Luka Doncic drained a difficult shot and immediately engaged in some playful trash talk with a Pelicans fan sitting courtside.

Gobert leads the NBA in field goal percentage, converting a career-high 72.0 percent of his shots. He has more assists (65) than blocked shots (62) for just the second time in his career. No one has thrown down more dunks than his 101 this year,

The NBA is set to see a surge in long-range shot attempts after approving a rule change that alters how end-of-period heaves are recorded. As first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania, beginning with the 2025-26 season, unsuccessful long-distance attempts ...

SAN ANTONIO — Basketball superstar Victor Wembanyama has been a maestro of the blocked shot to start his NBA career, tallying 430 rejections at the rim to lead the league over the last two years. Wembanyama finished with a monstrous 3.8 blocks per game.

NBA players passing up a last-second heave at the end of a quarter just to preserve their field-goal percentage might become a thing of the past. The NBA announced Saturday that an unsuccessful end-of-period "heave" will be recorded as a team missed field ...

During the fourth quarter, with less than three minutes left in a seven-point game at the time (115-108), V.J. Edgecombe of the 76ers pulled off an incredible display of his athleticism and defensive skills.

Edgecombe’s signature trait is his athleticism, which manifests itself most spectacularly in chasedown blocks. He had some awesome blocks during his lone college season at Baylor, and it’s already showing up on the NBA tape, too. On Thursday, Edgecombe made one of those plays that it feels like only he can make among guards his size.

NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected. The league has approved a change in the way statistics on those shots are recorded, which could spur players to take more heaves ...

NEW YORK — NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected. The league has approved a change in the way statistics on those shots are recorded, which could spur players to take ...

Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors continued to make headlines with his recent remarks about playing on Christmas.