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Dillon Brooks pours in 33 as Suns halt Lakers' 7-game win streak
Dillon Brooks scored 33 points and the Phoenix Suns overcame the loss of Devin Booker to earn a 125-108 road victory Monday that ended the Los Angeles Lakers' seven-game winning streak.,Collin Gillespie scored 28 points by going 8 of 14 from 3-point range, while Mark Williams and Jordan Goodwin each...

Suns G Devin Booker (groin) exits game vs. Lakers
Phoenix guard Devin Booker was ruled out for the remainder of the Suns' Monday road game against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a right groin injury.,Booker scored 11 points in 10 minutes of the first quarter but went back to the locker room and did not play in the second quarter. He was ruled out fo...

Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George lead Jazz to split with Rockets
Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and Keyonte George added 28 to lead the Utah Jazz to a 133-125 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday in Salt Lake City.,Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Jazz in a rematch of Houston's 129-101 win at Salt Lake City on Sunday. Geo...

Ryan Nembhard's career day helps Mavericks take down Nuggets
Ryan Nembhard finished with 28 points and 10 assists, both career-highs, Anthony Davis scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 131-121 on Monday night.,Cooper Flagg had 24 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for Dallas, which ha...

Desmond Bane comes up big for Magic in win vs. Bulls
Anthony Black saved five of his 22 points for a late surge, Desmond Bane capped a 37-point effort with a late go-ahead 3-pointer and the Orlando Magic held off the visiting Chicago Bulls 125-120 on Monday night for their third consecutive win.,Scoring 21 of the second half's first 27 points, the Bul...

Heat match team record with 24 treys, trounce Clippers
Norman Powell sank six of the Heat's franchise-record-tying 24 3-pointers as Miami blew out the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 140-123 on Monday.,Powell put up 30 points and shot 6-for-10 from long distance for the Heat, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Bam Adebayo set a career high with ...

Nets put away Hornets for elusive first home victory
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 35 points as the Brooklyn Nets ended their nine-game home losing streak to start the season with a 116-103 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night in New York.,Porter returned after missing the previous two games due to back tightness that flared up...

Donovan Mitchell scores 43 to lead Cavaliers past Pacers
Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points and Jaylon Tyson added a season-high 27 as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 135-119 on Monday in Indianapolis to end a three-game losing streak.,De'Andre Hunter and Evan Mobley scored 13 points apiece for Cleveland, which led by as many as 21 in the s...

CJ McCollum, Wizards surge past Bucks in 4th quarter
CJ McCollum scored 28 points while leading the Washington Wizards to an improbable second-half comeback en route to a 129-126 win over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.,Milwaukee led by 16 points midway through the third quarter, but the Wizards got within range before going on a 10-1 run in t...

Pistons rally late, then narrowly hold off Hawks
Jalen Duren had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the host Detroit Pistons escaped with a 99-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.,Cade Cunningham contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, five steals and three blocks, while Ronald Holland II supplied 17 points and six rebounds. Caris LeVe...

Road-hot Grizzlies take on injury-depleted Spurs
The Memphis Grizzlies will look to build on their best stretch of games in the young season when they travel to San Antonio to play the short-handed Spurs on Tuesday., ,Memphis has won three games in a row and five out of its past six, including a 115-107 victory in Sacramento on Sunday. Zach Edey l...

Trending Timberwolves look to extend Pelicans' losing ways
The Minnesota Timberwolves' trip to New Orleans to face the Pelicans on Tuesday looks like a mismatch on paper.,Minnesota sits in the top six in the Western Conference, fully healthy, and chasing a third consecutive win.,New Orleans, meanwhile, is anchored at the bottom of the West, weighed down by ...

Report: WNBA offers $1M max base salary plus revenue sharing
The latest proposal made by the WNBA in collective bargaining negotiations with the players' union would guarantee a $1 million base in salary for players on max deals, ESPN reported Monday.,The total earnings for max players could exceed $1.2 million when factoring in revenue sharing, which would s...

Jalen Brunson, Jaylen Brown face off in Knicks, Celtics clash
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson said he likes the way his team has been playing lately, and he'll try to help New York extend its winning streak to five games when the Knicks visit the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night., ,Brunson had 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists Sunday, when New York ...

Raptors, Trail Blazers plan to learn from respective losing streaks
The Toronto Raptors aim to regain their winning touch during a five-game homestand that starts Tuesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.,The Raptors have dropped two in a row after losing 116-94 to the New York Knicks on Sunday. Their nine-game winning streak crashed to a halt on Saturday wh...

Streaking Lakers look to shine against Suns
On the prowl with a seven-game winning streak, the Los Angeles Lakers will close out a four-game homestand on a quick turnaround with a visit from the Phoenix Suns on Monday., ,The most recent Los Angeles victory came Sunday, 133-121 against the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans. Luka Doncic scored ...

WNBA, players union extend CBA to new Jan. 9 deadline
The WNBA and WNBA Players Association agreed late Sunday night to extend their collective bargaining agreement until Jan. 9, 2026, and continue negotiations toward a new agreement.,The announcement came just before the CBA's expiration at 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, which was the first extension after ...

Pistons emerge from rough patch upbeat heading into road game vs. Hawks
The Detroit Pistons got back on the winning track Saturday, though it got scary at the end. They'll look to build off that performance when they host the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.,Detroit's 13-game winning streak ended at Boston on Wednesday, then the Pistons lost a tight game at home to Orland...

Cavs desperate for better starts while Pacers finally on a win streak
All is not well with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who will carry a three-game losing streak and a ton of frustration into their Monday matchup against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,Payton Pritchard erupted for 15 of his season-high 42 points in the fourth quarter Sunday, allowing the visiting Bost...

NBA roundup: Jalen Johnson's career night lifts Hawks past 76ers in 2OT
Jalen Johnson scored a career-high 41 points to lift the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a wild 142-134 double-overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.,Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 34 points for Atlanta, while Dyson Daniels pitched in with 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Johns...