I hear LaMelo Ball before I see him. “Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh!” he exclaims when entering a room, his electric, beaming smile bouncing off the walls. “Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh!” he moans on the Charlotte Hornets' ...

Karl-Anthony Towns’ entry may be too late for the Dunk of the Year award — that’s a regular season thing — but it’s an early leader for dunk of the playoffs. In the middle of the third quarter, ...