Basketball Page 249 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander explodes for 54 points as Thunder beat Jazz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.,Neither team led by double digits until the Thunder pulled away in the last 3 1/2 minutes.,Jalen Williams finished off a three-point play to break a tie at ...
Grizzlies handle Hornets for fourth consecutive win
Desmond Bane scored 24 points to extend his streak of 20-point games to six, leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 132-120 wire-to-wire win over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.,Reserve Luke Kennard contributed a season-high 23 points -- including 18 in the first half -- and Jaren Jackson J...
Rockets make clutch plays, hold off Cavaliers
Alperen Sengun sank two free throws with 4.5 seconds left and the Houston Rockets survived a seven-minute scoring drought in the fourth quarter to outlast the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108 on Wednesday.,Sengun rebounded a Donovan Mitchell miss and absorbed a foul from Jarrett Allen before sna...
Jaden McDaniels leads Wolves past short-handed Mavs
Jaden McDaniels scored a career-high 27 points and Anthony Edwards added 21 as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 115-114 on Wednesday night.,Mike Conley added a season-high 18 points for Minnesota, which snapped a two-game losing skid and won the season series ...
Pistons keep rolling, end 5-year drought in Atlanta
Cade Cunningham scored 29 points and Malik Beasley came off the bench to score 19 to lead the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 114-104 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.,Cunningham was 12-for-19 from the floor and added six rebounds, 11 assists and two blocks. Beasley was 7-for-14 with five 3-poi...
Kevin Durant, Devin Booker lead Suns past skidding Nets
Kevin Durant scored 24 points in three quarters against his former team Wednesday night and the Phoenix Suns ended a five-game road trip with a wire-to-wire 108-84 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York.,Nearly two years after getting his trade request granted, Durant helped the Suns conclude a ...
Report: Heat suspending Jimmy Butler two more games
The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for a second time this month on Wednesday, electing to keep the star out two more games after he missed a team flight to Milwaukee, ESPN reported.,Butler already served a seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, as the Heat went 3-4 from Jan. 4...
Slumping Magic aim to dispatch Trail Blazers
Winners of two straight, the Portland Trail Blazers look to extend the recent slump of the host Orlando Magic when the two teams meet on Thursday.,Portland comes into Orlando for the second of a three-game, Eastern Conference road swing, which opened on Tuesday with a 116-107 win at Miami. Trail Bla...
Lakers F Jarred Vanderbilt (foot) set for season debut
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt is expected to play in his first game in nearly a year on Saturday after rehabbing from surgeries to both feet, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The Lakers play at the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night after hosting Boston on Thursday. ,Vanderbilt has not...
Report: Mavs' Dereck Lively II (foot) out 2-3 months
Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II has a small fracture in his foot and will be out two to three months, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The 7-foot-1 Lively has been out with a right foot ailment since a Jan. 14 loss to the Denver Nuggets, one of several Mavericks impacted by injury.,On the season, L...
Spurs enjoy 'home' court advantage vs. Pacers in Paris
A meeting with the Indiana Pacers in Paris on Thursday afternoon might just end up feeling like a home game for the San Antonio Spurs.,Plenty of fans at Accor Arena will be rooting for Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, who already has established himself as a superstar after being selected first overall ...
Bucks-Pelicans game postponed due to snow in New Orleans
The scheduled game Wednesday between the Milwaukee Bucks and host Pelicans has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions in the New Orleans area, the NBA announced.,A winter storm on Tuesday left approximately 10 inches of snow in the Big Easy, thus making travel into the city treacherous at ...
Timeline for Gregg Popovich's return to Spurs remains uncertain
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich remains away from the bench as he recovers from a stroke, with his return this season still up in the air.,"His improvement continues to get better, (but) I don't know that we have any way to judge the clock," team chief executive RC Buford told reporters on We...
Jimmy Butler’s Tour of Toxicity: The Miami Heat Saga Hits a Meltdown
Jimmy Butler causes some drama literally everywhere he goes, and it seems like his time with the Miami Heat is over, so his next team needs to beware....
Suns star Kevin Durant ready for return to Brooklyn
Nearly a year ago, Kevin Durant said it was a "pointless exercise" to reflect on his time with the Brooklyn Nets.,Instead of wondering what could have been with the Nets, Durant is hoping to lead the Phoenix Suns to a successful finale of their five-game road trip when he returns to Brooklyn on Wedn...
NBA roundup: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets dominate 76ers
Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth straight triple-double and the host Denver Nuggets beat the reeling Philadelphia 76ers 144-109 on Tuesday night.,Jokic needed just three quarters to record his 19th triple-double of the season and the 149th of his career. Russell ...
Anthony Davis, Lakers send Wizards to 11th straight loss
Anthony Davis recorded 29 points, 16 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots to help the Los Angeles Lakers post a 111-88 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.,LeBron James added 21 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his ninth triple-double of the season and 121st ...
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets steamroll 76ers, 144-109
Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth straight triple-double and the host Denver Nuggets beat the reeling Philadelphia 76ers 144-109 on Tuesday night.,Jokic needed just three quarters to record his 19th triple-double of the season and the 149th of his career. Russell ...
Suns nab three 1st-rounders from Jazz in draft-pick swap
The Phoenix Suns, loading up on draft picks perhaps with an eye toward a trade, sent their 2031 first-rounder to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in exchange for three first-round picks.,In 2025, Phoenix will receive the least favorable of the selections of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves an...
High-flying Celtics take aim at Clippers
Fresh off a 40-point romp to begin their run through California, the Boston Celtics now head down the coast for a matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in Inglewood, Calif.,Coming off a stretch where they lost four times in seven games, the Celtics found little resistance while th...