Basketball

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS — University of Saskatchewan basketball player Gage Grassick and Wilfrid Laurier University quarterback Taylor Elgersma have been named the 2024-25 U Sports Athletes of the Year.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton weren’t expected to ever be starring in leading roles on the NBA Finals stage. Well, at least not by many.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton weren’t expected to ever be starring in leading roles on the NBA Finals stage. Well, at least not by many.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have whittled their coaching search down to two candidates, with Cleveland Cavaliers assistants Johnnie Bryant and Jordan Ott making the cut, a person familiar with the search confirmed on Monday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Austin Ainge, who like his father played at BYU and was a long-time executive with the Boston Celtics, was hired Monday to join Jazz CEO Danny Ainge as Utah's president of basketball operations.

Oklahoma City's Mark Daigneault has the best record of any coach in the NBA this season. And he has the second-best record of any coach in his house. Daigneault is a coach, and a coach's husband, too.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pacers have finally ended the franchise's 25-year NBA Finals drought , achieving the unthinkable after starting 10-15 and looking like anything but a title contender.

SEATTLE (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 19 points, seven rebounds and three steals, Jewell Loyd hit two free throws with 6.1 seconds left, and Las Vegas gave up most of a 17-point lead before the Aces beat the Seattle Storm 75-70 on Sunday.

Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn't spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and was still under the .500 mark in early January.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks went further than they'd gone in 25 years, just not as far as they hoped.