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In fitting fashion, last year’s scoring champ, Luka Dončić, dropped the first 50-piece of the 2026-27 season with a 52-point, 10-assist, eight-rebound performance Sunday against the Utah Jazz. It was his fourth career game with at least 50 points, 10 assists and five rebounds to give him sole possession of the second-most such games in NBA history. He was particularly …

Did anyone else miss fantasy basketball and the NBA? We sure did. We’re back with another season of High Score fantasy hoops on Yahoo, the second season after the inception of the game in 2025-26. Last season, we’d recap the perfect lineup from the week, the top-six scorers (occasionally with some ties) from the week in fantasy basketball. This year …

With a game Saturday night, then all Sunday and all of today between the game tonight, we didn’t have a ton in the hopper to publish. So I gave a simple prompt: please overreact to the first three games of Dallas Mavericks basketball. Sudarshan: Cooper Flagg will make 1 of the All-NBA teams (I predict All-NBA 3rd team), and depending …

The first week of the NBA season is a time to celebrate, as basketball is officially back. Unfortunately, the first week of the 2026-27 season was rough, with multiple teams losing key players for extended periods. Dallas dodged a bullet with Cooper Flagg‘s shoulder injury; Detroit will be without Jalen Duren (hamstring) for at least two weeks, and Indiana’s Ivica …

You might say that Mike Brown saw this coming. After a summer spent enjoying the spoils of helming the first New York Knicks team to win an NBA championship since the Nixon administration, the first time Brown sat down at a podium to discuss what might lay ahead in the 2026-27 campaign, the Knicks head coach repeatedly emphasized the need …

Jalen Suggs has avoided a major injury after all. The Orlando Magic guard went down with a non-contact knee injury in their win over the New York Knicks on Sunday night. But an MRI on Monday revealed Suggs only suffered a “mild bone bruise” in his right knee, the team announced. As a result, he will be re-evaluated in two …

Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show Kevin O’Connor & Slightly Biased to unpack the biggest storylines from the NBA’s opening week. They begin with Jalen Williams’ devastating injury and what it means for OKC’s title hopes before exploring the unexpected resurgence of the Houston Rockets and whether Victor Wembanyama’s early-season struggles are cause for concern. Advertisement The duo also breaks …

A few weeks ago, when the NBA announced it had worked with sportsbook partners to remove specific wagers, prop bet parlays on games — the kinds of bets that could most easily lead to another betting scandal — there was one big loophole: It did not include the major prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The NBA had no …

It became clear it was so bad – even in the first seconds after it happened – that a trainer rushed over to throw a towel over the ankle, hiding it from view. Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams, a 2024-25 All-Star and one of the bright young players in the NBA, suffered a seemingly devastating lower leg injury Sunday, …

While every win hasn’t been pretty, the Lakers have racked them up to start this season. A blowout of the Warriors, a sloppy win against the Clippers and a comeback over the Jazz has them a perfect 3-0 to open the campaign. It’s unlikely they’ll go 82-0, though you can’t rule it out yet. Even still, the undefeated start has …

The Sixers knew they’d have to be a better rebounding team than they have in recent seasons. After finishing in the bottom 10 for the past couple of seasons, it was something that Nick Nurse stressed quite a bit throughout training camp. They had plenty of problems in their first loss of the season to the Detroit Pistons. Jaylen Brown …

A cliché is an overused expression or idea that has lost its originality and impact, while a truism is a statement that is so obviously and self-evidently true that it offers little to no new insight. Both are pithy, ultimately pointless things to say that we say anyway because something has to be said. There’s a saying in sports: Availability …

Remember when the Knicks won the NBA championship? Yeah, that was more than four months ago, so maybe it’s about time someone starts getting back down to earth and hooping again. Here’s the latest from the latest embarrassing loss in an early season full of them. On evaluating the season in five-game segments for his own sanity: Advertisement “We break …

The first few weeks of the season always see dramatic moves in the NBA Power Rankings. Some teams are better than we thought, others are worse, but mostly it’s small sample size theater — if the Knicks dropped three straight games in January, the NBA would just shrug. Still, we have a fair amount of ground to cover in our …

After dropping a tight game against Philadelphia, the Milwaukee Bucks return to Fiserv Forum to face their regional rivals, the Indiana Pacers, who come in on the second night of a back-to-back. The Bucks have slumped to 0-3, losing to Washington, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and they’ll want at least one win as they begin a three-game home stretch. Milwaukee has …

The Dallas Mavericks finished their first week of the 2026-27 season with a 1-2 record. They got blown off the floor in game one by Houston (128-110), bounced back with a win in Indiana (121-105), and then fell to San Antonio in their home opener (122-106). Cooper Flagg led the way with 23 points per game. Flagg also injured his …

The New York Knicks knew that it would be hard to repeat as NBA champions after they had the shortest summer out of all teams and spent weeks throwing parties in the “Big Apple” that would make the Great Gatsby turn pale with envy. On top of that, recent history, with nine different title winners in nine years, also told …

The first week of the NBA season has come and gone, and man – it was a good one! LeBron James and the 76ers rolled to a 3-0 record before suffering their first loss of the season to the Eastern Conference’s only undefeated team – the Pistons. Advertisement Six teams remain unbeaten out West, including the new-look Timberwolves featuring the …

There might not be a better Monday on the sports calendar than Oct. 26. It’s officially the 2026 sports equinox, a rare convergence when the calendars of the biggest leagues in North America overlap to create a sports fan’s dream. Advertisement This year, the sports equinox features games in all five major professional leagues, plus championship action in two of …

The bad news first. Thunder guard Jalen Williams was taken off the floor on a stretcher in Sunday’s game against the Clippers with a gruesome left ankle injury. The severity isn’t confirmed, but his season looks to be in jeopardy. That’s awful for Williams, who is coming off an injury-plagued 2025-26, and for fantasy managers who spent an early pick …

The referendum on the Boston Celtics’ bold decision to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers this summer might last all season. Celtics win? Great trade! Celtics blow a 22-point lead while Jayson Tatum shoots 6-for-23 from the floor? Bad deal, “welcome to being the guy, JT.” Ultimately, NBA fans won’t know who “won” the Brown trade for a few …

Welcome to our weekly Monday Morning NBA notebook, a quick hit of NBA news and injuries from around the league to catch you up on last week’s action. Let’s get into it. Jalen Williams injury This was gut-wrenching to watch Sunday night. Advertisement Late in Sunday’s Thunder win over the Clippers, Jalen Williams drove hard to the rim and was …

The Dallas Mavericks are hoping to have star forward Cooper Flagg available for their game on Monday, Oct. 26 against the Miami Heat. After missing Saturday’s 122-106 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs with a shoulder sprain, Flagg has been upgraded to questionable on the Mavericks latest injury report. Advertisement Last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year suffered an …

Last season’s star for the Kentucky Wildcats, Otega Oweh, heard his name called this past summer in the NBA draft when the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him with the 41st overall pick. He showed flashes in the preseason and it looked like he would have a very good chance at carving out an immediate roll with the NBA title-contenders until …

The first week of the regular season saw the top two teams from our preseason rankings (Knicks and Spurs) each drop their first two games. That has led to a lot of movement at the top, as there always is early in the season as teams are sorting themselves out and we see small sample size theater. That said, not …