NBA NewsTuesday, Jan 20, 2026

Will Smith scored in his second consecutive game after missing a month because of injury, and the San Jose Sharks spoiled Matthew Tkachuk's season debut by beating the two-time defending champion Florida Panthers 4-1 on Monday night in a game highlighted by a rare goalie fight. Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky beelined out of his crease and all the way down the ice to take on San Jose's Alex Nedeljkovic, who had inserted himself into a scrum in the corner with 14 minutes left. Between the whistles,...

Cleveland’s shooting couldn’t keep them in the game.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]