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LaMelo Ball makes his feelings known after suffering a scary car accident a little over 24 hours before the Hornets vs. Rockets game tonight.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 38 points in his home debut for Los Angeles and the Clippers held off the Denver Nuggets 115-114 on Thursday night. Denver’s Jamal Murray had a chance to tie it on three free throws with 0.9 seconds remaining after a foul from Derrick Jones Jr. Murray made the first two before missing the third, with time expiring on the rebound. Kawhi Leonard added 23 points, and Jones had 22 to help the Clippers improve to 21-7 since Dec. 20. Both teams wer...

One year after a blood clot ended his season, Victor Wembanyama has the Spurs bound for the playoffs.

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The Wolves, Kings, Bucks and more might be interested in a Ja Morant trade before Feb. 5

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has received a one-game suspension due to the number of flagrant fouls he has picked up over the course of the season, and league officials said he will serve his suspension Tuesday against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jalen Johnson had 32 points and 10 rebounds and CJ McCollum added 23 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 117-107 on Thursday night in the teams' first game after the All-Star break. Dyson Daniels finished with 15 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 14, and Zaccharie Risacher and Jock Landale each had 10 as the Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with their third win over Philadelphia this season. Tyrese Maxey scored 28 points and Rising Stars MVP VJ Edgecombe adde...

Brooklyn opened the second half of the season by taking a wire-to-wire beating almost as bad as any they took in the first.

Mohamed Diawara was one of the more surprising Knicks revelations during the first half of the season. But in the second half, that might change.

Sharing a floor with Jalen Brunson, this time around it wasn’t even close who the best player on the court was.

The Lakers’ record and high-end talent, led by Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves, suggests they’re NBA title contenders. A deeper dive into their season-long numbers suggests they’re pretenders.