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Just when it seemed like the Oklahoma City Thunder would beat Wolves again, the Minnesota Timberwolves turned the game around in the second half.

Already down by 25 points, Minnesota pulled off a shocking 131-128 comeback victory in Oklahoma City on Monday night. Even some Minnesota players doubted that they could finish with a a win.

When asked about the game, Nickeil Alexander-Walker admitted, “Probably not, because this one felt impossible,” “I thought the game was over, but how we finished would set the tone for the next one.”

After an inconsistent season, it’s good to see the Timberwolves are slowly regaining their confidence.

Zach LaVine left fans stunned playing for the Kings on Monday night. He scored 42 points and led his team to a dominant 130-88 win over Charlotte.

LaVine who was traded from Chicago in February has been relentless on the court, however this performance stood out. He shot an impressive 16-of-19 from the field, including 8-of-9 from three, making him just the fourth player this season to score 40 or more points on fewer than 20 shots, joining James Harden, Devin Booker, and Jalen Green.

Shaedon Sharpe delivered the best dunk of his career with a powerful one-handed slam over Washington’s Justin Champagnie.

The 21-year-old Portland player has been impressive since he was drafted in 2022, it didn’t take long for his dunking talents to be noticed and praised as one of the season’s best. Sharpe showed out in a standout performance in Portland’s 129-121 win over the Wizards.

Sharpe dunked with such power that he briefly fell to the court after the ball went through the net.

After the game, Portland coach Chauncey Billups praised the slam saying, “I just started like laughing, like, ‘Wow, man. Poor kid up under him,” “That was pretty incredible.”

“I don’t know where he got it from,” Blazers forward Deni Avdija said. “I asked him on the bench, ‘If I’m going to work as hard as I can, will I be able to jump like you?’ I don’t know, it’s just genes.”

When asked what motivated him to dunk that hard, Shaedon Sharpe explained, ‘I seen the dude in the way,” “so I just jumped and tried to dunk it. And it went in.”

Diana Taurasi has announced her retirement after playing in the WNBA for 20 seasons. The three time WNBA champion is officially ending her career as one of the greats of the WNBA.

She announced the big news on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Time Magazine.
Diana Taurasi told Time, “Mentally and physically, I’m just full,” “That’s probably the best way I can describe it. I’m full and I’m happy.”

Phoenix Mercury, her former WNBA team also confirmed her retirement.

Test says the NFL Scouting Combine reveals that Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter has a stress reaction in his right foot, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Abdul Carter who’s a potential top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft may require surgery to treat the issue.

His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said the young player has two options for treatment: one is to undergo surgery and recover in about eight weeks or skip surgery and work out in front of scouts at Penn State’s pro day on March 28 to prove that he may not require surgery after all.

The Rams allowing quarterback Matthew Stafford to explore his market value with other teams has sparked offseason buzz. But as far as Rams coach Sean McVay’s is concerned, he wants Matthew Stanford to remain in Los Angeles. His big idea is to use the information gathered from Matthew’s exploits to put together an agreement that he cannot reject.

“When you talk about the elephant in the room, these are the things that are really challenging,” McVay said on the Fitz & Whit podcast. “Because there’s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback. The interesting and the challenging dilemma and dynamics within this are, hey, how do you continuously as a head coach look at the short term and the long term and be able to figure out what does that really look like?

“There is no dispute, and let’s not get it twisted in regards to anybody wanting him to be our quarterback. Now, there’s layers to it. You have to be able to say, hey, how do we continuously build? How do we support him? How do we make sure that he’s getting what is his worth relative to those things? So, at the end of the day, we had something in mind, he had something in mind, and nobody was right or wrong. And then ultimately you’re saying there’s a ton of interest because this guy is an incredible player.”