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The critics are coming again for Ben Simmons, after the Australian's long-awaited debut for Brooklyn Nets in their must-win NBA playoff game against Boston is ditched because of reported back soreness.

He was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player after Kansas beat North Carolina to win the national title.

Marc Stein: The NBA has fined Utah's Rudy Gobert $25,000 for his spontaenous "f- the talk" response to @MattWinerTV in yesterday's walkoff interview after a season-saving win in Utah in the face of some pretty loud criticism of the Jazz. Source: ...

After the Warriors missed the chance to sweep the Nuggets in game four, NBA Twitter weighed in with different reactions. Here's a look at what fans and analysts were saying on Sunday.

These teams could run best-of-seven series back three times, five times, 10 times, and the squad with the better talent, size, experience, depth, discipline and togetherness would just keep winning.

North Carolina’s unexpected run to the men’s basketball national championship game this season won’t be such a surprise if it happens next year. After Sunday’s announcement that sophomore guard Caleb Love will return for his junior season, the Tar Heels will be considered one of the frontrunners.

A.J. Griffin is the fifth Duke player this spring to enter his name in the NBA draft. The Blue Devils’ forward made it official on Sunday.

Steve Nash said the Nets were not considering too heavily the risk of re-injury to Ben Simmons’ lower back. The head coach said the team was weighing whether the All-Star guard would be ready to play at all.

Grand opening, grand closing, and in Brooklyn, it was neither.

The prolific scoring wing will forgo his final three seasons of college eligibility.

The Bulls will face elimination on Wednesday night in Milwaukee, down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series to the defending NBA champions.