NBA Page 487 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Rockets hold on, hand Nuggets first home loss
Jalen Green had 26 points, Fred VanVleet scored 25, and the visiting Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 114-106 on Friday night....
De’Aaron Fox heats up in fourth to lift Kings past Suns
De'Aaron Fox scored 23 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, Domantas Sabonis added 15 points with 17 rebounds and the visiting Sacramento Kings rebounded after getting eliminated from the NBA in-season tournament with a 114-106 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday....
Bulls hand Spurs team-record-tying 16th straight loss
Coby White poured in 24 points and hit 5 of 7 attempts from beyond the arc as the visiting Chicago Bulls came back from a 13-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 121-112 on Friday for their fourth straight win....
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 38 points help Thunder edge Warriors in OT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 138-136 overtime win over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Friday....
Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers cruise past Heat
A 21-2 run that began in the second quarter and extended into the third helped the Cleveland Cavaliers build a double-digit-point lead, and they went on to beat the host Miami Heat 111-99 on Friday....
Big third quarter powers Timberwolves past Grizzlies
Mike Conley scored 19 points against his former team, Karl-Anthony Towns led the way with 24 and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a big third quarter to run past the host Memphis Grizzlies 127-103 on Friday night....
Derrick White notches season-high, Celtics dispatch Knicks
Derrick White scored a season-high 30 points, and Jayson Tatum added 25 to fuel the host Boston Celtics to a 133-123 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday....
Third-quarter explosion propels Nets past Wizards
Mikal Bridges scored 21 points for the Brooklyn Nets, who surged ahead in the third quarter and pulled away for a 124-97 rout of the Washington Wizards on Friday in New York....
Balanced-scoring Hornets eke out win over Raptors
Gordon Hayward scored 24 points to lead four Charlotte players who reached the 20-point mark in the Hornets' 119-116 victory against the visiting Toronto Raptors on Friday night....
76ers pull away in fourth quarter to beat Trae Young-less Hawks
Joel Embiid had 38 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Atlanta Hawks 125-114 on Friday....
Magic emphatically send Pistons to 19th straight loss
Franz Wagner scored 27 points and Paolo Banchero added 24 points as the Orlando Magic handed the visiting Detroit Pistons their 19th straight loss, 123-91 on Friday....
Pacers' enthusiasm meets Lakers' savvy in NBA Cup final
LeBron James has been a superstar for two decades while Tyrese Haliburton is a newbie to star status....
Ron Harper Jr. to have season-ending surgery, waived by Raptors
The Toronto Raptors waived Ron Harper Jr. on Friday after announcing that the guard-forward will have season-ending shoulder surgery....
Hornets PG LaMelo Ball (ankle) to be re-evaluated in 1 week
Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball is making progress rehabilitating the ankle injury he sustained on Nov. 26 in a game against the Orlando Magic and has begun individual activities, the team said Friday....
Giannis and Zion sure sounded like they, too, didn’t take the In-Season Tournament seriously
The biggest questions facing the NBA’s In-Season Tournament were: Would people care? Would fans care? Would players care? Because if no one cares, then we’re back to square one of the Association’s conundrum and watching effortless (not the good kind) December basketball. ...
Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis 'available' to return vs. Knicks
Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis has been upgraded to available for Friday's game against the visiting New York Knicks....
'Haliburton time' doesn't quite have the same ring to it
The Pacers advanced to the championship game of the NBA in-season tournament last night after Tyrese Haliburton knocked down a 3-pointer late in the game to beat the Bucks....
Lakers cruise past Pelicans, into tournament final
LeBron James recorded 30 points and eight assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 133-89 semifinal victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night in Las Vegas to reach the championship game of the NBA's in-season tournament....
After historic triple-double, Luka Doncic guides Mavs against Blazers
In his last outing, Luka Doncic delivered perhaps the best first-half performance of his career, passed Larry Bird on the all-time triple-doubles list and led the Dallas Mavericks to a 50-point win....
Clippers look to avoid letdown against Jazz
The Los Angeles Clippers are on the short list of teams that have lost to the Utah Jazz this season....