The inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament (IST) semifinals are set, and with $500K per winning player on the line, these four squads are throwing down like it’s the playoffs, in hopes of earning a spot in Saturday’s championship.

The Knockout Round of the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament begins tonight with four quarter-final games over the next 48 hours, a semis double-header on Thursday, and a first-time champion crowned in Las Vegas this Saturday.

Reigning champion No. 7 LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese missed her second straight game on Monday, further fueling off-court rumors surrounding the Tigers, which their polarizing head coach Kim Mulkey has done little to dispel.

The NY Knicks are suing the Toronto Raptors for more than $10M after alleging a former Knicks employee shared confidential documents with the Canadian squad.

This player-focused feature is the first in a season-long partnership with the NBA, where, along side their REPRESENT campaign, we’ll be celebrating the next generation of Canadian NBA stars.

And happy start of the college basketball season! It’s time to get’cha head in the game.

The NBA is following in the WNBA’s footsteps with the tip-off of a brand new in-season tournament, the NBA Cup, featuring cash prizes, refreshed court designs, and all-important bragging rights on the line.

So, in classic GIST fashion, today’s newsletter has everything you need to know about the upcoming season.

The reigning champs defeated the No. 2 NY Liberty 70–69 in Wednesday’s Game 4, becoming the first team to go back-to-back since the LA Sparks did it in 2002.

The No. 1 Las Vegas Aces (up 2-1) can clinch their second consecutive WNBA Championship tonight, but they’ll need to persevere through injuries and a raucous Big Apple crowd to take down the No. 2 NY Liberty at Barclays.

Put those brooms away because the No. 2 NY Liberty staved off a WNBA Finals sweep yesterday, taking Game 3 87–73 over the No. 1 Las Vegas Aces.

The supposed “battle of the superteams” has gone from smoldering to SMDH with the No. 1 Las Vegas Aces dominating their way to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five WNBA Finals meeting with the No. 2 NY Liberty.