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Who could go after Victor Wembanyama first overall?

And how many coached the Celtics?

A dominating 125-100 win over Phoenix Suns in the west, engineered by Nikola Jokic, powered Denver Nuggets into the NBA Conference finals on Thursday, while in Philadelphia, Boston Celtics levelled their series with 76ers at 3-3 with a 95-86 win in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

BEIJING: Former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Dwight Howard has triggered a wave of criticism on Chinese social media for calling Taiwan a country in a promotional video with Taiwan's vice president.

Kevin Durant's lifetime contract with Nike Inc. makes him part of an exclusive club that is a rare deal for athletes to gain.

Philadelphia fell short of clinching a series victory on Thursday after dropping Game 6 to Boston at home.

Phoenix was trailing by a whopping 30 points at halftime during Game 6, a mirror image of last season’s Game 7 debacle vs. the Mavericks.

NBA Twitter roasted Mark Jackson in response to him leaving Jokic off his MVP ballot and revisited Charles Barkley calling the then-unknown voter a “damn idiot.”

Brittney Griner is back, and a super-team era begins with the Liberty and Aces.