Minnesota Timberwolves center Ruby Gobert has been named the 2023–24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), the league announced on Tuesday night. Gobert, who missed Minnesota’s Western Conference semifinal Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets due to the birth of his son, claims the award for the fourth time in his 11-year NBA career. Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the...
Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers have so far made light work of the Sahara Conference tagged “Group of Death” as they secured an 84-63 blowout win over US Monastir at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Tuesday. The King’s Men were extremely dominant against the Tunisian champions, and the victory at the Dakar Arena on Day 3 ensured they maintained their 100-percent start to the tournament, having...
Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic is optimistic about the Denver Nuggets chances of overturning their current 2-0 deficit in the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The defending champions fell at home 106-80 to the Timberwolves, who had the best defence league-wide in the regular season, but Jokic is hopeful they can dig deep and achieve their goal of progressing to the Conference Final. "I mean...
High-flying Rivers Hoopers will be in action later today (Tuesday) against Tunisia’s US Monastir in Day 3 of the Basketball Africa League’s (BAL) Sahara Conference ongoing at the Dakar Arena in Senegal. The King’s Men have enjoyed a 100-percent start in their return to the BAL, having beaten AS Douanes and APR in their first two games, and they currently sit atop the conference. US Monastir,...
The battle between the second-seeded Denver Nuggets and the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves has not gone as many would expect, as the defending champions have relinquished homecourt advantage after losing back-to-back games at home. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns both finished with 27 points each to lead the Timberwolves to a resounding 106-80 blowout victory over the Nuggets in their Western Conference semifinal series Game 2 at...
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