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This is just stomach-turning. Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams had to be taken off the court on a stretcher Sunday night following a nasty fall in which his knee bent awkwardly under his full weight, something that looks like it could end his season three games in. Advertisement “Those are tough, man. We’re not doing great,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said …

Los Angeles Lakers center Walker Kessler made his return to Salt Lake City to take on his former team, the Utah Jazz on Sunday, Oct. 25, as the Lakers produced a 132-123 victory at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Kessler had fit in nicely through his first two games for Los Angeles, averaging 24 points, 8.5 rebounds and …

The Oklahoma City Thunder were without Jalen Williams for most of last year as the star wing battled wrist and hamstring injuries that limited him to only 33 games and caused him to miss most of the playoffs. Williams loomed as one of this year’s most interesting players entering this year, and threatened to make the Thunder the team to …

The New York Knicks led by eight points with 8:40 left Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. Then the defending NBA champions watched another one slip away. The Orlando Magic closed on a 33-16 run to beat the Knicks, 111-102, dropping New York to 0-3. The Knicks are the first defending NBA champions to lose their first three games since …

Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was helped off the court on Sunday night after he suffered what appeared to be a significant non-contact knee injury. Suggs, in the fourth quarter of their 111-102 win over the New York Knicks, went up for an easy fastbreak layup at Madison Square Garden. But as he landed back on the court after missing …

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 24 points, 10 assists and an All-Star Game-worthy dunk as the Indiana Pacers hammered the Brooklyn Nets 136-109 on Sunday night. The Pacers shot 58 percent (49 for 85) from the field, including 49 percent (21 for 43) from three-point distance. Advertisement Haliburton shot 8 for 13 from the field, Pascal Siakam added …

Luka Dončić scored 52 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 132-123 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday, reaching the 50-point mark for the 10th time in his NBA career. Dončić also nearly recorded a triple-double, adding 8 rebounds and 10 assists. He shot 17-of-30 from the floor, including 8-of-18 on 3-point shots, and made 10 of 11 …

Kawhi Leonard will reportedly miss his first game since returning to the Toronto Raptors due to knee swelling. This means that Leonard will miss the highly anticipated matchup between the Raptors and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. Ja’Kobe Walter will be inserted into the starting lineup in Leonard’s place. Advertisement With the Raptors and Timberwolves being two of the nine …

Luka Doncic raised three fingers toward the Utah crowd. Fans were left counting more than just his points. Doncic hit three clutch three-pointers late in the fourth quarter and took a momentum-swinging charge to lead the Lakers to a nail-biting 132-123 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday at Delta Center. Doncic led the Lakers (3-0) with 52 points, 10 …

The Brooklyn Nets are still searching for their first win of the 2026-27 season, and they’ll have to find it on tired legs. Brooklyn nearly erased a 22-point deficit in Cleveland on Saturday, outscoring the Cavaliers 41-29 in the fourth quarter before falling 125-121. The Nets return to Barclays Center on Sunday to face the Indiana Pacers in the second …

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić led the way for the Lakers with 39 points through the first three quarters against the Utah Jazz, Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Lakers held a 103-100 lead entering the fourth quarter. Advertisement While Los Angeles trailed by as many as 18 points during the first half, the …

Sports fans are in for an extra special treat just days before Halloween in 2026. The sports equinox is Monday, offering fans a bevy of exciting games to watch on what — in a just world — should be one of the biggest holidays of the year. The slate should be exciting in 2026, as a number of prominent teams …

Joel Embiid’s pressure campaign didn’t work.  The Philadelphia 76ers sat their star big man on Sunday for their matchup with the Detroit Pistons due to right foot plantar fasciitis management. The contest is the team’s first back-to-back of the season, following Saturday’s 127-116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.  Advertisement Embiid appeared to know this decision was coming, too, and he …

The Toronto Raptors have ruled out Kawhi Leonard for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to swelling in his left knee. The Raptors announced Leonard as a late scratch in the hour before scheduled tip. They didn’t provide further details about his injury beyond noting the swelling in his knee. Advertisement Irritation in his left knee prompted the Clippers …

Being a young-player fan in the Bay has been a creative writing exercise for a while now. How many times has Dub Nation squinted at a flash in the third quarter of a blowout and built a whole career out of it? I’m thinking of Anthony Randolph truthers. We argue about the thin line between bad player fits and organizational …

Here are the latest news updates and possible return dates for Knicks players… Oct. 25, 5:40 p.m. Jose Alvarado popped up on New York’s injury report on Saturday, and has now been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Orlando Magic with a left ankle sprain, according to head coach Mike Brown in his pregame press conference. Advertisement The backup …

It will be a battle of early-season undefeated teams as the 2-0 Detroit Pistons will visit the 3-0 Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday evening at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Both teams hope to contend for the Eastern Conference title, and both teams went about it in very different ways. The Pistons kept a young core intact, and their biggest move of the …

The Detroit Pistons will be without their All-Star center for at least two weeks as the big man sits with a right hamstring strain. Duren had started the season hot, lighting up the preseason and scoring 22 points and securing nine rebounds in Detroit’s opening-day win against the Boston Celtics. He played just 10 minutes against the Miami Heat before …

The Brooklyn Nets are still searching for their first win of the 2026-27 season, and they’ll have to find it on tired legs. Brooklyn nearly erased a 22-point deficit in Cleveland on Saturday, outscoring the Cavaliers 41-29 in the fourth quarter before falling 125-121. The Nets return to Barclays Center on Sunday to face the Indiana Pacers in the second …

Well, that didn’t take long, did it? It appears that Devin Booker is the primary point guard on this team rather than Jalen Green. It’s Point Book SZN once again, isn’t it? “Settle down, Voita! We’re two games in!” I know, I know. But I am here to observe and report, and therefore I am reporting what I have observed …

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a frustrating start to the season. They’ve shown how good they could be with impressive stretches throughout their first two games, but poor closes to both contests have made it clear that they’re far from a finished product. The Cavs will welcome a good Minnesota Timberwolves team to town on Monday. Minnesota made a big …

Despite Jayson Tatum’s efforts to cool the conversations around the Celtics star and his former teammate, Jaylen Brown poured fuel on the fire by Saturday night. The most recent development in the back-and-forth saga in regards to having “beef” with one another, Brown — now a 76er — didn’t say there is as much. Advertisement However, he suggested there are …

This is the fifth and final of a series of roundtable questions I’m asking the staff here at Peachtree Hoops about the Hawks this upcoming season. The final question: what is your regular season record prediction for the Hawks this season and where do they finish in the Eastern Conference? Wes: My prediction may seem a tad pessimistic, but I …

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s relationship has been scrutinized for much of the past decade. The conversation has only intensified in recent weeks, after Brown left a “cap” emoji on a behind-the-scenes Tatum YouTube video about his reaction to the trade. Both players spoke at length to the media about their relationship this past weekend, Tatum on Friday …

The Celtics have had some special defenders over the years, players like Marcus Smart, Jrue Holiday, and Kevin Garnett who can quarterback a defense and effectively set the identity of their unit. So far, Paul George fits that mold. Through two games, George is tied for third with his former teammate Kawhi Leonard at 3.5 steals per game. That number …