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☆ Endless Range, Boundless Swagger: Why Caitlin Clark Is Different
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Matt Flegenheimer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Caitlin Clark moves — weaving through defensive traffic; waving unsubtly for a teammate’s pass; wriggling free enough to catch, fire, catch fire — people tend to follow. Young girls and old men tug at “22” Clark jerseys that flap above their knees. Stewards of the sport, wary from experience, permit themselves to wonder if something might be different this time. “I’ve stayed away from basketball,” said C. Vivian Stringer, the Hall of Fame former coach at Rutgers and Iowa who retired in 2022. “But how can you stay away from Caitlin Clark?”

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Young, “ I’ve, ”, Vivian Stringer Organizations: University of Iowa, Stewards, of Fame, Rutgers Locations: midcourt, Manhattan, Iowa

6 Wisconsin 75-69 on Sunday for its seventh consecutive victory. It extended its Big Ten lead to 1½ games as Wisconsin (16-6, 8-3) lost its second straight. This marked the NCAA-leading 74th straight game in which Edey scored in double figures. Purdue extended the lead to 10 with 14:35 left when Edey dunked on a lob from Fletcher Loyer. Wisconsin: This marked the fifth time in school history that Wisconsin hosted a game in which both teams were ranked in the top 10.

Persons: — Lance Jones, Zach Edey, Braden Smith, Edey, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Rick Mount’s, Tyler Wahl, AJ Storr, Smith, Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Wahl, Mason Gillis, Chucky Hepburn, Hepburn, Connor Essegian, Loyer, ___ Organizations: Purdue, Boilermakers, NCAA, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Badgers, UConn didn't, Nebraska, NEXT Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, AP Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, . Wisconsin

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tyrese Hunter's driving layup at the buzzer sent Texas to a 75-73 win over No. Texas quickly inbounded the ball and got it to Hunter near midcourt, and he weaved his way around three defenders for the basket. The Bears allowed none in the second half but ran into their own scoring problems after halftime. Baylor's Jalen Bridges and Langston Love made consecutive 3-pointers early in the second half, giving the Bears a 56-50 lead. Baylor got within one on Walter's two free throws with 50 seconds left and forced an off-balance shot by Disu on the other end.

Persons: Baylor's Jalen Bridges, Hunter, Dylan Disu, Ja'Kobe Walter, Baylor's Jalen, Langston Love, Kadin, Disu, Chendall Weaver, Max Abmas, Rodney Terry Organizations: Baylor, Bears, Big, Longhorns, Texas, The Bears, NEXT Baylor, TCU, . Texas Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, midcourt, ., Oklahoma

DALLAS (AP) — Jalen Williams scored 23 points and Oklahoma City rallied after allowing Dallas’ NBA-record 30-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Mavericks 126-120 on Saturday night. Dallas led 120-118 before the Thunder scored the game’s final eight points. A dunk by rookie Chet Holmgren tied the score, and Williams put the Thunder ahead for good with a reverse drive with 40 seconds left. Williams hit two free throws with eight seconds left for the final points. The Mavericks’ run was the l ongest without allowing a basket in the play-by-play era, which dates to 1996-97.

Persons: — Jalen Williams, Dallas ’, Luka Doncic, Chet Holmgren, Williams, Shai Gilgeous, Alexander, Mark Daigneault, ”, Jason Kidd, ” Daigneault, ” Gilgeous, Cason Wallace, Davis Bertans, Bertans, Holmgren, OKC, Doncic, Larry Bird, Kyrie Irving, Tim Hardaway Jr, Dereck Lively, “, ’ ” Kidd, Doncic’s, Anamaria Goltes, Gabriela, ___ Organizations: DALLAS, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Dallas ’ NBA, Mavericks, NBA, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Thunder, Luka, ”, ” Mavericks, Memphis, Dallas ’, Houston, Wednesday, Utah Locations: Doncic, midcourt, Oklahoma

14 North Carolina 83-81 on Thursday in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis. North Carolina (4-1) will play for third place. North Carolina took it to midcourt before calling a timeout with 3.3 seconds left. Davis led North Carolina with 23 points. Harrison Ingram added 20 points before fouling out at the offensive end with 3:44 left in regulation.

Persons: — Justin Moore, Eric Dixon, Cormac Ryan, Elliot Cadeau, Moore dribbled, Dixon, RJ Davis inbounded, Moore, Mark Armstrong, Davis, Harrison Ingram, Ryan, Armando Bacot, ___ Organizations: Villanova, North Carolina, Atlantis, UNC, AP Locations: NASSAU, Bahamas, Arkansas, Memphis, Carolina, North Carolina, .

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Draymond Green was “wrong” and “took it too far” when he put Minnesota's Rudy Gobert in a headlock, agreeing that the five-game suspension handed down by the NBA was deserved. “Draymond was wrong,” Kerr said Thursday before the Warriors' game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thompson and McDaniels were each assessed a technical foul, while Green was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2. Political Cartoons View All 1253 Images“He definitely took it too far," Kerr said. Kerr said the team is working with Green to rein in his behavior.

