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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…

DALLAS — Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves will miss the rest of the regular season with a grade 2 left oblique muscle injury, the team announced Saturday. A league source told The Athletic that Reaves is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with the injury. The injury news comes one day after the Lakers…

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is expected to play Sunday night against the Houston Rockets after missing the last two months because of a right knee injury. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Saturday’s practice that Curry, who has not played since Jan. 30, has looked good in practice, and that…

Candace Parker, Amar’e Stoudemire and Doc Rivers headline a nine-member class that has been selected for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next August. The threesome will be joined by Elena Delle Donne, Mark Few, Joey Crawford, Chamique Holdsclaw, Mike D’Antoni and the 1996 United States Women’s National Team in the Class of…

As the Los Angeles Lakers come to terms with Luka Dončić’s Grade 2 hamstring strain, the immediate questions are as obvious as they are urgent. How long is the recovery timeline? And more importantly, will the Lakers’ superstar be back in time for the NBA playoffs, which begin April 18? So far, we know for…

PHILADELPHIA — One hour after the Philadelphia 76ers captured their 43rd win in one of their most complete performances of the season, star center Joel Embiid voiced frustration with the organization — and general manager Daryl Morey — over not playing in a game earlier in the week. “I was pissed off,” Embiid said Friday…