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01-25-23 | Raptors v. Kings -3 | 113-95 | Loss | -110 | 9 h 14 m | Show | |
The Sacramento Kings boast a pair of All-Star candidates in De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, but reserve forward Trey Lyles might hold the key to their future success. The surging Kings have won seven of eight heading into Wednesday's matchup against the visiting Toronto Raptors. Following a breakout game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Lyles will likely figure prominently in the Raptors' scouting report. The eight-year pro was 6 of 8 from 3-point range and finished with a season-high 24 points in the Kings' 133-100 victory over Memphis on Monday. Sacramento's reserve lineups have struggled at times on the defensive end, but Lyles has made a positive impact since moving into the rotation last month. He had six rebounds and a season-high three blocked shots against the Grizzlies. | |||||||
01-25-23 | Hawks v. Thunder +2 | 137-132 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 34 m | Show | |
The last time the Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks squared off, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey led the way in a Thunder win. Heading into Wednesday's second and final meeting between the teams, this time in Oklahoma City, Gilgeous-Alexander and Giddey enter on a hot streak and could be poised to do more damage. The duo is a big reason why the Thunder have won seven of their last nine games. Gilgeous-Alexander is coming off a 34-point effort in Sunday's 101-99 win over the host Denver Nuggets that included the deciding bucket with 9.2 seconds remaining. Gilgeous-Alexander is tied for third in the league with 99 clutch points - points scored in the game's final five minutes with the scoring margin within five points. | |||||||
01-25-23 | Nuggets +8.5 v. Bucks | 99-107 | Win | 100 | 8 h 32 m | Show | |
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic own the last four MVP trophies, with both winning in consecutive years while bolstering the reputation of foreign-born players in the NBA. Both are having MVP-worthy seasons this year, and they will have a chance to state their cases when Antetokounmpo's Milwaukee Bucks host Jokic's Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. Not only is the game a clash of MVPs, but it also is a matchup of two of the best teams in the NBA. Milwaukee is third in the Eastern Conference, four games behind the Boston Celtics for the top spot, while Jokic has led Denver to the best record in the Western Conference. The Bucks are coming off a 150-point performance in a win at Detroit on Monday night. Milwaukee got Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton back in the lineup, and the duo supercharged the offense. Antetokounmpo had missed five games with a lingering knee issue, and Middleton had not played since Dec. 15. Middleton missed the first 20 games of the season after undergoing wrist surgery in the offseason, then was shut down after seven games in December due to knee soreness. He played 15 minutes in the win over the Pistons, amassing eight points and four assists. | |||||||
01-25-23 | Nets v. 76ers -5 | 133-137 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 7 m | Show | |
The red-hot Philadelphia 76ers will look for their sixth consecutive victory when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. The Sixers just completed a five-game sweep on their road trip with wins over the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings. Philadelphia capped the sweep with a 129-127 come-from-behind win Saturday at Sacramento while playing without Joel Embiid and James Harden. "We were down 21 points and all we talked about was winning the game," Sixers coach Doc Rivers said. "We didn't panic. Just every timeout, we're going to win the game. Just hang in there. Came out the beginning of the third and grabbed the lead." Tyrese Maxey led the way with 32 points while Montrezl Harrell, Tobias Harris and Georges Niang each added 17. Shake Milton scored 15 and De'Anthony Melton had 14 in the balanced effort. | |||||||
01-24-23 | Clippers -5 v. Lakers | 133-115 | Win | 100 | 9 h 4 m | Show | |
Still searching for the success that would match the optimism they possessed heading into the season, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers meet again Tuesday amid the same old refrain: Better days are ahead. When the teams met in the first week of the season, the Clippers earned a 103-97 victory in Kawhi Leonard's return after missing last season because of knee surgery. The Clippers downed the Lakers again on Nov. 9, prevailing 114-101 as Leonard was in the midst of a 12-game absence caused by residual knee soreness and the Lakers were nearing the end of a gloomy 2-10 start to the season. When the teams meet Tuesday, the Clippers are expected to have their stars on the court, with some other key pieces close to a return for their injury-plagued roster. For the Lakers, Anthony Davis is showing signs he should be able to return this week from his current 19-game absence. The Lakers struggled when Davis went down with a foot injury, before LeBron James led a resurgence by averaging 35.1 points over his past 10 games. The Lakers have played 12 total games in that stretch and have shown their improvement by producing an 8-4 record. The Lakers not only ended the Memphis Grizzlies' 11-game winning streak at home Friday, but they followed that with a 121-112 road victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday when James scored 37 points and they came back from a 25-point halftime deficit. James hopes for bigger and better things when Davis hits the court again. | |||||||
01-23-23 | Grizzlies v. Kings +1.5 | 100-133 | Win | 100 | 14 h 4 m | Show | |
The Memphis Grizzlies have the unenviable task of following up a draining loss with a matchup at the Pacific Division-leading Sacramento Kings when they take the court for the second half of a back-to-back Monday night in the California capital. Down 62-37 at halftime and seemingly content to coast into a more winnable game on the second night of its consecutive contests, the Grizzlies thoroughly outplayed the host Phoenix Suns in the second half Sunday night, only to fall two points short, 112-110. Ja Morant had 27 points in a team-high 37 minutes for the Grizzlies, who also have endured a one-point home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and a one-point road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers over the past five days. To add insult to injury, a five-game trip continues Wednesday night against the Grizzlies' chief rival, the Golden State Warriors, in San Francisco. The club's two-game losing streak isn't sitting well with coach Taylor Jenkins, who watched his team sail up the Western standings with 11 straight wins before the narrow defeat in Los Angeles on Friday. | |||||||
01-23-23 | Spurs v. Blazers -7.5 | 127-147 | Win | 100 | 14 h 36 m | Show | |
Two teams near the bottom of the Western Conference standings will be trying to dig out of losing stretches when the Portland Trail Blazers host the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. The Trail Blazers have dropped 12 of their past 16 games to fall to 13th place in the 15-team conference. San Antonio resides in 14th place after losing nine of its past 11 games. Portland seemed to have a good chance at a victory on Sunday night when it led the visiting Los Angeles Lakers by 25 points at halftime. But the Trail Blazers were outscored 75-41 in the second half while being saddled with another setback. | |||||||
01-23-23 | Hornets v. Jazz -7.5 | Top | 102-120 | Win | 100 | 13 h 38 m | Show |
For only the fourth time since he opted to leave Utah to play for the Boston Celtics, Gordon Hayward is expected to face his former team in Salt Lake City on Monday night when his Charlotte Hornets take on the Jazz. Hayward returned to the Hornets' lineup Saturday after missing eight games with left hamstring soreness. He scored nine points in Charlotte's 122-118 victory at Atlanta. The Hornets have now won two straight, both on the road, after a five-game losing streak. | |||||||
01-23-23 | Wolves -5 v. Rockets | 114-119 | Loss | -110 | 12 h 39 m | Show | |
With Rudy Gobert unavailable and unable to patrol the paint defensively, the Minnesota Timberwolves still proved quite able at protecting their rim and scoring down low against the Houston Rockets on Saturday. In need of a boost, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch turned to third-year center Nathan Knight who, in concert with a brilliant performance from Anthony Edwards, helped shift momentum. Knight scored 17 of his season-high 19 points in the second half while Edwards delivered a tour de force effort with a season-high 44 points to steer Minnesota to a 113-104 comeback victory in the first of back-to-back games against the Rockets. Houston will host Minnesota on Monday. Gobert is listed as questionable for Monday due to right groin soreness, an injury that has sidelined him for three straight games. The 6-foot-10 Knight helped plug a significant gap in the middle for the Timberwolves, who were without both Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns (calf). Knight added four rebounds and three steals during his impactful 25-minute stretch off the bench. | |||||||
01-22-23 | Thunder +5.5 v. Nuggets | 101-99 | Win | 100 | 7 h 0 m | Show | |
The Oklahoma City Thunder have surprised this season despite not having rookie Chet Holmgren available, working their way into the playoff hunt with some impressive victories. One team they haven't solved is Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets, who have won the first three meetings between the teams and will go for the season sweep when they host the Thunder on Sunday night. Holmgren, the 7-footer who was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 draft, went down with a foot injury over the summer and had season-ending surgery. The Thunder have found their way behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who leads the team in scoring at 30.6 points a game. He had 37 in a 118-113 loss at Sacramento on Friday that snapped a four-game winning streak. "The team always runs through the finish line," Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said. "Great competitive level. We played exceptionally hard. ... Certainly a relevant game we can learn from." Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging nearly twice as many points as the Thunder's second-leading scorer, Josh Giddy, who is at 16.0 per game. Gilgeous-Alexander has been solid against Denver this year, averaging 32.0 points and 7.0 assists in the three games. | |||||||
01-22-23 | Grizzlies -9 v. Suns | 110-112 | Loss | -116 | 7 h 53 m | Show | |
The Memphis Grizzlies will look to return to the win column on Sunday night when they continue their season-high five-game road trip against the Phoenix Suns. The Grizzlies squandered a 13-point lead in the third quarter and saw their franchise-record-tying 11-game winning streak end with a 122-121 setback at the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. "Disappointed because we didn't play to our standard. I don't care about a streak," Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. Jenkins didn't stop there. "They outcompeted us for 48 minutes. Plain and simple. ... Terrible effort," he said. Ja Morant said his team's downfall was due in part to giving the Lakers additional looks at the basket. "We gave up too many second-chance points. Just have to win the 50-50 plays," Morant said. "We've got a lot of good (things going), but a lot of cleaning up to do." | |||||||
01-22-23 | Knicks -1 v. Raptors | 116-125 | Loss | -110 | 5 h 7 m | Show | |
The Toronto Raptors will have one final chance this month to take advantage of their home court when they host the New York Knicks on Sunday before going on a seven-game road trip. The Raptors have dropped three straight after losing 106-104 to the injury-depleted Boston Celtics on Saturday to open a brief two-game homestand. They were 1-2 on their previous road trip, defeating the Knicks 123-121 in overtime on Monday. The Raptors, who led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter Saturday, took a four-point advantage into the fourth against the Celtics, who were without Jayson Tatum (wrist). "There were a lot of times when we controlled the ball, pursued the ball, contested at the rim, blocked shots at the rim, etc.," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. "And then there's just too many times when it's a straight-line drive and a layup, right? We just can't give those up." The Knicks also have dropped three straight after losing 139-124 to the host Atlanta Hawks on Friday. | |||||||
01-22-23 | Pelicans +7.5 v. Heat | 96-100 | Win | 100 | 3 h 45 m | Show | |
If there is a bright spot to the Miami Heat's uneven and unpredictable season, it's the play of reserve guard Victor Oladipo. The Heat, who will host the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday afternoon, are thrilled that Oladipo finally seems healthy. The last time he played even half a season was in 2017-18, when he was a first-time All-Star. Since then, he has not played more than 36 games in any of the following four seasons. However, in Miami's 115-90 loss to Dallas on Friday night, Oladipo scored a team-high 20 points making 9 of 12 shot attempts, including a pair of 3-pointers. "Just being assertive, being aggressive, getting to the spots where I feel comfortable and trying to play at a high level," Oladipo said of his performance. Despite the disappointing loss to Dallas, Miami is a solid 9-5 over its past 14 games. The Heat haven't lost consecutive games since dropping two straight one month ago (Dec. 20-23). | |||||||
01-22-23 | Clippers v. Mavs -1.5 | Top | 112-98 | Loss | -110 | 2 h 50 m | Show |
