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Grizzlies rookie C Zach Edey (ankle) exits game vs. Nuggets
Memphis Grizzlies rookie center Zach Edey exited during the second half of Sunday's win over the visiting Denver Nuggets with a left ankle injury.,Edey, the ninth overall pick of June's NBA draft, initially injured his ankle during the first half before re-aggravating it after halftime. He left with...
Shaedon Sharpe leads Trail Blazers past Hawks for third straight win
Shaedon Sharpe came up with big plays at both ends of the floor in the final minute to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to a 114-110 home win over the Atlanta Hawks.,Coming off a career high 33 points in a win over Minnesota on Wednesday, Sharpe finished with a game-high 32, including the Trail Blaze...
With balanced attack, Grizzlies take down Nuggets
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 20 points and Jaylen Wells added 15 to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 105-90 victory Sunday over the visiting Denver Nuggets, who played without three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.,Jokic missed his second straight game due to personal reasons. The Nuggets have lost two straigh...
Pistons send Wizards to 8th straight loss
Jaden Ivey scored a season-high 28 points and Malik Beasley matched his season-best with 26 points, lifting the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 124-104 victory over the reeling Washington Wizards on Sunday.,Ivey sank four 3-pointers and Beasley drained six from beyond the arc to send Detroit to its si...
Cavaliers beat Hornets, become fourth NBA team to start 15-0
Darius Garland's 25 points and Ty Jerome's 24 points helped carry the Cleveland Cavaliers as they maintained their unbeaten record by beating the visiting Charlotte Hornets 128-114 on Sunday night.,Four Cleveland players had more than 20 points as the Cavaliers extended their franchise-best winning ...
Pacers pull away from Heat after blowing 16-point lead
Myles Turner made five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 34 points as the Indiana Pacers weathered a fourth-quarter rally by the visiting Miami Heat to win 119-110 on Sunday in Indianapolis.,Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 21 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which le...
Hornets star LaMelo Ball fined $100K for anti-gay phrase
The NBA fined Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball $100,000 Sunday for using "offensive and derogatory" language during a postgame TV interview.,At issue was an anti-gay phrase Ball used when answering a sideline interviewer's question about defending the last shot against Milwaukee's Giannis Antetok...
Julius Randle's buzzer-beater lifts Timberwolves over Suns
Julius Randle drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 120-117 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Randle caught an inbound pass, dribbled twice and pulled up for a game-winning shot at the top of the arc. Teammates mobbed him on the court...
Wings win No. 1 pick in WNBA draft lottery
The Dallas Wings will pick first in the 2025 WNBA Draft after winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history.,Sunday's lottery awarded the No. 1 overall selection to Dallas, which had 227 chances out of 1,000 to have its number called.,The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best odds...
Mavericks' Luka Doncic (knee) ruled out vs. Thunder
Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the host Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right knee contusion.,Sunday's contest is the latter half of a back-to-back set for the Mavericks. Doncic scored 16 points on 6-of-16 shooting from the floor in Dallas' 11...
Cavs G Donovan Mitchell (rest) to skip game vs. Hornets
All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell won't be in the lineup Sunday night when the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers host the Charlotte Hornets.,Mitchell, 28, is one of the reasons the Cavaliers enter the contest with a 14-0 mark. He's leading the team in scoring (24.6 points per game) and steals (1.5) but a...
NBA fines Wolves' Anthony Edwards $35K for gesture
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was fined $35,000 on Sunday by the NBA for making an obscene gesture on the court.,The incident happened Friday with 3:15 left in the first quarter of Minnesota's 130-126 overtime road victory against the Sacramento Kings. Edwards' gesture appeared to be ...
Reports: 'Inside the NBA' to move to ESPN, ABC next season
The limbo is over for "Inside the NBA." ,The studio show, winner of 21 Sports Emmy Awards, will appear on ABC and ESPN after an agreement was reached with Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent of TNT Sports, The Athletic reported.,"Inside the NBA" has been on TNT since the start of the 1989 season. ,Pe...
Clippers host Jazz, hope home court cures their woes
Back at home, where they finally found a sense of comfort, the Los Angeles Clippers will attempt to move on from a three-game losing streak when they host the Utah Jazz on Sunday at Inglewood, Calif. ,The Clippers return to their new arena after dropping all three games of a road trip, including con...
Thunder, Mavericks seek answers to lingering questions
The last time the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder met, the former eliminated the latter in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.,Now, one day short of six months since that game, the Mavericks and Thunder will square off Sunday in Oklahoma City.,"The playoffs is over," Thunder coac...
Cavaliers host Hornets, look to go 15-0
Even a few notable results for the Charlotte Hornets across the first month of the season can't come close to stacking up to the Cleveland Cavaliers' achievements.,And it's the Hornets who have the next shot at trying to put the first blemish on the Cavaliers' record. ,The teams will meet Sunday eve...
NBA roundup: Jayson Tatum's 3 at buzzer lifts Celtics in OT
Jayson Tatum made a 3-pointer as time expired in overtime to give the Boston Celtics a 126-123 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.,Tatum had 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in the win. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 27 points.,Jakob Poeltl tossed in a career-high 35 po...
Sizzling De’Aaron Fox drops 49 for Kings in win over Jazz
De'Aaron Fox scored 49 points one night after he had a franchise-record 60 in an overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Kings beat the visiting Utah Jazz 121-117 on Saturday.,Kevin Huerter added 18 points and Trey Lyles had 17 for the short-handed Kings, who sealed the win on...
Jayson Tatum's buzzer-beater lifts Celtics over Raptors in OT
Jayson Tatum made a 3-pointer as time expired in overtime to give the Boston Celtics a 126-123 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.,Tatum had 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in the win. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 27 points.,Jakob Poeltl tossed in a career-high 35 po...
LaMelo Ball scores 26, helps Hornets rally past Bucks
LaMelo Ball picked up the pace with a strong second half to finish with 26 points, including two free throws with 7.3 seconds left, as the Charlotte Hornets snapped a two-game skid by defeating the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 115-114 on Saturday afternoon., ,Giannis Antetokounmpo's triple-double for th...