NBA Page 340 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Jimmy Butler's all-around play lifts Heat over Pistons
Jimmy Butler posted a game-high 26 points and added eight assists and six rebounds, leading the host Miami Heat to a 118-110 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night....
Nets rally, pull off win over short-handed Sixers
Dorian Finney-Smith scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Brooklyn Nets rallied down the stretch for a 112-107 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Tuesday night in New York....
Cavs overcome 22-point deficit in fourth, stun Celtics
Dean Wade scored 23 points and Jarrett Allen finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers overcome a 22-point, fourth-quarter deficit and beat the visiting Boston Celtics 105-104 on Tuesday night....
Hawks race to victory over short-handed Knicks
Jalen Johnson recorded 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to fuel the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a 116-100 victory over the undermanned New York Knicks on Tuesday....
Trey Murphy III (10 3-pointers), Pelicans pound Raptors
Hitting a career-high 10 3-pointers, Trey Murphy III scored 34 points off the bench and the visiting New Orleans Pelicans crushed the Toronto Raptors 139-98 Tuesday night....
Thunder aim to rebound, extend dominance of Blazers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander aims to begin a new streak of 30-point outings when the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night....
Balanced scoring carries Magic over Hornets
Paolo Banchero led six Orlando scorers in double figures with 22 points as the visiting Magic defeated the Charlotte Hornets 101-89 on Tuesday night....
Cavs F Evan Mobley (ankle) leaves game vs. Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley exited Tuesday night's game against the visiting Boston Celtics in the third quarter due to a sprained left ankle....
Soaring Bucks visit hot Warriors to begin California swing
The Milwaukee Bucks continue a survey of the NBA's Pacific Division, only this time on the road, when they open a four-game California swing against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in San Francisco....
Jazz, Bulls collide after rallying for victories
After picking up a surprising come-from-behind win in Sacramento on Monday night, the Chicago Bulls will look for more success away from home when they play the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night....
Knicks’ Jalen Brunson out vs. Hawks, but MRI clean
Jalen Brunson likely has avoided a serious knee injury, as New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau told reporters Tuesday that an MRI on Brunson's left knee came back clean....
Daryl Morey is Oppenheimer for the NBA’s nuclear offensive age
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees. ...
Report: Andrew Wiggins back at Warriors practice facility
Golden State Warriors guard Andrew Wiggins has returned to the team, The Athletic reported Tuesday, after he missed the past four games while tending to what was labeled a "serious family matter."...
Don't count on the LA Clippers — they're sure to let you down
The Los Angeles Clippers have been a delightful surprise in the NBA since bouncing back from a rough start once James Harden joined the team at the end of October. ...
Report: Free agent G Patty Mills to sign with Heat
The Miami Heat are signing free agent guard Patty Mills for the postseason push, ESPN reported Tuesday....
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...