The Los Angeles Clippers' injury-plagued season has been marked by constant lineup adjustments and inconsistent play, but there are promising signs ahead. The Clippers look to build on their best-shooting game of the season when they continue their four-game road trip against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Despite its .500 record, Los Angeles remains a viable title contender thanks to stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. When the pair is on the court together, the Clippers are as dangerous as any team in the league. The problem has been keeping them both on the floor. Los Angeles has struggled to build momentum with Leonard and George missing a combined 41 games due to injury or illness. Friday was just the third game the duo played together this month. Not surprisingly, the Clippers looked like a different team with both stars in the lineup. Leonard led the way with a season-high 36 points in Friday's 131-126 win over the San Antonio Spurs. The five-time All-Star also contributed seven assists, four rebounds and two steals. | |||||||
01-21-23 | Rockets +8 v. Wolves | Top | 104-113 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 0 m | Show |
The injury report was long and the recent schedule unforgiving, yet for a team that disappointed over the first half of the schedule, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally displayed some impressive mettle Thursday. Despite being down a pair of starters in Karl-Anthony Towns (calf) and Rudy Gobert (groin) plus reserve guards Austin Rivers and Jordan McLaughlin, the Timberwolves rallied from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and improved to 6-1 at home this month with a 128-126 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Minnesota has won seven of its last 10 contests. The Timberwolves will host the Houston Rockets on Saturday in the first of back-to-back games between the teams, with the home-and-home series concluding on Monday in Houston. After blowing a late lead against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, the Timberwolves mustered the gumption to overcome Toronto. They did so with a collective effort led by D'Angelo Russell, who scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth, Anthony Edwards (23 points, seven assists, three steals) and Kyle Anderson, who posted a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double. | |||||||
01-20-23 | Nets v. Jazz -7.5 | Top | 117-106 | Loss | -110 | 11 h 29 m | Show |
The Brooklyn Nets hope a late, though unsuccessful, comeback attempt on Thursday at Phoenix will give them some momentum entering a Friday game against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. After falling behind the Suns by 24 points in the third quarter, the Nets rallied behind the hot hand of Kyrie Irving to pull within two in the final seconds. Though the Nets wound up losing 117-112 to fall to 0-4 since Kevin Durant was lost to a knee injury, Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn hopes his team learned a lesson. | |||||||
01-18-23 | Pacers +4.5 v. Thunder | 106-126 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 7 m | Show | |
After playing much of the last two seasons firmly in the shadow of Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey is starting to find some time in the spotlight. Heading into Wednesday's matchup with the visiting Indiana Pacers, Giddey is playing the best basketball of his young career. The second-year guard has scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games, including a 28-point performance in Sunday's win at Brooklyn, which matches a career-high. Giddey has scored at least 20 points in eight of his last 12 contests. "Josh has been really good," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "He's being aggressive, he's making the right play, he's playing super-efficient basketball. The kid works hard and he has the mental (game), for sure." Over the last nine games, Giddey is shooting 52.7 percent from the floor, raising his season percentage to 47.9 after shooting just under 42 percent as a rookie. | |||||||
01-16-23 | Rockets +5.5 v. Lakers | Top | 132-140 | Loss | -110 | 11 h 52 m | Show |
After reaching a major milestone Sunday, Lakers star LeBron James will set his sights on one of the NBA's most storied records as soon as Monday when Los Angeles hosts the Houston Rockets. James reached the 38,000-point plateau in Sunday's 113-112 loss to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers and will begin to take aim at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record of 38,387 points as he tracks down a historic moment that figures to come next month. While Abdul-Jabbar saw a major scoring decline in his later seasons, including a 10.1 points-per-game mark in his final season of 1988-89, James is as productive as ever in his advancing age. James has averaged 29.2 points in 33 games this season after turning 38 late last month. More productivity came against the Sixers, as James scored his 12th point of the game on a jump shot from the top of the key with 5:43 remaining in the first quarter to reach 38,001 for his career. He had 16 of his 35 points in the first quarter. James has been bothered by a sore ankle as of late and was listed as probable going into Sunday's game, leaving a chance he could rest on the second night of a back-to-back. The Lakers lost their third consecutive game but have been far more competitive recently with a five-game winning streak through the first week of the month. | |||||||
01-16-23 | Celtics v. Hornets +8.5 | 130-118 | Loss | -115 | 2 h 47 m | Show | |
The Boston Celtics own the best record in the NBA. Now, they seem to be unleashing even more productive resources. Malcolm Brogdon has turned out to be a fine addition to the roster this season. He could be pressed into more extensive duty when the Celtics take on the Hornets on Monday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. "I think that's what makes our team so special," Boston standout Jayson Tatum said. "We've got guys like that who are sacrificing." This will be a rematch of Boston's 122-106 victory on the same court Saturday night. The Celtics have won six in a row, with Tatum leading the team in scoring in five of those games. Yet without Jaylen Brown, the Celtics' backcourt barely missed a beat. That's because Brogdon poured in a season-high 30 points. That was the most points allowed by Charlotte to a player coming off the bench this season. | |||||||
01-15-23 | Thunder v. Nets -5 | 112-102 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 29 m | Show | |
In their first game without Kevin Durant for at least two weeks, the Brooklyn Nets struggled to find offense, especially down the stretch against the Boston Celtics. After producing one of their lowest-scoring games of the season, the Nets play their second game without Durant when they host the improving Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Brooklyn is dealing with a knee injury to Durant for the second straight season. Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of a sprained left knee that cost him 21 games and saw the Nets lose 15 times. In their first game since Durant sprained his left knee in a collision with Jimmy Butler a week ago in Miami, the Nets were held to 16 points in the fourth quarter and could not keep pace with the NBA's best team in a 109-98 loss Thursday night. The Nets were held under 100 points for the sixth time and shot 45.2 percent after shooting at least 50 percent in 11 of their previous 15. Brooklyn also fell to 14-2 in its past 16 games and is hoping to avoid consecutive losses for the first time since Nov. 13-15, when consecutive road losses to the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings dropped its record to 6-9. The Nets are also hoping for a more efficient showing from Kyrie Irving. Irving led Brooklyn with 24 points but also shot 9-of-24, including a 3-of-10 showing in the fourth quarter. | |||||||
01-14-23 | Mavs v. Blazers -1.5 | Top | 119-136 | Win | 100 | 11 h 41 m | Show |
Luka Doncic just prevailed in a duel with LeBron James and now he has back-to-back shootouts with Damian Lillard on the slate. Two of the most dangerous shooters in the NBA will be firing away this weekend, beginning Saturday night when the Doncic-led Dallas Mavericks visit Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers. Dallas has beaten Portland six straight times by an average of 25 points entering the two-game set. The finale is Sunday, also in Portland. Doncic leads the NBA in scoring at 34.3 points per game and has tallied 40 or more points on nine occasions, including outings of 50, 51 and his career-best 60. Lillard ranks ninth in scoring at 28.2 points and is coming off a 50-point effort in a 119-113 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was his 13th career 50-point output during the regular season. Yet the Trail Blazers have lost a season-worst five straight games and 10 of their past 13. But somehow, Portland is the small favorite. We're not falling into this trap. | |||||||
01-13-23 | Rockets +9.5 v. Kings | Top | 114-139 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 0 m | Show |
Houston Rockets big man Alperen Sengun gets a rare encore performance on the road when he and his mates duel the host Sacramento Kings in a rematch Friday night. While most in attendance were watching Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis pursue a 22nd career triple-double, Sengun snatched a very first of his own with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the Rockets' 135-115 loss in the California capital on Wednesday. Sabonis failed on his bid to triple-up, going for 25 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, but joined with Sacramento's own surprise contributor -- Trey Lyles -- to rally the Kings from a fourth-quarter deficit to a win not nearly as one-sided as the final score might indicate. Paced by Sengun, the Rockets led by as many as eight and 101-100 with 8:44 to go before Lyles had 12 points in the Kings' 35-14, game-ending flurry. While the defeat went down simply as an eighth straight for the Rockets, it proved historic for Sengun, who at age 20 became the youngest in franchise history to record a triple-double. He also was the first Rockets center to post a triple-double since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1997. | |||||||
01-13-23 | Warriors -8.5 v. Spurs | 144-113 | Win | 100 | 8 h 34 m | Show | |
The San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors will participate in a history-making game on Friday in the Alamo City. The game will be played in the Alamodome in a game expected to break the NBA regular-season attendance record. As of Wednesday, the Spurs had sold more than 63,000 tickets, which eclipses the standing record of 62,046 that watched the Bulls and Hawks play in 1998 in the Georgia Dome. The stated capacity for the Alamodome for Friday's game is 68,000, which would include standing-room tickets. The previous record for an NBA game at the stadium, which was the home of the Spurs from 1993-2002, is 39,554 for San Antonio's Game 2 win against the Knicks in the 1999 NBA Finals. The largest crowd in NBA history was established in 2010 when 108,713 fans saw the All-Star Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. | |||||||
01-11-23 | Spurs v. Grizzlies -13.5 | Top | 129-135 | Loss | -110 | 6 h 1 m | Show |
Two days after a 121-113 win over San Antonio, the Memphis Grizzlies host the Spurs again Wednesday night planning to welcome Ja Morant back to the lineup and gunning for their eighth consecutive victory. Despite playing without Morant (right thigh), the Grizzlies had seven players score in double figures Monday. Tyus Jones had a team-high 24 points and dished out six assists in the comeback win. It was his second straight game starting in place of Morant and his second straight 20-plus point outing. Steven Adams added a double-double (13 points, 15 rebounds) in his return from a one-game absence (illness). Jaren Jackson Jr. had 16 points and five blocks, while Dillon Brooks and Desmond Bane added 15 points apiece in the win. Santi Aldama and Ziaire Williams added 13 and 11 points, respectively, off the bench. The Grizzlies led for three quarters until an 11-1 run to open the fourth quarter gave the Spurs a 103-98 lead with less than nine to play. But a key steal by Brooks late in the fourth quarter, which led to Bane making a 3-pointer, helped Memphis to a 116-109 lead with 4:29 to play in the game. The Grizzlies never trailed the rest of the way. | |||||||
01-11-23 | Wolves v. Pistons +6.5 | 118-135 | Win | 100 | 5 h 14 m | Show | |
The Minnesota Timberwolves have gotten hot since an embarrassing home loss to the Detroit Pistons to end 2022. They'll be looking for a little revenge when they visit Detroit on Wednesday. Detroit won the first meeting 116-104 on New Year's Eve by outscoring Minnesota 66-40 in the second half. That was the Timberwolves' sixth straight loss, but they've turned things around in January. Minnesota is 4-0 this month, including a 104-96 victory at Houston on Sunday. The victory didn't come easy, though. The Timberwolves trailed by as many as 20 in the first half and were still down by four entering the fourth quarter. Then they held the Rockets to 15 points in the final 12 minutes while scoring 27 of their own to win it. "It was literally a matter of whenever we were going to sit down and start guarding people, we'd get back in the game, no matter what the deficit was," Minnesota coach Chris Finch said. D'Angelo Russell had a team-high 22 points in the game and backcourt partner Anthony Edwards added 21 despite left-hip soreness. | |||||||
01-11-23 | Bulls v. Wizards -1 | 97-100 | Win | 100 | 5 h 10 m | Show | |
A tough road loss isn't about to discourage the Chicago Bulls, who appear to be on the upswing at the season's midway point. And they will look to return to the win column when they visit the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. Chicago had won eight of 11 games before it came out on the losing end of a 107-99 decision against the Boston Celtics on Monday. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 27 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter. Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 13 rebounds. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Chicago, which trailed by two points with two minutes remaining against the Eastern Conference-leading Celtics. | |||||||
01-08-23 | Jazz +7.5 v. Grizzlies | 118-123 | Win | 100 | 8 h 36 m | Show | |
