Game RecapsTuesday, Mar 10, 2026

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has tied Wilt Chamberlain's record by scoring at least 20 points in 126 consecutive games.

The narrative that the Lakers are better without LeBron James is ridiculous. Yes, the Lakers are 9-2 without him this season. And yes, they had their best win while he was sidelined Sunday for his second straight game because of left foot arthritis, a 110-97 victory over the Knicks. But the issue isn’t James. LeBron...

Brice Sensabaugh scored 21 points, two-way player Blake Hinson made the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and the depleted Utah Jazz outlasted the ailing Golden State Warriors 119-116 on Monday night. Hinson made four 3-pointers including a shot from beyond the arc on the right wing with 29.9 seconds remaining to shock the Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry and several other rotation regulars. De’Anthony Melton, who led the Warriors with 22 points, made a 3-pointer to cut the lead...

Cooper Bowser had 21 points and 11 rebounds as No. 6 seed Furman beat top-seeded East Tennessee State 76-61 on Monday night to secure the Southern Conference Tournament and a NCAA Tournament bid. Furman (22-12) won its eighth SoCon title in program history and first since defeating Chattanooga in 2023. Tom House added 13 points off the bench for Furman and Alex Wilkins, who scored a career-high 34 to help rally from an 11-point halftime deficit in the semifinals, scored 12.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Thomas Dowd finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds, and regular-season champion Troy ended the five-day run of No. 10 seed Georgia Southern with a 77-61 victory in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Monday night. Dowd made 8 of 12 shots with two 3-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws for the Trojans (22-11), who earned a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and their fourth overall. Georgia Southern (21-16) became the fourth team to win fi...

Here's how each team on the NCAA Tournament bubble has improved or diminished its case for an at-large bid to the big dance.

NEW YORK (AP) — Day'Ron Sharpe matched a season high with 19 points, Ochai Agbaji added 18 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the injury-plagued Memphis Grizzlies 126-115 on Monday night for their second straight victory. Nolan Traore added 17 points for the Nets, who were coming off an improbable 107-105 win at Eastern Conference-leading Detroit on Saturday night that snapped a 10-game skid. The Nets, who rested leading scorer Michael Porter Jr., had six players score in double figures. The Grizzlie...

The Cavaliers will take on an injured Sixers team on the second night of a back-to-back.

James Harden scored 21 points to become the ninth player in NBA history with more than 29,000 career points, Keon Ellis added 19 off the bench, and the Cleveland Cavaliers cruised to a 115-101 victory over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. Donovan Mitchell had 17 points and six assists, and Evan Mobley had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers. Harden reached the milestone with a free throw in the first quarter, finishing the game with 29,017 points in 17 pro seasons.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort and Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic collided again on Monday. Dort previously sparked an uproar on Wednesday with a flagrant foul. Lightning struck twice in the rematch. Dort swings the back of his forearm into Jokic’s face. The Thunder guard got slapped with a brand new flagrant foul called. […] The post Thunder’s Lu Dort hit with flagrant foul after blatant hit on Nikola Jokic appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The March 10, 2026, contest between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers serves as a critical barometer for the Western Conference as the 2025-26 NBA regular season approaches its final month. This matchup, set within the iconic Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, is not merely a meeting of two playoff-bound franchises but a symbolic clash of differing basketball philosophies and the epicenter of the league's newly transformed media rights landscape. As both teams vie for home-c...

The lights of the Barclays Center shine bright tonight as Cade Cunningham and the conference-leading Detroit Pistons head to Brooklyn to face the Nets in an Eastern Conference showdown with major momentum on the line. The Detroit Pistons (45-18) enter Brooklyn looking to snap a rare four-game skid and protect their narrow lead for the No. 1 seed in the East. Driven by superstar guard Cade Cunningham, who is putting up an elite 25.2 points and 9.8 assists per game, Detroit has been the standar...

Draymond Green bodied Kawhi Leonard. He kept up with Kevin Durant. Chased Shae Gilgous-Alexander.

