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Surging Clippers out to get best of Cavaliers one more time
The surging Los Angeles Clippers aim to keep rolling on Sunday when they continue a four-game road trip against the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers.,Los Angeles (42-31) opened the crucial trek through the East with a pair of double-digit-point wins, beating the New York Knicks 126-113...
Tim Hardaway Jr., Pistons end long drought vs. Cavaliers
Tim Hardaway Jr. had a season-high 32 points and the host Detroit Pistons clinched their first winning season in nine years by defeating the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers 133-122 on Friday night.,The last time Detroit posted a winning season was 2015-16 when it finished 44-38. The P...
Mavs, Bulls bring play-in tourney aspirations into clash
Fresh off a memorable buzzer-beating win, Josh Giddey and the Chicago Bulls host the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night with both teams looking to improve their playoff positions.,Giddey sank a 46.5-footer to stun the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 119-117 on Thursday night. The shot capped an incredib...
Pistons, on verge of winning season, face East beast Cavs
The Detroit Pistons will try to end two long streaks in one night when they host the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.,Detroit hasn't posted a winning season since it finished 44-38 in 2015-16. The Pistons (41-32) can end that eight-season drought as early as Friday.,Th...
Balanced attack helps Cavaliers hold off Spurs
Jarrett Allen scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Darius Garland produced five key points in the final 1:16 as the host Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 124-116 on Thursday.,The Cavaliers (59-14) led by five points at halftime and by three after three quarters. San Antonio...
Mavs ride third-quarter outburst to win over Magic
Jaden Hardy scored 22 points and Anthony Davis added 15 to go along with seven rebounds, fueling the visiting Dallas Mavericks to a 101-92 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday.,Hardy sank 7 of 12 shots from the floor -- and 5 of 6 from 3-point range -- to lift the Mavericks to their third win ...
Cavs return home to face slumping Spurs
The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to move closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and contend for the best record in the NBA when they host the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday in a late-season interconference game.,The Cavaliers (58-14) still have plenty for which to play. Clevela...
Paolo Banchero stepping up for Magic with Mavs next
Paolo Banchero looks to continue his scoring spree on Thursday when the Orlando Magic host the Dallas Mavericks in the opener of a three-game homestand.,Banchero scored 32 points to go along with seven rebounds and six assists in the Magic's 111-104 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday. The...
Cavaliers dump Trail Blazers for second consecutive win
Darius Garland recorded 27 points and eight assists and Ty Jerome scored 25 points off the bench to help the Cleveland Cavaliers post a 122-111 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.,Evan Mobley added 21 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots as Cleveland (58-14) won its ...
Knicks look to prevent Mavericks from picking up steam
Jalen Brunson isn't the only key injured player for a New York Knicks team that is looking at a relatively short period of time before it becomes something close to whole.,The Dallas Mavericks are hoping Monday night's glimpse of what it'd be like to have Anthony Davis carry an injury- and trade-dep...
Anthony Davis returns, Mavericks dominate Nets
Anthony Davis finished with 12 points in a 27-minute stint during his return from a left adductor strain as the Dallas Mavericks never trailed and took control early in a 120-101 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.,Originally listed as doubtful, Davis was upgraded to questionable before ...
Blazers try to stay in play-in race against Cavaliers
Even the best teams in the NBA go through a slump at some point of the long season.,The Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers feel their worst funk of the campaign is behind them as they enter Tuesday's road game against the Portland Trail Blazers.,Cleveland (57-14) dropped four straight ga...
Cavaliers end losing streak, cruise past hobbled Jazz
Jarrett Allen scored 18 points to help the Cleveland Cavaliers snap a season-high four-game losing streak in a 120-91 road win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday afternoon.,Donovan Mitchell didn't shoot well again, going 5-for-13 and missing all five 3-point attempts, but scored 16 against his former team...
Kevin Durant delivers 42 points as Suns take down Cavaliers
Kevin Durant scored 42 points, including a clutch 3-pointer that helped snuff out a late Cleveland rally, as the host Phoenix Suns scored their third straight win with a 123-112 defeat of the Cavaliers on Friday.,Durant's 3-pointer with 70 seconds remaining in regulation came as Cleveland (56-14) wa...
Mavericks end 4-game skid by dumping Pistons
Spencer Dinwiddie scored a season-high 31 points and P.J. Washington added 27 as the Dallas Mavericks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 123-117 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Friday.,Dallas (34-37) withstood a late rally when Brandon Williams converted a three-point play with 16.9 s...
Cavaliers look to bounce back vs. surging Suns
Cleveland continues a five-game Western Conference road swing on Friday at Phoenix in a rare position with three consecutive losses.,The Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers (56-13) dropped the first two games of this tour on back-to-back nights, falling to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, 132-1...
Surging Pistons set to face injury-plagued Mavericks
These are heady times for the Detroit Pistons, who moved a season-high eight games above .500 with a last-second victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.,The Pistons (39-31) have their sights set on larger goals as they prepare to visit the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.,While the injury-plagued Maver...
Strong finish kick sends Kings past Cavaliers
Keegan Murray broke a late tie with a driving hoop, DeMar DeRozan dropped in a pair of clutch baskets in the final 1:35 and the host Sacramento Kings extended the Cleveland Cavaliers' losing streak to three games with a 123-119 triumph on Wednesday.,DeRozan finished with a team-high 27 points, Malik...
Bennedict Mathurin's big finish rescues Pacers in win over Mavericks
Bennedict Mathurin's sensational fourth quarter and a 3-pointer by Andrew Nembhard with 14.7 seconds left opened Indiana's five-game homestand in dramatic fashion with a 135-131 win over Dallas on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Mathurin scored 16 of his 23 points in the final 5:54, including 10 straight...
Kings, minus Domantas Sabonis, look to extend Cavs' mini skid
The Sacramento Kings hope to turn a single success into a much-needed home winning streak when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.,The Kings (34-33) fell to .500 and into ninth place in the Western Conference over the weekend following a four-game losing streak that included 29-, 2...