Despite trading their three-time All-Stars in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert this past offseason, the Jazz has been bolstered by the much-improved Lauri Markkanen, who continues to play at an All-Star level. The Finnish big man had 49 points Thursday in a 131-114 win in Houston, and he dropped in 28 during a rough 126-118 loss at Chicago on Saturday. Markkanen has improved remarkably in the two seasons since his four-year tenure at Chicago ended. He spent the 2021-22 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. | |||||||
01-07-23 | Lakers v. Kings -8 | 136-134 | Loss | -110 | 11 h 56 m | Show | |
The Los Angeles Lakers will attempt to stretch their season-best winning streak to five games when they visit the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Los Angeles has been trying to dig out of an early season 2-10 hole and has yet to reach the .500 mark this season. But the recent run, which includes a 130-114 home victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, has Los Angeles sitting at 18-21. LeBron James is encouraged after the team's recent performances, which have come without fellow star Anthony Davis (foot). "We're playing some good basketball," James said after the Friday victory. "We've got to continue to keep stacking quarters, keep stacking halves and keep stacking games because we're a team that gets a little confidence and then we want to keep going." James sat out the Lakers' 112-109 home win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday due to an illness. He returned to have a solid all-around game against the Hawks with 25 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. The 38-year-old veteran has scored 30 or more points in nine of his past 12 appearances. | |||||||
01-06-23 | Blazers +1.5 v. Pacers | 99-108 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 42 m | Show | |
The Trail Blazers were ready for the Pacers in the teams' previous encounter on Dec. 4. Jerami Grant scored 28 points and Damian Lillard added 21 in his first game in over two weeks due to a calf strain. While Portland was victorious on that night, it has lost five of its last seven games overall. The Trail Blazers began their three-game road trip with a 113-106 setback to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. "I think we're just really inconsistent right now," Lillard said. "Not only from game to game but from quarter to quarter. We're just not able to sustain that level of focus, that level of urgency, the energy." Lillard scored 27 points and Grant added 26, despite being hobbled with a left quad contusion. Those performances notwithstanding, Portland coach Chauncey Billups took issue with the team's approach right out of the chute. The Trail Blazers committed 18 turnovers that led to 22 points by the Timberwolves. | |||||||
01-03-23 | Wizards v. Bucks -7.5 | 113-123 | Win | 100 | 11 h 46 m | Show | |
The Washington Wizards can claim their sixth consecutive win and second against the host Milwaukee Bucks in three days when the two teams meet again on Tuesday. Washington extended its ongoing run to five games and six of the last seven on Sunday with a 118-95 rout in Milwaukee. The Wizards were without Bradley Beal, who missed his third consecutive game with a hamstring injury, but successfully capitalized on the Bucks playing without two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. Washington attacked the interior with Kristaps Porzingis going for 22 points and Rui Hachimura delivering 26 points off the bench. Sunday marked Hachimura's fifth consecutive double-figure-scoring effort since returning to the lineup, including his third game of 21 points or more. It bumped his average over the last six to 19 points per game. | |||||||
01-02-23 | Nuggets v. Wolves +2.5 | 111-124 | Win | 100 | 10 h 58 m | Show | |
When the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Rudy Gobert from Utah this offseason, it looked like he might be the final piece they needed to become a contender. But with a new calendar year upon it, Minnesota is far from the top and searching for answers. The Timberwolves have lost six in a row, the last a demoralizing home loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, and now face the top team in the Western Conference when the Denver Nuggets come to Minneapolis on Monday night. Minnesota is five games under .500 and sits 11th in the Western Conference. Center Karl-Anthony Towns has not played since Nov. 28 due to a right calf strain but should be returning shortly, but he won't play against Denver, which makes the task of defending two-time MVP Nikola Jokic that much tougher. Minnesota is 6-10 since Towns went out with the injury. Gobert has faced Jokic many times when he was with the Jazz, and Monday should be another challenge for him. | |||||||
01-01-23 | Kings +5 v. Grizzlies | 108-118 | Loss | -110 | 14 h 53 m | Show | |
One game was agonizing enough for Domantas Sabonis to sit out with a right thumb injury, and his past two performances contributed to two electrifying wins for the Sacramento Kings, who describe the forward as a walking double-double. Sabonis and the Kings look to usher in 2023 with a third straight win when the surprising Pacific Division leaders visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night. At 19-15, the Kings are six percentage points ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers for the division lead after getting one-point home wins over the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. Sabonis sat out Tuesday's 113-106 loss to Denver with an avulsion fracture of his ulnar collateral ligament after being hurt in the fourth quarter against the Washington Wizards on Dec. 23. In Sacramento's past two wins, Sabonis continued to rack up double-doubles. On Friday, he totaled 28 points and 11 rebounds for his 12th straight double-double and 25th overall. Sabonis joined DeMarcus Cousins and LaSalle Thompson as the only players in franchise history with double-doubles in 12 straight games or more. | |||||||
12-28-22 | Wolves +6.5 v. Pelicans | Top | 118-119 | Win | 100 | 10 h 48 m | Show |
The New Orleans Pelicans just played one of their better games of the season while short-handed. They expect to be stronger when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night. On Monday night, the Pelicans defeated the visiting Indiana Pacers 113-93 despite the absence of their top two scorers: Zion Williamson (illness) and Brandon Ingram (toe). In addition, another starter, Herbert Jones Jr., was sidelined due to health and safety protocol. Two more key rotation players, Trey Murphy III and Dyson Daniels, also were out, both because of non-COVID illnesses. Williamson, who has missed the past three games, said after practice Tuesday that he would play against the Wolves, and coach Willie Green said Murphy and Daniels are probable. Ingram will miss the Wednesday contest, and Jones was listed as questionable. New Orleans gave at least 17 minutes to all nine players that were available Monday and all but one scored. | |||||||
12-27-22 | Lakers +3.5 v. Magic | Top | 129-110 | Win | 100 | 10 h 38 m | Show |
Two teams trending in opposite directions will meet when the Orlando Magic host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. While Orlando has won eight of its last nine, Los Angeles has lost four in a row. The Lakers began a five-game trip with a 124-115 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. After taking a nine-point lead into halftime, Los Angeles was outscored 51-21 during a disastrous third quarter. "We have to know that it's a 48-minute game; it's not a 24-minute game," Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham said. "We kind of took our foot off the pedal defensively. To give up a 51-point third quarter is just unacceptable. It's completely unacceptable. That's not who we are. That's not who we're going to be." Lakers star LeBron James scored 38 points in the loss. His seven-game streak of at least 30 points is the longest active streak in the league. Los Angeles is being forced to rely on James minus center Anthony Davis, who is out indefinitely with a stress injury in his right foot. The line is telling us that the Lakers are to break the Orlando cover streak here. | |||||||
12-26-22 | Hornets v. Blazers -6 | Top | 113-124 | Win | 100 | 25 h 23 m | Show |
The Charlotte Hornets experience nothing but trouble in Portland and they aim to end a 14-game skid in the Rose City when they visit the Trail Blazers on Monday night. Charlotte last won in Portland on March 29, 2008 when the team was known as the Bobcats and Emeka Okafor was the squad's high scorer with 21 points. Trail Blazers icon Damian Lillard was a high school senior. The Hornets will take another shot at ending the skid during the fifth contest of a six-game road trip that ends Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors. Charlotte is 2-2 on the excursion after outlasting Los Angeles Lakers 134-130 on Friday. The Hornets have won two of their last three games after losing their previous eight contests. Gordon Hayward scored the tiebreaking points with 6.3 seconds left and P.J. Washington added two free throws to seal it. | |||||||
12-25-22 | Suns +3.5 v. Nuggets | 125-128 | Win | 100 | 11 h 35 m | Show | |
Last year the Denver Nuggets had the reigning MVP but were left off the NBA's Christmas Day schedule, which some viewed as a snub. Nikola Jokic winning the MVP for a second straight year was too much for the NBA to ignore, so Denver is anchoring the daylong slate of Sunday games. The Nuggets will host the Phoenix Suns in the late matchup, but they won't have their full complement of players. Forward Jeff Green suffered a sprained left finger and a hand fracture in Friday's game and will miss at least four weeks, so he will not be on the primetime Christmas showdown. "I love a TV game. Don't ever turn it down but I don't worry too much about it," Jamal Murray said. "Either I'm playing on Christmas or I'm spending a day with the family." Denver enters Sunday on a three-game winning streak and tied with Memphis for first place in the Western Conference. The Nuggets beat the Grizzlies on Tuesday without Murray, who was resting his sore left knee, and Michael Porter Jr. Porter missed 13 games with a left heel strain but returned Friday night against Portland. He scored 18 points in 27 minutes. | |||||||
12-18-22 | Wizards +4.5 v. Lakers | 117-119 | Win | 100 | 9 h 55 m | Show | |
Anthony Davis has been able to avoid significant injuries so far this season, but he will sit out due to right foot soreness when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Washington Wizards on Sunday. It will be only the fourth game Davis has missed this season, but the Lakers haven't yet pinned down the severity of the injury. Davis has been injury-prone over his previous 10 seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans (seven) and Lakers (three), averaging just 60.4 games per season. Los Angeles surely is hoping the current ailment doesn't lead to a substantial absence. Davis injured the foot during Friday night's 126-108 home victory over the Nuggets, apparently when he collided with the leg of Denver star Nikola Jokic while both players were in the air. The eight-time All-Star is enjoying a solid campaign with averages of 27.4 points and 12.1 rebounds in 25 games. Fellow star LeBron James said after Friday's game that he's hoping it will be a short absence for Davis. | |||||||
12-18-22 | Nets v. Pistons +8.5 | 124-121 | Win | 100 | 6 h 30 m | Show | |
The scorching Brooklyn Nets can complete the sweep of a four-game road trip with a victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. The Nets have won five straight games and nine of their last 10 games, although their most recent victory did not come easy. Brooklyn needed a Kyrie Irving 3-pointer just before the final buzzer to defeat the Toronto Raptors 119-116. Irving had never previously drained a buzzer-beating game-winner in his career. He wasn't supposed to take the final shot. Coach Jacque Vaughn drew up a play for Kevin Durant, but Durant felt Irving had the hot hand. | |||||||
12-18-22 | Warriors +6 v. Raptors | 126-110 | Win | 100 | 5 h 28 m | Show | |
One team will end a losing streak Sunday when the short-handed Golden State Warriors visit the Toronto Raptors. The Warriors, who will be without Stephen Curry (partially dislocated left shoulder) for a few weeks, lost Friday to the host Philadelphia 76ers 118-106 for their third successive defeat. The Warriors were also without Draymond Green (quadriceps) and Andrew Wiggins (thigh). Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer Friday to give the visiting Brooklyn Nets a 119-116 victory over the Raptors, who lost their fourth straight. The Raptors were without O.G. Anunoby (hip) for the third consecutive game and Gary Trent Jr. (quadriceps) was a late scratch. The Warriors did get some good news when Wiggins was cleared to return to practice on Thursday. He was injured while scoring 36 points against the Houston Rockets on Dec. 3. This is the first meeting of the season between the teams who met in 2019 NBA Finals, won by Toronto. The Warriors, the reigning NBA champions, will be playing the fourth game of a six-game trip. The Raptors will complete a three-game homestand. | |||||||
12-18-22 | Knicks v. Pacers | 109-106 | Loss | -110 | 5 h 33 m | Show | |
It's been almost a decade since the New York Knicks won consecutive playoff games. But if everything goes as Tom Thibodeau hopes, the Knicks will rely in the spring on their experiences this week in Chicago. The Knicks will look to continue surging Sunday afternoon, when they are slated to visit the Indiana Pacers in a battle of longtime Eastern Conference rivals. Both teams were off Saturday after playing on the road Friday, when the Knicks rolled past the Chicago Bulls 114-91 and the Pacers squandered a double-digit fourth-quarter lead in a 118-112 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The win was the sixth straight for the Knicks, who extended their longest winning streak in two seasons by winning back-to-back games in Chicago. New York outlasted the Bulls 128-120 in overtime on Wednesday night. | |||||||
