Game RecapsTuesday, Mar 3, 2026

No. 2 Arizona clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title with a 73-57 win over No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night.

The Cavaliers will look to split their season series with Detroit.

The Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat enter Tuesday’s game with several key players unavailable or limited due to injuries. The matchup tips off at 6:30 PM ET at the Kaseya Center in Miami, FL. Brooklyn will likely have Nic Claxton (right thumb sprain) available, listed as probable. The Nets are without Egor Demin (left plantar […] The post Nets vs Heat injury report ahead of Tuesday’s matchup appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Jamal Murray scored 45 points and made the go-ahead free throws with 31.8 seconds remaining to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the depleted Utah Jazz 128-125 on Monday night. Utah's Keyonte George scored 36 points, but was denied two free throws that could have given the Jazz the lead on what would have been Nikola Jokic's sixth foul with 16.3 seconds remaining — a shooting foul that was reversed to a blocked shot after a lengthy review.

The Boston Celtics dethroned the Milwaukee Bucks 108-81 to spoil Giannis Antetokounmpo’s return on Monday night. Payton Pritchard scored 25 points and nine assists while rookie Hugo Gonzales had career highs of 18 points and 16 rebounds. Derrick White also scored 18 points and nine assists for the Celtics, as they have won three straight […] The post Celtics dethrone Bucks 108-81 despite Giannis’ return appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Star freshman Cameron Boozer and top-ranked Duke overwhelmed NC State on Monday night to clinch the outright ACC regular-season title.

The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off a tough loss to the Boston Celtics. Now, they’ll turn their attention to a back-to-back in Philly, starting with the San Antonio Spurs and ending with the Utah Jazz. But first, let’s focus on the Spurs, who have put together a strong season so far. When breaking down San […]

Darius Garland made his long-awaited Clippers debut on Monday. The former Cleveland guard, the centerpiece of the deal for Los Angeles in the trade that sent James Harden to the Cavs, had 12 points, two rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes in a win over Golden State. Garland hadn’t played since Jan. 14 due […]

Coming off a wire-to-wire win over the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers returned home and looked to build some momentum against the Sacramento Kings. It was the second night of a back-to-back but the Lakers were still at full strength, and they took care of business with an easy 128-104 win over the […]

Phantom BC and Mist will face off in the Unrivaled championship game Wednesday night after both delivered entertaining semifinal wins in front of a sellout Barclays Center crowd on Monday.

Nikola Jokic praised his team’s ability to stay composed in Denver’s 128-125 victory over the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center. “I mean the first half was so-so, but they play really aggressive. In the first half they had a lot of transition points and I think we kind of slowed them down until the […] The post Nikola Jokic on Nuggets’ resilience and Murray’s clutch performance appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

The Pistons take on the Cavaliers again after a thrilling win over them at home on Friday. This time the Pistons will have reinforcements as Isaiah Stewart returns from his 7-game suspension from the fight against the Charlotte Hornets before the All Star Break. During that time, the Pistons went 6-1 with their only loss […]

The Lakers look to continue to build momentum against the Pelicans on Tuesday.

Phoenix Suns (34-26, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (14-48, 15th in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento hosts Phoenix looking to stop its seven-game home losing streak. The Kings are 2-9 in division matchups. Sacramento is at the bottom of the league shooting 33.6% from 3-point range. The Suns are 23-18 in conference games. Phoenix ranks third in the Western Conference giving up just 111.4 points while holding o...

Danny Wolf put up a career-best 23 points with three 3-pointers, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals in 27 minutes off the bench for the Nets.

Brooklyn Nets (15-45, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (32-29, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn will try to break its six-game road losing streak when the Nets take on Miami. The Heat are 16-18 against Eastern Conference opponents. Miami leads the NBA with 35.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Bam Adebayo averaging 7.8. The Nets have gone 11-26 against Eastern Conference opponents. Brooklyn is at the bottom of the Eastern Co...

The Denver Nuggets and 31-year-old Nikola Jokic narrowly escape with a win against the Utah Jazz The post Nikola Jokic gets 45-point assist in a gritty road win appeared first on Eurohoops .

Kawhi Leonard had 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers erased a 17-point deficit to beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 114-101 on Monday night. Darius Garland scored 12 points in his Clippers debut, coming off the bench to play nearly 23 minutes in his first game since being acquired from Cleveland at the trade deadline last month in a deal that sent James Harden to the Cavaliers. Garland had been nursing a toe injury, then he went down with 1:26 l...

Luka Doncic had a bit of a back-and-forth with Lakers head coach JJ Redick.

Ousmane Dieng made his first in-game appearance alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday night, but the Milwaukee Bucks were overpowered 108-81 by the Boston Celtics at Fiserv Forum. “It was great,” Dieng said of sharing the floor with Antetokounmpo. “I mean I hope like we end up winning but it was great playing with him for […] The post Ousmane Dieng details first game alongside Giannis as Bucks fall to Celtics appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Baylor Scheierman was in the Celtics‘ starting lineup Sunday night even though he fractured his left thumb in Friday’s win over Brooklyn, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe writes in a subscriber-only story. The second-year guard made his eighth consecutive start and managed a normal workload, finishing with 12 points, four rebounds and two assists […]

The Cavaliers get another chance at taking down the conference leaders.

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones take a look at a tightly contested East play-in picture.

A quick international jaunt for a tussle in Toronto before racing home for OKC.

Last night’s loss by the Washington Wizards — this time to the Houston Rockets — seems from the numbers like it was at least a somewhat entertaining game. They fell behind by as much as 19, then went ham in the fourth quarter to trim the final margin to just five. Now, it was one […]

The Blue Devils and Wildcats finished atop the ACC and Big 12, respectively, with convincing victories on Monday night

The smile has returned.

There isn't a team more battle-tested, but you don’t need elephant’s memory to remember Arizona has been here before without it ending in a Final Four

“We got our standard, and we just want to maintain it.”

The Cavs have one more game before another extended break.