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Santi Aldama's 37-point effort boosts Grizzlies over Jazz
Santi Aldama scored a career-high-tying 37 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 and GG Jackson scored 18 with nine boards to lead the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 137-128 victory Tuesday over the Utah Jazz.,Aldama's total included a career-best seven 3-pointers along with seven assists and five reb...
Suns post 45-point third quarter, blow out Lakers
Dillon Brooks scored 25 points, Devin Booker went for 21 points and 11 assists and the Phoenix Suns rolled past the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 132-108 on Tuesday. ,Phoenix took the lead for good late in the first quarter against a Lakers side playing without NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic, who sust...
Spurs thump Thunder by 20, extend win streak to 7
Keldon Johnson poured in 25 points off the bench and Stephon Castle added 24 as the host San Antonio Spurs waylaid the Oklahoma City Thunder 130-110 on Tuesday in a matchup of teams with the best records in the Western Conference., ,Oklahoma City led by a bucket at halftime as the teams traded runs ...
Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle lead Wolves past short-handed Knicks
Anthony Edwards scored 38 points and Julius Randle logged 17 of his 25 in the fourth quarter as the Minnesota Timberwolves took down the New York Knicks 115-104 on Tuesday in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert added 11 points and 16 rebounds as the Timberwolves won for the 10th time in 12 games.,The Knicks pl...
Cooper Flagg (33), Mavs halt Nuggets' road win streak
Cooper Flagg finished with a game-high 33 points along with nine rebounds and nine assists and Anthony Davis added 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 126-121 win over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.,Naji Marshall scored 15 points, Ryan Nembhard chipped in 11 points...
Bulls' late-fourth-quarter rally stuns Hawks
Coby White scored 24 points and made the go-ahead free throw following an away-from-the-ball foul with 1.9 seconds left to give the Chicago Bulls a 126-123 come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.,With the game tied 123-123 and the Bulls inbounding the ball, White got tangled up with ...
Scottie Barnes helps Raptors hammer Heat
South Florida native Scottie Barnes scored a game-high 27 points and added eight rebounds and four assists, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 112-91 win over the host Miami Heat on Tuesday night.,Barnes, held to just six points in his previous game, made 10 of 14 shots.,Immanuel Quickley added 18 poi...
Bucks get back in the win column vs. hapless Pacers
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 24 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks post a 111-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis on Tuesday.,Ryan Rollins added 23 points for the Bucks, while Kyle Kuzma scored 15 and Bobby Portis finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for Milwaukee, which snapped a thr...
Nine Cavs hit double figures during blowout of Pelicans
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and Sam Merrill tied his season high with 22 points and made six 3-pointers as the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away for a 141-118 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.,Cleveland, which has scored at least 30 points in six consecutive quarters, ha...
Michael Porter's strong 1st half helps Nets down Sixers
Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 of his 28 points in the first half as the visiting Brooklyn Nets topped the Philadelphia 76ers 114-106 on Tuesday., ,Egor Demin added 20 points for Brooklyn, which improved to 6-3 in its last nine games. Nic Claxton chipped in with 16 points and 10 rebounds for the visit...
Hornets use the deep ball to sink Wizards
LaMelo Ball scored 23 with the help of four 3-point baskets and the Charlotte Hornets beat the visiting Washington Wizards 126-109 on Tuesday night.,Brandon Miller poured in 20 points and Kon Knueppel provided 15 of his 19 points in the second half as the Hornets used a strong fourth quarter to defe...
Wizards F Cam Whitemore out indefinitely with DVT
Washington Wizards forward Cam Whitmore will be sidelined indefinitely after being diagnosed with upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis, the team announced Tuesday.,Whitmore was evaluated after missing two recent games with right shoulder soreness. He last played Dec. 4 in a 146-101 loss to the Bosto...
Hawks C N'Faly Dante out for season with torn ACL
Atlanta Hawks center N'Faly Dante will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee, the team announced on Tuesday.,Dante sustained the injury last Friday while playing for the College Park Skyhawks in the NBA G League Winter Showcase in Orlando, Fla.,Dante, 24, will undergo surgery...
Report: NBA thinking anti-tanking, considers setting lottery order March 1
Changes to the NBA draft lottery are expected as the league aggressively attempts to find deterrents to teams losing intentionally in a bid to manipulate the league lottery.,ESPN reported the Board of Governors, which met Friday, has multiple options on the table.,The end goal is not to punish rebui...
Kings, in search of rare consecutive wins, shake up rotation vs. Pistons
Having surprised one of the best teams in the West, the Sacramento Kings will look to duplicate their success against the Eastern Conference leader when they host the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.,The Kings had lost five games in a row, including the opener of a four-game homestand to the Portla...
Magic eager to raise intensity level vs. Trail Blazers
The Orlando Magic will attempt to put up an improved performance when they conclude a four-game road trip with a visit to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.,Orlando is 1-2 on the trip and fell apart in the second half on Monday night when it lost 120-97 to the Golden State Warriors. The 23...
Depleted Grizzlies piece together lineup for matchup vs. Jazz
For the Memphis Grizzlies, the impact of repeated injuries is taking its toll on the team's season.,The Grizzlies have dropped three of their past five games, including a 119-103 loss Monday night at Oklahoma City, and will head to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.,Memphis was o...
West's best square off as surging Spurs host Thunder
The San Antonio Spurs will return home with a six-game winning streak in hand but will have to play even better to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.,The game will be the first of a home-and-home set for the Western Conference leaders, with the follow up on Christmas Day in Oklahoma Ci...
Mavericks face tall task vs. Nikola Jokic, Nuggets
A couple weeks ago, it looked as if the Dallas Mavericks were starting to turn their season around after a tumultuous start. ,The Mavericks won five of six games, including victories against contenders such as the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets. ,Since then, however, the Mavericks have lost thre...
Teams on losing streaks collide as Bucks face Pacers
A pair of sinking foes will meet up in Indianapolis on Tuesday when the Indiana Pacers face the Milwaukee Bucks.,Milwaukee dropped its third straight game and fifth in its past six tries on Sunday when a 40-point second half doomed the Bucks in a 103-100 setback against the Minnesota Timberwolves. W...