The Knicks used some timely hoops to pull out a 116-107 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night at the Kaseya Center. Here are some takeaways… – Josh Hart came into this contest as a game-time decision due to a lower leg contusion, but after going through pregame warmups he was able to take the court with New York’s …

RALEIGH — N.C. State basketball got a look at its retooled roster on Wednesday against Division II Lees-McRae in the Wolfpack’s lone exhibition game ahead of the 2024-25 season. It was a nerve-wracking opener for N.C. State, which had to fight to the finish against the feisty Bobcats to earn a 79-75 win at the Lenovo Center. The Wolfpack had …

Warriors exercise Podziemski’s third-year contract option originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors have exercised the third-year contract option on guard Brandin Podziemski, the team announced Wednesday. The option will pay Podziemski approximately $3,687,960 for the 2025-26 NBA season, per Spotrac.com. Under the terms of the NBA’s current collective bargaining agreement, the first two years of a first-round …

Things couldn’t have been much different for Purdue in its second and last exhibition game before its season opener next week than its six point loss at #15 Creighton. Purdue was at home for this one and playing an outmatched Grand Valley State team. It didn’t take long for Purdue take control of the game on the way to rolling …

3 observations after Sixers slide to 1-3 with loss to Pistons originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Pistons are no longer winless and the Sixers still have no winning streaks. Detroit moved to 1-4 this season with a decisive win Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center, notching a 105-95 victory over the Sixers. Tyrese Maxey posted 32 points and …

WEST LAFAYETTE − CJ Cox and fellow freshman guard Gicarri Harris had never seen a Purdue basketball game from inside Mackey Arena. Their first resulted in an easy 99-41 exhibition victory over Division II Grand Valley State. It came with an announced sellout crowd backing the Boilermakers’ newest backcourt duo, who helped highlight a one-sided first half. Purdue vs. GVSU player ratings: …

LeBron James and Bronny James have already made NBA history as father-and-son teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers. But the two had another special moment on Wednesday night in an away game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom LeBron spent 11 seasons and won a championship. The Cavaliers rolled over the Lakers 134-110 in a blowout matchup at Rocket Mortgage …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball concluded the non-dramatic half of its exhibition schedule with a 99-41 victory over Grand Valley State on Wednesday night. Not the same competition level as the Boilermakers faced at Creighton, but a final tune-up for Monday’s season opener against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Purdue led 40-12 at one point and did what it was supposed to …

Michigan State’s Frankie Fidler shoots against Ferris State during the second half on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in East Lansing. On Tuesday, Michigan State basketball hosted Ferris State for their final exhibition matchup of the offseason before the team heads into the 2024-25 season. During that game between the Spartans and Bulldogs, Spartans wing Frankie Fidler had a nice drive …

Michigan State’s Tre Holloman, left, steals the ball form Ferris State’s Tyler Hamilton during the first half on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in East Lansing. Michigan State basketball wrapped up their final exhibition of the offseason, defeating Ferris State 85-67 inside of the Breslin Center on Tuesday night. This offseason, MSU fans have gotten a huge dose of Spartan basketball, …

LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball wrapped up its preseason exhibition slate Tuesday with an 84-53 win at home against Washburn. Head coach Bill Self’s squad still wasn’t at full strength, with graduate center Hunter Dickinson and graduate guard Shakeel Moore both out, but junior guard Rylan Griffen was able to return to action. Griffen helped the Jayhawks, a Division I program, build …

Kings star Fox admits he’ll likely play with finger injury all season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Through four games thus far, Kings star point guard De’Aaron Fox hasn’t been 100 percent. And it likely will be that way for the final 78 games of the 2024-25 NBA season. The 26-year-old recently revealed more details about a new …

Michigan State’s Frankie Fidler moves the ball against Ferris State during the first half on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in East Lansing. One Wednesday, less than a week from the start of the regular season, a Michigan State basketball forward was named to a prestigious watch list. Incoming transfer Frankie Fidler was named to the Julius Erving Award watch list, …

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams Jr. is sitting in a corner of Hadl Auditorium, just down the hallway from Allen Fieldhouse, the historic home of the top-ranked Kansas basketball team, and the place that the senior forward has called home for the past four years. He is a rarity these days, when players are allowed to transfer freely, often …

Ben Fletcher TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida introduced Ben Fletcher as interim basketball coach, saying he’s the right man to lead the Bulls following the death of Amir Abdur-Rahim. Fletcher, a close friend of Abdur-Rahim who helped the late coach turn around struggling programs at Kennesaw State and USF, promised to help grieving players cope with the loss and uphold …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill On this episode of The Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Isis “Ice” Young to talk about the best players in the NBA under 28 years old. They start off with tonight’s matchup between the Spurs and …

RJ Davis CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — RJ Davis accomplished enough in four years at North Carolina for his jersey to eventually earn a place among the honored numbers in the Smith Center’s rafters for the blueblood program. Yet he’s still here. “With five years, I know some people may say, ‘Oh, you need to go get a job now,’” Davis …

Warriors inch closer to NBA history with 3-point barrage vs. Pelicans originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors are on the brink of making NBA history. With 21 made 3-pointers in the 124-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday at Chase Center, Golden State now is second in league history with 64 games of 20 or …

Purdue basketball hosts Grand Valley State in an exhibition at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers, who are coming off a national championship game appearance in 2024, are ranked No. 13. They lost 93-87 to No. 14 Creighton in an exhibition on Oct. 26. Coach Matt Painter is entering his 20th season, and brings …

It’s not that uncommon for blueblood programs to have two five-star prospects arrive on campus the same year. It rarely happens at schools that don’t have that kind of tradition. And that’s what makes No. 25 Rutgers one of the most intriguing stories of the season as the Scarlet Knights welcome Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper. Bailey was the nation’s …

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese helped bring women’s basketball to new heights over the past two years. While there may be a ratings dip from last season’s record high, there are plenty of talented players like Paige Bueckers, JuJu Watkins, Deja Kelly and Hannah Hidalgo ready to continue the rise. “I know we lost some great ones in Angel and …

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Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes will be sidelined for at least three weeks after he went down with a right orbital fracture, the team announced on Wednesday. Barnes was knocked out of Monday’s 127-125 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets after he took an elbow to his eye from Nikola Jokić in the paint. Jokić was fighting with Raptors center …

Oct 12, 2024; Cherokee, NC, USA; Mandatory Credit: North Carolina Tar Heels guard Ian Jackson (11) reacts in the second half at the Dean E. Smith Center. Bob Donnan-Imagn Images After two exhibition games, North Carolina is looking forward to kicking off their men’s college basketball season with a home game at the Dean E. Smith Center on Monday against …

Bryce Hopkins has been named to the Naismith Trophy watch list for the second straight year. The Providence College senior enters the 2024-25 campaign among 50 players on the radar for national men’s college basketball Player of the Year honors. Hopkins was a preseason All-Big East selection at the league’s media day in October and is expected to return early this …