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Edmonton Journal
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Canadian Luguentz Dort named to NBA's All-Defensive Team
Article content Cleveland's Evan Mobley, the defensive player of the year this season, was also the top vote-getter for the NBA's All-Defensive team that was revealed on Thursday and includes Canadian Luguentz Dort. Article content Mobley got 99 first-team votes from a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the NBA and cast ballots to determine award winners. He was a second-team pick on the lone other ballot. Article content Montreal's Dort appeared on 99 ballots as he continued his rise from an undrafted player on a two-way contract to an elite NBA defender for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dort, who was named to the All-Defensive first team a day after Thunder teammate and fellow Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP, has teamed with Alex Caruso to form a top-level defensive duo that helped Oklahoma City finish with the best regular-season record. The Thunder took a 1-0 lead into Game 2 on the Western Conference final Wednesday against visiting Minnesota. Article content Atlanta's Dyson Daniels, Golden State's Draymond Green and Houston's Amen Thompson rounded out the first team. Daniels joined Mobley as the only players to appear on all 100 ballots; Daniels got 91 first-team nods and nine second-team votes. Green — now a five-time first-team selection and a nine-time All-Defensive pick overall — appeared on 98 ballots and Thompson was on 97 ballots. Article content The second team was Portland's Toumani Camara, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr., Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams and the Los Angeles Clippers' Ivica Zubac. Gobert is now an eight-time All-Defensive team selection. Ballots were cast shortly before the start of the playoffs. The final awards to be handed out by the league to recognize excellence in this regular season will come Friday, when the All-NBA teams are unveiled. The other awards that were part of that voting process and have already been unveiled: Oklahoma City's Gilgeous-Alexander winning MVP, Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson winning coach of the year, Atlanta's Dyson Daniels winning most improved player, San Antonio's Stephon Castle winning rookie of the year, Cleveland's Evan Mobley winning defensive player of the year, New York's Jalen Brunson winning clutch player of the year and Boston's Payton Pritchard winning sixth man of the year. Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award, Warriors teammate Green won the hustle award, Oklahoma City's Sam Presti won executive of the year and Boston's Jrue Holiday won the sportsmanship award for the second time in his career as well as the league's social justice award. Latest National Stories
Hamilton Spectator
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Canada's Luguentz Dort named to NBA's All-Defensive Team
Cleveland's Evan Mobley, the defensive player of the year this season, was also the top vote-getter for the NBA's All-Defensive team that was revealed on Thursday and includes Canadian Luguentz Dort. Mobley got 99 first-team votes from a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the NBA and cast ballots to determine award winners. He was a second-team pick on the lone other ballot. Montreal's Dort appeared on 99 ballots as he continued his rise from an undrafted player on a two-way contract to an elite NBA defender for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dort, who was named to the All-Defensive first team a day after Thunder teammate and fellow Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP, has teamed with Alex Caruso to form a top-level defensive duo that helped Oklahoma City finish with the best regular-season record. The Thunder took a 1-0 lead into Game 2 on the Western Conference final Wednesday against visiting Minnesota. Atlanta's Dyson Daniels, Golden State's Draymond Green and Houston's Amen Thompson rounded out the first team. Daniels joined Mobley as the only players to appear on all 100 ballots; Daniels got 91 first-team nods and nine second-team votes. Green — now a five-time first-team selection and a nine-time All-Defensive pick overall — appeared on 98 ballots and Thompson was on 97 ballots. The second team was Portland's Toumani Camara, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr., Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams and the Los Angeles Clippers' Ivica Zubac. Gobert is now an eight-time All-Defensive team selection. Ballots were cast shortly before the start of the playoffs. The final awards to be handed out by the league to recognize excellence in this regular season will come Friday, when the All-NBA teams are unveiled. The other awards that were part of that voting process and have already been unveiled: Oklahoma City's Gilgeous-Alexander winning MVP , Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson winning coach of the year , Atlanta's Dyson Daniels winning most improved player , San Antonio's Stephon Castle winning rookie of the year , Cleveland's Evan Mobley winning defensive player of the year , New York's Jalen Brunson winning clutch player of the year and Boston's Payton Pritchard winning sixth man of the year. Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award , Warriors teammate Green won the hustle award , Oklahoma City's Sam Presti won executive of the year and Boston's Jrue Holiday won the sportsmanship award for the second time in his career as well as the league's social justice award. ___ - With files from The Canadian Press. AP NBA:
Hindustan Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
NBA playoff guide: Who plays when, how to watch, what the odds are
