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The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead when they battle the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Western Conference final on Thursday. Oklahoma City cruised to a 114-88 win in the opener on Tuesday. The Timberwolves (49-33), who lost in five games to the Dallas Mavericks in … Read more

Kentucky basketball is synonymous with college basketball royalty. In UK’s storied history, the program has produced 60 first-round NBA Draft picks. Thirty-seven of those selections occurred during the John Calipari era, which spanned from 2009 to last spring. Twenty-five of the 37 first-rounders Calipari produced were lottery picks. But there was still something missing despite … Read more

The 6-seed Minnesota Timberwolves hope to bounce back in Game 2 of the 2025 Western Conference finals against the 1-seed Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. The Thunder cruised to a 114-88 victory over Minnesota to gain a 1-0 series advantage. During the regular season, these teams split the series 2-2.  Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m. … Read more

It’s no surprise that the Oklahoma City Thunder offense moves through Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday, Gilgeous-Alexander shot just 2-of-13 from the field in the first half, which resulted in just 44 total points for the Thunder and a four-point halftime deficit. In the second half, SGA dominated with 20 … Read more

Hello, sports fans! It’s Austin filling in for Zach on this Thursday morning. Let’s get right to it. Colts owner Jim Irsay dies at 65 Last night, Colts announced that longtime owner Jim Irsay died “peacefully in his sleep” at the age of 65. Irsay worked under his father, Robert, as a vice president and … Read more

Ramona ShelburneMay 22, 2025, 09:30 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News There is nothing like the sound of 19,812 people saying absolutely nothing, but thinking exactly the same thing. Shhhhhhhhhhh! They yelled as Karl-Anthony Towns went to the free throw line with 14 seconds left … Read more

Baxter HolmesMay 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. ON MONDAY, AS the Oklahoma City Thunder prepared to open their Western Conference … Read more

Zach KramMay 22, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram. The Minnesota Timberwolves were reeling at the end … Read more

WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark offered the same reaction watching Tyrese Haliburton’s late-game heroics during the Indiana Pacers’ shocking comeback over the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Clark, who already posted a triple-double followed by a history-making performance, wrote “PACERS ARE THE GREATEST COMEBACK TEAM IVE EVER SEEN,” during the … Read more

Ryan HockensmithMay 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the … Read more