Basketball

Warriors take Game 1 from cold-shooting Wolves 99-88 despite Curry's departure with hamstring strain

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Stephen Curry was already in the locker room with a bag of ice against his leg when his Golden State teammates arrived for halftime with a comfortable lead. The Warriors sure made the best of a bad situation.

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Road, sweet road: Visiting teams go 4-0 in Game 1 of NBA conference semifinals, a league first

Road, sweet road. Home-court advantage? It doesn’t exist so far in the NBA conference semifinals — where visiting teams combined to go 4-0 in Game 1s, the first time that has happened during this round in the league’s playoff history.

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Mitchell and shorthanded Cavaliers don't have enough at the end and go down 2-0 in series to Pacers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell did everything he physically could to try to get the Cleveland Cavaliers back on equal footing in their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Indiana Pacers. It wasn't enough, though.

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Haliburton's 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left gives Pacers a win over Cavs and 2-0 series lead

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton made a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining and the Indiana Pacers scored the final eight points in 47.

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Haliburton's 3 with 1.1 seconds left gives Pacers 120-119 stunning win over Cavs and 2-0 series lead

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton said he knows he's trusted to deliver in big moments. In three straight playoff games, the Indiana Pacers guard has delivered when it has mattered most. Haliburton made a 3-pointer with 1.

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NBA playoffs are seeing close games become the norm. And there have been some heroic moments, too

Aaron Gordon went to the postgame interview room after his latest heroic moment for the Denver Nuggets, took a seat with his two nephews on his lap and waited for somebody to say something. He finally broke the silence. “Any questions?” he asked.

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Rookie GM Brian Gregory says he's ready to rebuild the Suns, touts closeness with owner Mat Ishbia

PHOENIX (AP) — Brian Gregory's basketball resume has plenty of gravitas thanks to nearly two decades as an NCAA Division I head coach at Dayton, Georgia Tech and South Florida. That's not why he's the new general manager of the Phoenix Suns.

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Mobley, Garland and Hunter declared out for Cavaliers going into Game 2 against Pacers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Evan Mobley, Darius Garland and De’Andre Hunter were all declared out for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.

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Thunder, Celtics look to bounce back after series-opening losses to Knicks, Nuggets

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder looked very much like the dominant teams they were during the regular season in securing lopsided first-round playoff series wins.

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OKC's Sam Presti picked as the NBA's executive of the year

Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year, the reward for building that team into a juggernaut that won a league-best 68 games this season.

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