Persons: Steve Kerr, Draymond Green, “, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, “ Draymond, ” Kerr, ”, Green's, Klay Thompson, Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels, Gobert, Green, McDaniels, Thompson, Kerr, Rudy, he’s, ” Thompson, Draymond Organizations: FRANCISCO, Golden State Warriors, NBA, Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Timberwolves, Thompson, State Locations: midcourt

☆ Zero Points, One Headlock, Three Ejections, 103 Seconds: The NBA’s Hectic, Historic Night
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors had barely begun, Tuesday night in San Francisco, when the rowdiest scene of the early NBA season unfolded. Just over a minute and a half into the contest, Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels and Golden State’s Klay Thompson, who had tussled for rebounding position, gripped and tore at one another’s jerseys at midcourt, spinning in circles as referees’ whistles blew. When Rudy Gobert, the Timberwolves’ 7-foot-1 center, tried to pry them apart, Draymond Green—the Warriors’ ace defender and agitator—leapt onto Gobert’s back and clamped an arm around his neck.

Persons: Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels, Klay Thompson, Rudy Gobert, Draymond, — Organizations: Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors, NBA, Timberwolves, Warriors Locations: San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green was ejected after putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock and two other players were thrown out after an altercation early in the Golden State Warriors' game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. The game was still scoreless and not even two minutes had elapsed when Golden State's Klay Thompson and Minnesota's Jaden McDaniels got in a shoving match near midcourt following a Timberwolves possession. Green rushed in and pulled Gobert away from behind with his arm around the center's neck. Thompson's jersey was ripped during the scuffle, which led to Green's second ejection of the season and two free throw attempts for Gobert. ___Political Cartoons View All 1247 Images

Persons: Green, Rudy Gobert, Klay Thompson, Minnesota's Jaden McDaniels Organizations: FRANCISCO, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Timberwolves Locations: midcourt

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Saniya Rivers had a career-best 33 points to go with 10 rebounds and five assists to help North Carolina State stun second-ranked Connecticut 92-81 on Sunday, earning the program's first win against the Huskies in more than a quarter-century. With Rivers rolling, N.C. State shot 52.5% for the game while dominating the glass (41-29). N.C. State: The Wolfpack beat Charlotte by 41 points to open the season, led by James' career-best 26 points and a quality debut for McDonald's All-American Zoe Brooks. It was also the first top-5 win for N.C. State as an unranked team since December 2016. N.C. State: Elon visits the Wolfpack on Wednesday.

Persons: Saniya Rivers, Aziaha James, Geno Auriemma's, Paige Bueckers, Aaliyah Edwards, Bueckers, James, Zoe Brooks, Brooks, State’s, of Famer Kay Yow’s, Elon, ___ Organizations: North Carolina State, Connecticut, Huskies, Wolfpack, NCAA, Reynolds Coliseum, UConn, BIG, Dayton, Charlotte, of Famer, of Famer Kay Yow’s Wolfpack, N.C, State, NEXT UConn, AP, womens Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, Saniya, State, midcourt, South Carolina, Maryland

Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesPreseason Associated Press All-American Kyle Filipowski had 25 points to lead the Blue Devils (1-1), who never caught up after Johnson's late basket. But the Wildcats bullied the Blue Devils in the first half on the glass and led by eight at the break. Duke: The Blue Devils got a boost with the return of athletic wing Mark Mitchell from an ankle injury that sidelined him for the opener. But outside of Jeremy Roach (17 points), the Blue Devils got little offensive support for Filipowski. Duke: The Blue Devils get another marquee matchup against fourth-ranked Michigan State in the Champions Classic in Chicago on Tuesday.

Persons: — Keshad Johnson, Duke, Johnson, Caleb Love, Cameron Crazies ”, —, Love, Kyle Filipowski, Mike Krzyzewski, Mark Mitchell, Jeremy Roach, ___ Organizations: Wildcats, Duke, North, Blue Devils, Duke Hall of Fame, Arizona, Devils, Filipowski, Southern, Michigan State Locations: DURHAM, N.C, Arizona, North Carolina, midcourt, UP, Chicago

DENVER (AP) — The 3-point shot of Dallas forward Grant Williams felt slightly off all morning in practice on the new, brightly painted Denver Nuggets court. It was a wrongly measured 3-point line. In the time between shootaround and the game between the Mavericks and Nuggets, the line was repainted to the right distance. Sometimes, imperfections happen so you've got to adjust.”The NBA 3-point line is 23 feet, 9 inches except from the corners where it's slightly shorter. As for the 3-point line, Sweeney said: "Hopefully it’s the correct one now.

Persons: Grant Williams, ” Williams, Williams, you've, Michael Malone, ”, Sean Sweeney, Jason Kidd, Sweeney Organizations: DENVER, Dallas, Denver Nuggets, Mavericks, Nuggets, NBA, Los Angeles Clippers Locations: Denver, shootaround, midcourt, High City, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas

The NBA's In-Season Tournament starts Friday, after years of planning by Commissioner Adam Silver to have a second trophy for teams to compete for during the season. All games on the schedule those nights are tournament games. There are six five-team groups; teams play the other four teams in their group once. There are 14 teams that will begin play Friday and 13 teams will get their first tournament games in on Nov. 10. Every game in the tournament counts as one of the 82 regular-season games that all teams will play this season.

Persons: Gregg Popovich, Victor Wembanyama, Popovich, ”, Adam Silver, He's, ” Popovich, “, They've, they’ve, Jacque Vaughn, I’m, Walter Brown, FanDuel, ___ Organizations: Spurs, NBA, Orlando, Atlanta, Toronto, Detroit . East, Charlotte . East, Orlando . West, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland . West, Denver, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston . West, ”, Celtics, Boston Garden, Lakers, Golden State Locations: Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta , Indiana, Detroit, Milwaukee , New York, Miami, Washington, Charlotte, Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, Orlando, Memphis, Phoenix, Utah, Portland, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Sacramento, Golden State , Minnesota, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, ” Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Denver

☆ Cavaliers squeeze past Nets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/50] Oct 25, 2023; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) warms up before a game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Two free throws by Mikal Bridges gave the Nets a 113-111 lead with 19 seconds left, and Cleveland used its final timeout. After Mitchell's clutch shot, Brooklyn used a timeout, but Johnson saw a well-contested four-foot tip shit fall well short of the hoop. Isaac Okoro added 18, while Garland contributed 15 as the Cavaliers shot 46.8 percent. Bridges added 20, and Johnson finished with 12 as the Nets shot 50 percent but misfired on 18 of 27 3-point tries.

Persons: Donovan Mitchell, Brad Penner, Mikal Bridges, Max Strus inbounded, Darius Garland, Garland, Mitchell, Brooklyn's Cameron Johnson, Johnson, Royce, Strus, Isaac Okoro, Cam Thomas, Bridges, Cleveland, Dennis Smith Jr, O'Neale, Thomas Organizations: Cleveland Cavaliers, Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Nets, Cavaliers, Brooklyn, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn , New York, USA, Cleveland, Brooklyn, midcourt

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s first win of his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs came with no fans present, no referees around and didn’t even require the use of a basketball. “I wanted to win.”Get used to that, San Antonio. They were oft-asked in recent years; then the Spurs got Wembanyama and Popovich signed for five more seasons. The Spurs won 22 games last season — the third-worst season in franchise history — and missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. A simple wish, quickly granted, showed Wembanyama right away what San Antonio can be like.

Persons: — Victor Wembanyama’s, Wembanyama, ” Wembanyama, “, ”, Doug McDermott, Reggie Bullock, Wembanyama —, Bullock, “ I’ve, Thomas Bryant, Bryant, “ We’ve, we’ve, Erik Spoelstra, Spoelstra, Popovich, Heat —, ” Spoelstra, He’s, smarts, —, ” Popovich, Chet Holmgren, he’s, “ It's, Tim Reynolds, ___ Organizations: ANTONIO, San Antonio Spurs, Spurs, NBA, ” Spurs, Houston, The Miami Heat, ”, Oklahoma, San Locations: San Antonio, midcourt, Chicago, Texas, France, Miami

Las Vegas did it without starters Chelsea Gray and Kiah Stokes, who were both sidelined with foot injuries suffered in Game 3. Las Vegas was also still missing veteran Candace Parker, who had foot surgery in late July. The Aces got the ball to Wilson on a lob, but Breanna Stewart blocked the shot, giving New York one last chance. After a timeout with 8.8 seconds left, the Liberty got the ball to Stewart, who was double-teamed. The first three games of the WNBA Finals were also routs, with New York winning Game 3 87-73 to stave off elimination.

Persons: A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Kiah Stokes, Gray, Candace Parker, “ We’ve, Alysha Clark, ” Wilson, Jackie Young, Courtney Vandersloot, York's, Kelsey Plum, Sabrina Ionescu's, Becky Hammon, Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Stewart, “, we’ve, Sandy Brondello, ” Vandersloot, Betnijah Laney, Hammon, ”, ” Stewart, ” Hammon, Clark, Cayla George, Stokes, George, Ionescu, Sue Bird, Dawn Staley, Wilson —, Vickie Johnson, Sue Wicks, Jennifer Connelly, Issa Rae, Jason Sudeikis, ___ Organizations: Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty, The Aces, Los Angeles Sparks, Houston Comets, Las Vegas, Aces, New York, Liberty, ”, Seattle Storm, New, WNBA Locations: Vegas, New, midcourt, New York, South Carolina

☆ NBA roundup: Suns overcome heated third quarter, rout Warriors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Oct 25, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson waves at the Phoenix Suns bench after being ejected from the game in the second half at Footprint Center. As the Suns were taking advantage of a foul disparity to cling to an 83-77 lead midway through the third quarter, Thompson and Booker were assessed technical fouls for a verbal altercation. Wizards 120, Pistons 99Kyle Kuzma scored 25 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 20 as Washington continued its recent dominance over visiting Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 25 points to lead Detroit, which has lost three straight following a season-opening win over the Orlando Magic. Tre Mann added 25 points for the Thunder, who were without Josh Giddey (ankle).

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