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Basketball Africa League 2025 - News, dates, scores, everything you need to know about the BAL
ESPN has everything you need to know about the NBA-affiliated Basketball Africa League (BAL) for 2025, from news to scores to interviews from players across the league.
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South Africa's Samkelo Cele hopes signing with BAL champs Petro de Luanda will get him another NBA chance
South African basketball star Samkelo Cele, who played in the NBA Summer League with the New York Knicks, has signed with Basketball Africa League defending champions Petro de Luanda ahead of the BAL playoffs in June.
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Nuggets drop Game 5 despite Nikola Jokic's slump-busting brilliance
After the worst three-game shooting funk of his career, Denver's Nikola Jokic returned to form with a 44-point effort Tuesday night in Game 5 -- but it wasn't enough as OKC took the lead for the first time in this Western Conference semifinals series.
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 as Thunder beat Nuggets 112-105 and take 3-2 lead in West semifinals
— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 112-105 on Tuesday night to go up 3-2 in their Western Conference semifinal series.
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Donovan Mitchell can't believe Cavs' exit: 'Let city down'
Donovan Mitchell promised that the Cavaliers will return better after saying the team let the city down with a disappointing exit following a magical season.
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Daigneault: 'Our execution was excellent'
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault weighs in on his team in clutch moments and says their "process down the stretch was excellent."
