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The Charlotte Hornets have confirmed that forward Kon Knueppel and veteran guard Dennis Schröder will both miss time. Both players are out after suffering the same injury, a left hamstring strain, but their return timelines are different: Knueppel is set to be re-evaluated in four weeks, while Schröder will be re-evaluated in two. Knueppel’s injury appears to be a reaggravation …

If you’ve been looking for a signature San Antonio Spurs win early in the 2026-27 season, look no further. On the second game of a back-to-back, the Spurs waltzed into enemy territory and blew out a team motivated to get revenge. It was one of the first times we’ve seen this year’s Spurs put it all together against a playoff-caliber …

The Sacramento Kings have agreed to trade guard Nique Clifford to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for an unprotected 2028 second-round draft pick via Utah and an unprotected 2030 second-round draft pick via Minnesota, the team announced Sunday, Nov. 8. Clifford, 24, is a 6-foot-5, 210-pound guard out of Colorado State that was originally selected by Oklahoma City with …

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The Lakers are continuing to manage Luka Dončić in back-to-backs this season. For the second time this young campaign, Luka will sit out one leg of a back-to-back as he’ll be held out of Sunday’s matinee clash against the Pistons with back tightness. It’s the second game he’ll miss this season. This is the same injury designation Luka had when …

Every season I activate this trope to try and inspire a wary Dub Nation who wonders why we don’t replace (insert suspect player) with someone else in the league. You’re in the back seat of your mom’s car, those sweet sweet Golden Arches come into view, and you make your pitch: “Mom, can we PLEAAASEEE get McDonald’s?” And without missing …

Second-year wing Nique Clifford was not getting much run in Sacramento, he was unimpressive in Summer League, but the real question has been: Is that because Clifford is not really an NBA player, or is it because of the Kings and coach Doug Christie’s player development and usage? The Oklahoma City Thunder are betting on the latter, as they have …

After Sunday’s games, the 2026-27 NBA season will have completed its first three weeks. While devastating injuries dominated early on, historic performances have taken center stage more recently. San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama had a night rarely seen in NBA history, while Lakers star Luka Dončić is on an extreme heater. Let’s look back at some of Week 3’s key storylines …

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The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired second-year guard Nique Clifford from the Sacramento Kings for two second-round draft picks, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The Thunder make the deal amid a spate of injuries that have created need up and down the roster. Advertisement They actually selected Clifford out of Colorado State with the No. 24 pick in the 2025 NBA …

The Los Angeles Lakers are tasked with facing one of the NBA’s best defenses in the Detroit Pistons in the first of their four-game road trip on Sunday, Nov. 8. They’ll have the added challenge of doing so without the driving force of their offense. Luka Dončić has been ruled out with lower back tightness, the team announced. Dončić was …

Detroit Pistons big man will miss the next two weeks as he recovers from his hamstring strain, the team announced on Sunday. Duren has been limited to two games this season, after sustaining the injury Oct. 23 against the Miami Heat. He is averaging 13 points and 7.5 rebounds this season. The Pistons are 4-2 without Duren this season, losing …

The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired second-year guard Nique Clifford from the Sacramento Kings for two second-round picks, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The Thunder make the deal amid a spate of injuries that have created need up and down the roster. Advertisement The Thunder actually selected Clifford out of Colorado State with the No. 24 pick in the 2025 NBA …

Does it get any better than the No. 1 offense versus the No. 1 defense? The Detroit Pistons find themselves in that matchup as the 122-point-per-game Los Angeles Lakers visit Motown tonight. Luka Dončić and the Lakers put up plenty of buckets, but scoring on Detroit is still an impossible task. The Pistons only surrender 101 points a game. Smothering …

Coming off an opening NBA Cup win against the Sacramento Kings, the Spurs faced a SEGABABA against the Portland Trail Blazers. After a sluggish first quarter, the Spurs, behind by 42 points in the second quarter, built their two-point lead to 15 at halftime. In the third, the Spurs drove the nail in the coffin, outscoring the Blazers 45-27 and …

The Detroit Pistons provided an update on center Jalen Duren’s hamstring injury on Sunday, stating they’ll re-evaluate him in another two weeks, though he has been cleared for on-court basketball activity. If Detroit sticks to that timeline, it would be Sunday, Nov. 22, when the Pistons play the Atlanta Hawks in the first game of a quick two-game road trip. …

The Detroit Pistons provided an update on center Jalen Duren on Sunday. Duren suffered a right hamstring strain just over two weeks ago, and the initial plan was to re-evaluate him two weeks later. That time has come, but the Pistons’ latest update said they’ll re-evaluate him in another two weeks. If Detroit sticks to that timeline, it would be …

Last week, despite the losses, Bucks fans were happy—if not more—with Taylor Jenkins and his rotations. But something about that equation was worrisome. In fact, I pondered as much to end the week’s Bucks Reacts Results: With rotation contentment high but wins low, the question thus begs: how long can this relationship coexist? That is, how long will it be …

The Milwaukee Bucks are looking to halt a five-game slide as they take on Eastern Conference heavyweight Boston Celtics, who beat Milwaukee by seven points without Jayson Tatum on Wednesday. The Bucks and Celtics seem to be moving in entirely different directions. After a slow start to the season, Boston is surging at 7-2 and challenging the Sixers for the …

The Houston Rockets hit their first losing streak of the season on Saturday night, as they let the Suns run all over them to start, battled back, but then couldn’t close out the game. For their last loss against Minnesota, it was a ghost of last season — execution — that was a main culprit. This time, it was shooting. …

The Philadelphia 76ers have one more game on this road trip before they head home, visiting the Chicago Bulls on Sunday afternoon. This is the second time in under a week the Sixers and Bulls are meeting, with the Sixers winning their first foray 126-107 back on Monday. With the Bulls going into that contest 1-5, some may have expected …

Oklahoma City Thunder broadcaster Michael Cage summed up this game perfectly: “In this game, sometimes you’re the bug, and sometimes you’re the windshield.” In this one, the Wizards were in the role of the bug. Washington was no match for the Thunder. Oklahoma City took control early and the Wizards had no answer for their athleticism, execution, and swarming defensive …

What a ride Jeremy Sochan has had, and the new season is just getting underway. After nearly four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, he was waived and signed with the Knicks, picking up a championship ring when New York beat the Spurs in the 2026 Finals. After New York, it appeared Sochan was spending the 2026-2027 season in Portland, …

Saturday night’s victory over the Houston Rockets was easily the Phoenix Suns’ best win of the season. Granted, they’ve only won three games through their first eight, but this one felt different. Phoenix continued its recent trend of putting together quality first quarters, something that has become increasingly important given how frequently this team has found itself playing from behind. …

Behind Steph Curry’s late heroics, Warriors extinguish Magic comeback bid originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Throughout the first half and well into the third quarter Saturday night, the Warriors, sloppy as they were, somehow maintained leads that threatened to mock the Orlando Magic and render the fourth quarter irrelevant. Advertisement But Orlando, ignoring its sub-mediocre …