Cydney Henderson
Reporter at USA Today
📍PHX. @ASU alumna. @usatodaysports reporter. (Formerly @usatodaylife, @azcentral) ✉️: [email protected]
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usatoday.com | Cydney Henderson
A basketball season full of 82 games, blockbuster trades and multiple head coach terminations comes down to this: the 2025 NBA playoffs. Who will be crowned the next NBA champion? Will the Boston Celtics become the first team to win back-to-back titles since the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018? Will Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers bring Cleveland its first title since 2016?
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pal-item.com | Cydney Henderson |Jon Hoefling |Jim Reineking
Cydney Henderson Jon Hoefling Jim ReinekingUSA TODAYThe Golden State Warriors earned the Western Conference's 7-seed after a 121-116 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Tuesday night. The Warriors will face the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Grizzlies, meanwhile, will be forced into a winner-take-all contest against either the Dallas Mavericks or Sacramento Kings for the 8-seed on Friday.
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usatoday.com | Cydney Henderson
The newest class of WNBA rookies has arrived. Paige Bueckers was selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Dallas Wings at the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday in New York City, followed by Dominique Malonga of France going to the Seattle Storm at No. 2 overall and Notre Dame's Sonia Citron being selected by the Washington Mystics with the No. 3 overall pick. "Just an overwhelming sense of gratitude," Bueckers said after her selection. "It's super surreal just being here with other draft invitees.
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usatoday.com | Cydney Henderson
Hailey Van Lith has an impressive resume. She's led three different teams to the Elite Eight in five years and picked up an Olympic bronze medal in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Games. Now, she can add WNBA player to the list. Van Lith was selected with the No. 11 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. The Sky previously selected Slovenian forward Ajša Sivka with the 10th overall pick.
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usatoday.com | Cydney Henderson
Georgia Amoore is in a league of her own, and now she's headed to the WNBA. Amoore was selected by the Washington Mystics with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. The Mystics previously selected Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron with the No. 3 pick in the draft and Kiki Iriafen with the fourth overall pick. The 5-foot-6 Australian point guard started her collegiate career at Virginia Tech, where she played four seasons from 2020 to 2024.
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