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Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg gets rookie lessons in best possible way vs. Lakers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The lessons came in waves Friday night, and it behooves Yaxel Lendeborg to study them religiously and stash them in a corner of his mind. Advertisement The Warriors’ 112-95 rout over the Lakers gave the Warriors a 1-0 …

First off, Happy Halloween to those that observe. May your weekend be filled with the treats you desire. Unfortunately for the Houston Rockets, they received a trick in their basket. The Rockets are on a back-to-back while the Oklahoma City Thunder haven’t played since Wednesday. Advertisement So this is a matchup between one team with rest against a team without …

There is never any rest for the weary in the NBA. After a thrilling 98-93 win over New York, their second over the defending champions on this young season, the Sixers are back in action less than 24 hours later on the road against the Charlotte Hornets. It’s reasonable to expect a much different looking Sixers team for this game. …

The Sixers beat the Knicks on Friday… …meaning they are 2-0 in the head-to-head matchup. That’s it, that’s all it means. No parade down Broad Street. Here’s what we heard coming out of Cheesesteak Arena. On losing to the 76ers in the NBA Cup: Advertisement “I don’t look it as a statement game. It’s the next game in front of …

“Best game all around. He’s been good, but that was his best game for sure.” That was how coach Nick Nurse described LeBron’s performance Friday night, via Noah Levick at NBC Sports Philadelphia. LeBron finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, leading Philadelphia past New York — again! — on Friday night, but the numbers don’t tell the …

Roughly two weeks into the NBA season, Milwaukee Bucks fans are liking what they’re seeing, despite the team’s losing record. In fact, fans are more than just happy. Jenkins jubilation Overall, 72% of fans are full of praise for Jenkins, citing his boldness, his ability to assign roles, and his ad-lib cooking (that is, his ability to make the best …

The Dallas Mavericks (4-2) topped the previously undefeated Houston Rockets (5-1) on Friday, 116-111, at American Airlines Center, and, boy, was it a thing to watch. If this is what Mavericks fans are in for this season, buckle up — it’s going to be a thrill ride in 2026-27. Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving wrecked the Rockets in the fourth …

The Milwaukee Bucks host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight in the final game of the Bucks’ three-game home stand, which saw them notch their first victory of the season against the Pacers before getting blown out by the Rockets. Tonight, Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs roll into town fresh off a road loss in Atlanta, so they’ll be extra hungry. The …

The Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves with a 3-2 record through the first five games of the NBA season, including wins over Eastern Conference playoff teams in the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Toronto Raptors, while suffering an overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and falling short against the Golden State Warriors in their last contest due to a 44-point outburst …

Basketball. Finally, we got some basketball on Friday night, and although the Suns walked away with a loss and their NBA Cup hopes are ultimately dashed (oh man!), we can appreciate some functional team progress and a little fight down the stretch. This wasn’t a game I entered expecting Phoenix to win, despite Denver experiencing its fair share of bumps …

The Celtics’ defense is off to a very strong start this season, and they’re finding success from an unfamiliar place. Against the Bulls, Boston forced 16 turnovers, 10 of which came directly from steals. They currently rank third in both opponent turnovers and deflections per game. Advertisement This is something that has hardly been in the team’s DNA in previous …

The Dallas Mavericks (4-2) put on a great show and got a 116-111 win over the Houston Rockets (5-1) on Friday night. The victory is the second time in as many games that the Mavericks handed a previously undefeated team their first loss of the season. Led by Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving, the Mavs demonstrated a degree of fun …

With a rash of injuries plaguing the league early, many key players are out. Whether temporarily or long term, teams have been effected. One of those teams is the Toronto Raptors. Now, in the second week of league play, Kawhi Leonard has been sidelined from swelling and fluid buildup in his knee. Advertisement While there is a lot of sympathy …

Is this the year the Celtics take the Cup seriously? Boston certainly looked interested Friday night, opening their first group-stage game with a 44-point first quarter, a 29-point halftime lead and Payton Pritchard briefly transforming into that cyborg version of himself who keeps showing up in NBC Sports Boston broadcasts. Advertisement Then the Bulls started making things interesting. Chicago won …

LeBron James is 41 years old. He’s in his 24th NBA season. He’s also a Philadelphia 76er. These are facts that feel worth being reminded about on occasion. James was spectacular Friday night, guiding the Sixers to a 98-95 win over the defending champion New York Knicks at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Advertisement “I thought he was really good all the …

BOSTON — It took only five minutes for Payton Pritchard to find his rhythm. He needed the next five to answer head coach Joe Mazzulla’s call Friday night against the Bulls to begin Boston’s NBA Cup run. Pritchard grabbed an offensive rebound by successfully boxing out 6-foot-9 Matas Buzelis before finishing the putback in the second quarter. On the next …

Egor Dëmin is going to miss at least the next week with a right leg bone bruise. And Brooklyn sorely missed his offense Friday night. The Nets went ice-cold in a 110-94 loss to visiting Detroit, missing Dëmin’s spacing and secondary playmaking. Advertisement Brooklyn was short-handed, so they went big-bodied, with Jordi Fernández eschewing going to the bench for a …

PHILADELPHIA — Mike Brown turned to baseball to explain the sloppiness. The Knicks coach was not happy with the 13 turnovers his team committed during their 98-93 loss to the 76ers on Friday night at Xfinity Center. Advertisement The 76ers turned those turnovers into 23 points. “It’s been going on all year,” Brown said. “We’re trying to hit a home …

The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to move on from a frustrating loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Fortunately for them, the Milwaukee Bucks provide a good opportunity for them to do so. This has been a difficult start to the season for Milwaukee. They’re a roster in flux after trading away Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat this summer. Now, they’re …

Well, well, well. That was about as entertaining of a game as you could ask for. On Friday night, the Golden State Warriors became the first team since the NBA started tracking play-by-play data nearly 30 years ago to trail by at least 25 points, only to win by 17 or more. Steph Curry and Luka Dončić, went head-to-head all …

24-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren’s growing injury history in his young NBA career is catching up to him. If you recollect, the Gonzaga Bulldog sat out his entire true rookie campaign in 2022-23 with a Lisfranc ligament tear in his right foot suffered during a Seattle CrawsOver Pro-Am game in August of 2022, while guarding then Los Angeles …

In Cooper Flagg’s rookie season, he was asked to do a lot, not least of all to fill in for future Hall of Famer and fellow Brotherhood member Kyrie Irving. It took him a little while to settle in, but before long, he emerged as the team’s best player. Former coach Jason Kidd forced him to take on a lot, …

SAN FRANCISCO — The game couldn’t have started better for the Lakers, who were fueled by a signature Luka Doncic scoring early scoring flurry Friday night in Chase Center. But once those flurries evaporated, so did the Lakers’ momentum, making the final result even more painful for them after the Warriors flipped the script. Advertisement The Warriors came back from …

For the last few seasons, it has felt at times as if the Minnesota Timberwolves were truly knocking on the door to the title. They’ve certainly been in the mix: they made back to back Western Conference Finals in 2024 and 2025, beating some impressive teams and names along the way to coming up just short of the franchise’s first …

SAN FRANCISCO — Luka Dončić got off to another one of his signature hot-scoring starts Friday night at Chase Center. One that further cemented his spot in Lakers history. Dončić’s 21 points in the opening quarter of the Lakers’ Friday road game against the Warriors was his 33rd career 20-point quarter and 10th 20-point quarter as a Laker. Luka Doncic …