The No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Victor Wembanyama, put up a new career-high 38 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 132-121 win over the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center on Thursday night. The French teenager also shot 15 of 26 from the field, grabbed 10 rebounds and had two blocks to ensure the Spurs completed a sweep of the...
Phoenix Suns forward and two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant has surpassed the 27,000-career point mark as he became the 12th player in NBA history to do so. The 35-year-old achieved the feat with a late dunk in the fourth quarter of the Suns shocking 115-114 loss against the San Antonio Spurs at the Footprint Center on Tuesday night. Durant, who finished the game with a team-high...
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers came out on top 100-95 at the Crypto.com Arena against Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in the first match that the two All-Stars have faced each other in five years, since Christmas 2018. James scored 21 points for the second game in a row, along with eight rebounds, nine assists and two blocks. The 19-time All-Star scored ten...
The defending champions of the National Basketball League (NBA), the Denver Nuggets, held firm on their homecourt on ring night in front of their fans as they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 on the opening night of the 2023–24 season on Tuesday. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic got back to his mesmerizing ways with a triple-double performance at the Ball Arena. The towering Serb finished the...
The 2023–24 NBA season begins on Tuesday night with about 450 players across 30 teams jostling to help their respective franchises. Like every other sports league in the world, Africans also ply their trade in the NBA, arguably the best basketball league in the world. Afrosport takes a look at five of the biggest African players that are expected to stand out in the new season....
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