Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points as the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder beat San Antonio 119-98 on Tuesday night.

Keldon Johnson had 27 points, Victor Wembanyama added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists from Luka Doncic to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-91 on Wednesday night.

Victor Wembanyama is taking a few more days off to deal with a sore left knee.

The San Antonio Spurs say an MRI showed center Victor Wembanyama sustained no ligament damage in his injured left knee, and their All-Star center will not play Friday in Indiana.

San Antonio center Victor Wembanyama left Wednesday night’s rematch with the New York Knicks in the fourth quarter after suffering an apparent left leg injury, but returned to the bench in time to see the Spurs win 134-132.

The San Antonio Spurs have emerged as a serious threat to the Oklahoma City Thunder's NBA dominance.

The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA just a year removed from two of the worst seasons in franchise history.

The evolution of the Christmas Day sports calendar in the U.S. has given fans a respite if they need a break from family gatherings or just some entertainment while they sip on eggnog.

The New York Knicks celebrated their NBA Cup championship Friday night, even though they aren’t commemorating it with a banner at Madison Square Garden.

A person with knowledge of the decision says the New York Knicks won't raise a banner at Madison Square Garden to commemorate their NBA Cup championship.

OG Anunoby scored 28 points and Jalen Brunson added 25 as the New York Knicks rally to beat the Spurs 124-113 and win the NBA Cup.

The San Antonio Spurs are off to a strong start this season, despite significant injuries to key players like Victor Wembanyama.

Oklahoma City's 16-game winning streak has ended with a 111-109 loss to San Antonio in the NBA Cup semifinals.

Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 111-109 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Victor Wembanyama plans to play in the NBA Cup semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The NBA Cup's point-differential tiebreaker is changing game dynamics.

The NBA has announced that national games on NBC/Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, or ESPN have drawn over 60 million viewers in the first month of the regular season.

The San Antonio Spurs say an MRI confirmed star Victor Wembanyama has a left calf strain.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry stood at the free-throw line with six seconds remaining and the chance to make history, clinch a come-from-behind victory and silence the deafening roars of the opposing fans.

Stephen Curry scored 46 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-120, overcoming triple-doubles by Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle.

San Antonio center Victor Wembanyama released years of frustration for this storied franchise with a fiery scream after the Spurs beat the Miami Heat on Thursday.

Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five blocked shots, and the San Antonio Spurs improved to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history by beating the Miami Heat 107-101 on Thursday night.

The San Antonio Spurs can open the season 5-0 for the first time in franchise history.

The San Antonio Spurs have unveiled a banner celebrating Gregg Popovich.

Victor Wembanyama is back in action after recovering from deep vein thrombosis.

Voters in Bexar County, Texas, are set to decide on November 4 whether to allow $311 million in venue taxes to go toward helping build a new arena for the San Antonio Spurs.

Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan will miss San Antonio’s season opener at Dallas on Wednesday with a sprained left wrist.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox has agreed to a four-year, $228 million contract extension, an AP source has confirmed.

The NBA will play at least six regular-season games in Europe over the next three seasons, starting with a pair of games between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic this season.

Chris Paul is returning to the Los Angeles Clippers and will wear his iconic No. 3 jersey.

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama says he expects to play this coming season and has been fully cleared after dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder for the past few months.

The NBA has adjusted all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich’s career record with the San Antonio Spurs, removing the 77 games that he missed last season and crediting those wins and losses to new Spurs coach Mitch Johnson.

Victor Wembanyama is in China, and it’s not all about vacation.

Gregg Popovich spoke publicly Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke six months ago, saying at the news conference where the San Antonio Spurs formally introduced Mitch Johnson as his replacement that the time was right to make that move.

Gregg Popovich stepped down.

Mitch Johnson never expected to be coach of the San Antonio Spurs, not even on an interim basis.

A list of moments in the coaching career of San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, who stepped down on Friday.

Gregg Popovich has stepped down as coach of the San Antonio Spurs, ending a three-decade run that saw him lead the team to five NBA championships, become the league’s all-time wins leader and earn induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The San Antonio Spurs have back-to-back rookie of the year award winners.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is doing well at home after needing medical attention earlier this week following an incident at a restaurant.

In Year 20, Chris Paul started all 82.

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau seems to be playing chess while the “rest” of the National Basketball Association is playing checkers, as he has ruled out key players for their potential playoff matchup vs. the Detroit Pistons.

All five of the Denver Nuggets starters are out for their game against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednedsay night.

Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis has practiced with the club's NBA G League affiliate to get some five-on-five work in as he prepares for a possible return from a left adductor strain.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox will miss the rest of the season with a finger injury.

De’Aaron Fox spent much of his time in Sacramento as the fan favorite and face of the Kings franchise that ended a record-long playoff drought and brought much-needed joy to what had been a downtrodden team.

Tyronn Lue and Doc Rivers said they were saddened.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the faces of the NBA, the star of the San Antonio Spurs and already one of the biggest names in basketball around the world.

San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama's season is over.

Detroit Pistons legendary play-by-play announcer George Blaha has been selected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul made history on All-Star Saturday night.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had no idea 25 years ago that the Tech Summit would turn into much of anything, much less one of the hottest tickets at All-Star weekend.

Medics attended to a fan who collapsed courtside before the San Antonio Spurs vs.

Victor Wembanyama sat out the San Antonio Spurs’ game Saturday night against the Miami Heat because of an undisclosed illness.

NBA coaches are obviously convinced: Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players.

Victor Wembanyama has had enough.

San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer Tony Parker says Victor Wembanyama can be the best player in the NBA.

The final tally for Victor Wembanyama’s trip in Paris: two games, 50 points, 23 rebounds, eight assists, six blocks, two courts dedicated, one trip to the Eiffel Tower, a Fashion Week appearance, a Champions League match attended and about a million high-fives.

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San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama stood outside in the rain on a cold Paris night.

Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110.

The first enormous roar from the crowd came before the game even started.

The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball.

Caitlin Clark turned 23 on Wednesday.

Here are some of the things on Victor Wembanyama’s Paris itinerary to this point: arranging a shopping trip and then a dinner for San Antonio Spurs teammates on Monday, dedicating a pair of outdoor courts in his hometown and then some Fashion Week appearances on Tuesday and heading to the Paris Saint-Germain vs.

Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday.

The Suns are in town to take on the Pistons on Saturday, and one of the visiting stars is making his football allegiance known.

Victor Wembanyama had 23 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Lakers 126-102 in Los Angeles’ first game back from two postponements due to the wildfires devastating the area.

The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles’ first two NBA games since catastrophic wildfires killed at least 24 people and destroyed significant sections of their hometown.

NBA games are scheduled to return to wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Monday night, with the Clippers planning to resume their schedule when they play host to the Miami Heat and the Lakers set to host Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.

Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic was sidelined for Denver’s clash with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night because of an illness.

Victor Wembanyama’s days as a 20-year-old in the NBA are over.

Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on Saturday.

Victor Wembanyama had 42 points and 18 rebounds in a memorable Christmas Day debut.

Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.

There’s a Christmas Day basketball game at Walt Disney World, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Wemby.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich expressed his gratitude and his desire to return to the bench in his first public statement since suffering a stroke last month.

San Antonio Spurs point guard Chris Paul moved to second on the NBA’s all-time assists list against the New Orleans Pelicans, the franchise where his 20-year career began.

Adversity finds every team in the NBA at some point.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich has been away from the team because he suffered a mild stroke earlier this month, the San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama had another monstrous outing that put him in the record books among some impressive company.

The San Antonio Spurs are unsure when, or if, Gregg Popovich will return as coach this season.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is out indefinitely while recovering from an illness that forced him to miss Saturday's victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chet Holmgren gets tired of addressing what he considers a manufactured rivalry with Victor Wembanyama, but he understands the hype.

Klay Thompson has set a Dallas record for 3-pointers in a debut with six as the Mavericks beat San Antonio in his first game after 13 seasons with Golden State.

The Boston Celtics begin this season as the NBA champions.

Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration.

Athletes have a hard time standing out in a Paris cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and the arts.

Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA.

Two people with knowledge of the details say that Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates.

Victor Wembanyama’s latest accolade was like none other.

Denver coach Michael Malone first broached the subject with his team in training camp, reminding them no NBA champion had won back-to-back titles since the Golden State Warriors did it in 2018.

Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history.

Victor Wembanyama will return to Paris, he hopes as an Olympic champion, when the San Antonio Spurs face the Indiana Pacers in two regular-season NBA games early next year.

Victor Wembanyama's rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs is coming to an end.

Victor Wembanyama’s celebratory tossing of a basketball into the stands was costly.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 40 points and added 20 rebounds and seven assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame Jalen Brunson’s career-high 61 points to beat the New York Knicks 130-126 in overtime on Friday night.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will miss Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained left ankle.