NBA NewsMonday, Feb 23, 2026

The Sacramento Kings earned their first victory of the season Sunday night, holding off the Houston Rockets 111-98 at Golden 1 Center behind a balanced effort and a historic milestone from DeMar DeRozan. Sacramento improved to 9-30 by closing the game with timely perimeter shooting and defensive stops after three tightly contested quarters. DeRozan scored […] The post DeRozan reaches 26,000 points as Kings earn first win of season over Rockets appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

The Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Denver Nuggets 108-104 Sunday at Ball Arena, dropping to 17-22 despite Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 31 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds. Bucks head coach Doc Rivers cited lineup disruptions as a key factor, saying, “It really killed our rotations in the second half… we drew up a play the first […] The post Doc Rivers breaks down Bucks’ loss to Nuggets: “Our rotations were hurt” appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

The Sixers tasted their first win in nearly two weeks Sunday night.

The Mavericks squared off with the Pacers, and both teams came out hot in a fun, firework filled game

Assigning Grades for the Mavericks in their 134-130 win over the Pacers

Thomas scores 15 in his first appearance on the home side at Fiserv Forum

Pat Riley was a pioneer of NBA coaching, so it was only appropriate that he added another accomplishment to his growing list of them.

Grading every Lakers player’s performance from the team’s 111-89 loss to the Celtics.

The ‘ole injury report is getting rather crowded.

Episode 1 of “The Quiet Work” shows where it all began.

Boston Celtics (37-19, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (33-25, seventh in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -6.5; over/under is 209.5 BOTTOM LINE: Boston will try to continue its three-game win streak with a victory over Phoenix. The Suns are 19-11 on their home court. Phoenix ranks third in the NBA with 13.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Mark Williams averaging 3.1 offensive boards. The Celtics have gone 19-10 away fr...

Philadelphia 76ers (31-26, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (15-43, 15th in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Indiana looks to end its three-game slide when the Pacers play Philadelphia. The Pacers are 11-28 against Eastern Conference opponents. Indiana is 6-5 in one-possession games. The 76ers are 19-19 in conference games. Philadelphia has a 6-8 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Pacers are shooting 45.0% from the field ...