The Indiana Pacers are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from the Western Conference Finals. The New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves could lock up trips to the NBA's final four on Wednesday as well. And the injury bug that has hit these NBA playoffs keeps getting worse. The Pacers eliminated top-seeded Cleveland on Tuesday night, winning that East second-round series 4-1. The top-seeded Thunder finished with a flourish to beat Denver and take a 3-2 lead in their West second-round series. Those results came after the news that Boston's Jayson Tatum had surgery Tuesday to repair his ruptured right Achilles — meaning his season is over and his 2025-26 season is in some doubt now as well. The Celtics have to win on Wednesday to extend their series against the Knicks, while Minnesota can close out Golden State in their West second-round series. All times Eastern 7 p.m. — New York at Boston (TNT) 9:30 p.m. — Golden State at Minnesota (TNT) Thursday's national TV schedule All times Eastern 8:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Denver (ESPN) Friday's national TV schedule All times Eastern 8 p.m. — Boston at New York (ESPN), if necessary Oklahoma City ( 135) remains the big favorite to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and now New York ( 500) is the second choice — after Boston had been in that spot for the entirety of the playoffs until this week. Minnesota is 600, Indiana is 650, Boston and Denver are both at 3000 and Golden State is 20000. Mark your calendars, then start your engines. For the first time since 2013, Indianapolis will play host to the Indianapolis 500 and a Pacers home game on the same day. It'll happen May 25. The race starts the day, then Game 3 of the East finals is that night in Indy. There's no word yet on when the NBA will announce this season's MVP. It'll be Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo. Also coming in the next few weeks: the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams. — Oklahoma City's Sam Presti won executive of the year. — Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson won coach of the year. He also won the same award from the National Basketball Coaches Association. — Boston's Jrue Holiday won the social justice award and the sportsmanship award. — Atlanta's Dyson Daniels won most improved player. — San Antonio's Stephon Castle won rookie of the year. — Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award. — Golden State's Draymond Green won the hustle award. — Cleveland's Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year. — New York's Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year. — Boston's Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year. The highest-scoring games by players so far in this year's playoffs: 48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6 44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13 43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9 43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29 43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27 42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12 42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5 40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1 39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12 39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21 Key upcoming events May 18 or 20 — Game 1, Western Conference finals. May 19 or 21 — Game 1, Eastern Conference finals. June 2 — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals. June 3 — Last possible date for Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.) June 25 — NBA draft, first round. June 26 — NBA draft, second round. Draft lottery Dallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery on Monday night in Chicago. — Mavs win lottery — Rick Welts has seen this before Stories of note — Preview of Wednesday's games: Warriors-Timberwolves, Knicks-Celtics — Pat Riley speaks: On Heat future, on Jimmy Butler, on being 80 — These are the playoffs of the big comeback, where no 20-point lead is safe. — Gregg Popovich's new job: 'El Jefe' — Spurs coach Gregg Popovich steps down. — Mitch Johnson takes over for Pop in San Antonio. — Appreciation: Gregg Popovich changed the NBA. — A look inside the numbers of this season, headed into the playoffs Comeback season There have been five wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That's the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs. The biggest deficits that were successfully overcome: 29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108) 20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118) 20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105) 20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119) 20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90) Stats of the day — Oklahoma City's Luguentz Dort has four games in these playoffs with at least eight 3-point tries and zero 2-point tries. The only players to do that more in a single postseason were Miami teammates Jae Crowder and Duncan Robinson, who did it five times apiece in the bubble in 2020. — The first 3-pointer made in the Knicks-Celtics game Wednesday will be the 35,000th in the league this season — sort of, but not really. The current total of 34,999 also includes the play-in tournament and NBA Cup championship game, which aren't officially counted toward league stats. (The actual number right now is 34,828, still an overall league record and with plenty of time left to get to 35,000 for real.) — The Pacers went 5-0 at Cleveland this season — while the rest of the league went 5-36 on the Cavs' home floor. They're the first team to go 5-0 or better on an opposing team's home floor in a season since Boston did it to Milwaukee in 1985-86. The Celtics technically went 6-0 'at' Toronto in 2019-20, but some of those games were in the bubble. Quote of the day 'We're different than every other team in the NBA. You know, we don't just have one guy who scores all the points. I think we defeat teams in different ways. We move the ball. The ball's flying. We've got a lot of different guys making shots, making plays. We've preached our depth for the last couple years and it's paying off now.' — Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton, after the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight season. ___ AP NBA:
