The latest misfortune in the Mavericks' injury-riddled season occurred Thursday night when the All-Star reserves were announced by TNT. Kyrie Irving, who had the best chance of qualifying for the Western Conference team, was not selected as part of the 14 reserves.

Sabonis has been a prototypical snub since he got to Sacramento four years ago. He puts up huge numbers for a team outside of title contention and sometimes gets lost in the fray as a result. He’s actually made more All-NBA teams than All-Star Games in his full seasons with the Kings.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry were voted as the backcourt representatives in the Western Conference.

In the end, the Celtics pulled out a 122-107 victory, with Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving leading the way ... they led Boston to the Eastern Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points as the Dallas Mavericks brought the high-flying Oklahoma City Thunder down to earth with a 106-98 victory over the Western Conference leaders on Friday.

The show must go on for the Dallas Mavericks even without Luka Doncic, but while they wait for their superstar guard, there are opportunities for players to step up.

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points as the Dallas Mavericks brought the high-flying Oklahoma City Thunder down to earth with a 106-98 victory over the Western Conference leaders on Friday. Oklahoma City, riding high after their rout of Eastern Conference pace ...

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points as the Dallas Mavericks brought the high-flying Ok-lahoma City Thunder down to earth with a 106-98 victory over the Western Conference leaders on Fri-day (Saturday in Manila).

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998.

All-Star snubs, at least not outside a couple of cases. Even so, with the NBA as talented as it is these days, there were still some very high-level players who failed to earn All-Star honors this year.

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998.