Jaden McDaniels spearheaded another stifling defensive performance as the Timberwolves eclipsed the Suns to take a 2-0 NBA playoff series lead over Phoenix.
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WNBA No.1 draft pick Caitlin Clark is reportedly set to continue her association with Nike by signing a $28 million ($A43 million) contract.
Jamal Murray's step-back jumper at the buzzer helped the Nuggets stun the LA Lakers 101-99 and take a 2-0 lead in their NBA playoff series.
New York left it late but set Madison Square Garden into party mode with a brilliant 104-101 victory, thanks to some late heroics.
Josh Giddey was benched for the final 10 minutes as Oklahoma City won their first NBA playoffs game at home since 2019, by 94-92 over New Orleans.
Murray Wenzel
All game ones of the NBA Playoff first round are now complete. Here’s how Monday’s action fared.
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In NBA playoffs first-round Game 1 clashes, Denver beat Los Angeles, Minnesota downed Phoenix, New York beat Phildelphia and Cleveland beat Orlando.
Miami have set up an NBA playoffs eastern conference first-round clash with Boston after eliminating Chicago 112-91 in their play-in match.
Tim Reynolds
Defending champions Denver expect a tough start to the NBA playoffs in their first-round series against LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers.
A relationship with head coach John Rillie forged in the United States has paved the way for new Perth Wildcats recruit Elijah Pepper to return to the country of his birth.
Jackson Barrett
Australian basketball legend Shane Heal has lost most of his legal showdown with WNBL club the Sydney Flames after he was suspended as head coach.
Steve Zemek
Sydney have signed Izayah Le'afa for Brian Goorjian's first season back in charge of the Kings, while the Wildcats have lured a promising college star to Perth.
Jasper Bruce
Perth Wildcats are on the verge of bringing home Australian-born college star Elijah Pepper for next season and have revealed they are in discussions around securing another Next Star talent.
Australia's men's and women's basketball teams will play China in Melbourne before July's Olympics, while the Boomers have also locked in a date with the USA.
Joel Embiid had 23 points, 15 rebounds and one huge assist to Kelly Oubre Jr on a go-ahead three-point play that led the 76ers to a 105-104 NBA win over Miami.
Dan Gelston
The Tasmania JackJumpers have signed South East Melbourne big man Gorjok Gak as Mojave King announces he will return to the NBL following two years in America.
Ethan James and Jasper Bruce
Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have been sent home by the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-in tournament.
Former Kings guard Angus Glover has signed a two-year deal with South East Melbourne, joining ex-Bullets sharpshooter Nathan Sobey at the Victorian franchise.
Shayne Hope
LeBron James has fallen just shy of a triple-double as the Los Angeles Lakers opened the NBA's play-in tournament with a four-point win over New Orleans.
Australian trio Nyadiew Puoch, Isobel Borlase and Jaz Shelley have been taken with picks 12, 20 and 29 in a WBNA draft headlined by college star Caitlin Clark.
Two Western Conference matches will get the NBA's play-in tournament underway, with the Lakers and Warriors on the road in New Orleans and Sacramento.
The Indiana Fever have selected Iowa college star Caitlin Clark as the No.1 pick in the WNBA draft, held in New York.
DOUG FEINBERG
The NBA regular season has come to an end, with the Boston Celtics and Josh Giddey's Oklahoma City Thunder in pole position.
Rested for San Antonio's final game of the NBA season, Victor Wembanyama can reflect on an outstanding debut campaign as he looks forward to the Paris Olympics.