30-04-2025
- Sport
Daniels, Cunningham and Zubac are the finalists for the NBA's most improved player award
Detroit's Cade Cunningham, the Los Angeles Clippers' Ivica Zubac and Atlanta's Dyson Daniels all made significant leaps this season. It's time for the NBA to reveal which jump was deemed the best. Cunningham, Zubac and Daniels are the finalists for the NBA's most improved player award, which will be revealed Wednesday night shortly after 7 p.m. on TNT. Cunningham saw almost all of his numbers increase over last season, including points per game (26.1 from 22.7), field goal percentage (.469 from .449), rebounds per game (6.1 from 4.3) and assists (9.1 from 7.5). He led Detroit's massive and largely unprecedented one-year turnaround, with the Pistons going from 14-68 and the bottom of the NBA last season to 44-38 and a playoff team this season. Zubac had the best numbers of his nine-year career, averaging 16.8 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He also played a career-best 80 games and logged nearly 33 minutes on average in those contests, plus was one of the league's top defensive players. Daniels' first season in Atlanta was nothing like either of his first two NBA seasons with New Orleans. His numbers soared with career-bests in points (14.1, more than double his 5.8 average last season), rebounds (5.9), assists (4.4), steals (a league-leading 3.0) and his field-goal shooting went from 43.5% in his first two seasons to 49.3% this year. The Hawks made him a full-time starter, something Daniels hadn't been with the Pelicans. The most improved player award, like several other NBA honors, was voted on by a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the league and cast ballots shortly after the end of the regular season. The other awards that were part of that voting process and have already had their results unveiled: San Antonio's Stephon Castle winning rookie of the year, Cleveland's Evan Mobley winning defensive player of the year, New York's Jalen Brunson winning clutch player of the year, and Boston's Payton Pritchard winning sixth man of the year. Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award and Warriors teammate Draymond Green won the hustle award. Awards that will be announced later in the playoffs include MVP (either Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo), coach of the year (either Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff, Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson or Houston's Ime Udoka), plus the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams. ___
Hamilton Spectator
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Daniels, Cunningham and Zubac are the finalists for the NBA's most improved player award
Detroit's Cade Cunningham, the Los Angeles Clippers' Ivica Zubac and Atlanta's Dyson Daniels all made significant leaps this season. It's time for the NBA to reveal which jump was deemed the best. Cunningham, Zubac and Daniels are the finalists for the NBA's most improved player award, which will be revealed Wednesday night shortly after 7 p.m. on TNT. Cunningham saw almost all of his numbers increase over last season, including points per game (26.1 from 22.7), field goal percentage (.469 from .449), rebounds per game (6.1 from 4.3) and assists (9.1 from 7.5). He led Detroit's massive and largely unprecedented one-year turnaround, with the Pistons going from 14-68 and the bottom of the NBA last season to 44-38 and a playoff team this season. Zubac had the best numbers of his nine-year career, averaging 16.8 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He also played a career-best 80 games and logged nearly 33 minutes on average in those contests, plus was one of the league's top defensive players. Daniels' first season in Atlanta was nothing like either of his first two NBA seasons with New Orleans. His numbers soared with career-bests in points (14.1, more than double his 5.8 average last season), rebounds (5.9), assists (4.4), steals (a league-leading 3.0) and his field-goal shooting went from 43.5% in his first two seasons to 49.3% this year. The Hawks made him a full-time starter, something Daniels hadn't been with the Pelicans. The most improved player award, like several other NBA honors, was voted on by a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the league and cast ballots shortly after the end of the regular season. The other awards that were part of that voting process and have already had their results unveiled: San Antonio's Stephon Castle winning rookie of the year , Cleveland's Evan Mobley winning defensive player of the year , New York's Jalen Brunson winning clutch player of the year , and Boston's Payton Pritchard winning sixth man of the year. Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award and Warriors teammate Draymond Green won the hustle award. Awards that will be announced later in the playoffs include MVP (either Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo), coach of the year (either Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff, Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson or Houston's Ime Udoka), plus the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams. ___ AP NBA:
