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SAN ANTONIO — Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is in concussion protocol and will not return to Game 2 of the Spurs’ first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers after hitting his head on the floor early in the second quarter, the team announced. Wembanyama was trying to make a move to the basket with…

OKLAHOMA CITY — During Oklahoma City’s injury-ravaged season, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander found himself in the clutch often — moments he not only anticipates, but reveled in this year. Now, he’s been rewarded for it. On Tuesday, the NBA announced that Gilgeous-Alexander was voted as this season’s winner of the Clutch Player of the Year…

The card market for a previous No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft has heated up throughout this season and reached an apex once the postseason commenced. It’s a tried and true formula for sports cards, where interest and values tend to increase come playoff time. But this isn’t about Victor Wembanyama. Or Cade Cunningham.…

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama never speaks at pregame shootarounds. Some people in his circle say they haven’t called him on a game day in all the years they’ve known him. Before games, he quietly prepares to take the floor, closing his eyes and meditating, trying to block out the endless external noise that will…

DENVER — Anthony Edwards didn’t like what he saw in his box score. It showed 30 points and 10 rebounds, but he still compared it to an excremental chute. Even through his pitch-black sunglasses, wide as a visor, he could see his 15 missed shots, including eight bricked 3s. “I’ll be better,” he said with…

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels is unimpressed with the Denver Nuggets’ defense. After the Timberwolves’ 119-114 win over the Nuggets on Monday, reporters asked McDaniels about the key to sparking the team’s offense. Attack Denver’s stars, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić, McDaniels said, before taking a beat and naming several other Nuggets players. Advertisement “Go…

Billy Donovan was always the voice of reason. After replacing Jim Boylen, Donovan was a refreshing change for the organization. After losses and wins, the former coming slightly more often than the latter in his six years with the Chicago Bulls, Donovan could seem beleaguered by everything that was wrong with the product on the…

Florida wing Thomas Haugh, a potential lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, has decided to return to Gainesville for his senior season, he told The Athletic. Haugh’s decision is one of the most stunning NBA Draft calls of the last five years. The 22-year-old rising senior has accomplished just about everything one can in…

CLEVELAND — The highest compliment to pay the Cleveland Cavaliers through their first two postseason games is simply that there have been no surprises. They are who we thought they were, at least so far, which is why they’re up 2-0 on an inferior Toronto Raptors team largely because the Raptors can’t match the Cavs…

Billy Donovan has stepped down as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, the franchise announced Tuesday. The Bulls are coming off a 31-51 season in Donovan’s sixth year in Chicago, a tenure in which the team went 226-252. The 60-year-old Donovan has a 469-413 career record across 11 seasons with the Bulls and the Oklahoma…