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Just nine days after getting smoked on opening night, the Golden State Warriors are out for revenge against the Los Angeles Lakers. And there’s good news for fans of beef and smoke: Luka Dončić, who didn’t play in the Lakers game on Wednesday, is off the injury report, clearing him for a testy rematch with Yaxel Lendeborg. Here’s the full …

Chicago Bulls (1-4) at Boston Celtics (3-1)Friday, October 30, 20267:30 PM ETRegular Season Game #5, Home Game #4NBA Emirates Cup Game #1TV: NBCSB, CHSN, NBA-LPRadio: 98.5 Sports Hub, 104.3 The Score, Sirius XMTD Garden The Celtics host the Chicago Bulls for the 2nd time in a week. This is the 2nd of 4 games between these two teams this season. …

The NBA Cup should carry a little extra significance for the Brooklyn Nets, perhaps more than it does for any other team in the league. Why? Brooklyn has the NBA’s lowest team payroll, with eight players on rookie contracts and another three on two-way deals. For a young roster earning relatively modest salaries, the tournament offers an opportunity to bring …

The regular season may just be 10 days old, but the first night of the NBA Cup is upon us. The fourth iteration of the league’s annual in-season tournament tips off Friday, Oct. 30, with a slate of 10 games, all of which are part of the Cup. Advertisement Among the highlights are a rematch of the marquee regular season …

The NBA Cup tips off this Friday and the Celtics get their group play started with the second home game against the Chicago Bulls. Boston’s NBA Cup schedule is: vs Chicago, 10/30 at 7:30pm/EST at TD Garden Advertisement at Charlotte, 11/6 at 7:00pm/EST at Spectrum Center at Washington, 11/24 at 8:00pm/EST at Capital One Arena, that game is on NBC …

Dwyane Wade is looking much more like himself these days. That is, the statue of Wade outside of Kaseya Center in Miami now looks much more like the retired Heat legend than it did when it was unveiled two years ago. The sculpture’s new look, featuring a redesigned head by original sculptors Omri Amrany and Oscar Léon, was unveiled Friday. …

When Josh Kushner and Bob Iger agreed in principle to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter for $12.5 billion, they still had a lot of work to do. For starters, they, obviously, did not have $12.5 billion simply lying around ready to transfer over to Walter. As is common practice in the modern world of franchise ownership, Iger and Kushner …

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without one of their key role players in Friday night’s NBA Cup opener against the Golden State Warriors. Ziaire Williams is out for the second consecutive game with a left foot injury, the team announced Friday, Oct. 30. He’s considered day-to-day and was questionable after missing the 103-87 win over the Los Angeles Clippers …

Help Me Obi “1” Kenobi. You’re my only hope. Help me, Obi “1” Kenobi. You’re my only hope. There hasn’t been a lot for Jordan Ott and the Phoenix Suns to hang their hat on after stumbling out of the gate in the 2026-27 season, and the Rebellion’s greatest warrior has been on a milk carton since the Suns’ forgettable …

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The Portland Trail Blazers and their high-flying offense have been one of the best — and most entertaining — stories of the young season. This throws cold water on that. Ja Morant will miss at least a month due to a left hamstring strain, the team announced Friday. While he will be re-evaluated in a month, he could well be …

In advance of Wednesday night’s game against the Clippers, I openly told anyone who would listen, “if Jarred Vanderbilt doesn’t play tonight, he might not ever play this season.” Not only were the Lakers on the second night of a back-to-back, but both Luka Dončić and Ziaire Williams were then held out as precautionary measures with minor nicks and bruises, …

The NBA M.A.S.H. unit has its next patient. Portland Trail Blazers guard Ja Morant will miss four weeks with a left hamstring strain, adding to the list of NBA stars who have gotten injured in the season’s first month. Advertisement “Trail Blazers guard Ja Morant sustained a left hamstring injury during last night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Imaging revealed …

Until Kawhi Leonard returns, Ja’Kobe Walter is a player that can be streamed with confidence. Over the last two games as a starter, Walter has averaged 18.0 points, 1.5 steals and 4.0 triples per game. The most recent timeline update for Leonard has him returning in late November, which may be the best case scenario. Walter should start until then. …

Throughout Kevin Durant’s illustrious career, every team he’s been on has depended on him to win games. Durant is a former MVP, scoring champion, 18-time All-Star, and two-time NBA champion. With a resume like that, it is obvious he’s been, if not the best player on the team, then one of the top two wherever he’s played. From entering the …

Cup Basketball is back, and with that… …so are your reigning Champs. Here’s a bunch of quotes before today’s affair. On Rick Brunson suggesting the Tyler Kolek-Jalen Brunson backcourt combination against Chicago: Advertisement “One of the things he suggested was throwing Kolek in the game with Jalen [Brunson].” On Kolek’s performance in the Knicks’ comeback victory over the Bulls: “Tyler …

We’re one step closer to getting Kam Williams back on the court for Kentucky Basketball. With the regular season only four days away, Mark Pope spoke with the media and provided an overall positive update on the junior wing.  Advertisement “For him, it’s day-to-day. We’re operating under such extreme caution that it’s going to be when he’s ready,” said Pope …

Subscribe to The Dunker Spot We have a fun, spooky episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! On the NBA side, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones salute the hot starts of the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers before going into game mode! They turn to the panic meter to check on the Knicks, Nuggets, Suns and others, then …

Yahoo Sports is giving fans another way to play fantasy basketball with Perfect 5, a free-to-play game featuring each week’s NBA on Prime doubleheader. The rules are simple: pick five players, stay within a $15 budget and rack up fantasy points through scoring, rebounds, assists, defensive stats and 3-pointers. (remove if you want) Friday’s slate features the Knicks at 76ers …

The Sacramento Kings are off to a 0-5 start to the season, with a bottom-five offense and defense, and the second-worst net rating in the league (-15.7). Does that mean coach Doug Christie is in trouble? Is his seat starting to get warm? No. Not even a little, according to reporting from Sam Amick at The Athletic. Advertisement Per the …

It’s hard to get the internet sports community to agree on anything these days, but the Miami Heat’s statue of Dwyane Wade brought about a rare level of consensus opinion. The Heat unveiled their Wade statue about two years ago as they were beginning the 2024-25 season, and absolutely everyone agreed it was terrible. The statue was so bad that …

Dwayne Wade’s statue outside of the Kaseya Center in Miami looks a little bit different now two years after it was officially unveiled. The former Miami Heat star was honored with the 8-foot bronze statue which immortalized the moment on March 9, 2009, when Wade hit a game-winning shot in a double-overtime matchup with the Chicago Bulls, after which he …

Someone really should approach Will Wade and LSU about starting a reality show. Look at what’s gone on there just this week: First, the Reese Alston recruitment. Alston’s father, former NBA star Rafer, absolutely slammed Wade a few days ago for the recruitment of his son, saying this: “I’m disgusted by how this whole process has played out. Will Wade …

Welcome to the inaugural Fawning or Warning?, a new fortnightly feature where I muse on all things Milwaukee Bucks, however explicitly or tangentially related, and determine if they’re worth fawning over or if they’re a warning sign of something going awry. KPJ, roster building MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – OCTOBER 05: Head coach Taylor Jenkins of the Milwaukee Bucks talks with Kevin …

Every time the Knicks take the floor in the 2026-27 season, they will do so as the hunted. They won just about every prize you could win last season, meaning they’ll never get a game without a bit of edge from an opponent. Things won’t truly get real until the postseason for the real title defense, but the Knicks did …