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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell has been ruled out for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. Mitchell’s name was listed on the injury report along with teammates Jalen Williams (questionable, left hamstring soreness) and Thomas Sorber (right ACL surgery recovery). Advertisement Mitchell strained his right soleus…

Anthony Edwards said there was no ulterior motive behind his decision to dap up San Antonio Spurs players and coaches with eight minutes remaining in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ series-clinching Game 6 loss in the Western Conference semifinals. Edwards, who addressed his actions during a behind-the-scenes-style video posted to his YouTube channel, said he didn’t want…

Darvin Ham, Patrick St. Andrews and Joe Boylan are all expected to join recently hired Milwaukee Bucks head coach Taylor Jenkins’ staff for the 2026-27 season, league sources tell The Athletic. Ham is a former NBA head coach who compiled a 90-74 record in two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. He helped lead the…

SAN ANTONIO — Nestled inside Jared McCain’s travel bag is a relatively new copy of W. Timothy Gallwey’s “The Inner Game of Tennis.” The old copy McCain bought in high school unraveled last year, marked by spills and wear. But he salvaged a memento. A tattered fragment of Page 21, which McCain calls “the rose…

SAN ANTONIO — Subtlety and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander don’t spend much time together. He’s a neon personality with an extravagant game and an unapologetic disposition. But his deconstruction of the San Antonio Spurs in Oklahoma City’s 123-108 win on Friday in Game 3, seizing control of the Western Conference finals, was shrewd enough to overlook. A…

SAN ANTONIO — Most of the San Antonio Spurs roster has never played in a moment of this magnitude. However, there is one player who has had his back against the wall on the biggest stage and prevailed. Harrison Barnes trailed LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 2-1 in the 2015 NBA Finals. He was…

A young Shaquille O’Neal taught an even-younger me what bass sounded like. When the generational big man drove near the Orlando Arena parking lot for that night’s Magic game back in the mid-‘90s, the world shook. He had a variety of different customized cars, including a lot of Suburbans with the Superman logo emblazoned on…

The Oklahoma City Thunder took the lead in the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs by showing just why they have been so formidable all season: Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led a team effort of such depth and versatility that just one of Oklahoma City’s role players managed to outscore the entire Spurs…

Facing a 15-0 deficit early in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Friday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t panic. Instead, the defending champions did what they always do: defend, attack relentlessly and lean on their depth, throwing waves of athleticism at the San Antonio Spurs. By halftime, the Thunder had turned that early…

SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs have their guards back, as both Dylan Harper (right adductor) and De’Aaron Fox (right ankle) were cleared to return for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Friday night. Meanwhile, Thunder forward Jalen Williams, who reinjured a hamstring in Game 2, is officially out for Game 3. Williams went through…