Breanna Stewart scored 21 points, Jewell Loyd added 20 points and the Seattle Storm set a WNBA record with 17 3-pointers in a 101-74 victory over the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday night.
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Stephen Curry scored 29 points and the Golden State Warriors capitalized on a Cavaliers blunder that sent the game into overtime, withstanding a brilliant 51-point performance by LeBron James to beat Cleveland 124-114 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
UNLV signed four basketball players for this year’s recruiting class. Coach Marvin Menzies also is working on putting together next year’s class.
Golden State has gone under in its past five games and nine of 10 and Cleveland is on a 5-2 under run, but professional sports bettor Erin Rynning expects the pace to pick up in the NBA Finals.
The Cavaliers are 300-1 long shots to win the NBA Finals over the Warriors in four games.
The Aces left Las Vegas for Seattle on Thursday, and, like every other team in the WNBA, will begin to confront the brunt of a schedule condensed by the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, which runs Sept. 22 to 30.
Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo is denying a report connecting the executive to Twitter accounts that criticized Sixers players Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz, among other NBA figures.
Lindsay Allen was cut by the New York Liberty on May 17 and signed with the Aces later that day to assume primary ball-handling duties while incumbent starter Moriah Jefferson recovers from a knee injury.
At least two different groups that are considering buying the WNBA team were at the Liberty’s home opener in Westchester County last Friday.
The Warriors opened as 12-point favorites in Game 1, scheduled for Thursday night at Golden State.