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Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler left their matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder early on Tuesday night due to an apparent knee injury. Butler left the game briefly midway through he second quarter after tripping slightly and losing his shoe on the baseline. As the play went the other way, Butler slowly got his shoe back on and started …

Observations after Sixers smoke Wizards, Maxey scores 35 in 29 minutes originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia After suffering a double-overtime loss Sunday vs. the Hawks, the Sixers cruised to a low-stress win Tuesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Advertisement They notched a 121-102 victory over the Wizards and moved to 11-9 on the season. Tyrese Maxey posted 35 points, …

The Knicks were defeated by the Boston Celtics 123-117 on Tuesday night at TD Garden. Here are some takeaways… – The Knicks have been up-and-down on the road this season, but they got off to about as good a start as you could ask for in this one. Josh Hart continued his strong play, dropping 11 points in the first …

How De’Anthony Melton believes he can help Warriors amid ‘roller-coaster’ start originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area De’Anthony Melton is approaching a return to the court at a much-needed time for the Warriors. Advertisement After more than a year of rehabbing a torn ACL, Melton is confident his abilities will provide a boost to the 11-10 Warriors. “I’m trying to provide everything – if it’s from …

Injuries can be a real drag on a team’s season, especially one with expectations as high as the Knicks’, but there’s a silver lining to them as well. Guys buried deep on the bench get an opportunity they may not otherwise receive, and teams can often be pleasantly surprised by what’s been hiding outside of their usual rotation. We’re seeing …

Part of the problem — to the extent that there is a problem, anyway — is the dunking. Its absence, I mean. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played 703 minutes in the 2025-26 NBA season, and he has four slam dunks. As in, one fewer than five. IV, if you want to get all Roman about it. Solamente cuatro. Advertisement Three of …

The High Score 100 — the top-100 players in Yahoo’s newest fantasy basketball format — is a running reflection of year-to-date performance and trending production. Each weekly update captures who’s actually delivering value and who’s fading. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest risers and fallers through the sixth week of fantasy basketball — with the complete High Score 100 at …

The expectation in league circles is that the new front office in Dallas — either the current interim one or whoever takes the job full-time — will explore the trade market for Anthony Davis. One of the names that comes up as a potential landing spot is the Chicago Bulls, sending Davis back to the city where he grew up, …

Part of the problem — to the extent that there is a problem, anyway — is the dunking. Its absence, I mean. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played 703 minutes in the 2025-26 NBA season, and he has four slam dunks. As in, one fewer than five. IV, if you want to get all Roman about it. Solamente cuatro. Advertisement Three of …

December is officially upon us, and that means Dec. 15 is closing in. Why is that important, you may wonder? That’s the date when the vast majority of newly signed contracts become tradable, meaning NBA teams will have more wiggle room to execute deals. Advertisement Obviously, that doesn’t mean we’ll see a flurry of deals then. It just means the …

How Warriors’ Steph Curry navigates highs and lows of his Draymond Green bond originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There have been a few times since 2012 when Draymond Green’s occasionally rambunctious conduct tested the limits of everyone within the Warriors’ orbit, including the team’s prince of patience and prudence, Stephen Curry. Advertisement Never for a moment, though, has …

December is here and so is the quarter-mark of the 2025-26 NBA season. With each team about 20 games into their respective seasons, it’s easier now to make sense of the player data. But we’re here to make it easier for those in the fantasy world looking for trends. Who’s on the rise? Who’s trending downward? Advertisement Let’s discuss. → …

Jaxson Hayes grabbed a rebound late in the second quarter and passed the ball to Luka Doncic, who promptly threw a bad pass for a turnover. A few seconds later, Doncic got a rebound and lost the ball for another turnover. Then he threw away another pass. A minute later, he did it again. Over a roughly two-minute stretch in …

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker left their matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers early on Monday night due to an apparent groin injury. Booker started the contest normally at Crypto.com Arena, and he dropped 11 points in the opening quarter. But he checked out with just more than two minutes left in the period, and he never returned. It’s not …

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. scored 35 points, Noah Clowney had 18 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Charlotte Hornets 116-103 on Monday night. Nic Claxton added 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Brooklyn, which had lost four in a row. Reserves Danny Wolf and Drake Powell each scored 10 points. Advertisement Porter went 7 for …

Jalen Brunson is off to an MVP-caliber start to the season with the Knicks, and he earned a different award on Monday, when he was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. In four games last week, Brunson averaged 28.8 points and 4.5 assists per game, shooting 40.7 percent from three-point range. Advertisement Perhaps most importantly, the Knicks went 4-0 …

Sharks star Macklin Celebrini responds to ‘great’ Steph Curry’s heartfelt advice originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Up-and-coming Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini is grateful for the advice he received from Warriors legend Steph Curry about being patient while maintaining joy. Advertisement San Jose’s prized 19-year-old responded to Curry’s heartfelt intel in a sit-down with NBC Sports California’s Alan Hoshida. …

The Oklahoma City Thunder have started their NBA championship defense, appearing poised for a repeat. Last year’s league MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is at the top of his game and just made NBA history by scoring at least 20 points in his 93rd consecutive game. That is the second-longest streak ever, behind Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who holds the record …

The calendar has flipped to December and we’ve played a quarter of the 2025-26 NBA season. We’re also just over three weeks away from the Christmas Day NBA slate, the best time of the year. Of course, in Yahoo’s new fantasy basketball format, High Score, the top output for a player in a given week is all that matters. So …

Welcome back to The Playlist, where we sort through the noise and highlight the players who can actually help you win your week in 9-cat and standard points fantasy basketball leagues. [It’s not too late to join or create a fantasy basketball league for the 2025-26 NBA season] Whether you’re battling injuries, chasing categories and counting stats, or looking for …

The Phoenix Suns (12-9) travel to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers (15-4) Monday night. Luka Doncic and co. jumped out to a 46-27 lead and rolled to a 133-121 win over the Pelicans Sunday night while the Suns fell Saturday night at home to Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, 130-112. Los Angeles will be playing its fourth back-to-back …

The conventional wisdom around the league has been that Utah would look to trade Lauri Markkanen at the February trade deadline. He is a 28-year-old All-Star-level player averaging 27.9 points and 6.3 assists a game this season, who is not on the timeline of the young stars they are rebuilding around. Also, a lot of teams could use him (hello …

Cooper Flagg became the youngest-ever player to score 35 points in an NBA game as he helped the Dallas Mavericks rally to a 114-110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. The 18-year-old went 13 for 22 from the field in his 20th career game. The top pick in this year’s draft also grabbed eight rebounds. The only …

Observations after Sixers lose wild double-overtime game in Embiid’s return originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia In their 19th game of the season, the Sixers had Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey all available for the first time. Advertisement They wound up playing their first double-overtime game of the season and losing it, falling to a high-drama 142-134 defeat …

Kings coach Doug Christie expects rookie Maxime Raynaud’s minutes to increase originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO – One of the Kings’ biggest weaknesses was on full display Sunday night at Golden 1 Center. Advertisement With Domantas Sabonis sitting out a seventh consecutive game due to a partially torn meniscus in his left knee, the Memphis Grizzlies rolled …