NBA

Thunder Hold Off Trail Blazers for Bounce-Back Win

Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in 35 points as the Thunder grabbed a bounce-back 118-108 victory in Portland on Sunday to push their NBA-best record to 37-8. The Thunder, surprised by the short-handed Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, fended off a late surge from the Trail Blazers to snap their four-game winning streak. Jalen ...

Celtics Top Mavs in NBA Finals Rematch, Pacers Down Spurs

The NBA champion Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a Finals rematch on Saturday as the Houston Rockets took the Cleveland Cavaliers down a peg and Victor Wembanyama ended a "priceless" week in Paris with a defeat. Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23 and Jaylen Brown chipped in 22 for the Celtics, who bounced back ...

Maxey, George Shine as Struggling Sixers Stun Cavs

Paul George and Tyrese Maxey combined for 59 points as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 132-129 upset of the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. George rattled in six three-pointers on his way to a 30-point haul while point guard Maxey finished with 29 points to set up a badly needed victory for the ...

Career-High 54 for Gilgeous-Alexander as Thunder Roll Pacers

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander erupted for a career-high 54 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday. Gilgeous-Alexander bagged the first 50-point game of his career with a dazzling all-round performance that included eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks. The virtuoso display from a player ...

Triple-Doubles For Jokic and James Fuel Lopsided NBA Wins

Nikola Jokic delivered his fourth straight triple-double on Tuesday, a league-leading 19th of the season, to propel the Denver Nuggets to a 144-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. The Serbian star, who claimed a third NBA Most Valuable Player award last season, again made it look effortless, scoring 27 points with 13 rebounds and 10 ...

NBA: Thunder Bounce Back to Down Struggling Nets

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring with 27 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder got back to winning ways with a 127-101 defeat of the struggling Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Gilgeous-Alexander, who missed Friday's defeat to Dallas with a wrist injury, added 10 assists and four steals to his points tally in a wire-to-wire home victory for the ...

Mitchell Scores 36 as Cavs Bounce Back, Celtics Downed

Donovan Mitchell scored 36 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers roared back to form with a 124-117 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. The Eastern Conference leaders arrived in Minneapolis having lost two of their three previous games including a 134-114 rout by the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. But after finding ...

Raptors Upset Celtics, Rockets Rout Nuggets

R.J. Barrett scored 22 points as the lowly Toronto Raptors turned the tables on the Boston Celtics with a dominant 110-97 victory over the reigning NBA champions on Wednesday. The Raptors, who are languishing three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference, grabbed only their 10th win of the season after stifling Boston's offense at the ...

Mitchell Leads Cavs Over Pacers, Thunder Beat 76ers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, fueled by 35 points from Donovan Mitchell, beat the Indiana Pacers 127-117 on Tuesday, avenging a Sunday defeat and pushing their NBA-best record to 34-5. Three days after the Pacers ended their 12-game winning streak -- handing the Cavs just their second home loss of the season -- Cleveland traveled to Indianapolis and ...

Lakers, Clippers Return to Court Amid LA Wildfire Devastation

The Lakers and Clippers returned to NBA action on Monday with a strong nod to the first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires and hoping to bring "some joy" to their ravaged city. The Lakers fell to the San Antonio Spurs 126-102 at their Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA while the Clippers beat the Miami Heat 109-98 at the Intuit Dome in ...

Pacers Halt Cavaliers' NBA Winning Streak, Celtics Edge Pelicans

The Indiana Pacers erased a 15-point deficit to bring Cleveland's 12-game NBA winning streak to an emphatic end on Sunday, beating the league-leading Cavaliers 108-93. Andrew Nembhard scored 19 points, Pascal Siakam added 18 and Myles Turner had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers, who weathered the half-time departure of star guard Tyrese ...

Morant Lifts Grizzlies Over Timberwolves, Cunningham Sparks Pistons

Memphis star Ja Morant scored the game-winner with 18.6 seconds left on Saturday, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies to a 117-125 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in a tension-packed NBA shootout. Morant, playing his second game back from a shoulder injury, scored a modest 12 points and missed all four of his three-point attempts. But he came ...