Basketball
Pacers' Haliburton plays through lower leg injury in Game 5 loss to Thunder in NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton grabbed at his lower right leg after an awkward fall in the first quarter, briefly leaving Game 5 of the NBA Finals for treatment. He kept playing. He clearly wasn't right.
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Game 5: Williams scores 40 points and Thunder win 120-109 for a 3-2 NBA Finals lead over Pacers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana comes roaring back in the fourth quarter. Indiana won that one.
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Williams scores 40, Thunder grab 3-2 lead in Finals with 120-109 win over Pacers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams scored a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont.
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Rick Carlisle is a WNBA fan, and in the NBA he's far from alone in that club
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's official: Rick Carlisle isn't just an Indiana Fever fan. He's a fan of the WNBA game in general.
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Reese's triple double and Van Lith's career-high 16 points push Sky past Sun 78-66
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Angel Reese had her first triple double, Hailey Van Lith led a dominant performance by the Chicago bench with a career-high 16 points and the Sky pulled away from the Connecticut Sun for a 78-66 win on Sunday.
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Magic land Desmond Bane in a trade with the Grizzlies for Anthony, Caldwell-Pope and draft picks
The Orlando Magic wanted to find scoring and shooting this summer. Desmond Bane was their answer, and the first big move of the NBA summer — before the NBA summer even officially begins — has arrived.
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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offers defense of Scott Foster after referee receives criticism in Game 4
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster on Sunday, evidently aware of the mountains of online criticism that came after Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
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Pacers and Thunder are set for a pivotal Game 5 in an NBA Finals that has been back and forth
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The ratings are down for these NBA Finals , as was expected. Oklahoma City vs.
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Jalen Williams' resilience helps Thunder gain solid position heading into Game 5 vs. Pacers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams keeps bouncing back. The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star has suffered through poor shooting stretches in each of the past three playoff series. And each time, he’s recovered to help the Thunder win critical games.
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Oklahoma City, Indiana tied 2-2 heading to game 5
Indiana Pacers (50-32, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (68-14, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -9.5; over/under is 223.
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