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A back-and-forth battle between the Lakers and Blazers saw a flurry of big shots down the stretch before a dagger from Damian Lillard gave Portland a 136-129 win, handing LA its first loss. The Lakers struggled defensively, allowing Portland to make 59% of their shots, including 18 threes on 36 attempts. The game was marred by fouls throughout with 52 …

The Brooklyn Nets got about as close you can get to your first win of the season without actually getting it tonight. It was as encouraging and heartbreaking as it sounds. Adding to the bittersweet sentiment, Brooklyn’s prized rookie was in the driver’s seat for this one’s most pivotal moments. He took us up, down, side to side, and deeper …

LOS ANGELES — Dame Time is back. “Pretty much every time he shoots, I think it’s good,” Ja Morant said. “So I’m pretty much bracing for a celebration every time he shoots — but in the fourth quarter, I’m for sure doing it.” Advertisement “I just lived for those opportunities, you know,” Lillard said. “Especially knowing I didn’t shoot the …

After the San Antonio Spurs’ road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, head coach Mitch Johnson was less than pleased with his team’s performance through the first week of the season. He challenged them and pushed them to be better and play like he knows they are capable of. Tuesday night saw the Spurs answer the call. Advertisement A …

They are the top-scoring teams in the NBA and have dynamic backcourts to make it all work. So, when the Lakers came to work with their superb guard duo of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves and the Portland Trail Blazers came to work with their exciting guard combo of Damian Lillard and Ja Morant, it figured to be a high-scoring …

The Houston Rockets are 4-0 for the first time in over a decade. The NBA got rid of the “four games in five nights” thing that everyone hated, but the Rockets are about to get the next-best thing: three games in four nights! It’s already the second time Houston is getting this fun treat after opening the season with the …

Luka Dončić did everything he could to try and power the Los Angeles Lakers to a fourth straight win on Tuesday night. It just wasn’t enough to get past Damian Lillard and Ja Morant. The Portland Trail Blazers, thanks to a huge bucket from Morant late and a huge step-back 3-pointer from Lillard in the final minute, fended off Dončić …

It could be a very different looking Utah Jazz team when they step out onto the court on Wednesday night to face the surging San Antonio Spurs, especially in the front court. After a physical game on Monday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson Jr. is out for at least six weeks with a torn MCL in his right …

Through much of the first half of Tuesday night’s contest against the Detroit Pistons, the Knicks found themselves still buried in the slump from the season’s first three games: shoddy defense, missed baskets, and sluggish transitions. At one point in the first half, they fell 13 points behind. Then came the third. New York outscored Detroit 60-47 in the final …

The Oklahoma City Thunder (4-0) are the established Western Conference power with 132 combined regular-season wins to their credit over the last two seasons, functional depth all over their roster and a championship banner hung up in the Paycom Center to show for it. The Dallas Mavericks (2-2) and their fans are just happy to be taking the first few …

Jayson Tatum called game on Tuesday night, but only after a brutal mistake from Mikel Brown on the other end. Tatum drilled a buzzer-beater to lift the Boston Celtics past the Brooklyn Nets 125-124 on Tuesday. He took two dribbles off an inbounds pass and expertly pulled up from the elbow to hit a jumper he’s made countless times in …

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum buried a 17-foot jumper at the overtime buzzer to cap a 40-point night, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-124 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory. Tatum finished 10 of 20 from the field and 18 of 22 from the free-throw line. Paul George added 20 points and Derrick White scored …

NEW YORK – Maybe there is such a thing as a championship hangover. At least for one night and three quarters of nearly flawless execution, the New York Knicks avoided an embarrassing history, and it might signal that the NBA champions are not ready for an extended stint in basketball rehab. Advertisement Over the first three games of this new …

After opening the season 0-3, the Knicks finally resembled their championship selves Tuesday night, downing the Detroit Pistons, who had been the last remaining undefeated team in the Eastern Conference, 111-97. Here are the takeaways… — New York faced a shorthanded Pistons team that found itself without mammoth center Jalen Duren and newly-acquired veteran guard Isaiah Joe, leaving Cade Cunningham …

The championship hangover is over. After the New York Knicks slumped to an 0-3 start and the second-worst offensive rating in the NBA, there was a lot of chatter about whether the team had spent too much time celebrating last season’s victory. They had already lost to the 76ers, Magic, and Celtics, and the Pistons were coming to town to …

New York Knicks fans can finally relax. The defending champions, at long last, have won a game. The New York Knicks, after dropping three straight to start the season, flew ahead in the second half to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-97 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 50 points in the win, …

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With a day of rest and the comforts of home, the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the fading specter of the Golden State Warriors. This mid-week game will be their third in four days, with another back-to-back to start Halloween weekend. Still smarting from their first loss of the season at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Wolves will look …

The Knicks (0-3) have taken the loss of Mitchell Robinson so hard that they’ve started shooting like him. We admire the heart but question the logic of emulating a player who makes the same percentage with or without a blindfold. Tonight, the team whose offense got drunk and fell off a parade float will host the Pistons of Detroit (3-0) …

As their two days of rest ends, the Sixers released a pretty clean injury report for their nationally televised bout against the Indiana Pacers. VJ Edgecombe, who was a late scratch from Philadelphia’s previous game vs. Detroit with an abdominal contusion, is not listed at all. Neither is Joel Embiid for that matter, who missed the second part of that …

After sitting out Sunday’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Minnesota Timberwolves because of knee swelling, Kawhi Leonard “is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee,” according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. “MRI on Leonard’s knee showed no structural damage,” Charania said, “but sides will use the shorter term to ramp him back up …

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards needs an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee and could miss up to two months, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The precise nature of Edwards’ injury wasn’t clear from the report, but it’s something that’s bothered him since last season and through the start of the new campaign. Advertisement Edwards played through a chronic condition known …

Anthony Edwards was among the NBA’s leading scorers through the first week of the season, and he was helping make the Minnesota Timberwolves the most exciting team in the league. Now the 25-year-old superstar is set to miss the next two months as he’s set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Edwards’ …

Somebody go in and turn injuries off. Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his ailing right knee and could miss up to two months, reports ESPN’s Shams Charania. However, Edwards could return sooner than eight weeks, depending on what the doctors find during the surgery. Advertisement This is a proactive move by the Timberwolves, who look at how …

The Cleveland Cavaliers clawed their way back from a 15-point first-half deficit to defeat the red-hot Minnesota Timberwolves 127-125 in an overtime thriller on Monday evening. However, they may have gotten some help from the referees in completing the comeback. Based on the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report, the Cavs were the beneficiaries of two missed calls at the end …