Basketball Page 239 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Grizzlies, Pistons both on upswing one year removed from disaster
Neither the Detroit Pistons nor the Memphis Grizzlies had their desired seasons a year ago. But both clubs have given their fans reason to believe again ahead of Wednesday's matchup in Detroit.,Detroit is coming off a franchise-worst 14-68 campaign that saw it lose a single-season NBA record 28 stra...
Mavericks tangle with Knicks as others step up in Doncic's absence
The Dallas Mavericks aim for another win without Luka Doncic Wednesday night when they host the New York Knicks.,Doncic has missed the last three games with a sprained wrist and is expected to be reevaluated later this week. The Mavericks, ninth overall in the Western Conference, have won five of th...
Perfect at home, Cavaliers invite Hawks into pick-your-poison test
The Cleveland Cavaliers open a home-and-home series against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday trying to extend their perfect start in Ohio.,The Cavaliers, who visit the Hawks on Friday, rebounded from their lone loss of the season last week with decisive victories over the New Orleans Pelicans...
Pacers push to build momentum, take advantage of bruised Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers hope to head home for Thanksgiving on a happier and healthier note when they conclude a five-game trip Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers.,The Trail Blazers stagger into Indianapolis after a short-handed 123-98 drubbing at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies on Mond...
Hawks fined $100K over Trae Young's missed game
The Atlanta Hawks were fined $100,000 after All-Star guard Trae Young was held out of a Nov. 12 NBA Cup road victory over the Boston Celtics.,The Hawks listed Young with right Achilles tendinitis on the injury report and cited the issue as the reason he was out. Atlanta went on to a 117-116 victory ...
Kings coach Mike Brown fined $35K for pursuing official
Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for aggressively pursuing a game official during live play.,The fine stems from Brown charging the refs after a foul was not called following Colby Jones' drive to the basket in the second quarter of the Kings' 108-103 lo...
Dan Hurley Let UConn Down With Tantrum in Overtime Loss
UConn head coach Dan Hurley picked up a technical foul after throwing a temper tantrum on the sideline, letting his team down and costing them the game....
NBA roundup: Kristaps Porzingis returns as Celtics club Clippers
Jaylen Brown and Derrick White led a 51-point second quarter as the Boston Celtics stretched their winning streak to six games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 126-94 on Monday.,Brown scored 13 points and White added 12 as Boston tied an NBA record for threes in a single quarter by conne...
Suns' Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal likely to return to face Lakers
The battered and bruised Phoenix Suns are expected to have a couple of stellar reinforcements back on the court when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup contest.,Phoenix coach Mike Budenholzer said Monday that Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal are slated to return from left c...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rings up 37 points as Thunder beat Kings
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 37 points and 11 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a solid 130-109 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Monday night.,Jalen Williams added 28 points as the Thunder won their second straight game following a two-game slide. Isaiah Hartenstein registere...
Nets escape 18-point hole, overtake Warriors
Dennis Schroder led the way with 31 points and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 18 points down in the third quarter on the second night of a back-to-back set to stun the Golden State Warriors 128-120 in San Francisco on Monday night.,Schroder sank four of Brooklyn's 20 3-pointers.,Cam Thomas bombed in...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rang up 37 points as Thunder beat Kings
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 37 points and 11 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a solid 130-109 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Monday night.,Jalen Williams added 28 points as the Thunder won their second straight game following a two-game slide. Isaiah Hartenstein registere...
Surging Spurs hit road for NBA Cup battle vs. Jazz
The suddenly dangerous San Antonio Spurs aim to win their fourth straight game and get a leg up on their competition in the NBA Cup when they battle the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in a West Group B meeting in Salt Lake City.,The Spurs are 1-1 in the group stage, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers and beatin...
OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson set career-highs as Knicks rout Nuggets
OG Anunoby scored a career-high 40 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points and 15 rebounds, and the visiting New York Knicks used a big first half to rout the Denver Nuggets 145-118 on Monday night.,Jalen Brunson had 23 points and a career-high 17 assists and Mikal Bridges paired 14 points with six...
Ja Morant returns, scores 22 to lead Grizzlies past Blazers
Ja Morant returned to the lineup after missing eight games with a right hip injury and scored 22 points with 11 assists to lead the host Memphis Grizzlies to a 123-98 victory Monday night over the Portland Trail Blazers.,Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 points, six rebounds and three blocks, Santi Aldama ...
Closing surge from Kyrie Irving, Mavericks topples Hawks
Kyrie Irving scored 16 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter, helping lead the visiting Dallas Mavericks to a 129-119 win over the Atlanta Hawks.,Jalen Hardy added 23 points while Naji Marshall and Spencer Dinwiddie each scored 22 as the Mavericks won their fifth game in six tries. PJ Was...
Celtics tie NBA record with 12 3s in quarter, rout Clippers 126-94
Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum led a 51-point second quarter as the Boston Celtics stretched their winning streak to six games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 126-94 Monday., ,Brown scored 13 points and Tatum added 12 as Boston tied an NBA record by connecting on 12 3-pointers in the sec...
Jaden Ivey, Pistons down Raptors at buzzer
Jaden Ivey made a floater along the baseline as time expired, giving the host Detroit Pistons a 102-100 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.,Ivey finished the contest with 25 points and eight assists as the Pistons ended a three-game slide. Malik Beasley had 14 points, while Jalen Duren sup...
Strong 4th quarter saves Magic vs. Hornets
Franz Wagner scored 21 points and Jonathan Isaac drained three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as the Orlando Magic wiped away three miserable frames to beat the host Charlotte Hornets 95-84 on Monday night.,Sparked by its shooting from the perimeter, Orlando turned a 62-58 hole into an 88-77 lead ...
Pacers slip past Pelicans despite Elfrid Payton's 21 assists
Tyrese Haliburton had 34 points and 13 assists and the Indiana Pacers held off the New Orleans Pelicans 114-110 on Monday night in Indianapolis., ,Myles Turner added 17 points, Pascal Siakam scored 14 and Bennedict Mathurin and Quenton Jackson had 12 each for the Pacers. Both Turner and Mathurin gra...