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AfroBasket: D’Tigers feast on champions Tunisia 87-66, await Lions of Cameroon
Nigeria put in a masterful display to go 2-0 in Group B of the 2025 AfroBasket men’s game when they obliterated reigning champions Tunisia 87-66 on Friday afternoon at the Pavilhao Multusos de Luanda. The next for Nigeria is against rivals Cameroon on Sunday evening. NBA Josh Okogie lit the arena up and helped Nigeria’s…
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Does Masai Ujiri want to stay in the NBA? Ex-Raptors exec may have loftier goals
By Jeff Zillgitt One of the best front-office executives in the NBA just hit the open market. Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors have parted ways. Ujiri had the title of vice chairman and team president and was the Raptors’ alternate governor. Not only did he have a significant impact on roster construction that led…
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NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder cap incredible season by beating Indiana Pacers to title
League MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring in front of a raucous home crowd at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center with 29 points and 12 assists. The Pacers suffered a huge blow early on when they lost star point guard Tyrese Haliburton midway through the first quarter with an Achilles injury and saw their title hopes…
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Record entries for FAZ3 Academies Basketball Tourney
A high number of entries have been received for the inaugural FIBA Africa Zone 3 (FAZ3) Academies Basketball Tournament, set to take place in Lagos from July 4 to 8, 2025. This event, the first of its kind in the Zone, has generated significant excitement across the Zone with teams from Ghana and Benin Republic…
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“Too many things went wrong,” Rivers Hoopers Coach Odaudu confesses after BAL exit
Rivers Hoopers head coach Ogoh Odaudu has explained the team’s disappointing performance and subsequent elimination from the Basketball League Africa Season 5. The former D’Tigers guard said, “too many things went wrong,” while assessing his side’s quarter-final performance against Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) on Monday in Pretoria. They lost their quarter-final match 104-73 to APR,…
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Rwanda’s APR dumps Rivers Hoopers out of BAL with 104-73 bashing
Six-time Nigerian Basketball League champions, Rivers Hoopers, have been beaten out of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). They suffered their biggest defeat in the history of the competition – a 31-point loss – to Rwanda’s APR on Monday. The quarter-final encounter ended at 104-73. After both teams struggled to score any points during the opening…
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Rivers Hoopers to face US Monastir in BAL Season 5 Seeding Game
The 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) bronze medalists, Rivers Hoopers, will face Union Sportive Monastirienne in the placement match on Saturday, June 7, ahead of the quarter-finals in Pretoria, South Africa. Going by the Playoffs Team Ranking, the six-time Nigerian League Champions who sealed consecutive Playoffs appearances by finishing second in the Kalahari Conference with…
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BAL: We plan to do better than last year – Rivers Hoopers coach
Rivers Hoopers Head Coach Ogoh Odaudu has said that his team has what it takes to improve on last year’s performance at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 5. Rivers Hoopers will play their first game at BAL this year when they take on Stade Malien in the Kalahari Conference opener in Rabat, Morocco on…
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Warriors retiring Iguodala’s No. 9 next month
The Golden State Warriors will retire Andre Iguodala’s No. 9 jersey on February 23 when they host the Dallas Mavericks in San Francisco. The team made the announcement Tuesday on Iguodala’s 41st birthday. Iguodala is the seventh player in Warriors history to have his number raised to the rafters, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Chris Mullin, Nate…
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Mutombo was a giant, says Raptors’ Masai Ujiri
Masai Ujiri delivered a heartfelt speech for Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, sharing what he meant to basketball, Africa, and those who loved him. For as loved as Dikembe Mutombo was in the NBA, and for as many souls as he’s touched around the game of basketball, there aren’t many…
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