12-17-22 | Jazz +4 v. Bucks | 97-123 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 20 m | Show | |
On a night when the Utah Jazz picked up a second consecutive win over the team that had the best record in the Western Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks had one of those games you would just rather forget. Milwaukee fell behind Memphis by 15 points at the end of the first quarter, trailed by 29 at halftime, was outscored 47-30 in the third quarter and ended up getting blown away 142-101 by the Grizzlies on the road. "We were just beaten soundly in every way, shape and form, and we have to own that," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. The Jazz will try to build on the momentum they gained with a pair of nice victories over the New Orleans Pelicans at home earlier this week and the Bucks will try to get back to their usual selves when the two teams meet up Saturday in Milwaukee. | |||||||
12-14-22 | Wolves +6.5 v. Clippers | 88-99 | Loss | -110 | 6 h 8 m | Show | |
The Los Angeles Clippers are "oh, so close" to being whole again and just showed what their full potential can be in advance of a meeting with the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. The Clippers got off to a hot start Monday, overcame a second-quarter lull and cruised to a 113-93 victory over the NBA-best Boston Celtics. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George led the Clippers in scoring as expected, with a combined 51 points, but it was the Los Angeles defense that showed why the team is finally becoming one to reckon with. The Clippers held the Celtics below 100 points for the first time this season, showing a complete package in just the eighth game this season that Leonard and George have played together. "We did a great job pretty much across the whole board," George said. "... Of course, you could nitpick and probably clean up a lot of possessions, but I think when you look at this game overall, we did pretty much everything that we wanted to do from a game plan standpoint." Close to a return is sharpshooter Norman Powell (groin), who would give Los Angeles its full array of talent. After missing the last seven games, Powell could be back as soon as Wednesday. As well-rounded as the Clippers can potentially be as a team, it is Leonard that was expected to guide the way. His 25 points Monday came mostly on 10-of-12 shooting from the field. | |||||||
12-14-22 | Cavs +2.5 v. Mavs | 105-90 | Win | 100 | 5 h 11 m | Show | |
Free throws have been especially costly this season for the Dallas Mavericks, who host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. Dallas is 14-13 while shooting just 72.7 percent from the foul line, which ranks 29th in the league. Memphis is the only team with a lower percentage (70.2). "Literally, we'd probably have five more wins if we could shoot free throws," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said. "Easily. It's just the way it goes. We went through the same things early last year and for some reason it's been an Achilles heel." Dallas showed some improvement in its last game, a 121-114 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. The Mavericks snapped a two-game losing skid while making 21 of 25 (84 percent) from the foul line. Luka Doncic returned after missing one game to rest his right quad contusion and tallied 38 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, while Spencer Dinwiddie recorded his first double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 assists. Doncic has opened the season by scoring at least 20 points in 34 straight games, matching Mark Aguirre's 1983-84 Mavericks record. The Mavericks have won seven of the past eight meetings against Cleveland. They will face the Cavs twice in the next four days, as Dallas hosts Portland on Friday before starting a four-game road trip Saturday in Cleveland. | |||||||
12-10-22 | Wolves +5.5 v. Blazers | 118-124 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 50 m | Show | |
Minnesota has won five straight games against Portland after the Trail Blazers prevailed in eight of the previous 10 meetings. The Timberwolves could be a bit fatigued after opening a five-game trip with a 118-108 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night. The contest marked center Rudy Gobert's first visit to Salt Lake City since Minnesota acquired him from the Jazz during the offseason. Gobert, a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, contributed 22 points and 13 rebounds and was warmly received by Utah fans. "We were starting a five-game road trip, and we really wanted to start the right way," Gobert said afterward. "And, of course, me coming back home to a place I spent nine years of my career, I really wanted to get this one." D'Angelo Russell scored 20 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Timberwolves. Russell was 12 of 16 from the field overall and 6 of 9 from 3-point range. | |||||||
12-05-22 | Suns v. Mavs -2.5 | 111-130 | Win | 100 | 9 h 44 m | Show | |
The Phoenix Suns have dominated regular-season play with Dallas over the past three-plus seasons, but overshadowing that success is their epic collapse against the Mavericks in last season's Western Conference semifinals. Dallas won the final two games of those semifinals by an average of 30 points to reach the Western Conference finals and send Phoenix home earlier than expected. But come Monday night in Dallas, the Suns will be looking to defeat the Mavericks for the second time this season and 11th in a row in the regular season. Phoenix rallied from a 22-point deficit to edge Dallas 107-105 on Oct. 19 in the season opener for both squads. The Western Conference-leading Suns are also the hotter team entering the latest matchup. Phoenix has won seven of its last eight games while the Mavericks have prevailed in just two of their last seven contests. The Suns started a two-game Texas road swing by pummeling the San Antonio Spurs 133-95 on Sunday. Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Mikal Bridges and Devin Booker scored 20 points apiece. | |||||||
12-05-22 | 76ers v. Rockets +8.5 | 123-132 | Win | 100 | 8 h 12 m | Show | |
Prior to embarking on a three-game road trip that has thus far produced losses in Cleveland and Memphis, the Philadelphia 76ers appeared to have concocted a winning formula despite their rotation lacking the starting backcourt of James Harden and Tyrese Maxey. The 76ers had won seven of nine games before registering a 28-point loss to the Cavaliers and a 117-109 setback against the Grizzlies on Friday. Philadelphia will conclude the trip on Monday against the Houston Rockets, eyeing a return to the win column despite those who are missing. "I don't want to use that as an excuse. We've got to find a way to win," 76ers coach Doc Rivers said. "We know guys are out but I'm never going to give us that, I'm just not. I refuse to. "We definitely missed some ball-handling, you could see that. But we knew that (going in). We just have to deal with it." The 76ers fell to 8-6 without Harden (foot) but are optimistic that he could return against the Rockets, for whom he averaged 29.6 points and 7.7 assists over eight-plus seasons and 621 games. Harden has averaged 22 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists in nine games this season. | |||||||
12-05-22 | Celtics v. Raptors -1 | 116-110 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 48 m | Show | |
The visiting Boston Celtics can expect to see the best version of the Raptors on Monday night since Toronto seemingly takes things to the next level when it plays at home. Toronto's 121-108 triumph over the Orlando Magic on Saturday extended the team's home winning streak to three games. The Raptors are 9-2 at home this season compared to 3-9 on the road. It was a much-needed victory for the Raptors, who got off to slow starts in their two games leading up to Saturday's matchup -- a blowout loss at New Orleans and a nine-point road setback against the Nets. Toronto shot a season-high 56.0 percent from the field (47-for-84) against Orlando. Toronto's O.G. Anunoby tied his season high by scoring 32 points against the Magic. Pascal Siakam added 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Scottie Barnes finished the game with 17 points and a season-high 14 rebounds. "We just wanted to regroup, be better," Barnes said. "It was a bad feeling in the locker room (following the Brooklyn loss Friday)." | |||||||
12-04-22 | Lakers v. Wizards -2 | 130-119 | Loss | -110 | 4 h 56 m | Show | |
The recently resurgent Los Angeles Lakers look to stay hot away from home when they continue a five-game eastern trip Sunday, taking on a host Washington Wizards team trying to shake out of a funk. The Wizards lost for the fifth time in six games Friday when their fourth-quarter rally at Charlotte fell just short, 117-116. The Wizards stormed back from a 13-point deficit, outscoring the Hornets 18-6 over the final 8:19, but could not complete the comeback. "The biggest thing we learned is we just can't get in a hole like that," Bradley Beal said to the Washington Post following the loss. Beal scored 33 points but committed two costly turnovers in the closing stretch. "It's tough to climb out of those holes and close out games, too." The Wizards trailed by 15 points at halftime after a 38-28 second quarter. Washington surrendered 72 first-half points and, despite a big rally in the fourth quarter, could not overcome the initial deficit. As Washington looks to pull out of its recent swoon, the Lakers come in having won four of five, including their last three on the road. Friday night the Lakers started their trip in Milwaukee with a 133-129 victory over the Bucks. | |||||||
12-04-22 | Bulls +3 v. Kings | 101-110 | Loss | -110 | 4 h 50 m | Show | |
Two teams headed east following the game hope to make the most of their last day in California when the Chicago Bulls visit the Sacramento Kings on Sunday afternoon. The Bulls will be looking to break even on a six-game trip that saw them win two of the first three before dropping the last couple at Phoenix and Golden State. They'll be seeking their first win at Sacramento in three years when they encounter a Kings club that has won two in a row, including a 123-96 romp on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday afternoon. The Bulls and Kings have not met previously this season. Chicago appeared on the verge of a surprising comeback at Golden State on Friday night when it held the Warriors without a point for 3 1/2 minutes, allowing the visitors to close an eight-point deficit to 110-109 after a Zach LaVine 3-pointer with 2:27 to play. Chicago's defense cracked down on the Warriors' next possession as well, but Draymond Green nailed a desperation 26-footer to save Golden State. Big man Nikola Vucevic wasn't buying talk of a moral victory afterward. | |||||||
11-30-22 | Raptors v. Pelicans +2.5 | 108-126 | Win | 100 | 7 h 7 m | Show | |
The Toronto Raptors finally got Pascal Siakam back. The New Orleans Pelicans will have to wait a little longer for Brandon Ingram's return as they host the Raptors on Wednesday night. Siakam returned from a 10-game absence due to a strained right adductor to score 18 points and grab 11 rebounds in Toronto's 100-88 home victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. "He was really good," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said of Siakam. "Looked really like he hadn't missed a beat." Toronto did decent during the absence of its leading scorer, splitting the 10 games. Against Cleveland, O.G. Anunoby added 20 points, Gary Trent Jr. scored 14, Fred VanVleet had 13 and Scottie Barnes 11. Siakam made 7 of 14 field goals, including 1 of 3 3-pointers. | |||||||
11-30-22 | Heat +9.5 v. Celtics | 121-134 | Loss | -115 | 7 h 40 m | Show | |
The Boston Celtics can stretch their home winning streak to 10 games when they meet the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Despite being without injured guard Jaylen Brown (neck stiffness) and center Al Horford (back), the Celtics turned in what may have been their best offensive performance of the season when they beat the depleted Charlotte Hornets 140-105 on Monday night. Charlotte was missing five players because of injuries. Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 35 points for the Celtics, who received 22 points and a career-high 15 assists from point guard Marcus Smart. Teammate Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field in nearly 23 minutes of playing time. "This is a treat," Brogdon said. "I think for any NBA player, whether you ask Marcus Smart, Tatum, Brown, anybody. It's a treat playing on a team like this. "I remind the guys of that when times get tough because there's always going to be times during the season where there are lulls, guys getting a little unhappy. It's just the nature of the business. But for me and Blake (Celtics forward Griffin), we've been in situations where a team is not winning, where the team is really struggling and there's chaos. So definitely I try to encourage the guys to be appreciative of what they have here." This will be the second meeting of the season between the teams that met in last season's Eastern Conference finals, won in seven games by the Celtics. Boston recorded a 111-104 road win over the Heat on Oct. 21 behind 29 points from Tatum and 28 from Brown. | |||||||
11-29-22 | Clippers +4 v. Blazers | Top | 118-112 | Win | 100 | 7 h 58 m | Show |
With Kawhi Leonard and Paul George both ailing, Ivica Zubac took a whirl at being a star attraction and it was one for the memory books. The 25-year-old Zubac will try to follow up the best performance of his career when the Los Angeles Clippers visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. Zubac played like a man possessed Sunday during a 114-100 home victory over the Indiana Pacers as he scored 31 points and collected a career-best 29 rebounds. The 7-foot Zubac was one board short of having the third 30-point, 30-rebound outing in the NBA in 40 years. Michael Cage was the last Clippers player to grab 30 rebounds in a game, doing so on April 24, 1988, against the Seattle SuperSonics. The only downer for Zubac was fouling out with 3:40 remaining. "I was mad at myself because I wanted to get that 30 and 30 so bad. It hurts," Zubac said afterward. "It's definitely not as happy as I should be. "I was just mad at myself for going for (the blocked shot), but I just can't help myself. Every time I see someone trying to get away, I try to block it." While legendary Wilt Chamberlain used to routinely post 30-30 games during his career, Zubac fell just short of joining Dwight Howard (2018) and Kevin Love (2010) as the only players to do it since Moses Malone in 1982. | |||||||
