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After being sidelined against the LA Clippers due to a back issue, Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic was off the team’s injury report ahead of their upcoming game on the road against the Golden State Warriors on Friday. Prior to Wednesday’s win against the Clippers, Lakers head coach JJ Redick acknowledged that Doncic’s status […] The post Luka Doncic cleared for injury return in Warriors clash appeared first on ClutchPoints.
LOS ANGELES – New Los Angeles Lakers forward Ziaire Williams missed his first game of the season during the team’s 103-87 win against the LA Clippers on Wednesday due to a left foot injury. Ahead of the game, Lakers head coach JJ Redick acknowledged that the injury wasn’t expected to be anything serious and that […] The post Ziaire Williams does not stutter over NBA flopping crackdown appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The Sacramento Kings have hit a slow start to the 2026 NBA season. But NBA Draft find Darius Acuff Jr. is rising as an early highlight. Now he’s added a monster tomahawk throwdown to his reel, coming against the New Orleans Pelicans. Acuff took flight in transition, then put Trey Murphy III on a poster. […] The post Kings’ Darius Acuff Jr.’s bonkers first half includes monster tomahawk throwdown appeared first on ClutchPoints.
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The Denver Nuggets have started the season off with just two wins in four contests, with both of those victories coming against the New Orleans Pelicans. Their latest victory, which came on Wednesday, was, at the very least, convincing, unlike their first win against the Pelicans which required them to come back from 23 down. […] The post Nuggets’ fatal flaw that will doom 2027 NBA championship chances appeared first on ClutchPoints.
It wasn’t always easy, but the New York Knicks came back and beat the Chicago Bulls, and one of the team’s biggest celebrity fans, Ben Stiller, thinks we witnessed them come into form. As the game was winding down, Stiller took to X, formerly Twitter, to write, “Watching Knicks become the Knicks in real time.” […] The post Ben Stiller knew Knicks returned to form ‘in real time’ during 19-point comeback vs. Bulls appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The New York Knicks rallied from a 19-point deficit to defeat the Chicago Bulls, 133-127, at United Center on Wednesday. The Knicks outscored the Bulls, 43-31, in the fourth quarter, with the finishing crew of Jalen Brunson, Jordan Clarkson, Landry Shamet, OG Anunoby, and Karl-Anthony Towns hitting big shot after big shot. New York improved […] The post Knicks’ Mike Brown laughs off Karl-Anthony Towns injury scare with ’30 feet’ quip appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The calls made by the referees at the start of the NBA season have been a major topic, and Dillon Brooks in his latest media availability on Tuesday, specifically called out what he believes is preferential treatment toward Thunder players by the referees following their 125-114 loss to Oklahoma City. “Refs talk and I think […] The post Dillon Brooks whines about refs’ treatment of Thunder flopping after getting punked appeared first on ClutchPoints.
