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		<title><![CDATA[Troy Renck: Nuggets' alphabet soup NBA playoffs TV schedule rips off fans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — The Nuggets’ alphabet soup TV playoff schedule is an
ABCDEFU to fans.

When it popped up on social media on Tuesday night, there was a
collective groan. At a time when the league should be uniting its
audience, it traffics in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072560</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anthony Edwards. Nikola Jokic. How do you guard them? There isn't an easy answer.]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Julius Randle might have found a unique way to defend
Denver center Nikola Jokic that the Timberwolves might not have
tried.

“Probably gotta call God and talk to him for a little bit and ask
him for a few favors,” Randle said....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072557</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mike Bianchi: An unfulfilled Magic season comes down to this -- as it should!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla. — Good.

This is how it should be.

This is what the Orlando Magic deserve.

A single game. Forty-eight minutes. One night where everything is on
the line and nothing is guaranteed. A win-or-go-home showdown Friday
night at Kia ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072525</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['He knows the most': How LeBron James sets the tone for Lakers entering playoffs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Bright lights, big stage, same LeBron.

Unmoved by postseason pressure, superstar LeBron James said he
doesn't plan to change his preparation ahead of the Lakers' playoff
opener against the Houston Rockets on Saturday. Approaching ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072476</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marcus Hayes: Like Carson Wentz in 2017, Joel Embiid got his team to the playoffs. How much will the Sixers win without him?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — In the 13th game of the 2017 Eagles season, Carson
Wentz, the team’s best player, blew out his knee in Los Angeles. At
the end of that game the Birds were 11-2, and after Wentz’s backup won
the next two games, they cruised ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072423</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UConn star Azzi Fudd 'couldn't be happier' to join Wings as No. 1 WNBA draft pick]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Azzi Fudd touched down in Texas for the first time on Wednesday
afternoon, just two days after going No. 1 overall in the WNBA draft to
the Dallas Wings, but the UConn women’s basketball star had already
secured cowboy boots in time for her ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072352</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-NBA player Damon Jones to plead guilty in sports betting case, court filing shows]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Former Cleveland Cavaliers player and coach Damon Jones
is expected to enter a guilty plea in his sports betting case, according
to a court filing Thursday.

Jones was arrested in a blockbuster pair of indictments in Brooklyn
Federal ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072350</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lakers star Luka Doncic eligible for NBA's postseason awards after league, NBPA rule in his favor]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Lakers guard Luka Doncic will be eligible for
postseason awards after the NBA and NBA players' association announced
Thursday they ruled in his favor on his extraordinary circumstances
appeal of the 65-game rule.

Doncic, a leading...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072290</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBA rules Hornets' Ball should have been ejected for trip of Adebayo, with Heat center questioning NBA protocol]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — In a case of too little way too late, the NBA ruled after
the fact that Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball should have been
ejected for the trip and takedown that took Miami Heat center Bam
Adebayo out of Tuesday night’s play-in game....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4072286</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chris Paul apparently not sad that the Clippers suffered season-ending loss to the Warriors]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Four months after being pushed into retirement by the
Clippers, future Hall of Famer Chris Paul apparently took delight in the
team's quick exit from the postseason Wednesday night.

Paul posted the familiar meme "stopped by my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mike Vorel: With Flau'jae Johnson and Awa Fam, Storm were right to choose rebuild]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The Seattle Storm just did what their housemates
haven’t.

While the Kraken have missed the playoffs in three consecutive
seasons, clinging stubbornly to an aging core that will never win a
Stanley Cup, the Storm embraced a rebuild ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071654</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bill Plaschke: In wake of UCLA's WNBA draft showing, shaky Sparks trying to rebuild future with the past]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Amid a glittering sports celebration, a team from Los
Angeles dominated the WNBA draft.

But it wasn't Los Angeles' WNBA team.

The Sparks couldn't hold a candle to UCLA.

At a Monday event during which six Bruins were drafted ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071652</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ira Winderman: Quarter century later, devastation in Charlotte again requires rebuild]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As he exited the arena bowl into the unknown of
the offseason late Tuesday night, it was as if Miami Heat president Pat
Riley had been here before.

Because he had.

A quarter century ago.

Also in Charlotte.

As aware then, as...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071650</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steph Curry and Draymond Green turn back clock, keep Warriors' season alive in play-in comeback over Clippers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[INGLEWOOD — Steph
Curry had two defenders on him and a tie on the scoreboard as he
faded away with 50 seconds remaining against the Clippers in a win-or-go-home
game at Intuit Dome.

After burying the improbable 3-point shot, he roared, flexed ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071480</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBA disciplines Hornets star LaMelo Ball for play on Heat's Bam Adebayo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Barely 24 hours after LaMelo Ball’s play on
Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, the NBA handed out its discipline for the
act.

Upon review, the Charlotte Hornets’ star point guard was hit with a
Flagrant 2 foul and fined $35,000 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071455</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Magic fall at Sixers in play-in, will host Hornets on Friday for playoff spot]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — The Magic will have one last chance Friday to
advance to the playoffs after falling to the 76ers in the Nos. 7 vs. 8
game of the NBA play-in tournament on Wednesday night.

In a tight, chippy contest that featured 12 lead changes ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071430</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Veteran Skylar Diggins determined to bring high standards to Sky: 'We're not going to get punked']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — For Skylar Diggins, the weeks of free agency leading up
to her decision to sign with the Chicago Sky created a rare moment of
reframing.

More than 80% of the league was out of contract in anticipation of
the newly signed collective ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071375</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alex Condon returns to Florida; will Rueben Chinyelu, Thomas Haugh follow?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida power forward Alex Condon will return
for his senior season to help the Gators try to avenge their
disappointing NCAA Tournament exit and boost his NBA draft stock, a
source confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.

Condon ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071343</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Four-time MVP A'ja Wilson re-signs with Aces on WNBA supermax deal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson has agreed to a
supermax contract to return to the Las Vegas Aces, the team announced
Wednesday.

After leading the Aces to their third championship in four years with
a historic 2025 campaign, Wilson...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071188</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Greg Cote: Heat's season ended valiantly, but effort and almost not enough]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The previous Miami Heat season ended with the ignominy of
Miami being swept from the first round of the playoffs by a combined
122-point margin, an NBA record blowout. The Heat season that ended
Tuesday night in Charlotte, N.C., was ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/basketball/s-4071183</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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