The Philadelphia 76ers (34-29) slid down to eighth place in the Eastern Conference after losing three of their last four games, and they are now forced to battle the Cleveland Cavaliers (39-25) on the road without Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid. Both the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets can reasonably catch Philly before season’s end, […] The post 76ers’ VJ Edgecombe on injury report vs Cavs with Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey already out appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Broncos could spoil the Zags' last game in the WCC and clench an NCAA Tournament bid in the process

ESPN analyst Zach Kram examines a reality in which Durant's foot didn't touch the 3-point line in the 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals -- and its ripple effects throughout the NBA.

Even after Paige Bueckers departed for the WNBA, the Huskies kept rolling and are closing in on a repeat.

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Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 28 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New York Knicks 126-118 on Monday night to climb back to .500 for the first time since early November. The Clippers are 32-32 and have won five of their first six games in March as they try to improve their potential position in the NBA Play-in Tournament. It was Leonard's 42nd straight game with 20-plus points, the second-longest active streak in the NBA and third-longest in team history.

The Toronto Raptors represent a franchise in the midst of a successful tactical pivot, characterized by a top-six defensive rating and the prioritization of a versatile, wing-heavy rotation. Currently holding the third spot in the Atlantic Division, the Raptors have already surpassed their win total from the previous season, indicating a rapid maturation of their core under Darko Rajaković. The synergy between Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram has exceeded initial scouting reports, providing ...

The atmosphere at the Moda Center will be electric tonight as Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets continue their West Coast swing, taking on Deni Avdija and the Portland Trail Blazers in a cross-conference showdown with Play-In implications. The Charlotte Hornets (32-33) arrive in Portland looking to get back to .500 and shake off a tough two-game losing streak. Led by the high-scoring sophomore Brandon Miller , who leads the team with 20.6 points per game, Charlotte has transformed into...

After making an emotional season debut Friday night in Boston where fans celebrated his return 10 months after Achilles surgery, Jayson Tatum was relieved to get back to a normal environment Sunday at Cleveland, writes Jay King of The Athletic. Tatum remained on a minutes restriction, but he scored 20 points as the Celtics posted […]

CHICAGO (AP) — David Coit scored 17 points, Elijah Saunders added 15, and Maryland defeated Oregon 70-60 in a first-round game of the Big Ten Tournament on Tuesday. Maryland held Oregon to 3-for-22 shooting (14%) with 0 for 10 from 3-point distance in the first half and the Terrapins led 33-12 at the break. Maryland scored the first nine points and the Ducks made their first field goal at the 8:46 mark, making the score 17-8. Maryland later ran off 10 consecutive points for a 31-10 lead. Coit...

“How do you come in and make shots right away?”

A difficult schedule, opponent and travel-wise, is getting easier, but the team needs to capitalize.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Boopie Miller scored 25 points to lead five starters in double figures, Jaden Toombs and Samet Yigitoglu each had a double-double and No. 11 seed SMU beat 14th-seeded Syracuse 86-69 on Tuesday in the opening round of the ACC Tournament. SMU (20-12), which had lost four ACC games in a row, advances to play 24th-ranked and sixth-seeded Louisville on Wednesday in the second round. Toombs had a double-double in the first half with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Miller added...

Damarco Minor followed his own miss to score with 0.7 seconds left and give 15th-seeded Pittsburgh a 64-63 win over 10-seed Stanford in the opening game of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday. Minor finished just 2-of-10 shooting, missing all seven of his 3-point attempts, but sent the Panthers (13-19) into the second round against seventh-seeded NC State on Wednesday. After Ebuka Okorie gave Stanford the lead on a three-point play with 26.2 seconds remaining, Minor missed a 3-pointer but the Panth...

The Timberwolves’ five-game win streak got snapped Saturday by the Magic. Where do the Wolves go from here?

The Knicks flew to LA, and they made sure to make it look like Hollywood lights don’t translate to winning nights—for New York, at least. The Knickerbockers will remain on the road for a couple more games, yet they will surely get a break as Utah and Indy come up next. Here’s the latest from […]

Pig Johnson had 19 points, Andrij Grbovic scored 14 and No. 12 seed Arizona State turned away a second-half run by Baylor for an 83-79 victory over the No. 13 seed Bears in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday. Santiago Trouet added 13 points and nine rebounds, Noah Meeusen scored 12 points and Massamba Diop had 11 for the Sun Devils (17-15), who advanced to play fifth-seeded Iowa State in the second round on Wednesday. Cameron Carr led all scorers with 25 points and Isaac Will...