clippers 114-101 to advance to second round

Banchero scores 27 points, Magic overcome Mitchell’s 50 to beat Cavs 103-96 and force Game 7

Evanka Osmak engineers her way through grief to write a new story

Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after just two seasons in charge and first-round playoff exit

Knicks advance to the Eastern Conference semis with a 118-115 Game 6 win over the 76ers

Pacers celebrate first playoff series victory in a decade, beating Bucks 120-98 in Game 6

Cavaliers, Mavericks trying to close out first-round NBA playoff series in Game 6s

Doncic scores 35 points, leads Mavericks to 123-93 victory and 3-2 series lead over Clippers

Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail

Celtics advance to East semifinals, beating short-handed Heat 118-84 in Game 5

Pacers, Knicks hoping to make most of their second chances with closeout wins

WNBA sales up 93 per cent, ticket reselling website says

Middleton, Portis each score 29 as Bucks stay alive with 115-92 victory over Pacers in Game 5

Mitchell scores 28, Mobley has huge block as Cavaliers hold off Banchero, Magic 104-103 in Game 5

Maxey saves Sixers from elimination with huge finish in OT win that cuts Knicks’ lead to 3-2

Mavericks-Clippers, Heat-Celtics set for pivotal Game 5s in their first-round series

‘In the biggest moment, he rises,’ Canada’s Jamal Murray delivers again for Nuggets

Murray overcomes calf injury to score 32 and hit game-winner in Nuggets’ 108-106 win over Lakers

Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander, lead OKC to a 97-89 Game 4 victory and sweep of the Pelicans

Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s

Nuggets, Thunder have chances to move into Round 2, and Boston seeks 3-1 lead in Miami

Candace Parker announces retirement

Edwards scores 36 points, Timberwolves beat Suns 126-109 for 3-0 series lead

Doncic and defensive-minded Mavs take a chippy 101-90 win over Clippers for 2-1 series lead

Haliburton breaks tie with 3-point play, Pacers beats Bucks 121-118 in OT to take 2-1 series lead