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Thanksgiving isn’t exactly a basketball holiday. It’s actually the opposite. We eat turkey and watch football with nary an NBA game in sight. The league takes the day off and cedes it to the NFL, giving its teams and players a well-deserved day off for feasting and reflection. So, with no actual basketball to look forward to on Thursday, we’ll …

Minnesota traded a pick swap in 2030 and an unprotected 2031 first-round pick with the Spurs to nab Rob Dillingham with the 8th pick in the draft this past summer. Clearly, they had a vision of Dillingham learning from Mike Conley and eventually forming an elite backcourt duo with Anthony Edwards that will still be elite when those picks come …

The Phoenix Suns will host the Brooklyn Nets for a cross-conference clash on Wednesday. Phoenix is 10-7 overall and 6-3 at home, while Brooklyn is 8-10 overall and 4-7 on the road. The two teams split their season series a year ago both straight up and against the spread, and they’ve split their last 10 meetings against the spread overall. …

Consecutive losses send Warriors back to school at ‘intense’ practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – It’s not unusual for NBA teams approaching the end of a tough season to review a few games that negatively altered their trajectory. Games that hurt their seeding if not cost them a playoff berth. The Warriors, perhaps realizing they …

NBA: New Orleans Pelicans at Indiana Pacers INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton looked and sounded more like himself Monday night. He made one 3-pointer after another, found open teammates with nifty passes and, yes, was smiling again. Celebrating a second-straight win certainly helped matters, too. For the usually unflappable two-time All-Star, the bounce back game came as he …

NBA: Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls The NBA fined the Atlanta Hawks $100,000 after an investigation determined that guard Trae Young could have played in an NBA Cup game against the Boston Celtics on Nov. 12. The Hawks listed Young on their injury report that night as out because of tendinitis in his right Achilles. Atlanta wound up winning the …

Why Wiggins vs. SGA is matchup to watch in Warriors-Thunder originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – After receiving a warning shot two nights ago, the Warriors on Wednesday night will confront the real deal. And if that weren’t enough, they’ll have to face the challenge without Stephen Curry, who was declared out Wednesday afternoon with pain …

damien lillard bucks heat MIAMI (AP) Damian Lillard scored 37 points and handed out 12 assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks wasted a 22-point second-half lead before beating the Miami Heat 106-103 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night. Brook Lopez scored 13 points and Bobby Portis had 11 for the Bucks, who have won five in a row and …

Kings sign veteran forward Crowder to free-agent contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Help has arrived for the Kings. Amid an 8-10 start to the 2024-25 NBA season, the Kings officially signed veteran forward Jae Crowder ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Kings did not disclose the terms of the contract. ESPN’s Shams Charania first …

NBA: Chicago Bulls at Washington Wizards WASHINGTON — Nikola Vucevic scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls eased to a 127-108 victory over the struggling Washington Wizards in an NBA Cup game. Coby White scored 21 points and Zach Lavine had 18 for the Bulls, who pulled into a three-way tie at 2-1 with Boston and …

Steph ruled out for Warriors-Thunder due to bilateral knee pain originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry will miss his fourth game of the season when the Warriors host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. The Warriors officially ruled Curry out due to bilateral knee pain. Curry missed three games from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 due …

Subscribe to The Big Number This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of The Big Number, Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devin dig into the shooting statistics that illustrate how elite the Boston Celtics are on offense this season. Specifically, they analyze the ridiculous rate at which they are launching threes, and how it’s setting them …

How Steph lesson in 2022 helped Celtics beat Luka, Kyrie in Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Derrick White credits his and the Celtics’ unsuccessful experience against Warriors superstar Steph Curry in the 2022 NBA Finals as a key reason why Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks for the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2024. Mavericks guards Kyrie Irving and …

The Philadelphia 76ers will face off against the Houston Rockets in a cross-conference clash on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The Sixers are 3-13 overall and 2-6 at home, while Houston is 13-6 overall and 5-3 on the road. Philadelphia has won eight of the last 10 matchups and covered the spread in seven of those games, but the Rockets have covered …

The Phoenix Suns were finally back at full strength on Tuesday night. The Suns, with both stars Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal back on the court after their respective calf injuries, flew ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers. They picked up a 127-100 win at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, and handed the Lakers their first-ever loss in the NBA …

We’ve got another exciting Western Conference matchup on Wednesday’s NBA schedule as the Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Golden State Warriors. Golden State is 12-5 overall and 5-2 at home, while Oklahoma City is 13-4 overall and 5-2 on the road. The Warriors won the last matchup, 127-116, on Nov. 10, which ended a three-game win streak for OKC …

There are many ways to assess and analyze the possibilities for, and trajectory of, Victor Wembanyama’s burgeoning career. But the most interesting, and perhaps most telling, might be through the lens of the all-time great he plays against Wednesday night: LeBron James. And not just because the 20-year-old’s massive, eye-popping talent could maybe — stress the maybe here, please — …

Celtics Mailbag: How will Porzingis’ return impact the rotation? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Kristaps Porzingis’ surprise return Monday night answered the most popular question to start the Celtics’ 2024-25 season, and if anyone questioned Boston as the favorite to repeat, they may have gotten a pretty firm answer there, too. But Porzingis’ return does create a new series …

This season has not gone to plan for the Philadelphia 76ers, who enter Wednesday night’s matchup with the Houston Rockets at 3-13. The only team in the entire league with a worse record is the tanking Washington Wizards, who are on a 12-game losing streak.  Despite their current predicament, the Sixers are still holding out hope that this won’t be …

Month-long gauntlet will show if Warriors are true contenders or not originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Coach Steve Kerr on Tuesday used the word “daunting” when describing the Warriors’ upcoming schedule, a clearer admission of what his team is about to be up against as opposed to how he referred to their stretch of games, …

The Warriors have long been prone to blowing large leads in the Stephen Curry-Steve Kerr era. When they were great, they almost always stopped screwing around at just the right time to go on a game-ending run. But they’re not that great anymore, despite an impressive 12-5 record going into Wednesday night’s showdown with the Oklahoma City Thunder.  That record …

Kevin Durant returns from injury, Kevin Durant picks up where he left off, showing no signs of rust. It’s a tale so old, you forget how remarkable it is that seemingly every time Durant steps back on the floor after an absence he doesn’t look gimpy or winded or out of place. Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers …

We’ve got another exciting Western Conference matchup on Wednesday’s NBA schedule as the Los Angeles Lakers will visit the San Antonio Spurs. San Antonio is 10-8 overall and 8-3 at home, while Los Angeles is 10-7 overall and 3-5 on the road. The Lakers have won seven of the last eight meetings, including a 120-115 victory on Nov. 15. The …

Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder rolling in to test Warriors’ progress originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors choose not to look at the procession of beasts lying in wait as they enter the most treacherous part of their 2024-25 NBA season. They’re fixated on the first to greet them, knowing it’s as nasty as any they will …

A cross-conference affair has the Dallas Mavericks (10-8) hosting the New York Knicks (10-7) on Wednesday night. The Knicks are coming off an impressive win. On Monday, New York dominated the Denver Nuggets en route to a 145-118 victory. The Mavericks also roll into this contest with some momentum. On Nov. 25, Dallas outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 129-119. Luka Doncic …