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By InsideHoops.comUpdated June 7, 2026
Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls who later became a fan-favorite on their broadcast team after his playing career, has died at the age of 59, the team announced Sunday. No cause of death was given. "Stacey King was a cherished member of the Bulls family and one of the truly unique personalities in our organization's history," Bulls owner and chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. "His connection to Chicago, the Bulls and our fans spanned more than three decades -- first as a player and later as the unmistakable voice that helped bring Bulls basketball into the homes of generations of fans. "We will miss him deeply and remember the joy, energy, humor, candor and passion that he brought to our organization, our broadcasts, and our fans every day." - ESPN.com
Paul Westhead had a coaching career like none other. He won an NBA championship as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. He won a WNBA championship as coach of the Phoenix Mercury in 2007. And at the college level, his 1989-90 Loyola Marymount team that was led by Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble remains the highest-scoring squad in NCAA Division I history. Add it up, and that's achievement. And the National Basketball Coaches Association celebrated his work on Friday, when it announced the 87-year-old Westhead as this year's recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. - ESPN.com
The game marked the third time this postseason that Wembanyama shot worse than 30% (the Spurs are 0-3 when that happens), while sinking only one of his 13 attempts outside two feet in the final three quarters of Game 1. Wembanyama said he isn't "worried in the slightest" about how the team might rebound from a lousy Game 1 performance because of its winding journey throughout the season that brought them here. In a season that nobody saw coming outside of the team that trains every day at 1 Spurs Way, the loss served as just one more inflection point along a 102-game odyssey chock full of them. It's why the Spurs remain undaunted in the face of this latest bout with adversity. The way they see it, the rigors of their 2025-26 journey provided more than enough experience to conjure the moxie necessary to dig out of this hole. "It's very reassuring," he said when asked about the team's resilience born from overcoming so many challenges. "We know we're not here by chance. We've been through some weird, weird, situations [or] whatever. It's reassuring to know that these guys, the 18 guys we've got, are built this way. [They] are resilient." - ESPN.com
There wasn't a sense of panic from the Knicks when Jalen Brunson limped gingerly to the locker room late in the first quarter of Wednesday night's Game 1 of the NBA Finals after the Spurs' Harrison Barnes landed on his right knee. Nor was there panic when San Antonio, looking fresher and more explosive, built a 14-point third-quarter lead. Perhaps it's because the Knicks have been on this magic carpet ride for weeks, having won every postseason game since Game 3 of the first round in Atlanta, a loss that seemingly woke them up and created a playoff monster that has dominated since. Brunson worked himself into Game 1 following a rough start, scoring 13 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter to help the Knicks steal home-court advantage with a 105-95 victory at Frost Bank Center. It was the Knicks' 12th straight playoff win, and it had a familiar formula: fall behind, get to within striking distance and clear the way for Brunson to close. - ESPN.com
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