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Jimmy Butler leads streaking Warriors into meeting with Magic
Jimmy Butler and the surging Golden State Warriors open a five-game road trip Thursday with a visit to Orlando.,The Warriors are 6-1 since acquiring Butler and have climbed to eighth in the Western Conference, just a half-game behind the sixth-place Los Angeles Clippers.,Butler had just six points i...
Rockets bid to tighten defensively in encounter vs. Spurs
The Houston Rockets had dropped six of nine games with veteran guard Fred VanVleet absent from their lineup before they summoned some of the grit and determination that highlighted the early part of their season down the stretch of a white-knuckle win.,Houston kicked off a three-game homestand with ...
Luka Doncic Drops Triple-Double on Dallas Mavericks, Fans Still Processing Trauma
Luka Doncic reminded the Dallas Mavericks just how good he is, dropping a triple double in his first game against his former team, leaving Mavs fans processing trauma from the trade....
Pacers look to close out homestand with win over Raptors
After facing Western Conference contenders in the first three dates of their four-game homestand, the Indiana Pacers close out the set on Wednesday with their struggling Eastern Conference counterparts, the Toronto Raptors.,Indiana began its challenging home stretch with wins over Memphis (127-113) ...
Pistons bid for 8th straight win as they host Celtics
The surprising Detroit Pistons will try to do something on Wednesday that they haven't accomplished in 17 years. They'll look to stretch their winning streak to eight games when they host the defending champion Boston Celtics.,The last time Detroit won eight or more consecutive games came in 2008, w...
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic puts up triple-double as Lakers top Mavs
Luka Doncic paired 19 points with 15 rebounds and 12 assists against his former team, three weeks after a blockbuster trade, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled out a 107-99 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night., ,LeBron James scored 27 points and secured 12 rebounds, Austin Rea...
Warriors get 3,000th win in franchise history with romp of Hornets
Buddy Hield led seven Golden State players in double figures with 16 points as the Warriors ran their winning streak to four games with a 128-92 romp over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night in San Francisco.,Stephen Curry and Draymond Green had 15 points apiece for Golden State, while Gary Payto...
Luka Doncic's triple-double leads Lakers past Mavs in 1st meeting since trade
Luka Doncic scored 19 points with 15 rebounds and 12 assists against his former team three weeks after a blockbuster trade and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled out a 107-99 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.,LeBron James scored 27 points with 12 rebounds, Austin Reaves added 2...
Jaylen Wells, Grizzlies hand skidding Suns defeat in OT
Jaylen Wells scored seven points in overtime as the host Memphis Grizzlies held off the Phoenix Suns 151-148 on Tuesday night.,Phoenix's Kevin Durant missed two 3-point attempts in the final five seconds.,Ja Morant shook off a rough shooting night to finish with 29 points and eight assists to lead t...
Pelicans overcome 19-point deficit to rally past Spurs for second straight win
Trey Murphy III scored 24 points and the host New Orleans Pelicans overcame a double-digit deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs for the second consecutive game, 109-103, on Tuesday night.,Zion Williamson had 18 points, CJ McCollum added 13, and Jordan Hawkins finished with 12 off the bench. Yves Mi...
Jalen Green, Rockets hold off Bucks
Jalen Green scored 25 points, Alperen Sengun added a double-double, and the Houston Rockets held on for a 100-97 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.,Green sank two free throws with 8.1 seconds left before Damian Lillard missed a pair of free throws with 3.7 seconds remaining and a ...
Cavaliers rout Magic for eighth consecutive victory
Ty Jerome scored 20 points off the bench and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth straight game by steamrolling the host Orlando Magic 122-82 on Tuesday night.,Evan Mobley had 17 points and eight rebounds, Max Strus made five 3-pointers while scoring 17 points and De'Andre Hunter also had 17 poi...
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum help Celtics close out Raptors
Jaylen Brown scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night.,Jayson Tatum added 19 points and 11 assists for the Celtics, who have won six in a row. Derrick White contributed 22 points, five assists and three ...
Zach LaVine, Kings aim to retain urgent tempo against Jazz
Two common themes emerged from the Sacramento Kings' blowout victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.,For one, the Kings liked how they responded while playing with "a sense of urgency." For another, they couldn't help but be wowed by the performance of recent acquisition Zach LaVine, who...
Heat F Nikola Jovic (hand) to miss four-plus weeks
Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic will miss at least four-plus weeks due to a fractured right hand, the team said Tuesday.,Jovic fractured the second metacarpal in his right hand during Sunday's 120-113 loss to the host Milwaukee Bucks. He sat out Monday's 98-86 against the host Atlanta Hawks.,The tea...
Slumping Clippers to face Bulls squad riding rare high
Bogdan Bogdanovic was assessing his struggles in his first start with the Los Angeles Clippers when he indirectly captured the pulse of the team.,"It's easy when everything is good, you know. Sometimes you can mask yourself with a couple wins," Bogdanovic said. "But it's good to see the real picture...
Dyson Daniels, Hawks go for two-game sweep of Heat
Dyson Daniels' goal prior to this season was to be named to the NBA's All-Defensive team.,Now, with the end of the regular season less than two months away, Daniels -- a 6-foot-7 wing for the Atlanta Hawks -- has amended his goal.,"Now it's to be Defensive Player of the Year," Daniels said this week...
Trail Blazers begin long trip against suddenly stingy Wizards
The Washington Wizards have been extremely generous throughout the season. However, they picked a fine time to get downright stingy.,After tightening the clamps on defense in their last game, the NBA-worst Wizards will try to string together wins on Wednesday when they welcome the Portland Trail Bla...
Mercury icon Diana Taurasi retires after 20 seasons
Diana Taurasi, a three-time WNBA champion, two-time Finals MVP and the league's all-time leading scorer, announced her retirement Tuesday, bringing her decorated 20-season career with the Phoenix Mercury to a close.,The move was expected for Taurasi, who will turn 43 this June. The Mercury honored h...
Thunder hope to learn from collapse, move on to face Nets
Because of their dominance for most of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder rarely play close games or wilt in the fourth quarter.,That scenario unfolded against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, resulting in a three-point overtime loss. Two nights later, the Thunder attempt to avoid taki...