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Luka Doncic, Mavs hold off undermanned Knicks
Luka Doncic tallied 39 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as the visiting Dallas Mavericks held off a late charge to beat the short-handed New York Knicks 122-108 on Thursday....

Colorado handles ASU to stay unbeaten at home
J'Vonne Hadley amassed 19 points and 11 rebounds, KJ Simpson scored 17 points and Colorado beat Arizona State 82-70 on Thursday in Boulder, Colo....

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Louisville outlasts No. 12 Irish
Nyla Harris produced 19 points and 10 rebounds as host No. 15 Louisville toppled No. 12 Notre Dame 73-66 on Thursday night....

Cavaliers throttle Nets, stroll to 8th straight win
Thanks to a 21-0 run to start the second half, the Cleveland Cavaliers put the game out of reach and cruised to their eighth straight win, a 118-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday in New York....

Franz Wagner puts up 34 points as Magic dump Spurs
Franz Wagner racked up 34 points to help the hot-shooting Orlando Magic to an emphatic 127-111 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Thursday....

Stephen Curry on target, Warriors rout Pacers
Stephen Curry hit his first seven 3-point attempts on a 42-point night, Jonathan Kuminga chipped in with 18 points and the Golden State Warriors closed out an impressive trip with a second win in two nights, thumping the Indiana Pacers 131-109 in Indianapolis on Thursday....

Ace Baldwin Jr. powers Penn State past Iowa
Ace Baldwin Jr. was electric down the stretch as part of a 22-point outing to lead Penn State to an 89-79 victory over Iowa in Big Ten play on Thursday night in University Park, Pa....

NBA trade deadline roundup: Knicks, Thunder make big additions
The ascending New York Knicks, Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder and defense-challenged Milwaukee Bucks made the biggest splashes of NBA trade deadline day on Thursday....

No. 15 South Carolina earning respect entering clash vs. Vanderbilt
No. 15 South Carolina began its season fighting for respect. With that earned around the Southeastern Conference, the Gamecocks enter the final eight games of the regular season playing for bigger stakes when they host Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday....

Rockets, minus Fred VanVleet, visit new-look Raptors
Injury will prevent the Houston Rockets' Fred VanVleet from playing Friday night when his current team visits his former team, the Toronto Raptors....

Knicks F OG Anunoby has elbow surgery, out at least 3 weeks
New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby underwent surgery to remove a loose bone fragment from his right elbow, the team said Thursday....

Celtics cap long homestand against struggling Wizards
The Boston Celtics will wrap up a seven-game homestand when they face the Washington Wizards on Friday night....

Amid change, Sixers try to find footing vs. skidding Hawks
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to face the daunting challenge of trying to win games without reigning Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid....

Surging Xavier seeks signature win vs. No. 19 Creighton
Xavier looks to keep rolling when it hosts No. 19 Creighton on Saturday afternoon in a critical Big East contest....

No. 16 Alabama seeking season sweep at LSU
Alabama and LSU both had humbling losses on the road Wednesday night....

Report: Robin Lopez sent from Bucks to Kings, likely to be cut
The Milwaukee Bucks traded veteran forward Robin Lopez to the Sacramento Kings prior to Thursday's trade deadline, according to multiple reports....

Report: Celtics acquire G Jaden Springer from 76ers
The Boston Celtics are acquiring guard Jaden Springer from the Philadelphia 76ers, ESPN reported Thursday....

The NBA trade deadline was a bit of a dud, but here's a look at who won and who flopped horribly
After last year’s insane trade deadline, which featured Kevin Durant being dealt to the Phoenix Suns, this year brought a bunch of smaller, shrewd moves that moved teams into contention. We have tracked the trades and broken them down by time-tested winners and losers rubric to track how the day wen...

Reports: Spurs trading F Doug McDermott to Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are acquiring forward Doug McDermott from the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN and The Athletic reported Thursday....

Tyrese Maxey is learning that life as Trae Young is harder than it looks
Life as Tyrese Maxey has been an auspicious existence. He entered an ideal scenario as an ancillary piece in Philadelphia behind Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, and James Harden. He’s been able to grow into his role as the second option, and this season has become Robin to Joel Embiid’s Batman. ...