Author: Matt Eppers, USA TODAY

Kevin Durant hears all the talk about the Warriors playing better without him. To that, he has a simple response: “That’s not facts.”

Ben Simmons caught Kyle Lowry with an elbow to the groin during a second-quarter incident, but Lowry later said he didn’t believe it was intentional.

This year’s edition of the Masters heads into the weekend at Augusta National, and a leaderboard filled with big names promises a thrilling moving day.

Portland big man Jusuf Nurkic was taken off the court on a stretcher after sustaining a terrible injury to his left leg Monday night against Brooklyn.

Zion Williamson would make an immense, immediate impact on a floundering Cavs team in need of direction, and he’d give fans something to cheer for.

Jazz owner Gail Miller condemned the fan’s actions in remarks before Thursday night’s game in Utah: “We are not a racist community.”

After coughing up a 16-point lead and losing at Oracle Arena, normally reserved Klay Thompson criticized Warriors fans’ lack of energy.