In what will be a landmark move in sports media history, the NBA and Amazon Prime Video have the framework of a deal that will make the streaming service one of the main homes for the league’s games, executives with direct knowledge of the talks told The Athletic. It is expected that Prime Video’s package will include significant regular season and postseason games, perhaps even some conference finals. The anticipation is that the final contract will be for at least a decade and begin the 2025-2026 season. ESPN/ABC, as the website Puck reported Thursday, also has a framework of a deal ..read more

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is out for Friday’s Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers as he continues to rehab a left soleus strain, the team announced. Antetokounmpo has already missed the first two games of the Bucks’ first-round series against the Pacers because of the left calf injury he suffered against the Boston Celtics on April 9. Similarly to Game 2, Antetokounmpo was initially listed as doubtful before being ruled out the day of the game, but before he went through a pregame warmup to test out the injury. “He did a lot of floor stuff today, probably the ..read more

Zach Harper and Shams Charania catch you up on leaguewide news ..read more

The Nuggets are on the verge of sweeping LeBron and company out of the playoffs for a second consecutive season ..read more

The Lakers are a game away from being eliminated after the Nuggets stretched their winning streak to an incredible 11 games ..read more

The Nuggets' deal to acquire Aaron Gordon from the Orlando Magic a little over three years ago has worked out even better than imagined ..read more

Cleveland still has an advantage in this first-round series. But there are a few things to worry about ..read more

The Athletic's Sam Vecenie brings a national, draft perspective to the Pistons, who recently entered a pivotal offseason ..read more

Friday's Game 3s in the NBA Playoffs feature two series tied and a Phoenix team that needs to get something going against Minnesota ..read more

In a resounding Game 3 win on Thursday, Embiid was the catalyst for the Sixers with 50 points ..read more