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Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Utah Jazz focused on avoiding the pain of last season's playoffs

They don’t call it a growing pleasure. Learning experiences are painful for a reason – you become harder, tougher and better prepared for future situations. It’s like learning to play guitar: the first session your fingers might be sore. The next time they might bleed. After that, they’ll be sensitive. But over time they become rough and calloused, you get […]

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‘This could have been prevented’: Minnesota Timberwolves grapple with Daunte Wright shooting

Sometimes, the Minnesota Timberwolves protested with actions. Sometimes they protested with words. The Timberwolves postponed their game against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday less than a day after a Brooklyn Center police officer shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old unarmed Black man, during a traffic stop. Before the Timberwolves’ rescheduled game against Brooklyn without fans Tuesday, both teams wore T-Shirts during […]

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Wolves prez hopes game gives players a platform

Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 As the Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets resume play after Monday’s game was postponed in the wake of the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Wolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas said he hoped playing Tuesday would “give our guys a platform to show and say what they […]

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Where do Nuggets go after Jamal Murray’s devastating ACL tear?

The Nuggets’ worst fears were realized Tuesday morning. After Jamal Murray’s left knee buckled on a plant late in Monday’s loss to Golden State, the initial hope, according to Nuggets coach Michael Malone, was a hyperextension. But after an early evaluation by the team’s medical staff late Monday night, the concern immediately turned to something more devastating: an ACL tear. […]

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‘Amazing’: NBA star breaks 57-year record

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has overtaken basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain as the franchise’s most prolific point-scorer in NBA history. Chamberlain registered 17,783 points during a formidable six-year stint for the Warriors, his record standing since 1964. Curry finally surpassed the 13-time NBA All-Star during the first quarter of Tuesday’s NBA game against the Denver Nuggets in San Francisco […]

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Pelicans’ Zion Williamson, who is 6-foot-7, says playing point guard ‘feels natural’

For the second straight game on Sunday, New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball was sidelined with a left hip flexor soreness.  That has given the Pelicans the opportunity to use Zion Williamson, who is listed at 6-foot-7, as essentially the point guard and initiate the offense. Williamson has handled the new duties better than could have been expected. In Sunday’s 116-109 win […]

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Kanter pulls down Blazers record 30 rebounds

PORTLAND, Ore. — Enes Kanter had 24 points and a franchise-record 30 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Detroit Pistons 118-103 on Saturday night. Kanter bested Sidney Wicks’ Portland record of 27 rebounds set in 1975. Each time Kanter added to the record Saturday, the Blazers’ bench stood and cheered. Kanter is the fourth player with 30 rebounds […]

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