11-29-22 | Warriors v. Mavs +2 | 113-116 | Win | 100 | 4 h 25 m | Show | |
Seeing the Golden State Warriors might be the inspiration the Dallas Mavericks need to end a four-game losing streak when last year's Western Conference finalists meet for the first time this season on Tuesday night in Dallas. The Mavericks weren't convinced the better team had won after the Warriors took advantage of a cold-shooting Dallas squad to claim a berth in the 2022 NBA Finals with a 4-1 triumph. Golden State outshot the Mavericks 51.8% to 43.7% from the field, allowing the Warriors to overcome nine more turnovers and 14 fewer free-throw points in the series. Since they last met in June, the Mavericks have made the most significant transaction, replacing steady guard Jalen Brunson (lost to the New York Knicks in free agency) with talented big man Christian Wood, who came over from Houston. Wood is tied for second on the team in scoring (17.1) and second in rebounds (7.6) while shooting 56.6 percent overall and 43.9 percent on 3-pointers. Wood had 21 points in Sunday's 124-115 loss at Milwaukee and put up a 26-point, 12-rebound double-double in a defeat four nights earlier at Boston at the start of the Mavericks' three-game trip. Those losses don't sting as much as earlier defeats at the hands of a five-win Houston Rockets club and a Denver Nuggets team missing Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon. | |||||||
11-29-22 | Knicks v. Pistons +5 | Top | 140-110 | Loss | -110 | 4 h 1 m | Show |
The New York Knicks have reached the 20-game mark and they're not close to living up to their expectations. New York has wallowed in mediocrity, unable to put together a solid stretch of performances. The Knicks have lost four of their last five, dropping to 9-11 as they make a quick visit to Detroit to face the Pistons on Tuesday. "Lot of work to do," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. "Just keep concentrating on getting better, improving, and get ready for the next one. Don't look backward, don't look ahead, just look at exactly what's in front of us. That's where I want us to be." The last two losses, both at home, have been particularly excruciating. They lost to Portland 132-129 in overtime, then fell to Memphis 127-123. Jalen Brunson, the pricey free agent signed to get New York back into the postseason, missed two shots in the lane during the closing seconds against Memphis. Those misses came after Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant gave his team the lead with a putback. | |||||||
11-28-22 | Rockets v. Nuggets -11 | 113-129 | Win | 100 | 6 h 42 m | Show | |
Injuries and illness created an opportunity for Vlatko Cancar to show he can make a valuable contribution to the Denver Nuggets. After three years of mop-up minutes, he is showing he belongs in the rotation. Cancar played a total of 25 minutes through the first month of the season, but with several players missing he has been pushed into service. He is averaging 23.4 minutes over the last four games and has made key contributions on both offense and defense. He'll get more quality time when Denver hosts Houston on Monday night in the first of two home games against the Rockets. Michael Porter Jr. (heel) and Jeff Green (knee) are not expected to play. Cancar's expanded role started at Dallas on Nov. 18 when the Nuggets were without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon. Denver lost that game by 28 points but beat the Mavericks two nights later, and a big reason was Cancar's halfcourt heave that ended the second quarter. In the last two games he has played 60 minutes, averaging 16 points while playing strong defense. He had three blocks in an overtime win at Oklahoma City on Wednesday and was disruptive in a win against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. | |||||||
11-27-22 | Mavs +6.5 v. Bucks | Top | 115-124 | Loss | -105 | 9 h 17 m | Show |
Two of the NBA's top MVP candidates will meet when the Dallas Mavericks conclude their three-game trip on Sunday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. Dallas has lost three straight despite the play of star Luka Doncic, who leads the league in scoring at 33.4 points per game while averaging 8.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists. Milwaukee, again, is led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is averaging 31 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists. Antetokounmpo scored 38 points in the Bucks' 117-102 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Milwaukee trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half before going on a 23-2 run to begin the third quarter. "They turned it up to a level that we haven't seen, that we haven't experienced," said Cleveland star Donovan Mitchell. Jevon Carter scored 18 points and Bobby Portis Jr. had 14 for Milwaukee, which improved to 10-2 at home with the victory. The Bucks offered a reminder of their defensive potential in the dominant third quarter when they outscored the overwhelmed Cavaliers 35-10. | |||||||
11-27-22 | Grizzlies v. Knicks +2.5 | Top | 127-123 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 23 m | Show |
For the New York Knicks, home is not where their defense is. But Madison Square Garden is where the high-powered Memphis Grizzlies will be Sunday night when the Knicks are slated to close out a two-game homestand by hosting the Grizzlies. Both teams were off Saturday after playing at home Friday. The Knicks squandered a 14-point first-half lead and fell to the Portland Trail Blazers, 132-129, in overtime. The Grizzlies never trailed in a 132-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. The Knicks opened their home schedule with a pair of strong defensive efforts in a 130-106 win over the Detroit Pistons and a 115-102 victory over the Orlando Magic. But New York has given up at least 130 points in four of its last six home games after surrendering at least 130 points just three times -- anywhere -- in the first two seasons under defensive-minded head coach Tom Thibodeau. The loss Friday was particularly discouraging for the Knicks, who didn't have to face Trail Blazers superstar guard Damian Lillard (right calf strain) but were victimized instead by the trio of Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons and Josh Hart. | |||||||
11-27-22 | Blazers v. Nets -8.5 | 97-111 | Win | 100 | 4 h 21 m | Show | |
The Nets are starting a season-high seven-game homestand after following up a 112-98 win in Toronto with a 128-117 loss at Indiana on Friday. Brooklyn is returning home through Dec. 9 after getting outscored 40-23 in the fourth quarter by the Pacers. The Nets entered the final 12 minutes holding a six-point lead but allowed Indiana to shoot 63 percent (12 of 19) and make 12 of 16 free throws to pull away. Kevin Durant scored 20 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter while Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving, who each scored 20 points combined for three points in the fourth. "It's pretty frustrating," said Simmons, who is averaging 15.5 points in his past six contests. "You've gotta take that next step. It's easy for us to lock in for that first half, three quarters, whatever it is. We've got to learn how to do that the whole game, from the first to the last guy." The Nets are attempting to sweep the season series for the first time since 2012-13. Brooklyn rallied from an 11-point deficit for a 109-107 win in Portland on Nov. 17 when Royce O'Neal hit a putback in the final seconds. | |||||||
11-26-22 | Jazz +7.5 v. Suns | Top | 112-113 | Win | 100 | 10 h 9 m | Show |
The Utah Jazz snapped a three-game losing streak eight days ago when they edged the Suns in Salt Lake City. The Jazz, losers of six of their past eight games, will hope for the same positive result Saturday night in Phoenix as they find themselves in the midst of another three-game streak. This much is true: Utah will need to shoot a lot better to beat the Suns than it did while losing at Golden State 129-118 on Friday night, following losses to Detroit and the Los Angeles Clippers. Against the Warriors, the Jazz only made 11 of 45 3-pointers. "For the most part, I felt we played the way we wanted to play," Jazz coach Will Hardy said. "When you shoot 25 percent from 3, it puts a lot of pressure on you." Golden State jumped to a 37-23 lead in the first quarter, but the Jazz overcame the early deficit. Sustaining that momentum proved too difficult, however. Utah briefly took a one-point lead in the third quarter, but Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and company made the visitors pay for their off-night from 3-point range. | |||||||
11-26-22 | Lakers v. Spurs +3 | Top | 143-138 | Loss | -108 | 9 h 15 m | Show |
The Los Angeles Lakers will look to sweep a two-games-in-two-night series against the reeling San Antonio Spurs when the teams square off Saturday night in the Alamo City. It will be the third game between the teams over a seven-day stretch, with Los Angeles capturing the first two. The Lakers, buoyed by the continued dominating play of Anthony Davis and the return of LeBron James, did enough to beat San Antonio 105-94 on Friday in the first game of the two-game set. It was the Lakers' first road win of the year after six losses. Davis had 25 points and 15 rebounds in Friday's win, scoring 11 points in the fourth quarter after the Spurs clawed their way back into the game with a rousing third period. James was a force after being out with an adductor strain since Nov. 9, scoring 21 points. He also had nine of the Lakers' 21 turnovers. | |||||||
11-25-22 | Kings +8 v. Celtics | 104-122 | Loss | -110 | 9 h 13 m | Show | |
The NBA's two winningest teams in November match up Friday night when the Sacramento Kings visit the Boston Celtics. Nobody has won more often than the Celtics this month, who are 10-2 even after losing their first November game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Boston had a nine-game winning streak snapped Monday at Chicago but rebounded to thump the Dallas Mavericks 125-112 on Wednesday. The Kings are coming off a 115-106 loss at Atlanta on Wednesday that ended a seven-game winning run. They're now 8-3 in November, tied with the Los Angeles Clippers for the second-most wins this month but having played one fewer game. The matchup delivers Kings coach Mike Brown to the site of his championship-clinching win over the Celtics last June as Steve Kerr's assistant with Golden State. The return does not have pleasant memories for most Kings, however, as they were steamrolled by Jayson Tatum (36 points) and Jaylen Brown (30) in a 128-75 shellacking last January. Tatum and Brown also ganged up on the Mavericks this week, with Tatum pouring in 37 points as part of a double-double with 13 rebounds, while Brown knocked down 13 of his 18 shots en route to 31 points. The Kings can expect to see a different look from the Celtics than what they displayed during much of their November run after Derrick White's return to the starting lineup Wednesday. Grant Williams went back to the bench. | |||||||
11-25-22 | Wizards +3.5 v. Heat | 107-110 | Win | 100 | 9 h 3 m | Show | |
Point guard Kyle Lowry, who played 63 of the Miami Heat's 82 games last season and appeared in just 46 of the Toronto Raptors' contests in a year prior, is suddenly an iron man. At age 36. With the Heat missing several of their top players at various points throughout the first 19 games, Lowry has logged more minutes on the young season than any other player not named Kevin Durant. Lowry, who has yet to miss a single game, is expected to be the Heat's guiding force once again on Friday night when they host the Washington Wizards. Miami beat Washington 113-105 on Wednesday. Lowry scored a season-high 28 points in 35 minutes in that game, while going 7 for 12 from the field, which included sinking 5 of 6 3-pointers. He was also a perfect 9 for 9 from the free-throw line. The Heat played without leading scorer Jimmy Butler (sore right knee), starter Max Strus (right shoulder impingement) and key reserve Duncan Robinson (sprained left ankle). | |||||||
11-25-22 | Blazers +3.5 v. Knicks | 132-129 | Win | 100 | 9 h 47 m | Show | |
The New York Knicks ventured out West to build their most successful road trip in more than eight years. But the tests against teams from the opposite coast will continue during the Knicks' brief stop home. The Knicks will begin a two-game homestand Friday night when they host the Portland Trail Blazers in the first meeting this season between the teams. The Knicks have been off since Monday when they concluded a five-game road trip by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 129-119. The Trail Blazers' slump continued Wednesday when they fell to the host Cleveland Cavaliers 114-96. The win over the Thunder gave the Knicks a 3-2 record on their Western Conference trek. It was the most successful road trip of five games or longer for New York since it went 3-2 on a West Coast swing in March of 2014. The victory provided a double dose of redemption for the Knicks, who were still steaming from a 145-135 loss to the Thunder at home on Nov. 13. The 145 points were the most surrendered by the Knicks under head coach Tom Thibodeau | |||||||
11-23-22 | Clippers +9 v. Warriors | Top | 107-124 | Loss | -110 | 15 h 40 m | Show |
