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NBA champion Celtics to visit White House, President Biden on Thursday originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics say they will make the traditional champions’ visit to the White House on Thursday, when they will be welcomed by President Joe Biden a day before their game in Washington against the Wizards. The Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship …

LaMelo Ball is averaging 29.7 points this season [Getty Images] Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been fined $100,000 (£79,000) by the NBA for making an “offensive and derogatory” homophobic comment. The 23-year-old made the remark in a courtside interview after the 115-114 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. He was discussing his team’s defensive strategy on the …

Darius Garland (left) finished with 25 points, 12 assists and five rebounds for the Cavaliers [Getty Images] The Cleveland Cavaliers became only the fourth team in NBA history to win the first 15 games of the regular season as they beat the Charlotte Hornets 128-114. Darius Garland scored 25 points and Ty Jerome, playing in place of Donovan Mitchell, 24 …

The Knicks’ ball movement on Sunday was the best it’s been all season. New York finished with 33 assists on 43 made shots in a home win over the Nets. “They did a lot of switching so we did a lot of cutting and I thought guys were unselfish,” Tom Thibodeau said afterward. Karl-Anthony Towns was in the middle of …

Utah Jazz v Los Angeles Clippers Ray Allen is the greatest 3-point shooter of a generation, one of the purest shots the game has ever seen, a Hall of Famer and two-time NBA champion. Sunday night, James Harden passed him for second all-time on the 3-pointers made list in an NBA career. Harden is one of the great isolation scorers …

Clippers guard Amir Coffey goes up for a dunk as Utah’s Cody Williams defends in the first half. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) They returned home from a three-game trip in a mini slump that left the Clippers seeking ways to break free of that malaise in which they lost all of those games. They had left their home …

Phoenix Suns v Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday’s game against Phoenix went like much of Julius Randle’s season so far in Minnesota — not always pretty, Phoenix led most of the way and had focused on getting the ball of his hands and daring the other Minnesota players to beat them. Still, he found his spots and had 32 points on 10-of-19 …

Jalen Brunson scored a season-low 12 points on 3-of-14 shooting, but the Knicks pulled away from the Nets as Sunday’s 114-104 final at MSG gave New York a pair of wins over Brooklyn in three days. Among others, Karl-Anthony Towns stepped up with a game-high 26 points and 15 rebounds as the Knicks (7-6) climbed back above the .500 mark for the first time …

For the second time in three days, the Knicks beat the Nets at MSG. Sunday’s 114-104 final gives New York back-to-back wins over Brooklyn after Friday’s 124-122 result and brings Tom Thibodeau‘s team (7-6) above .500 for the second time on the early season while Jordi Fernandez‘s squad (5-9) has dropped three consecutive games. Takeaways 1. Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) was a game-time decision but played and …

Los Angeles Clippers’ James Harden (1) brings the ball up the court against the Houston Rockets during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Houston. The Rockets won 111-103. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) James Harden entered Sunday’s Clippers-Jazz game needing a single 3-pointer to move into second-place all time for most made 3-pointers. He …

The Cleveland Cavaliers joined a fantastic foursome of NBA clubs that began their season 15–0 with a 128–114 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. With the win, Cleveland joined the 1948-49 Washington Capitols (15-0), 1993-94 Houston Rockets (15-0) and 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (24-0). All four of those teams eventually finished the season in the NBA Finals, but only …

NBA admits refs missed two crucial calls late in Kings’ win over Jazz originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NBA announced on Sunday that the Kings benefitted from two missed during the final two minutes of their 121-117 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday at Golden 1 Center. The first missed call came when Utah had the …

Here’s what really matters to fans: Shaq, Kenny, Charles and Ernie will remain on air next season. The best — and extremely popular — pre/postgame show in all of sports, Inside the NBA on TNT, will be back next season, jumping to ABC/ESPN, according to multiple reports. The NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery have settled their lawsuit over the NBA’s …

LaMelo Ball was fired up, scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter — including the game-winning free throws thanks to a bogus foul call on Giants Antetokounmpo — and that earned him a postgame walk-off interview with FanDuel Sports Network’s Shannon Spake. She asked him about the defense on Antetokounmpo’s final shot, which forced him into a mid-ranger, which he …

Lakers rookie guard Dalton Knecht, getting to the basket against San Antonio’s Julian Champagnie on Friday, shined in two starts this weekend. (Darren Abate / Associated Press) Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht, still sweaty from the career-high 27 points that helped bury the Pelicans on Saturday night, wanted a minute. His Tennessee Volunteers were driving against Georgia, and as he stared …

How Warriors’ new blood on coaching staff already paying dividends originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Two reasons behind the Warriors winning 10 of their first 12 games this season are linked because both are the fruits of positive change. The obvious move is retooling the roster. General manager Mike Dunleavy and his cohorts in the …

Julius Randle hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Timberwolves the win on Sunday afternoon. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Julius Randle wasn’t going to let this game go to overtime. Instead, the Minnesota Timberwolves forward sent Josh Okogie down to his back and drilled a buzzer-beater that sent the Target Center into a frenzy. Randle hit a perfect …

Boogie shows Fox love for breaking his Kings scoring record originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Kings star De’Aaron Fox has received much love from the NBA world after scoring 109 points over his last two games. However, some of the support stands out more than others. DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins, Sacramento’s iconic center from his 2010-11 rookie season to …

Why Kerr agrees with NBA upgrading Draymond’s take foul to Flagrant originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors coach Steve Kerr has had a few spirited debates with Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, but they’re in full alignment regarding a foul committed by Draymond Green. Moreover, the NBA agrees with both coaches, as the league on …

TNT’s iconic studio show “Inside the NBA” will live on after the channel loses its rights to carry live games next season. The Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN is expected to announce this week it will license “Inside the NBA” and run it alongside its NBA coverage when its new deal with the league goes into effect next year, according to …

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball was fined $100,000 on Sunday for an “offensive and derogatory comment” he made during a postgame interview on Saturday night. The NBA announced the fine, which is the maximum amount it can hand out for conduct or statements under the current collective bargaining agreement, on Sunday afternoon. Ball used an anti-gay term during an on-court …

Edwards fined $35K for flipping off fan during Kings vs. T-wolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Anthony Edwards paid the price for his obscene gesture during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 130-126 win over the Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament. The 23-year-old star was fined $35,000 for flipping off a fan in the first quarter of Friday’s game at …

Anthony Edwards let a fan in Sacramento know how he felt with an obscene gesture on Friday. That middle finger cost the Minnesota Timberwolves star $35,000. The NBA announced the fine on Sunday. As the NBA’s memo explained, Edwards gestured toward a fan during the first quarter of Friday’s 130–126 Timberwolves win over the Kings. Photographers caught the action in …

The Knicks may still be fighting their way through a mixed start to the season, but a few facets of their game have been major positives to build on in the coming weeks and months. Perhaps none have kept New York in the win column more than Karl-Anthony Towns’ dominant offense. The Knicks acquired Towns with hopes that his shooting …

NBA: Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings When you’re setting franchise records and being mentioned in the same breath with Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain, you know it’s been a good couple of days. Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox took advantage of a porous Utah defense to score 49 on Saturday night — a game that was the second night of a back-to-back …