The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! I hope you make the real playoffs today. While You Were Sleeping: The Heat are the Play-In team For a while there, it looked like Miami was going to do … Read more
NEW ORLEANS — This was the game New Orleans Pelicans fans waited five years to see from Zion Williamson. His performance on this stage, in this moment, was the stuff that makes legends. Then, it all went away in the blink of an eye. Most folks in the building didn’t know what happened until he … Read more
They get a few days to rest some weary muscles, to catch their breath and, most important, to learn the identity of their first-round opponent. For the Knicks, this is a respite well-earned and just as much a part of the perks of finishing with the second seed in the East as earning Game 7 … Read more
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Shoutout to Grady King, who I know will argue with me on a podcast someday. Please keep scrolling for maybe the best gif of the season. Playoff Seeding Set Knicks grab No. 2 seed, OKC takes … Read more
TORONTO – Even though he just had his best game of the season, Immanuel Quickley only wanted to talk about the Toronto Raptors winning consecutive games for the first time in six weeks. Quickley had a double-double as the increasingly healthy Raptors fended off the Washington Wizards 130-122 on Sunday. Quickley finished with a season-high … Read more
Commercial Content. 21+. Action Network is the official betting partner of the New York Post, which edits this content. The Knicks will try to sweep their series with Sacramento when they host the Kings on Thursday night. When the teams last faced each other, it was part of a successful 3-1 West Coast trip for … Read more
HOUSTON — In an empty Toyota Center, Jalen Green has found calm during his struggles. The same arena where despite all of his efforts, consistency has evaded him. The arena where his in-game difficulties resulted in being benched and forced to watch his teammates play without him. There is peace under the noise for the … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 3, 2024 12:10 pm Updated April 3, 2024 12:43 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Centre Malik Williams has signed a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors. Per team policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The six-foot-11 … Read more
TORONTO – After the hardest stretch of his life, RJ Barrett finally returned to his “sanctuary.” Barrett, from nearby Mississauga, Ont., led all scorers with 28 points as his Toronto Raptors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 128-111 on Tuesday. It was Barrett’s first time playing in an NBA game since the death of his … Read more
TORONTO – Immanuel Quickley had been with the Toronto Raptors for less than three months when his beloved uncle Shawn Hamilton died. Even though he was relatively new to the organization, about a dozen members of the Raptors made the trip to attend Hamilton’s funeral. It was an act of kindness and respect that Quickley … Read more
