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Dillon Brooks, Devin Booker and Collin Gillespie all score 20+ en route to the squad’s 26th win.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Simon Nemec scored at 1:18 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Nemec took a backhand pass from Jack Hughes and beat goalie Devin Cooley from close range. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves to help New Jersey rebound from a 4-1 home loss to Carolina on Saturday night for its third victory in four games. Dawson Mercer opened the scoring for New Jersey at 7:51 of the second period, and Nazem Kadri tied it at 9:44 of ...

The Knicks‘ 2025/26 season reached a new low point with Monday’s 17-point home loss to the injury-ravaged Mavericks, writes Steve Popper of Newsday (subscriber link). New York trailed by as many as 30 in the first half and was down 28 at halftime, when fans at Madison Square Garden “serenaded” the team with boos. The […]

VJ Edgecombe rocked the basketball with his right hand and posterized a Pacer with a dunk that would have made Dr. J proud, a dunk that capped the highlight reel of the short NBA career for the No. 3 pick out of Baylor.

A historic season for Fernando Mendoza ended with a national title. The Heisman Trophy winner didn't have his best statistical game Monday night, but he came up big when it mattered. Mendoza's rushing TD was timely.

Jimmy Butler left the Warriors' game Monday night against the Heat after landing awkwardly and grabbing at his right knee in pain.

Well, if you’re only going to play well for like five minutes, the last five minutes of the game are probably the best time to do it. The Sixers played with their food all night but still came away with a 113-104 win over the Indiana Pacers Monday night. Tyrese Maxey again didn’t live up […]

There will be a new starting quarterback at Miami next season, new starters on the offensive and defensive lines, a new kicker and probably a slew of other depth chart changes between now and September. Mark Fletcher Jr. will be back, though. No matter who is at quarterback next fall, meet the leaders of the Miami offense for 2026.

Draymond Green makes his feelings clear on Victor Wembanyama becoming an All-Star starter and a potential face of the league in the future.

The Spurs had seven players in double digits and dominated the second half on their way to an easy win.

The Detroit Pistons escaped the Boston Celtics by the skin of their teeth, 104-103, at Little Caesars Arena on Monday. The Pistons improved to 31-10, including 18-4 at home. The Pistons were ahead, 104-99, with only 1:37 left in the fourth quarter. The Celtics, however, close the gap after Jaylen Brown made back-to-back buckets. Detroit […] The post Pistons’ Tobias Harris foils Jaylen Brown’s game-winner attempt with excellent D appeared first on ClutchPoints .

NBA commissioner Adam Silver convened roughly 250 stakeholders at a London hotel Monday to outline plans for NBA Europe, with Hall of Famer Pau Gasol emerging as a candidate for a prominent leadership position in the venture. The meeting provided the clearest picture yet of the league's structure and potential participants ahead of a targeted October 2027 launch. "This is a very unique opportunity," Gasol told attendees. "It's all about learning from each other. It's all about creating this n...

Spencer Knight made 32 saves, Jason Dickinson scored and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Jonathan Toews and the Winnipeg Jets 2-0 on Monday night. Connor Bedard added an empty-net goal as the Blackhawks stopped a three-game slide. It was Bedard's first goal since returning from a right shoulder injury.

Travis Konecny scored twice for his first multigoal game this season and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Monday. Philadelphia stopped a six-game slide and ended Vegas’ seven-game winning streak. Konecny has 17 goals this season.

The Mavericks dominated the Knicks in New York Monday evening

Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs final score

The New York Knicks are being put on fraud watch in recent days, but it looked like a home game on MLK Day against a shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team was a perfect way for them to get back on track. What ensued, of course, was a performance straight out of their own nightmares. They sputtered […] The post Karl-Anthony Towns reveals why he’d be ‘disappointed too’ in Knicks’ MLK Day Mavericks loss appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Marcus Foligno had his first NHL hat trick to double his season goals total, Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday night. Ryan Hartman added a goal and an assist, and Kirill Kaprizov and defensemen Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber each had two assists.

Mark Williams was one of the pieces the Phoenix Suns brought in this past offseason to try and solve their woes at the center position that Jusuf Nurkic was no longer equipped to fill. Williams has had his ups and downs, with head coach Jordan Ott opting to roll with Oso Ighodaro over him at […] The post Suns center Mark Williams’ unreal block prevents bucket vs. Nets appeared first on ClutchPoints .

SAN FRANCISCO– Andrew Wiggins will always be remembered in Golden State. Whether it be for his critical contributions to the Warriors’ 2022 title run or his humble and professional demeanor both on and off the court, Wiggins will always hold a special place in the hearts of Warriors fans, and especially in Steve Kerr’s. With […] The post Warriors’ Why Steve Kerr will always hold soft spot for Andrew Wiggins appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Ryan Nembhard pulled off a spectacular alley-oop highlight that was reminiscent of Jason Kidd during the Dallas Mavericks’ matchup against the New York Knicks on Monday night. Nembhard is going through the rookie campaign of his NBA career with the Mavericks. He has embraced the opportunities he got in the rotation, making several starts as […] The post Mavericks’ Ryan Nembhard goes full Jason Kidd with bonkers halfcourt alley-oop pass appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Knicks are 2-9 in their last 11 games, and Knicks fans are fed up.

The Bucks snap a three-game skid on the back of Doc Rivers’ rotation shuffle

Who pulls the pin on the grenade first, Dolan or Rose?

San Antonio rode a 35-23 third and Wembanyama’s excellence to victory against Utah without its star Lauri Markkanen.

The Heat's Andrew Wiggins got a warm welcome in his return to Golden State on Monday, nearly a year after he was traded.

The Atlanta Hawks have looked different over the past two weeks due to the Trae Young trade, and they have two new contributors on the team. CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert came over from the Washington Wizards in the trade, and they are two players who have the tools to help the Hawks for the […] The post Hawks’ Jalen Johnson opens up on ‘growing pains’ with CJ McCollum appeared first on ClutchPoints .

As boos rained down while his team walked off the court after trailing Dallas by 30 points, Knicks coach Mike Brown decided it would be a waste of time to talk Xs and Os in the locker room. The Knicks have gone from NBA Cup champions to not even being able to rule out the play-in tournament with a January freefall, losing for the ninth time in 11 games with their 114-97 loss to the Mavericks. As for what's gone wrong since the Knicks raised the Cup last month in Las Vegas?

Jalen Brunson and Mike Brown didn't hold back in their assessment of the Knicks' performance during the loss to the Mavericks on Monday night.

The Philadelphia 76ers returned to the win column after beating the Indiana Pacers, 113-104, at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday. The 76ers were coming off back-to-back defeats to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tyrese Maxey starred for Philadelphia anew with 29 points, four rebounds, eight assists, and a career-high eight steals. It was only fitting that the […] The post 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey blasts Pacers with extremely rare Allen Iverson feat appeared first on ClutchPoints .