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Deandre Ayton, Trae Young and Luka Doncic have led the way from the very top during the playoffs but with talent running all the way down, the 2018 Draft is quickly becoming a once-in-a-generation group of players set to define NBA history

The live NBA Playoffs action continues on Friday night with Game 6 between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Atlanta Hawks – live on Sky Sports Arena from 12.30am.

Watch Joe Harris and the Brooklyn Nets look to take a 3-1 series lead as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks live on Sky Sports Arena from 7.45pm on Sunday evening.

The NBA Playoffs action continues live on Sky Sports Action on Tuesday morning, starting with Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns; Game 1 from 3am

Game 1 between the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets takes place at Barclays Center at 12.30am on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Arena.

The Atlanta Hawks host the New York Knicks from 6pm on Sunday evening on Sky Sports Arena, and then enjoy Phoenix Suns @ Los Angeles Lakers live from 8:30pm via a free live stream on skysports.com, Sky Sports app and the Sky Sports YouTube channel.

The Los Angeles Lakers will look to level the series when they visit the Phoenix Suns in Game 2, which you can watch live on Sky Sports Main Event and Arena in the early hours of Wednesday morning (starts 3am BST)

The WNBA players who are doing a bad job of hiding their alter egos; Watch Diamond DeShields and the Chicago Sky (2-0) host the New York Liberty (3-0) this Sunday, as two of the best teams in the league go head-to-head live from 6pm on Sky Sports Mix.

The Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards go head to head on Thursday night with a place in the playoffs - and series against the top-seed Philadelphia 76ers - at stake; coverage starts at 1am on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena

Newcastle Eagles head coach Chris Bunten and London Lions guard Kennedy Leonard know each other well, but pleasantries will be put to one side when the pair meet in the WBBL play-off final.

The Los Angeles Lakers face a season-defining two games on Thursday and Friday night, you can watch both games live on Sky Sports Arena starting with their clash against the Clippers on from 3am on Friday morning

The WBBL is at a unique point in its seven-year history. There are athletes in the league now who began learning to play basketball just as it was being launched in 2014.

Will Giannis Antetokounmpo win a third consecutive MVP trophy? The Bucks are probably better set to make a deeper run in the NBA playoffs this season; coach Mike Budenholzer is working on new defensive schemes; watch Philadelphia 76ers @ Milwaukee Bucks from 8.30pm on Sky Sports Arena

Watch Brooklyn Nets @ New Orleans Pelicans live on Sky Sports Main Event and Arena from 12:30am in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Does this year’s Draft underline the calls for league expansion? The international talent in the league continues to thrive and intriguing picks cause chaos

Awak Kuier, Kiana Williams, Charli Collier and Aari McDonald are just four of the standout names in this year’s WNBA Draft (Thursday night, 12am BST); Dallas Wings have picks one and two: will they take Collier and Kuier off the board back to back or plump for the scoring terror McDonald?

Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert explain what is so different about the Utah Jazz this time around after a humbling first-round exit last season

After moving Aaron Gordon, Evan Fournier and Nikola Vucevic at the trade deadline, the Orlando Magic have found themselves relying on their young talent to get by. Chuma Okeke is one such player to have shown significant potential in increased minutes

Aaron Gordon was traded to the Denver Nuggets on the March 25 deadline after spending his first six NBA seasons with the Orlando Magic; Gordon is averaging 14.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season

Since Nate McMillan’s appointment as interim head coach Atlanta have been red-hot, throwing themselves thick into the fight for the Eastern Conference’s fourth seed