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Kenny Atkinson returns to Brooklyn with league-best Cavs
The Brooklyn Nets hired Kenny Atkinson for his first head coaching job in 2016. He lasted three-plus seasons before not being able to mesh with superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.,The Cleveland Cavaliers tapped Atkinson for his second head coaching job over the summer to help take the team eve...
Mackenzie Blackwood (37 saves), Avs top slumping Predators
Mackenzie Blackwood had 37 saves in his Colorado debut and the Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 in Denver on Saturday night.,Blackwood, acquired from the San Jose Sharks on Monday, just missed a chance for his second shutout of the season. Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist, Artt...
Cavs outscore Wizards 28-9 on FTs, pull away late
Donovan Mitchell had 20 points and Darius Garland, Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen combined to make 24 free throws as the Cleveland Cavaliers survived a surprising challenge from the visiting Washington Wizards for a 115-105 victory Friday night.,Garland finished with a team-high 24 points, Allen 21 ...
Cavaliers plan to regroup vs. NBA-worst Wizards
The Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves at home rather than spending a weekend in Las Vegas when they begin the post-NBA Cup portion of their schedule Friday night against the Washington Wizards.,The Cavaliers have won 21 of their first 25 games, giving them the best record in the NBA. But two of th...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder oust Mavs in NBA Cup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-104 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night in the Western Conference quarterfinals of the NBA Cup.,Oklahoma City will play the Warriors or Rockets in Las Vegas on Saturday, with the winner advancing ...
Defense guides Thunder to NBA Cup win over Mavs
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-104 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night in the Western Conference quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. ,Oklahoma City will play the Warriors or Rockets in Las Vegas on Saturday, with the winner advancing...
Mavericks, Thunder continue growing rivalry in NBA Cup quarters
Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder are among the NBA's brightest stars. Both finished in the top three of Most Valuable Player voting last season, with Gilgeous-Alexander finishing second and Doncic third.,On Tuesday, the Mavericks and host T...
Tyler Herro (34 points) helps Heat cool off Cavs
Tyler Herro scored 19 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter as the host Miami Heat handed the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers a rare loss, 122-113, on Sunday night.,Cleveland (21-4) still has the best record in the NBA, but the Cavaliers had their four-game winning streak snapped.,Cavaliers st...
Tyler Herro (34 pts) helps Heat cool off Cavs
Tyler Herro scored 19 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter as the host Miami Heat handed the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers a rare loss, 122-113, on Sunday night.,Cleveland (21-4) still has the best record in the NBA, but the Cavaliers had their four-game winning streak snapped.,Cavaliers st...
Heat preparing for clash with NBA-best Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who have the NBA's best record at 21-3, are set to invade Miami to play the Heat on Sunday evening.,Heat center Bam Adebayo, interviewed on the court Saturday night after a 121-111 home win over the Phoenix Suns, shared his thoughts about facing Cleveland.,"It's another test...
Mavericks hold off Raptors for 7th straight win
Luka Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and the visiting Dallas Mavericks defeated the Toronto Raptors 125-118 on Saturday night for their seventh straight win.,It was the second consecutive triple-double for Doncic and the 79th of his career, good for seventh on the all-time list.,Kyr...
Mavericks eye seventh straight win in matchup with Raptors
The Dallas Mavericks will be going for their season-best seventh consecutive victory when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.,The teams enter the matchup after being on opposite sides of blowouts in their games on Thursday.,Dallas defeated the Washington Wizards 137-101 to open a three...
Cavs, working on new win streak, face stumbling Hornets
The Cleveland Cavaliers have begun what they hope is another extended winning streak.,They'll try to stretch it to four wins in a row against a team in a rut when the Cavaliers visit the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday afternoon.,The Cavaliers see this as a time in the season to keep finding ways to b...
Cavs' 3-point barrage tops Nuggets despite Nikola Jokic's monster game
Nikola Jokic moved to No. 3 in career triple-doubles with 27 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists on Wednesday at Cleveland, but his Denver Nuggets couldn't withstand the host Cavaliers' 3-point barrage and lost 126-114 on Thursday night.,Jokic's 139th career triple-double broke a tie with Magic Johns...
Cavaliers' 3-point barrage tops Nuggets despite Nikola Jokic's monster game
Nikola Jokic moved to No. 3 in career triple-doubles with 27 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists on Wednesday at Cleveland, but his Denver Nuggets couldn't withstand the host Cavaliers' 3-point barrage and lost 126-114 on Thursday night.,Jokic's 139th career triple-double broke a tie with Magic John...
Luka Doncic, Mavs dominate in handing Wizards 16th consecutive loss
Luka Doncic recorded his first triple double of the season and the visiting Dallas Mavericks routed the Washington Wizards 137-101 on Thursday night for their sixth straight win.,Doncic finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his 78th regular-season triple double.,Kyrie Irving scored...
Mavs overcome 15-point deficit, halt Grizzlies' win streak
The Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 121-116 on Tuesday behind Luka Doncic's 37 points and 12 rebounds and Dereck Lively III's 17 points and 11 rebounds.,The Mavericks, who have won five in a row and nine of their past 10, also got 1...
NBA-best Cavs hand Wizards 15th straight loss
Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley scored 19 points apiece as the Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire in a 118-87 win over Washington in NBA Cup action on Tuesday night, handing the visiting Wizards their 15th consecutive defeat.,Seven players scored in double figures for Cleveland, which led by as m...
Marcus Smart, Grizzlies battle Mavs in clash of surging clubs
Marcus Smart is not used to coming off the bench.,The 11-year veteran had spent the majority of his previous six seasons as a starter, and he held that role for the Memphis Grizzlies early in the current campaign before an illness sidelined him for four games.,But since returning as a reserve, Smart...
NBA’s best and worst meet as Cavaliers face Wizards
After coming out ahead in a matchup between the NBA's top two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers will seek to avoid a letdown when they face the visiting Washington Wizards in NBA Cup play on Tuesday.,Donovan Mitchell scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Cavaliers to a 115-111 wi...