Thunder’s Gilgeous-Alexander out at least one more week, to miss game… — and more

The reigning NBA MVP will be on the sideline for at least one more week.

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Thursday that Canadian guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be out at least one more week with an abdominal strain.

Gilgeous-Alexander suffered the injury during Oklahoma City’s 128-92 win over the Orlando Magic on Feb. 4. The star guard missed the Thunder’s final four games before the all-star break and also sat out the All-Star Game.

The injury also means he will miss Tuesday’s game in his home province when the Thunder head to Toronto to take on the Raptors.

Gilgeous-Alexander is the league’s No. 2 scorer with 31.8 points per game, and he is having perhaps his best all-around season. He ranks among the league leaders in field-goal percentage at 55.4 per cent and in assists, with 6.4 per contest.

The Thunder point guard is on a streak of 121 consecutive games with at least 20 points scored — the second longest in NBA history, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain’s run of 126 straight. He scored 20 points in his final game before suffering the injury.

His injury also isn’t the only one the league-leading Thunder are dealing with.

Fellow star Jalen Williams will miss at least another two weeks with a hamstring injury, while Ajay Mitchell will also miss at least another week with an abdominal strain and left ankle sprain.

The Thunder return to action on Friday when they host the Brooklyn Nets.

— With files from the Associated Press

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Bills have several Keon Coleman questions to answer this offseason originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Buffalo Bills' offseason, for most, will be dominated by whether or not general manager Brandon Beane can get Josh Allen that No. 1 weapon many have wanted him to get for years.

While that is a pressing issue, no doubt, what is also at the forefront of mind is what the franchise does with young receiver Keon Coleman.

It has been a rocky first two seasons for Keon, and then we have that horror press conference where his owner was less than complimentary toward him. Many wonder if Coleman's future is still with Buffalo.

For ESPN's Alaina Getzenberg, there are a host of things the Bills have to figure out with Coleman, and fast.

"After owner Terry Pegula went out of his way to state that the former coaching staff pushed for the receiver to be drafted, Brady publicly supported Coleman," Getzenberg wrote.

"Questions, however, remain: Coleman is working as if he'll be back in 2026, but is the relationship there? Would there be interested teams that he could be traded to? Or does it make more sense to retain Coleman and see if he can take a step forward?"

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Coleman has Brady's backing

We know that new head coach Joe Brady is in Keon's corner, and that might be all the young receiver needs to realize his potential in 2026.

Granted, he's got a lot to prove, and a stellar offseason won't mean much unless he can translate that into on-field production when the regular season begins.

Still, there's talent in Keon; there's no doubt about that. But we've only seen it briefly.

And if the Bills do decide to move on or Keon wants out, we wonder what exactly the market would be for him.

So yes, the Bills getting a new weapon is crucial, but so too is figuring out what is the best course of action for Coleman.

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American superstar Alysa Liu added Olympic figure skating gold to her world title as she beat a standout field in the women's final.

Liu came into the free skate in third place following a couple of errors in the short program, but produced a performance for the ages.

Appropriately wearing a sparkly gold dress and performing to Donna Summer, she scored a staggering 150.20 in her free skate.

It pushed her to the top of the leaderboard with an overall score of 226.79, narrowly beating Japan's Kaori Sakamoto - who Liu beat to the world title last year.

Sakamoto, in her final performance before retirement, won silver with 17-year-old compatriot Ami Nakai claiming bronze.

Japan's Mone Chiba finished fourth, ahead of Amber Glenn - who rose from 13th to fifth after an excellent free skate - while Russian champion Adeliia Petrosian came sixth following a fall.

Liu, 20, becomes the first American Olympic champion in women's figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002, and the first USA medallist since Sasha Cohen in 2006.

She was playing catch up on Nakai - leader after the short program - and Sakamoto after Tuesday night following a mistake on her triple lutz where she failed to fully rotate in the element.

But there were no mistakes here with a truly showstopping routine that drew deafening cheers from the crowd.

It was a much needed boost for the USA, as their only gold in singles figure skating following Ilia Malinin's collapse in the men's event.

Malinin was among those in the crowd who gave Liu - the alt girl with her iconic halo hair and lip piercing - a standing ovation as she wrote herself into Olympic folklore.

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Sakamoto meanwhile has to settle for silver as her stellar career ends without an Olympic crown.

She is retiring aged 25 having won three world titles and bronze at Beijing 2022.

Her final performance here was to Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf, and Sakamoto must have no regrets about a performance in which all 12 elements were given positive grades of execution.

But it scored five points lower than Liu in the technical elements, with the American's routine judged to have been more challenging.

Sakamoto wept as she left the ice, but by the medal ceremony rightly looked delighted with another major honour.

That initial disappointment was in stark contrast to the joy of compatriot Nakai, who ends a phenomenal debut campaign with an Olympic medal.

The youngest skater in the competition, Nakai stormed to the top of the leaderboard following the short program and opened her free skate with a triple axel - a brutally tough element she is now making her trademark.

But Nakai stumbled on her triple lutz, which played a major role in knocking her down below Liu and Sakamoto.

For a while, it looked like American champion Glenn might have produced an Olympic comeback for the ages.

She was down in 13th following a disastrous short program which left her in tears after she missed her triple loop, meaning it was scored zero as an invalid element.

Glenn - who is open about her bisexuality and criticism of USA president Donald Trump - has been a magnet for online backlash, and came out on Thursday in Milan with a point to prove.

Despite suffering a heavy fall in the warm-up she attacked her free skate, including a triple axel to start then a complex triple loop and double axel sequence.

She punched the air at the conclusion, and even as she missed out on a medal she had the body language of someone pleased to have brought her best to the Olympic stage.

The same could not be said for Petrosian, who was aiming to be the second Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) of the day to win a medal at Milan-Cortina 2026.

The teenager is under the tutelage of controversial Eteri Tutberidze - the coach of Kamila Valieva at the last Olympics - who was rinkside during Petrosian's pre-skate.

But the 18-year-old's medal hopes were all but dashed on her first routine as she attempted a quad toe loop but fell.

If she had nailed her complex routine, gold was likely. But instead Petrosian was left stony faced, and she exited the stage quickly when it was confirmed she had missed the podium.