Ja Morant scored 33 points, including a layup with .5 seconds remaining, and Desmond Bane scored a career-high 32 points as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies withstood a fourth-quarter rally by the Phoenix Suns for a 114–113 win on Monday night. Steven Adams had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 11 points…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Leads Thunder Over Pelicans
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 117–112 win over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. Rookie Aaron Wiggins had 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting for the Thunder, who have won four of five. The loss snapped the Pelicans’ four-game winning streak. New Orleans’ Brandon Ingram left the…
Jokic Has 26 Points, 22 Rebounds, Leads Denver Past Clippers
LOS ANGELES—Nikola Jokic kept the Denver Nuggets from blowing another game with a history-making performance. He had 26 points and 22 rebounds, rallying Denver past the Los Angeles Clippers 103-100 on Dec. 26 after the Nuggets wasted a 17-point lead. Jokic also had eight assists, becoming the first player to record 25-plus points, 20-plus rebounds…
NBA Virus Numbers Still Rising, Expanded Testing Begins
The way Miami’s Caleb Martin sees things, he’s lucky. He just missed seven games while completing the NBA’s health and safety protocols related to COVID-19, the worst of his symptoms being a couple days of fatigue. And when looking at the still-rising numbers of positive tests around the league right now, Martin offered a stark…
NBA Roundup: Otto Porter Helps Warriors Stun Suns
Otto Porter Jr. saved seven points of his season-high 19 for a personal scoring flurry in the final 2:09 as the short-handed Golden State Warriors stunned the host Phoenix Suns 116–107 in an NBA showcase game on Christmas Day. Stephen Curry connected on five 3-pointers during a game-high, 33-point performance—his high Christmas game—as the Warriors…
Brooklyn Nets Hold Off Los Angeles Lakers 122–115
LOS ANGELES—Short-handed and on the verge of a crushing fourth-quarter collapse, the Brooklyn Nets went right at Lakers star LeBron James. “Until this is over, until we can get our full roster, I think the motto is, ‘find ways to win,’ and we’ve been doing that,” Nets guard James Harden said. This time, that meant…
Donovan Mitchell Pours in 33 as Jazz Survive Mavs’ Rally
Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 120–116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA’s Christmas Day nightcap Saturday in Salt Lake City. Bojan Bogdanovic added 25 points, including four 3-pointers, Mike Conley contributed 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Rudy Gobert tallied 10 points with 11…
NBA-Leading Suns Win 5th Straight, Beating Thunder 113–101
PHOENIX—Cam Johnson played some of the best basketball of his three-year career when All-Star teammate Devin Booker was out with a hamstring injury. Now Booker’s back, Johnson’s still pouring in the points, and it has made the NBA-leading Suns even more dangerous. “It’s just a fun team to play for,” Johnson said. “You see guys…
Bucks Used Balanced Attack to Beat Mavericks
Khris Middleton scored a game-high 26 points, DeMarcus Cousins capped his season-high 22-point performance with a fourth-quarter flourish, and the Milwaukee Bucks held on for a 102–95 win over the host Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. Cousins surpassed his season scoring high of 18 points that he set on Wednesday when he scored six of Milwaukee’s…
Keita Bates-Diop Scores 30 as Spurs Beat Lakers
Keita Bates-Diop scored a career-high 30 points on a perfect 11-of-11 shooting as the visiting San Antonio Spurs used a balanced attack to roll to a 138–110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Derrick White added 23 points and Lonnie Walker IV had 21 for the Spurs, who finished a 3–1 road trip….
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