Golden State Warriors fans hope to see the Klay Thompson they witnessed on television last week when the defending champions open a three-day, two-game homestand with their first matchup of the season against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The Pacific Division rivals both were missing key players in their last outing and came away with different results. The Clippers were without Paul George (strained right hamstring) and Luke Kennard (strained right calf) when they completed a 3-0 homestand with a 121-114 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night. Norman Powell and Reggie Jackson led the way with 30 and 27 points, respectively. The Clippers also got eight points and five assists from Kawhi Leonard in just his third game since returning from nearly a month-long absence due to soreness in his surgically repaired right knee. The five-time All-Star has played no more than 25 minutes in any game during his comeback and has averaged just 8.3 points and 4.3 assists in the last three games. Despite regular lineup shuffling, the Clippers have counted upon depth to get the season off to a winning start. | |||||||
11-23-22 | Pistons v. Jazz -11 | 125-116 | Loss | -110 | 14 h 48 m | Show | |
The Utah Jazz front office's decision to trade All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert in exchange for a boatload of first-round picks caused a whirlwind of reactions and emotions this offseason around NBA circles and especially in the Beehive State. The rebuilding franchise made another deal, an under-the-radar move in comparison, that stung just as much for Jazz fans. Watching Bojan Bogdanovic, a fan favorite, get traded to Detroit was a tough one for many to swallow. A night after scoring 22 points with nine rebounds to lead the Pistons to a thrilling 110-108 win at Denver, Bogdanovic will undoubtedly receive a warm welcome Wednesday night in Salt Lake City when he and his new team visit. It'll be his first trip to Utah since being sent to Motown in exchange for Kelly Olynyk, Saben Lee, and cash considerations. Bogdanovic averaged 18.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists during his three seasons with the Jazz. He shot 44.7 percent from the field and 39.7 percent from 3-point territory and had many memorable moments that will live in Utah lore, including game-winning buzzer-beaters against the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets. | |||||||
11-23-22 | Pelicans v. Spurs +7.5 | Top | 129-110 | Loss | -105 | 13 h 43 m | Show |
The Spurs will head home after a disastrous five-game trip in which they lost in San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento and in Los Angeles twice, with the average margin of defeat 23 points per game. The closest game on the trip was a 117-110 loss to the Trail Blazers. That was the only game of the five that San Antonio had all of its regular starters available. The Spurs' most recent setback was a 123-92 loss Sunday to the Lakers, who won easily despite playing without injured LeBron James. San Antonio was down by 18 at the half and then missed its first 11 shots of the third quarter to put to rest any notion of getting back in the game. Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 17 points, with Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan scoring 12 each, and Tre Jones and Josh Richardson adding 10 apiece. San Antonio, which has dropped 10 of their past 11 contests, played without Jakob Poeltl, who had been its leading scorer in two of its past three games. "We have a young team. Winning is hard in the NBA," said Gorgui Dieng, who started in Poeltl's spot. "They're learning. Whether you win or lose, just make sure you have the right habits. Tonight was a very bad game for us." Spurs coach Gregg Popovich also missed the game after falling ill beforehand. Assistant coach Brett Brown ran the team in his absence. "The end of a long road trip, five games in seven nights, is always going to be difficult," Brown said after Sunday's loss. "We're better than we played (Sunday). They have competed at a far greater level than they did tonight. We will respond. They're a prideful group." Wednesday's game will mark the first contest in a three-game homestand for San Antonio. Nine of the Spurs' next 11 contests will be at home. | |||||||
11-23-22 | Wizards +1.5 v. Heat | Top | 105-113 | Loss | -110 | 12 h 22 m | Show |
The Washington Wizards have enjoyed a reversal of fortune by walking away with six wins in their last seven games, but seeing their star limp off the court is cause for concern. The Wizards begin a back-to-back series of games at the Miami Heat on Wednesday with Bradley Beal's availability in limbo due to a right quadriceps injury. "He'll be evaluated and then we will make a determination," Washington coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. Beal sustained the injury during the final minute of the Wizards' 106-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. He finished the game with 26 points, one shy of his total in Washington's 107-106 overtime win over an undermanned Miami squad on Friday. Beal has missed five of his team's 17 games this season due to a stint in health and safety protocol following a positive test for COVID-19. He boasts team-leading averages in points (22.7) and assists (5.8) points while shooting a robust 51.2 percent from the floor. Kyle Kuzma recorded his fifth double-double of the season after collecting 28 points and 10 rebounds against the Hornets. He had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the previous encounter versus the Heat. | |||||||
11-23-22 | Wolves v. Pacers | Top | 115-101 | Win | 100 | 12 h 45 m | Show |
Minnesota brings a four-game winning streak into Indiana. The Timberwolves' run has combined improved offensive efficiency, with Minnesota producing two of its four highest-scoring games of the season in the streak's first two outings, and tough defense. The Timberwolves have held each of their past three opponents to less than 110 points, including limiting Miami to 101 in a four-point Minnesota win on Monday. The Heat's 101 points were the fewest the Timberwolves have surrendered in a game this season. Anthony Edwards told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that Monday was a "tough game, ugly game," but added, "It was a great win and a great team win." Monday was the lone home-game interlude for Minnesota in a stretch playing six of seven games on the road. Wednesday's visit to Indiana marks the penultimate road contest in this span, with a Friday trip to Charlotte as the last game before the Timberwolves play four of five at home. | |||||||
11-22-22 | Lakers +10.5 v. Suns | Top | 105-115 | Win | 100 | 9 h 22 m | Show |
Anthony Davis is enjoying his best stretch of the season and the Los Angeles Lakers aim to extend their season-long winning streak to four games Tuesday night when they visit the Phoenix Suns. Davis hadn't reached the 30-point mark prior to the current run but he is averaging 35 points a game during the span after outings of 37, 38 and 30 points. Davis also is averaging 17.3 rebounds during a stretch in which the Lakers are playing without LeBron James (adductor), who is listed as questionable for Tuesday and could miss his fifth consecutive game. Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham said the club will continue to be cautious with James. He sees no reason to rush things with the season not even 20 percent over. | |||||||
11-22-22 | Pistons v. Nuggets -5.5 | Top | 110-108 | Loss | -110 | 9 h 38 m | Show |
The Grizzlies have lost their way defensively. After holding Charlotte and Washington to 99 and 97 points in the final two outings of a three-game winning streak at the beginning of the month, Memphis has watched each of its past seven opponents go for 102 or more. Two of those foes topped 120, including the Brooklyn Nets in a 127-115 home win over Memphis on Sunday. Dillon Brooks paced the short-handed Grizzlies with 31 points. Jaren Jackson Jr. joined Bane and Morant on the sidelines Sunday because he's being brought along slowly following off-season surgery on his right foot. He's expected back to face the Kings. "You take it in stride," Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said of the inconsistent lineups. "You control what you can control. We just got to rely on our depth." Memphis is 0-2 this season in games in which neither Bane nor Morant has played. Tyus Jones has started both of those games and has averaged 15 points and 5.5 assists. They will either play well defensively or get run out of the building. | |||||||
11-22-22 | Kings +1.5 v. Grizzlies | Top | 113-109 | Win | 100 | 8 h 35 m | Show |
The last team to see the "old" Sacramento Kings will become the 12th to experience the new-and-improved edition when the Western Conference's hottest team visits the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. The last time the clubs met, the Grizzlies handed the Kings their fourth consecutive loss to open the season as the Grizzlies got 31 points from Desmond Bane in a 125-110 victory in Sacramento. Much has changed in the nearly four weeks since. While the Kings have won nine of 11, including six in a row, the Grizzlies are just 6-6 while losing Bane to a sprained right big toe and Ja Morant to a sprained left ankle. Sacramento's winning ways figure to get tested on a four-day trip to Memphis, Atlanta and Boston that will sandwich Thanksgiving. The winning streak has featured double-figures scoring from seven different players, including De'Aaron Fox, who has used 57.7 percent shooting to fashion a 24-point scoring average during the run. | |||||||
11-22-22 | Nets v. 76ers +8 | Top | 106-115 | Win | 100 | 7 h 0 m | Show |
Coming off his best showing for the Brooklyn Nets since being traded from the 76ers, Ben Simmons heads into Tuesday's return to Philadelphia feeling good even while anticipating the reaction from 76ers' fans. "In Philly? Come on now, I know what's coming," Simmons said. "That's part of the game. Philly fans, one thing about Philly fans is they are incredible. They are diehard Philly and they are everything Philly, whatever it is. I respect that about the city. It's a sports town." Given their injury woes, Philadelphia will not be necessarily focused on the return of Simmons, who averaged 15.9 points in 275 regular-season games for them before making his last appearance with the team in Game 7 of the 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals. The 76ers will be without star Joel Embiid with a left mid-foot sprain Saturday night and will miss at least two games. Already without James Harden for another two weeks because of a strained right foot, the Sixers lost Tyrese Maxey to a broken left foot Friday, and then Embiid injured his foot Saturday after colliding with teammate Georges Niang in the second half of a 112-109 loss to the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves. Tobias Harris (sore left hip), Furkan Korkmaz (knee) missed Saturday's game, and defensive specialist P.J. Tucker -- who often guards Brooklyn star Kevin Durant -- left that game due to an unspecified injury. However, it's the game after injuries where I like to grab points because replacements will be highly motivated to show what they can do. | |||||||
11-21-22 | Jazz +3.5 v. Clippers | 114-121 | Loss | -110 | 10 h 53 m | Show | |
One month into the season, the Western Conference is up for grabs. Seven teams entered Sunday tied for the fewest losses (six), and the top 10 teams were within three games of each other. Nobody could've guessed who'd be in sole possession of first place out West, though. After impressive back-to-back wins over Phoenix and Portland, the Utah Jazz claimed the top spot with a 12-6 record heading into Monday's showdown in Los Angeles against the Clippers. After Utah traded All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert along with steady starters Bojan Bogdanovic and Royce O'Neale, some might not have expected the Jazz to amass a dozen victories all season. Surprise! "We're proud of the way we've represented ourselves after 18 games," Jazz coach Will Hardy said after his team held on for a 118-113 win in Portland on Saturday. "We believe we can get better. That's our focus. Like every team, we're not a finished product yet. That doesn't mean we're (not) proud of where we are at this point, but we can't get lost in what anybody is saying about us." | |||||||
11-21-22 | Warriors v. Pelicans -6 | 83-128 | Win | 100 | 8 h 0 m | Show | |
The Golden State Warriors finally won a road game. Now they'll try to make in two in a row when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. The defending NBA champion Warriors lost their first eight road games of the season before they defeated the host Houston Rockets 127-120 on Sunday night. Klay Thompson scored a season-high 41 points and Stephen Curry added 33 for Golden State. "It didn't sit well with us, our 0-8 record," Curry said. "We had to scratch and claw to get this one, so to get that monkey off your back and feel good about yourselves (away from home), it matters." Thompson made 14 of 23 field-goal attempts, including 10 of 13 3-pointers. Curry finished 11 of 20 from the field, including 7 of 14 from long distance. He added a season-high 15 assists, one less than his career high. "It feels amazing," Thompson said of his breakout performance. "I'm hard on myself, so I've been wanting one of these. It felt great for me to just let that thing fly. And to get one and kind of open the floodgates, it's only up from here. It's something for me to build on. "I finally feel like myself. My legs feel great. I'm cutting to the rim, taking great shots, and I'm just excited for what's to come. That felt amazing. I don't care if it's a mid-November game. That felt great." On Monday night, the Warriors likely will face Zion Williamson, who said he expects to be back in the lineup. | |||||||
11-21-22 | Heat v. Wolves -8.5 | Top | 101-105 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 52 m | Show |
The Minnesota Timberwolves will aim to stretch their season-best winning streak to four games when they host the injury-ravaged Miami Heat on Monday night. The Timberwolves will attempt to move above .500 for the first time since Oct. 30 against a Heat squad that will be without star Jimmy Butler for the third straight game. Minnesota averaged 122.3 points while winning the final three contests of a four-game trip. The Timberwolves defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 in Saturday's excursion-ending game. The fourth quarter was shaky as Minnesota saw a 15-point lead with under nine minutes to play trimmed to one with 29.1 seconds left before holding on. "There are positives and negatives," Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert said afterward. "I'm glad that we won. I really want to say that. But obviously, it's a little sour when you close the game like this." Minnesota coach Chris Finch was pleased with the escape but not with the late-game play. | |||||||
