MILWAUKEE — The UConn men’s basketball team saw its chance at a share of a record 12th Big East championship go by the wayside in Fiserv Forum on Saturday as it dropped its regular-season finale at Marquette, 68-62.

Silas Demary Jr. had a chance to tie the game with a layup in the final seconds and was met with contact at the rim, but no ...Read more

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri almost did it again, the recurring bit where it falls into a double-digit hole against a ranked opponent but comes back to win a gritty, physical game.

There was an opportunity at the end of regulation. A couple more in overtime.

But almost couldn't cut it on Saturday.

No. 20 Arkansas beat MU, 88-84, dealing the ...Read more

MIAMI — Women’s professional basketball player Arike Ogunbowale was arrested by Miami police Thursday morning at a downtown Miami nightclub for punching a security guard, police said. Ogunbowale and her teammates were celebrating their victory in the Unrivaled championship game just hours earlier.

A Miami Police Department report said ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic finished with 44 points despite not playing in the fourth quarter and the Lakers defeated the struggling Indiana Pacers 128-117 on Friday night despite LeBron James and Deandre Ayton not playing because of injury.

Doncic showcased his offensive wizardry from the start, joining Kobe Bryant, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West...Read more

DENVER — The Nuggets waited four months to get their starting lineup healthy. On its first night back together, it didn’t last half of the game.

Jamal Murray was helped off the court during the second quarter of Denver’s 142-103 loss to the Knicks on Friday. The 29-year-old point guard sprained his left ankle, the team said, after ...Read more

For weeks, the Miami Heat have been searching for a road statement, a victory away from Kaseya Center with substance.

For the entire season, the Heat have been searching for a comeback win on the road.

Mission accomplished ... and accomplished, with Friday night’s 128-120 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center.

Rebounding ...Read more

BOSTON —Just as they got Jayson Tatum back from Achilles surgery, the Celtics lost another veteran contributor to injury.

Center Nikola Vucevic suffered a fractured right ring finger during the first quarter of Friday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden. He will undergo surgery and is expected to miss “approximately one ...Read more

BOSTON — At 7:09 p.m. on Friday, TD Garden public address announcer Eddie Palladino shouted the words Celtics fans had waited nearly 10 months to hear:

“Aaannd from Duke, No. 0, Jayyyson Taaaatum!”

Two hundred ninety-eight days removed from Achilles surgery, the Celtics’ All-NBA superstar was officially back. And though he didn’t ...Read more

Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas has never been shy when making his points.

As one of several high-profile speakers at the funeral for Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Friday, Thomas mentioned the "five" former presidents in attendance. It wasn't a slip of Thomas' tongue.

Thomas went on to call them "President Harris" and "President Clinton...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Russell Westbrook doesn’t shy from confrontation. He made that clear again after the Kings’ loss Thursday night, this time in the media room.

“What I don’t like,” Westbrook said near the top of a roughly 6-minute media availability, “and I’ve been around the league a long time, and I’ve been around a lot ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Caleb Wilson’s freshman season at UNC has come to an abrupt end.

The school announced Friday afternoon that Wilson broke his right thumb during a non-contact drill in practice on Thursday. The injury requires surgery and Wilson will miss the rest of the season, per UNC. ESPN first reported the news.

Wilson was injured ...Read more

BOSTON — It’s official: Jayson Tatum will make his long-awaited season debut Friday night at TD Garden.

Hours before their 7 p.m. tipoff, the Celtics upgraded Tatum from questionable to available for their game against the Dallas Mavericks, clearing him to return to action nearly 10 months removed from Achilles surgery.

Tatum missed Boston...Read more

DENVER — LeBron James is king of another NBA record once held by Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

James broke Abdul-Jabbar’s record for the most career field goals in the regular season Thursday against the Denver Nuggets, but an elbow injury limited his contributions in crunch time of the Lakers’ 120-113 loss.

After ...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Up by as much as 19 points in the second half, Michigan State appeared on course for its usual senior night festivities on Thursday. But a Rutgers comeback made things tight at the end.

Coen Carr and Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 21 points each to lead No. 8 Michigan State out of a trap against Rutgers in a 91-87 win. A 21-8 ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The third quarter of the Timberwolves’ 115-107 victory over Toronto on Thursday at the Target Center was evidence that the type of team the Wolves thought they could be was still in there, lurking below the surface and perhaps gearing up for the stretch run.

The Wolves won the third quarter 35-22, and they took over the game ...Read more

MIAMI — On many other nights, the Miami Heat might have reached the point of peril.

Against the Brooklyn Nets, adversity merely proved to be an inconvenience Thursday night for Erik Spoelstra’s team.

So even with Bam Adebayo in foul trouble, with Norman Powell sidelined, and with an unexpected deficit in the third period, ultimately a 126-...Read more

HOUSTON — Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not mince words before his Warriors hobbled into the game against the host Rockets at Toyota Center on on Thursday.

“This is probably as beaten up a team as I’ve ever been around in my 12 years with the Warriors,” Kerr said. “I look at it as a great challenge, but also a great opportunity for ...Read more

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Wolverines had a chance to become the first Big Ten team in 50 years to go undefeated on the road during league play.

They didn’t let the historic opportunity go to waste, but they certainly had to work for it.

No. 3 Michigan prevailed in a dogfight that went down to the wire against Iowa, 71-68, Thursday at Carver-...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Ten days ago, the Detroit Pistons lost to the San Antonio Spurs, and they believed the lessons learned from that defeat would have benefited them in their rematch at Frost Bank Center on Thursday. This is particularly true when it came to gaining experience from playing against Victor Wembanyama.

In what could have been another ...Read more