Basketball Page 449 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The latest scapegoat for Ben Simmons’ back issues? His agent
Remember when NBA Twitter, now NBA X, spent an entire season obsessing over where Ben Simmons would be traded? It ended up being Brooklyn, and that ended up being the last time he was relevant to professional basketball. The latest update is there is no update, just Simmons’ agent, Bernie Lee, falli...
Cavaliers G Max Strus (knee) out vs. Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against the visiting Boston Celtics due to a right knee strain....
Knicks add G Shake Milton to roster
The New York Knicks signed guard Shake Milton to a contract on Tuesday....
If you can’t trust Anthony Edwards, you can’t trust the Timberwolves
I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record,...
Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
Damian Lillard finally played like the superstar the Bucks expected him to be
It is tempting to say that the Milwaukee Bucks turned a corner on Monday night. Without Giannis Antetokounmpo in the lineup, they were still able to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers, 113-106, and remain undefeated since the All-Star break. Damian Lillard did not play his best game of the season in An...
76ers off to face Nets feeling good again
The Philadelphia 76ers descended into a skid when they first lost Joel Embiid to a left knee injury. While it is still unknown when Embiid will return, the 76ers may be starting to regain their footing....
NBA roundup: Damian Lillard (41) lifts Bucks past Clippers
Damian Lillard scored a game-high 41 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 113-106 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Monday....
Lakers dispatch Thunder, move 5 games over .500
LeBron James scored 19 points to go along with 11 rebounds and eight assists as the host Los Angeles Lakers earned a 116-104 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday....
Coby White powers Bulls to comeback win over Kings
Coby White capped a career-best scoring effort with game-tying and go-ahead hoops in the final 1:32 Monday night, completing a huge Chicago Bulls comeback that produced a 113-109 victory over the host Sacramento Kings....
Jordan Clarkson's late run leads Jazz over Wizards
Jordan Clarkson scored a season-high 38 points, including 12 straight late in the fourth quarter, to lead the Utah Jazz to a 127-115 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night in Salt Lake City....
Damian Lillard's 41 lead Bucks past Clippers
Damian Lillard scored a game-high 41 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 113-106 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Monday....
Rudy Gobert's big night lifts Wolves past Trail Blazers
Rudy Gobert scored 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who held on for a 119-114 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night in Minneapolis....
Grizzlies edge Nets, snap five-game skid
Luke Kennard scored a season-high 25 points as the Memphis Grizzlies held on in the final minute and snapped a five-game losing streak with a 106-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night in New York....
Jazz G Keyonte George (illness) leaves game vs. Wizards
Utah guard Keyonte George exited the Jazz's Monday game against the visiting Washington Wizards due to an illness and will not return....
Suns, trying to build momentum, go up against Nuggets
The Phoenix Suns felt they had found the missing piece for a title run when they traded for Bradley Beal in the offseason, but their version of a Big Three has constantly been hampered by injuries....
Mavericks, Pacers trying to turn page on rough stretches
For the second time in nine days, a pair of playoff hopefuls will square off when the Dallas Mavericks host the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday....
Raptors All-Star F Scottie Barnes has surgery on broken left hand
Toronto Raptors All-Star forward Scottie Barnes had surgery in Los Angeles to repair a fracture to the third metacarpal bone of his left hand, the team announced Monday....
Charleston Southern removes interim tag for coach Saah Nimley
Saah Nimley will remain the head coach of his alma mater, Charleston Southern, after serving as the interim coach for most of this season....
Clippers G Russell Westbrook week-to-week after hand surgery
Los Angeles Clippers guard Russell Westbrook is considered week-to-week after he underwent surgery on his fractured left hand, the team said Monday....