Topic: Marco Belinelli

Players in National Basketball Association met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday to discuss social and economic injustices and inequalities, the players union said.

DeMar DeRozan coasted through defenders and threw down a vicious slam dunk during the San Antonio Spurs' win against the Toronto Raptors.

Dwyane Wade sank a buzzer-beater from half-court to cap off the third quarter of the Miami Heat's win against the San Antonio Spurs.

Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving suffered a scratched cornea during the team's loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

Gone are the days that San Antonio could produce a mediocre performance and still expect to have its defense carry it to victory.

Four wins in a row brought the San Antonio Spurs back to their "happy" place and turned them back into a team playing like NBA followers have come to expect.

San Antonio has been enigmatic this season but is finally playing consistently and bunching together victories.

You probably could have gotten pretty good odds at the start of the NBA season if you had bet that both San Antonio and Houston, two of the league's powerhouse teams, would be under. 500 a quarter of the way through the 2018-19 campaign.

Expect fireworks -- just not as bright as those from six nights before -- when the new-look San Antonio Spurs host the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers.

The Philadelphia 76ers mistakenly dropped confetti on the home crowd Saturday, thinking a buzzer-beating jumper was a 3-pointer to beat the Boston Celtics.