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DALLAS – Luka Dončić traveled to Europe on Sunday to receive aggressive treatment on his injured hamstring in an effort to speed up his recovery, league sources told The Athletic. Dončić suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain Thursday in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team ruled him out for…

Donovan Mitchell broke two pairs of ankles with one move. On Sunday, during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 117-108 win over the Indiana Pacers, Mitchell dropped jaws and two Pacers defenders before scoring via a floater as Indiana’s Micah Potter and Kobe Brown watched from the ground. WHAT A MOVE BY DONOVAN MITCHELL 😲 pic.twitter.com/vxILztyK9o — NBA…

SAN FRANCISCO — Easter isn’t the only religious holiday some members of the Golden State Warriors organization will celebrate Sunday night. They’ll also be thankful for the return of the most important figure in the team’s history: Stephen Curry. The 38-year-old superstar will return Sunday night after missing the last two months because of a…

The high-end sports card market’s torrid trajectory continued in March behind four publicly-reported sales of $1 million or more, including a record for three-time American League MVP Aaron Judge. One of two Judge cards to top $1 million last month, the 2013 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Autograph 1/1 — considered arguably Judge’s most important card created…

Last Thursday was a day to forget for the Los Angeles Lakers. The franchise was coming off its first 15-win month since March 2000, when Shaquille O’Neal was in the lone MVP season of his Hall of Fame career. Luka Dončić played all but one game last month; Austin Reaves played every game. A visit…

Stephen Curry was never going to sit out the rest of this season if he was healthy. The freshly minted 38-year-old wasn’t going to allow that to happen for two key reasons. First, he is proud of the standard of winning he helped establish for the Golden State Warriors over the last 17 years. It’s a…

DENVER — No matter the outcome, Victor Wembanyama thought it was an amazing game. Nikola Jokić versus Wemby, a battle of past and potentially future MVPs. A hallmark matchup of the big-man revolution. Two kids from Europe who came to the U.S. to rewrite the sport they love, turning it into an April spectacle amid…

DENVER — In a league threatening to get lost in everything wrong, what happened here Saturday was oh so right. It was Denver 136, San Antonio 134. In overtime. This wasn’t illegal contracts to subvert the salary cap. It wasn’t a gambling scandal. And there were no stars avoiding the grind of a late-season game,…

PHILADELPHIA — For the first time since 2007, the Detroit Pistons have claimed the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed in the NBA playoffs. They last sat atop the East heading into the postseason when the late Flip Saunders patrolled the sidelines and Rip Hamilton was the Pistons’ leading scorer. Ron Holland II wasn’t even 2…

SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr stepped to the podium on Thursday night with a small smile on his face and an extra pep in his step. The longtime coach of the Golden State Warriors has acquired something within his team that he hasn’t had at any other point in his 12-year tenure: bragging rights. That…