11-20-22 | Nuggets +10.5 v. Mavs | 98-97 | Win | 100 | 9 h 6 m | Show | |
The Dallas Mavericks had so much fun playing the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday night that they are happy to do it again on Sunday. Dallas cruised to a 28-point win in the first of two games in three days with Denver, but it comes with a bit of an asterisk. The Nuggets played without three starters, including two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, and it showed against the Mavericks. Luka Doncic notched his fourth triple-double of the season (33 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) and the 50th of his career after sitting out a game for rest, and it looked easy for him and his teammates. Dallas led by as many as 31 against a short-handed Denver squad. "It's great. It feels amazing," Doncic said. "It's a pleasure. I'm just really glad that I'm here and doing this." It doesn't look like the Nuggets will have Jokic back for the rematch. Coach Michael Malone said Friday night Jokic will remain in health and safety protocols for the third straight game, as will Jamal Murray, who missed Friday's game. In addition to Michael Porter Jr., the only other starter with a chance to play is Aaron Gordon, who has missed the past two games with a non-COVID illness. I still think 10 points is too much to lay against Denver who will surely bring their best. | |||||||
11-20-22 | Grizzlies v. Nets -7.5 | 115-127 | Win | 100 | 9 h 39 m | Show | |
Kyrie Irving's last appearance with the Brooklyn Nets occurred on Nov. 1 as controversy swirled around the team. His next appearance is likely Sunday night when the Nets return home from a four-game road trip to face the Memphis Grizzlies, who will be without star Ja Morant. Irving is expected to return after sitting out Brooklyn's past eight games. His last game was a four-point performance when the Nets folded in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bulls in Jacque Vaughn's head coaching debut after taking over from Steve Nash. "It's exciting for everybody. I mean we miss Ky. We miss his presence on the floor," Brooklyn star Kevin Durant said. "I haven't talked to him since we've been on the road trip about it, the last couple of days. But we're looking forward to his return to the team. Definitely going to give us a much-needed spark." Irving was the focal point of controversy for posting a link to an anti-Semitic film on Oct. 27 and was handed at least a five-game suspension when he did not apologize following a contentious media session at practice on Nov. 3. When the Nets suspended him, they stipulated Irving must complete several steps, including meeting with commissioner Adam Silver. They met last week, and Silver said he did not think Irving held anti-Semitic beliefs. | |||||||
11-20-22 | Pistons +10 v. Kings | 129-137 | Win | 100 | 8 h 31 m | Show | |
Teams hoping to become lucky losers in the 2022 NBA Draft lottery get an opportunity to show off their consolation prizes to one another when the Detroit Pistons visit the Sacramento Kings on Sunday afternoon. The Pistons and Kings both finished with bottom-seven records last season, giving each at least some optimism that luck could land them the No. 1 pick in the draft. It didn't pan out. The Kings moved up from No. 7 to No. 4, which was significantly better than the fate that befell the Pistons, who fell from co-favorite to the fifth spot. After Paolo Banchero (Orlando), Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City) and Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston) were selected, the Kings had their choice of Iowa forward Keegan Murray or Purdue guard Jaden Ivey. Sacramento chose Murray, allowing the Pistons to snatch Ivey. So far: Advantage, Pistons. While the Kings have gotten off to a much faster start in the win column, Ivey has thus far exceeded Murray in stats. | |||||||
11-19-22 | Jazz v. Blazers -3.5 | Top | 118-113 | Loss | -110 | 11 h 47 m | Show |
The Blazers have their own All-Star who can light up the scoreboard on any night. Damian Lillard had 25 points and 11 assists in Portland's most recent outing, a tough 109-107 loss to the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. It was Lillard's third double-double in a row. "I thought tonight we just didn't do enough," Lillard said after the Blazers lost to the Nets on a last-second tip-in by Royce O'Neale. "They played harder than us in situations and they made the plays that we didn't. Portland turns it around tonight | |||||||
11-19-22 | Raptors v. Hawks -5 | Top | 122-124 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 49 m | Show |
The Toronto Raptors hope to get an encore performance from O.G. Anunoby when they travel to play the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. The Raptors have dominated the series over the last two seasons. Toronto won three of the four meetings a year ago and scored a 139-109 win over Atlanta on Oct. 31 in their first encounter of the season when the Hawks committed a season-worst 18 turnovers. Anunoby scored a career-high 32 points and matched his season high with 10 rebounds in Toronto's 112-104 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday. The Raptors have won two straight. Atlanta followed its emotional win over Milwaukee with a poor performance in a 126-101 loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. Atlanta has won five of its last eight, the losses coming against Philadelphia, Utah and Boston. Anunoby was 13 for 18 from the field against Miami and is averaging 18.3 points and 6.4 rebounds. "He wanted the ball, he controlled it, he made moves, he made pass-outs, all the stuff you have to do when you're the go-to-guy," Toronto coach Nick Nurse said. The Raptors should also have a healthy Fred VanVleet on Saturday. He returned on Wednesday after missing two games with the flu and scored 23, even though he wasn't at full strength. | |||||||
11-18-22 | Knicks v. Warriors -7.5 | 101-111 | Win | 100 | 1 h 37 m | Show | |
The New York Knicks shoot for a hat trick when they go for a third road victory in four days as they visit one of the league's top home teams, the Golden State Warriors, on Friday night at San Francisco. The Knicks took advantage of the absence of reigning MVP Nikola Jokic for a 106-103 road victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. The win completed a two-night sweep that began with a 118-111 triumph over the host Utah Jazz on Tuesday. A fourth-quarter comeback that produced the club's first win in Denver since 2006 was accomplished with the unusual combination of a Julius Randle-Obi Toppin frontcourt to complement a three-guard look. It worked against the Jokic-less Nuggets. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, still expected to be missing starting big man Mitchell Robinson, indicated he could go back to the look again against the Warriors, who demoted James Wiseman to the G League this week and left the team with Kevon Looney and an assortment of small-ball options. | |||||||
11-16-22 | Warriors -1.5 v. Suns | 119-130 | Loss | -115 | 3 h 1 m | Show | |
The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors are 0-7 on the road this season. One of those losses came on Oct. 25 in Phoenix, and Golden State returns to town on Wednesday night to try to even the slate against the host Suns. Phoenix blew out the Warriors 134-105 that night in a testy game, as Golden State star Klay Thompson earned the first ejection of his career. The intensity level should be high again with the Warriors owning a lackluster 6-8 mark after Monday night's 132-95 rout of the visiting San Antonio Spurs. Thompson was rested against the Spurs, so Jordan Poole moved into the starting lineup and scored a season-high 36 points on 13-of-20 shooting. Poole made five 3-pointers and had three steals. | |||||||
11-16-22 | Rockets v. Mavs -6 | 101-92 | Loss | -117 | 5 h 6 m | Show | |
In many ways, it was more of the same for Dallas on Tuesday, with the Mavericks posting a white-knuckle, 103-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers for their sixth consecutive home victory. In their five most recent triumphs, the Mavericks -- who will host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night looking to extend their home winning streak -- have won each game by five points or less. Dallas blew a 25-point lead against the Clippers, only to hold on late thanks to a flurry of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Dallas shot 7 of 11 from 3-point range in the final period, with Reggie Bullock scoring all of his 13 points in the quarter on 4-of-5 shooting from deep. The Mavericks also received 21 points from Dorian Finney-Smith, who made seven 3-pointers, and 16 points from Spencer Dinwiddie to complement another sensational performance from Luka Doncic, who had 35 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals. | |||||||
11-16-22 | Pacers v. Hornets -2.5 | Top | 125-113 | Loss | -110 | 4 h 33 m | Show |
Finally emerging from a long losing streak, the Charlotte Hornets will host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night hoping to get rolling in the right direction. "We've easily had stretches where we've had very good, sometimes exceptional play, and then we have times (when) we don't execute," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "We're not that kind of team. We can be very good, but we can't give possessions away. We don't have that much room for error." The Hornets returned from three games in Florida with their first victory in November to snap an eight-game losing streak, their longest skid since 2019 and one shy of a wrong-way stretch of November 2014. That's among the positive aspects they'll take into the game with Indiana. It will be the home debut for point guard LaMelo Ball, something that's bound to bring a buzz to the arena. | |||||||
11-15-22 | Nets v. Kings -1 | 121-153 | Win | 100 | 7 h 43 m | Show | |
Two teams that have removed their disguises since Halloween and reverted back to playoff-contending basketball squads hook up Tuesday when the Brooklyn Nets complete a three-game California by visiting the Sacramento Kings. The Nets were 1-5 and Kings 1-4 before Halloween victories sent them upward in the standings, with Brooklyn winning five of eight and Sacramento five of seven. The Nets saw a two-game winning streak slip away in a 116-103 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday in a game in which the visitors couldn't get a handle on versatile big man Anthony Davis, who dominated with 37 points and 18 rebounds. The Kings have a similar talent in Domantas Sabonis, who not only posted a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double in a head-to-head with Davis on Friday, he followed that with 26 points and 22 rebounds in a 122-115 home win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday. | |||||||
11-14-22 | Spurs v. Warriors -7 | 95-132 | Win | 100 | 6 h 37 m | Show | |
The Golden State Warriors are still trying to find the magic that earned them the NBA title last season and will be looking to get back on the winning track when they host the scratch-and-claw San Antonio Spurs on Monday in San Francisco. Monday's contest is the second of a road-home back-to-back and the third game in four nights for the Warriors, who head home after a 122-115 loss at Sacramento on Sunday. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 27 points in the setback, with Andrew Wiggins adding 26, Jordan Poole hitting for 18 points, Klay Thompson scoring 17 and Draymond Green dishing out 11 assists. Golden State has lost six of its past eight games to fall into 13th place in the Western Conference 13 games into the season. The Warriors led by 15 points in the first quarter but were down 64-62 at halftime. The game went back and forth in the third quarter, with Golden State up by as many as six before the Kings rallied to go up by seven points on the way to a 98-91 advantage heading to the final period. | |||||||
11-14-22 | Hornets -1 v. Magic | 112-105 | Win | 100 | 3 h 23 m | Show | |
LaMelo Ball alone isn't going to fix the problems facing the Charlotte Hornets, but he figures to be a big part of the solution. The Hornets already appear in a desperate situation, so his season debut during the weekend was a much-needed boost for the club. "You can just see what a terrific player he is," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "He's in the paint. He puts a ton of pressure on the defense. He has a great feel for where his teammates are. It's been whatever -- five, six weeks since he's played. It was great to have him back. It makes a huge difference in our team." Ball's appearance won't be the only notable storyline when Charlotte visits the Orlando Magic on Monday night. Clifford is a former Magic coach who returned this season to begin his second stint with the Hornets. The Magic are coming off back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The Magic have sputtered this season, but by winning their past two games against Dallas and Phoenix, they've pushed their win total to four -- one more than Charlotte. Meanwhile, the Hornets will try to snap an eight-game losing streak, their longest since January 2020. They've lost the first two games of a three-game road trip, dropping games Thursday night and Saturday night in Miami. | |||||||
11-13-22 | Grizzlies v. Wizards -1.5 | 92-102 | Win | 100 | 9 h 12 m | Show | |
Wizards seek to maintain momentum vs. Grizzlies The Washington Wizards will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. After recording impressive wins over the Charlotte Hornets and Dallas Mavericks, the Wizards posted a 121-112 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday. Kristaps Porzingis had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead Washington, while Kyle Kuzma added 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists. The Wizards have won their last three games without leading scorer Bradley Beal, who has exited the NBA's health and safety protocol but is unlikely to play on Sunday. | |||||||
