Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drained the go-ahead fallaway jumper with 2.6 seconds left and then helped produce a defensive stop just before the buzzer on Sunday night for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who clinched a playoff spot with a 113-112 victory over the host New York Knicks.

Dalton Knecht had 24 points, six rebounds and five assists and Tennessee captured an 82-75 Sweet 16 victory over Creighton in the Midwest Region on Friday night.

Steven Ashworth scored 21 points and ignited the game-winning, 15-point run to propel No. 3 seed Creighton to an 86-73 win over No. 11 seed Oregon in double overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region.

Ibrahima Diallo put up a career-high 17 points, 11 rebounds and three steals as UCF sprinted away in the second half to defeat Oklahoma State 77-62 in the first game of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City.

Anthony Davis scored 27 points to go along with a season-high 25 rebounds, LeBron James added 29 points and the host Los Angeles Lakers finished off a 120-109 victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves.

Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam scored 20 points apiece as the visiting Indiana Pacers took control in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic 111-97.

Keldon Johnson scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jeremy Sochan and Malaki Branham added 20 points each as the visiting San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 126-113 win over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.

Myles Turner scored 20 points, all in the first half, to lead nine Indiana players in double figures as the Pacers ran past the host Dallas Mavericks 137-120.

The Nadi Basketball Association seeks to increase the number of females participating in its local competition this year.

LeBron James on Saturday became the first NBA player to score 40,000 career points, hitting a scoop layup off the glass in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers home game against the Denver Nuggets.

Former national basketball player Dale Wise Sauqaqa says that their “Go Connections” initiative has drawn numerous young girls over the past weeks.

Dennis Schroder scored 18 points as the visiting Brooklyn Nets earned their first win under interim coach Kevin Ollie, a wire-to-wire, 111-86 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies.