Basketball

4/27/2026 |  Jokic fined $50,000, Randle fined $35,000 for Nuggets-Wolves incident (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Denver’s Nikola Jokic was fined $50,000 and Minnesota’s Julius Randle was fined $35,000 for their roles in an altercation near the end of Game 4 of the teams’ playoff series, the NBA announced Sunday.

4/27/2026 |  Victor Wembanyama 'very unhappy' with how NBA concussion protocol was handled after playoff injury (CBS Sports) Victor Wembanyama returned with a bang on Sunday. After missing Game 3 of the San Antonio Spurs' first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers due to a concussion, he put up 27 points on 9-for-17 shooting, 11 rebounds, three assists, seven (!) blocks and three steals in a 114-93 win in Game 4. Wembanyama was plus-28 in in 34 minutes.

4/27/2026 |  Dallas Mavericks 2026 Offseason Preview (Spotrac News) Offseason Approach
Find the right mix around Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving
Actual Cap Space
-$79.0 million
Practical Cap Space
-$78.8 million
Projected Luxury Tax Space
$38.6 million

4/23/2026 |  NBA Playoffs Opening Weekend Is Second-Most-Watched Since 2011 (Front Office Sports) The NBA’s viewership success has continued into the postseason.
The opening weekend of the NBA playoffs averaged 4.3M viewers across ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video, a slight dip compared to 4.4 million last year, but still the second-most-watched opening weekend since 2011. The numbers are based on Nielsen data, including Adobe Analytics for NBC. Like most sports, changes to Nielsen’s methodology have helped boost the NBA’s ratings.

4/22/2026 |  Play-In Tournament Viewership up 18% in Prime Video Debut (Front Office Sports) Technical difficulties did not hurt the viewership of Amazon Prime Video’s debut broadcast of the NBA’s play-in tournament.
The six games averaged 2.79 million viewers, an 18% increase from last year’s games, which were broadcast on TNT and ESPN. This year, the play-in tournament shifted to Prime Video as a part of the league’s new media rights deal.