11-10-22 | Blazers v. Pelicans -6.5 | Top | 106-95 | Loss | -110 | 15 h 24 m | Show |
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the midst of a very successful road trip, while the New Orleans Pelicans are just glad to be back home for the first time six days. The Blazers are off to a 3-1 start on their six-game trip and will look to improve upon that mark when they visit the Pelicans on Thursday night. Damian Lillard overcame a sluggish start to score 26 points, making six 3-pointers, in a 105-95 victory at Charlotte on Wednesday night. Portland played without 7-foot center Jusuf Nurkic (adductor) and 6-foot-8 forward Jerami Grant (ankle). "Not having them out there makes us pretty small," Lillard said. "That puts us in a position where we might be vulnerable against a team that is always crashing the boards. So they hurt us with that. But we never stopped competing." | |||||||
11-09-22 | Rockets +9.5 v. Raptors | 109-116 | Win | 100 | 12 h 21 m | Show | |
The Houston Rockets ended a six-game losing streak Monday against the Orlando Magic and will try to build on that Wednesday night when they visit the Toronto Raptors. The Rockets defeated the Magic 134-127 for their first road win of the season and only their second victory overall. The Raptors lost 111-97 Monday night at Chicago to split a home-and-home series with the Bulls as they continue to play without Pascal Siakam (adductor strain). The Rockets had an abundance of firsts on Monday: most points, field goals (46), 3-pointers (24), and assists (31), as well as their best shooting percentage (52.9 percent) and best 3-point percentage (50 percent). They also had their top individual scoring game with 34 points from Jalen Green and their top individual assists game with 11 from Kevin Porter Jr. | |||||||
11-09-22 | Jazz v. Hawks -3.5 | 125-119 | Loss | -110 | 12 h 18 m | Show | |
There is little time for the Atlanta Hawks to celebrate their win over previously unbeaten Milwaukee, as the Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz will come to town for their only visit of the season on Wednesday night. The Hawks erased an 11-point, first-quarter deficit to blow away the Bucks 117-98 on Monday and win their third straight game. Atlanta played without leading scorer Trae Young, who participated in pregame warmups but was held out by the staff because of right-shin soreness. His status for Wednesday is uncertain. The Jazz hammered the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers 139-116 on Monday to extend their winning streak to three games. Utah's stop in Atlanta is the first game in a three-game road trip. Utah swept the two-game series with the Hawks last season and has won four straight against Atlanta. A key for Utah's fast start has been depth. The Jazz has six players who average in double figures, including Lauri Markkanen, who scores a team-high 21.9 points per game and has five double-doubles, equaling the number he had in the two previous seasons. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Cavs v. Clippers +4 | Top | 117-119 | Win | 100 | 13 h 38 m | Show |
On an eight-game winning streak with consecutive victories on their current road swing, the Cleveland Cavaliers will return to the same building Monday when they pay a visit to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Cavs pulled off an impressive 114-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon when Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points and put a charge in Cleveland's dominating second half. The Cavs held the Lakers to 36 second-half points and won after trailing 80-77 with just under four minutes remaining in the third quarter. Cleveland's 17-0 run that extended nearly two minutes into the fourth quarter was the difference. "That wasn't who we are," Mitchell said on the Bally Sports Cleveland broadcast about a six-point halftime deficit. "It's never going to be perfect. That's going to happen, but it's how you respond through adversity. ... Coming out the way we did to start the fourth, that's big time." Mitchell now has 251 total points this season and became the third player with at least 250 points in eight games for his new team, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Wilt Chamberlain (317 points) with the Philadelphia Warriors and Kyrie Irving (255) with the Brooklyn Nets also accomplished the feat. Daruis Garland had 24 points for Cleveland, while Jarrett Allen (16 points, 11 rebounds) and Kevin Love (10 points, 10 rebounds) each had a double-double. Garland (knee) and Mitchell (ankle) each played after not taking the court Friday in a victory at Detroit. The Cavs are in a stretch where they play six of seven games on the road and visit Sacramento and Golden State once they leave Los Angeles. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Knicks +3 v. Wolves | 120-107 | Win | 100 | 9 h 33 m | Show | |
The Minnesota Timberwolves continue a four-game homestand on Monday, seeking consecutive wins when the New York Knicks visit Minneapolis. Minnesota opened its home stretch on Friday dropping a 115-102 decision to the Milwaukee Bucks, the third straight loss for the Timberwolves. They rebounded in the second leg of the weekend back-to-back on Saturday, outpacing the Houston Rockets 129-117. Seven Wolves scored in double figures Saturday, including all five starters. The 129 points mark the second-most by a Timberwolves' offense that has struggled to find consistency early in the season. Minnesota has averaged 121 points per game in wins, and 107.8 in losses. Since scoring 126 in an overtime loss to the Utah Jazz during the second game of the campaign, the Timberwolves have not scored more than 107 in any of four defeats. The Wolves' Karl-Anthony Towns scored a team-high 25 points on 9-of-14 field-goal shooting against Houston. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Blazers v. Heat -7.5 | Top | 110-107 | Loss | -115 | 8 h 26 m | Show |
The Miami Heat have played two straight games without their leading scorer, Jimmy Butler, who has been absent due to a sore left hip. The Portland Trail Blazers have played four straight games without their leading scorer, Damian Lillard, due to strained right calf. Even worse for the Trail Blazers, they've played two straight games without starting guard Anfernee Simons, who has left foot inflammation. The Blazers and Heat will hope to welcome back these important pieces on Monday when Portland visits Miami. Lillard, who is averaging 31.0 points, was upgraded to questionable for Monday. Simons, who is second on the Blazers in scoring (22.0) and third in assists (3.9), is doubtful. Butler, who leads Miami in points (21.5) and ranks second in assists (5.5) and rebounds (6.4), could also be back on Monday after the Heat didn't list him on their injury report. The Heat, who are set to start a four-game homestand, are coming off a two-point loss at the Indiana Pacers. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Bucks v. Hawks +4.5 | 98-117 | Win | 100 | 8 h 22 m | Show | |
The Milwaukee Bucks will take their perfect record on the road Monday night when they open a five-day, three-game trip against the Atlanta Hawks. Benefitting from a schedule that has seen them play seven of nine at home, the Bucks have opened with nine wins in a row, matching the 14th-longest run ever to begin an NBA season. A 10th consecutive win would move Milwaukee into a tie with the 1972-73 Boston Celtics, 1993-94 Seattle SuperSonics and 2000-01 Philadelphia 76ers for 11th on the all-time list. Among the Bucks' nine victims were the Hawks in a 123-115 decision in Milwaukee on Oct. 29. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday paced the win with 34 points apiece, allowing the Bucks to prevail on a night on which Trae Young exploded for 42 points for the visitors. Milwaukee survived a rare close encounter with a 110-108 home win over the Detroit Pistons in their next game, and have since rolled on with 25-, 13- and 14-point victories. The Bucks are coming off a 108-94 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. Milwaukee will also see the Thunder on this trip, in between visits to Atlanta and San Antonio. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Suns v. 76ers +2.5 | Top | 88-100 | Win | 100 | 10 h 10 m | Show |
Injuries and illness have hampered the Philadelphia 76ers through the first 10 games, although their most important player is on the mend. Joel Embiid, who has been sidelined with a non-COVID illness for three straight games, is close to a return as the Sixers get set to play host to the Phoenix Suns on Monday. Fellow Philadelphia star James Harden is out for at least one month with a strained tendon in his foot. For the Sixers to rebound after a 4-6 start, Embiid's return is vital. "I was 50/50 watching him at shootaround," Sixers head coach Doc Rivers said Saturday after a 106-104 loss to the New York Knicks. "I thought he was really struggling. He went through like 25 percent of shootarounds. You can see he wasn't feeling great, showed up, went out on the floor, got shots, and just felt bad. | |||||||
11-07-22 | Pelicans -5.5 v. Pacers | 122-129 | Loss | -110 | 7 h 12 m | Show | |
The New Orleans Pelicans are doing well during regulation. In overtime, not so much. They will try to take care of business in four quarters when they visit the Indiana Pacers on Monday. The Pelicans are 4-1 in games decided in regulation, but they've lost all three games that have gone into overtime, including a 124-121 loss at Atlanta on Saturday. "We've got to grow," New Orleans coach Willie Green said. "At the end of the day, the game is going to come down to getting stops and executing offensively. We start the overtime with the turnover. We missed a layup with a chance to tie the game in overtime. There are things that we can clean up, but our execution has to be better." The loss to the Hawks came one night after a 114-105 home victory against the short-handed Golden State Warriors. | |||||||
11-06-22 | Jazz v. Clippers -3 | 110-102 | Loss | -110 | 11 h 12 m | Show | |
Somewhat in sync after a rough start, although still missing their best player, the Los Angeles Clippers will take a three-game winning streak into a home contest against the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Kawhi Leonard has played in just two games for the Clippers this season and none of the last six as he is attempting to return from a knee procedure that cost him the entire 2021-22 season. Leonard has played just 42 minutes and has come off the bench in his two appearances. His availability issues were instrumental in the Clippers' 2-4 start, although they now have consecutive victories over the Houston Rockets as well as another win Friday against the San Antonio Spurs. Paul George has been a force of late, however, scoring 32 points in the 113-106 victory over the Spurs. George has averaged 31.7 points over the past three games. | |||||||
11-05-22 | Spurs v. Nuggets -11.5 | 101-126 | Win | 100 | 8 h 57 m | Show | |
Lost in the controversy surrounding San Antonio waiving former first-round pick Joshua Primo is the fact that the Spurs are off to a good start, and their wins haven't come against tanking teams. San Antonio is 5-4 with impressive victories at Indiana, Philadelphia and Minnesota, but the Spurs will be tested with a road game against the relatively rested Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. The contest will be the first of a home-and-home set between the teams, as a rematch is set for Monday in San Antonio. The Spurs are at a disadvantage after losing to the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 113-106 on Friday night and flying to Denver after the game. The Nuggets haven't played since earning a 122-110 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. San Antonio released Primo on Oct. 28 after he was accused of indecent exposure by a former Spurs clinical psychologist, who has since filed a civil suit against the organization. Then in the Spurs' Sunday win over the Timberwolves, rookie guard Blake Wesley tore his left medial collateral ligament, and he is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Losing two ballhandlers within a week is tough for any team, especially for one as young as San Antonio. The Spurs started the season with the league's third-youngest roster. Wesley was going to get seasoning in the G-League before Primo was released, leading to him being called into action. Now the rest of the young roster will try to continue the surprising start for veteran coach Gregg Popovich. In some ways, youth might be helping the team to a better-than-expected start. | |||||||
11-05-22 | Kings v. Magic +3.5 | 126-123 | Win | 100 | 4 h 4 m | Show | |
The Sacramento Kings can steal from Golden State's game plan once again Saturday night as they play their fourth consecutive game against a recent Warriors opponent when they visit the Orlando Magic. The Kings have taken advantage of the unusual schedule to triumph in two of their last three games, winning at home over the Miami Heat two days after they had faced the Warriors, prevailing at Charlotte two days after they'd seen the Warriors and losing in a rematch with the Heat one day after the Warriors had visited Miami. In the Magic, Sacramento will see a team coming off its most impressive win of the season. Yes, it came against the Warriors on Thursday, a 130-129 thriller at home. Coincidentally, the Kings and Warriors will meet Monday in San Francisco in each team's first game after a lengthy Eastern swing. Both the Kings and Magic have had more than their fair share of close contests so far. Sacramento is coming off a 110-107 loss at Miami on Wednesday that was its sixth game out of seven determined by seven or fewer points. In fact, Wednesday's tight defeat might have gone into overtime if the referees had called Miami's Tyler Herro for traveling before his game-winning 3-pointer. As is customary, the NBA reviewed the play a day later and agreed with Kings coach Mike Brown that Herro had indeed traveled. |
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