The Phoenix Suns have announced that star guard Devin Booker is suffering from a groin strain and will be re-evaluated in four weeks. The 26-year-old missed the Suns' previous three games before the Christmas Day special against the Denver Nuggets due to groin soreness. However, he returned to the locker room early in the first quarter after less than five minutes of action, and the Nuggets...
Cameroon-born Pascal Siakam has been named the Eastern Conference player of the week by the National Basketball Association. The Toronto Raptors forward averaged 38.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists in 43.6 minutes per game across three games last week to win the honour for the fifth time in his career. The Raptors won twice and lost just once in three games, with the 28-year-old leading...
Injury-riddled New Orleans Pelicans held on for a vital 126–117 win against the San Antonio Spurs at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans took a big 20-point lead in the first quarter, finishing the half with a 19-point lead. After an equal scoring third quarter, the Spurs began their fightback in the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run, but the Pelicans held on for the win....
Afrosport TV is Africa's first continental Free-to-Air (FTA) sports channel with a variety of content for sports fans' consumption. Afrosport TV added the NBA to its long list of partners in November with the agreement to show a live NBA game every week, which includes the Christmas Day fixture between Luka Doncic-inspired Dallas Mavericks and LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers. Afrosport TV is a channel with...
American billionaire Mat Ishbia has agreed to buy NBA and WNBA teams Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Mercury in a historic deal worth $4 billion. The 42-year-old mortgage executive agreed to a deal in principle with owner Robert Sarver, who has endured a tumultuous tenure after he was suspended for racist and sexist behaviour. Ishbia graduated from Michigan State University, where he played on the team...
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