Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder once again needed six periods to win a game on Thursday night.

The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.

An NBA player and coach are among dozens of people arrested as part of a sweeping FBI investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged, mafia-linked poker games. Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were named by federal prosecutors in two separate indictments on Thursday.

More than 30 people were indicted Thursday in a pair of FBI investigations on charges of fraud, money laundering, extortion and more. Here's the list.

Michael Malone says he plans to pursue another coaching job following his shocking dismissal by the Denver Nuggets days before the end of the 2024-25 regular season.

The technology was everywhere - an X-ray table that read any face-down card, analysers inside chip trays, a rigged shuffling machine that read cards and predicted who would have the best hand, and pre-marked cards that allowed those wearing special sunglasses and contact lenses to read what was in everyone's hands.

The FBI has indictments for more than 30 people related to their alleged role in a sweeping national gambling situation involving the NBA.

Some of the biggest questions emerging from the federal indictment of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier relates to the NBA.