NBA Page 511 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Donovan Mitchell pours in 34 as Cavs blast Blazers
Donovan Mitchell recorded 34 points and six rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 109-95 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night....

Devin Booker returns, Suns stop Wolves' win streak
Devin Booker and Kevin Durant scored 31 points apiece as the Phoenix Suns ended the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves' seven-game winning streak with a 133-115 victory on Wednesday....

Paolo Banchero's late hoop lifts Magic over Bulls
Paolo Banchero scored 17 points, capped by the game-winning floater with 1.4 seconds left, and Goga Bitadze notched 15 points and 11 rebounds to lift the visiting Orlando Magic past the Chicago Bulls 96-94 on Wednesday....

Damian Lillard pours in 37 to carry Bucks past Raptors
Damian Lillard had 37 points and 13 assists and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Toronto Raptors 128-112 Wednesday night....

Knicks hang on for tight win over Hawks
Julius Randle scored a game-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds and eight assists while leading the visiting New York Knicks to a 116-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday....

Missing pair of stars, Celtics still sink Sixers
Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, including a 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining for an eight-point cushion, as the short-handed Boston Celtics defeated the host Philadelphia 76ers 117-107 on Wednesday night....

Tim Hardaway Jr., Mavericks shoot past Wizards
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a season-high 31 points off the bench and Luka Doncic added 26 points and 10 assists to help the visiting Dallas Mavericks breeze to a 130-117 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday....

Report: NBA suspends Warriors F Draymond Green 5 games
The NBA is suspending Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green for five games, ESPN reported Wednesday night....

Heat put six-game winning streak up against Nets
The red-hot Miami Heat will take a six-game winning streak into a matchup against the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Thursday....

Celtics' Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis out vs. 76ers
The Boston Celtics will be without two of their stars in a battle of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, as Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis will miss Wednesday night's game against the host Philadelphia 76ers....

Report: C Daniel Theis to join Clippers after buyout
Addressing a need at center, the Los Angeles Clippers will sign Indiana Pacers center Daniel Theis after he clears waivers following a contract buyout, ESPN reported Wednesday....

Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf) out vs. Raptors
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss a game for the first time this season on Wednesday when he sits out against the host Toronto Raptors....

When Stephen Curry sits, Draymond Green often gets ejected
Rudy Gobert may be on to something....

Rudy Gobert might be the least-respected star in NBA history
If you haven’t seen it by now, you’ve either been asleep or in a cave with Aaron Rodgers over the past 14 hours. We had another NBA skirmish Tuesday night, but this time it escalated into an all-out brawl with everybody’s favorite Warrior, Draymond Green, in the middle of the mayhem. And, of course,...

Draymond Green wins another personal battle — at Golden State's expense
Tuesday night’s Warriors-Timberwolves rematch was advertised as an In-season Tournament group play match. Instead, a Draymond Green slobberknocker broke out. Early in the first quarter, Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels got into a tussle, Rudy Gobert did what happens in 1,000 routine NBA fights, by ...

Warriors G Stephen Curry day-to-day with knee injury
Golden State Warriors star guard Steph Curry is considered day-to-day after an MRI on his right knee revealed "nothing alarming," coach Steve Kerr announced....

Kings look to break out of road funk in LA
With De'Aaron Fox back in the fold, the Sacramento Kings visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, looking to solve what has ailed them on the road in the early part of the season....

Suns' stars look to slow down streaking Wolves
The Suns are expected to have stars Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal on the floor together for the first time this season when Phoenix plays host to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday....

76ers look to rebound against rival Celtics
The Philadelphia 76ers won't have much time to dwell on their 132-126 loss Tuesday to the Indiana Pacers in the NBA in-season tournament....

Magic want to turn page quickly against slumping Bulls
The Orlando Magic faltered down the stretch of their 124-104 road loss to Brooklyn on Tuesday in East Group C of the NBA in-season tournament....