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Weber State’s ‘Double-double man,’ Dillon Jones, Named Big Sky Player of the Week for 4th Time This Season

Weber State’s ‘Double-double man,’ Dillon Jones, Named Big Sky Player of the Week for 4th Time This Season

FARMINGTON, Utah-Tuesday, Weber State junior point guard Dillon Jones was named the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball player of the week for the fourth time this season. In road wins over Sacramento State and Portland State this past week, Jones averaged 18 points, 13 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals […]

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Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic shoots as Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic, right, looks on during NBA All-Star basketball practice Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Nuggets’ Jokić has a chance to join some exclusive clubs

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The clubs that Nikola Jokić might be on the cusp of entering are highly exclusive. There’s the three-consecutive-MVP club, with only Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird as its current members. Then there’s the averaged-a-triple-double club, which includes only Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook. […]

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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers' Russell Westbrook brings the ball up during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks on Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. The Lakers traded Westbrook to the Utah Jazz and reacquired guard D'Angelo Russell from Minnesota in a three-team, eight-player deal Wednesday night, Feb. 8, ahead of the NBA's trade deadline, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Report: Westbrook to sign with Clippers after Jazz waive him

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Russell Westbrook was waived by the Utah Jazz on Monday and the nine-time All-Star is expected to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a published report. The 34-year-old guard was acquired by the Jazz from the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 10. He averaged […]

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Giannis Antetokounmpo hold up the winning team trophy after the NBA basketball All-Star game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

AP source: Antetokounmpo going to New York for wrist exam

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo was scheduled to be in New York on Monday to undergo testing and get further evaluation on his injured right wrist, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity […]

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Tatum scores All-Star record 55, Team Giannis wins 184-176

Tatum scores All-Star record 55, Team Giannis wins 184-176

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jayson Tatum put on a record-setting show, and made Giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius. Tatum scored an All-Star Game-record 55 points, and Team Giannis ended LeBron James’ hold on All-Star captain supremacy by beating Team LeBron 184-176 in the NBA’s annual showcase exhibition on […]

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Post Malone performs before the NBA basketball All-Star game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

The great Bill Russell remembered at NBA All-Star weekend

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — This was the first All-Star weekend since the death of 11-time champion, Hall of Fame player and Hall of Fame coach Bill Russell. He was not forgotten. The entire season has been a tribute to Russell, with all teams putting his No. 6 at midcourt […]

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Utah's Jenna Johnson (22) works her way around Arizona State's Treasure Hunt, left, during an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Kneepkens scores 22; No. 4 Utah stops Arizona State 74-69

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Gianna Kneepkens scored 22 points and Jenna Johnson added 15 to push No. 4 Utah to a 74-69 Pac-12 victory over stubborn Arizona State on Sunday afternoon. The Utes (23-3, 13-3), who had a seven-game winning streak stopped at No. 18 Arizona on Friday, struggled to […]

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Mac McClung of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after winning the slam dunk competition of the NBA basketball All-Star weekend Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mac McClung, now the NBA dunk champ, wasn’t an unknown

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mac McClung was not exactly an unknown. Long before he won the dunk contest at NBA All-Star Saturday, he was a YouTube phenomenon. It’s impossible to add up all the views that videos of McClung — everything from dunks to documentaries — had gotten, but it was […]

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Paolo’s Diary: His 1st All-Star weekend is in the books

Paolo’s Diary: His 1st All-Star weekend is in the books

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — (EDITOR’S NOTE — Orlando Magic rookie and No. 1 overall draft pick Paolo Banchero is doing a periodic diary with The Associated Press this season to chronicle his first year in the NBA. This is his fourth installment. The first chronicled him getting ready for the […]

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Saint Mary's guard Logan Johnson reacts after scoring against BYU during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Moraga, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Johnson scores 27 to lead No. 17 Saint Mary’s past BYU 71-65

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Logan Johnson scored 27 points and Aidan Mahaney delivered once again in the second half to lead No. 17 Saint Mary’s to a 71-65 victory over BYU on Saturday night for the Gaels’ 15th win in 16 games. Mahaney scored 14 of his 16 points in […]

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