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A six-foot-nine, 19-year-old Australian playing for the Louisiana State University Tigers has topped this year’s National Basketball Association draft.
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Courtside seats to Monday night's game between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder are selling for nearly $30,000 a pop on online resale sites.
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award for the second straight year, the league announced Tuesday.
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Los Angeles -
It's hard to blame the Los Angeles Lakers for trying to get in on a good thing — the Golden State Warriors are obviously doing something right.
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Beijing -
Remember professional basketball player Stephon Marbury? The former NBA star is currently making waves in China as a top player in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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To say Steph Curry is like a video game is unfair; he's better than a video game equivalent of an NBA star, because he's sinking half-court shots like they're free throws, as we saw again last night in the Golden State Warriors game versus Orlando.
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Oklahoma City Thunder's star player is once again sinking game-winners. Last night, Kevin Durant sniped a three-pointer with 0.5 seconds left in a tight battle versus the Orlando Magic.
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It was the wildest circus shot the talented DeMar DeRozan has ever made. The high-arcing scoop shot splashed perfectly through the net as he was being fouled. Thing is, the play didn't count.
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San Francisco -
San Francisco supervisors voted 10-0 to approve construction of a new $1 billion arena on the city's southern downtown shoreline to lure the NBA champion Golden State Warriors basketball team back to the city by the bay.
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This edition of Highlight of the Week gives you a solid dose of NBA slam dunk action, courtesy the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan monstrous jam over the Milwaukee Bucks' Greg Monroe. This was the slam heard around the world Wednesday.
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The Golden State Warriors improved to 19-0 Monday night in a narrow win over the Utah Jazz.
The Warriors are already off to the hottest start in NBA history, and they're the undisputed best team in basketball.
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The 2015-16 NBA season is set to tip off on Tuesday night and after several teams made some big moves over the summer, banking on a repeat of Golden State and Cleveland in the title game isn't a certainty.
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After making it to Gilas' initial roster, L.A. Lakers' point guard Jordan Jackson failed to make it to the magic 12 of the Philippine basketball team competing in the FIBA Asia Championship Sept. 23 to Oct. 3 in Changsha, China.
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Fil-Am NBA player Jordan Clarkson has been granted permission by the L.A. Lakers to play for Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Championship from Sept. 23 to Oct. 3 in Changsha, China.
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L.A. Lakers point guard Jordan Clarkson arrived in Manila on Monday to fulfill his commitment as an endorser for Smart but just a day after his arrival, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) included him in the 24-man pool of Gilas Pilipinas.
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Fil-Am Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. is getting closer to his lifelong dream of making it to the NBA after sinking 10 points in his fourth playing day with Dallas Mavericks Thursday at at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Matt Bonner, who has played for the San Antonio Spurs for nine years, says his two-and-a-half-month battle with tennis elbow last season can be blamed on his iPhone.
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This is going to be fun, ball fans. 2015 MVP vs multiple-year MVP. Steph Curry's Golden State Warriors will battle LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals which begin June 4 in Oakland.
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Houston -
The Houston Rockets clinched the franchises's first berth in the conference semifinals in nearly two decades Sunday with a Game 7 victory at home to eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers.
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In a play any LeBron James fan would recognize, the Cleveland Cavaliers all-star sunk a game-winner buzzer-beater shot with 1.5 seconds left in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals versus the Chicago Bulls.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers took a major hit to their title hopes when Kevin Love dislocated his shoulder, taking him out of the next round of the playoffs and most likely the rest of the season.
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Toronto -
We are two games deep into the 2015 NBA playoffs and the Toronto Raptors are the only team to lose both home games thus far.
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The NBA world was always waiting for the playoffs to judge the Rajon Rondo trade.
His inability to shoot clogs the Mavericks' spacing, and thus, their offense.
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Toronto -
The Toronto Raptors square off against the Washington Wizards in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and I predict the Raptors' offensive firepower will overwhelm Washington's disorganized defense. Raptors in five.
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As the NBA Playoffs approach, many fans are left wondering which Western Conference powerhouses will make it furthest and which teams in the East are legitimate title contenders. With the playoffs starting this weekend, here’s what fans can expect.
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Most teams have just 10-12 games left in the NBA's regular season, but 22 teams' playoff hopes have already been decided and all that is left is shuffling for playoff seeding.
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There are 16 teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament. But Wisconsin and Kentucky have one big advantage over the rest: Both teams are really tall, even by basketball standards.
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Cleveland -
As we are in the thick of the NBA season, and the premiere teams begin to cut away from the rest, the Cavaliers look to be among the elite.
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Miami -
A scary moment in the National Basketball Association this week as Miami Heat star Chris Bosh was diagnosed with blood clots on his lung.
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Purefoods Hotshots' Daniel Orton, who played for the Orlando Magic in the NBA, has been slapped with P250,000 fine by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for insulting the league's referees and for calling Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao a "joke."
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Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines wikipedia
Toronto Raptors point guard Jerryd Bayless drives to the basket against the Indiana Pacers at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday night. The Raptors came up short in the fourth quarter losing 90-85 to fall to 1-1 on the season. Karan Vyas
Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls wikipedia
Raptors guard Jerryd Bayless (right) was effective distributing the ball along with Jose Calderon in the back court. He was forced to leave the game in the third quarter after re-injuring his strained left ankle JP Dhanoa
Durant waiting for the play to start. flickr/aaronisnotcool
Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan attempts to drive past Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell. DeRozan scored a team-high 23 points and attacked the basket often in his team's 103-93 win at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday night John Lucero
The Boston Celtics during the Eastern Conference Finals RMTip21
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. flickr/Keith Allison
The San Antonio Spurs huddling before a game RMTip121
Moon holding ball in victory flickr
The L.A. Clippers site after the announcement of Donald Sterling's NBA ban L.A. Clippers website
Vanilla cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream and a handmade fondant Toronto Raptors logo. by clevercupcakes
Garnett getting focused to end the game. flickr/themikelee
The L.A. Lakers stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol flickr/darleeneisms
Tiago Splitter, shown here in pre-game warm-ups, helped the Spurs crush Sacramento wikimedia commons
Zach Lavine during the NBA Slam Dunk Content on Feb. 14, 2015 Via NBA.com
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