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2024 WNBA draft
2024 WNBA draft, held April 15, 2024 at Brooklyn Academy of Music; Indiana Fever took Caitlin Clark No. 1, Chicago Sky picked Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese; record 2.45 million viewers.
2024 WNBA Finals
2024 WNBA Finals: New York Liberty beat Minnesota Lynx 3-2, winning Game 5 67-62 in OT on Oct 20, 2024; Jonquel Jones Finals MVP; Liberty's first title after five Finals losses; record 1.6M average viewers.
2024 WNBA season
2024 WNBA season, the league's 28th (May 14–Sept. 19, 2024): record 54M+ unique viewers, highest attendance in 22 years, A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark records, New York Liberty won their first title over Minnesota in five games.
2024–25 Boston Celtics season
2024–25 Boston Celtics season: defending NBA champions went 61–21, second in the East, set an NBA record with 1,457 made threes, then lost to the Knicks in six in the 2025 second round after Jayson Tatum's Achilles rupture.
2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers season: 64-18, first in the East under Coach of the Year Kenny Atkinson, Central Division champs, swept Miami, then lost the East semifinals 4-1 to Indiana.
2024–25 Dallas Mavericks season
2024-25 Dallas Mavericks season: NBA team's 45th year, 39-43, 10th in the West. Defined by the Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis trade with the Lakers, heavy injuries, play-in elimination, and winning the Cooper Flagg draft lottery.
2024–25 EuroLeague
2024–25 EuroLeague, 25th season of Europe's top club basketball competition; 18 teams, 34 rounds; Fenerbahçe won the title at the first Final Four held outside Europe, in Abu Dhabi; Kendrick Nunn was MVP.
2024–25 Golden State Warriors season
The 2024–25 Golden State Warriors season was the franchise's 79th NBA campaign, marked by the end of the Klay Thompson era, the Jimmy Butler trade, and a semifinal exit.
2024–25 Indiana Pacers season
2024-25 Indiana Pacers season: 50-32, fourth in the East; beat Bucks, Cavaliers, and Knicks to reach the franchise's second NBA Finals, losing 4-3 to Oklahoma City after Haliburton's Game 7 Achilles tear.
2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season
2024-25 Los Angeles Lakers season: 50-32, third in the West under first-year coach JJ Redick; acquired Luka Dončić from Dallas for Anthony Davis in February 2025, then lost the first round to Minnesota 4-1.
2024–25 Minnesota Timberwolves season
2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves season: NBA team's 36th season, 49-33, sixth in the West. Traded Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo; beat Lakers 4-1 and Warriors, lost West finals 4-1 to the Thunder.
2024–25 NBA season
2024-25 NBA season, the league's 79th (October 22, 2024 to April 13, 2025). Oklahoma City Thunder won the title over Indiana 4-3; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was MVP; Bucks won the Emirates NBA Cup.
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ran from November 2024 to April 2025, ending with Florida's third national title, a 65–63 win over Houston in San Antonio.
2024–25 New York Knicks season
2024–25 New York Knicks season: New York went 51–31, added Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns by trade, beat Boston 4–2 for its first Eastern Conference finals since 2000, then lost 4–2 to Indiana.
2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season
2024-25 Oklahoma City Thunder season: NBA champions, beating Indiana 4-3 in the 2025 Finals. Went 68-14, best regular-season record, led by MVP and Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
2024–25 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
2024-25 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Geno Auriemma's squad, went 37-3 (18-0 BIG EAST), won the program's 12th NCAA title beating South Carolina 82-59, in Paige Bueckers' final season.
2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup
2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup, inaugural and only edition under this name (formerly AVC Men's Challenge Cup), held June 17-24, 2025 in Manama, Bahrain; Bahrain won gold over Pakistan, Qatar took bronze.
2025 FIBA AmeriCup
2025 FIBA AmeriCup, 20th edition held August 22-31, 2025 in Managua, Nicaragua. Brazil beat Argentina 55-47 in the final for its fifth title and first since 2009; Yago Santos was MVP and the United States took bronze.
2025 FIBA Asia Cup
The 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, the 31st edition of FIBA's men's continental basketball tournament, was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, August 5 to 17, 2025; Australia beat China 90-89 for a third straight title, with Jaylin Galloway as TISSOT MVP.
2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, 18th edition held June 28-July 6, 2025 in Santiago, Chile. United States went 7-0, beat Brazil 92-84 in the Final for its fifth title, with Mikayla Blakes as MVP; Canada took bronze.
2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, 31st edition, held July 13-20, 2025 in Shenzhen, China. Australia won its first title over Japan and China; Alexandra Fowler was MVP; winner qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League: seventh edition, first with 18 teams, new three-pool format, 11 June to 3 August 2025. Poland won gold in Ningbo, Italy silver, Brazil bronze; Netherlands relegated.
2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL), seventh edition, 4 June to 27 July 2025, first with 18 teams. Italy won a third title unbeaten, beating Brazil 3-1 in the Łódź final; Poland took bronze; Korea was relegated.
2025 Indiana Fever season
2025 Indiana Fever season: WNBA team's 26th season under Stephanie White; 24-20, third in East, Commissioner's Cup champions, lost semifinals 3-2 to Las Vegas; Caitlin Clark missed 31 of 44 games with quad and groin injuries.
2025 Las Vegas Aces season
2025 Las Vegas Aces season: WNBA team's 29th season, 30-14, No. 2 seed; swept Phoenix Mercury 4-0 in the first best-of-seven Finals for a third title in four years; A'ja Wilson won MVP, DPOY and Finals MVP.
2025 NBA Cup
2025 NBA Cup (Emirates NBA Cup 2025), third edition of the NBA in-season tournament: New York Knicks beat San Antonio Spurs 124-113 in Las Vegas; Jalen Brunson MVP; first Knicks trophy since 1973.
2025 NBA draft
2025 NBA draft, June 25-26, 2025 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn; two-night format, 59 picks. Dallas Mavericks won the lottery and selected Cooper Flagg No. 1; Duke had three top-10 picks; Flagg won 2025-26 Rookie of the Year.
2025 NBA Finals
2025 NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder beat Indiana Pacers 4-3, winning Game 7 103-91 on June 22, 2025 for the franchise's first title since leaving Seattle; Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; Haliburton's Achilles injury decided Game 7.
2025 NBA playoffs
2025 NBA playoffs: the 2024-25 NBA postseason, April 15 to June 22, 2025. The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 4-3 in the Finals; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won Finals MVP after averaging 30.3 points.
2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game: Florida Gators beat Houston Cougars 65-63 on April 7, 2025 at the Alamodome, San Antonio, overcoming a 12-point deficit for Florida's third title under Todd Golden.