12:19 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden, nursing a sore shooting shoulder, needed a late scoring flurry Monday night to extend his streak of scoring at least 30 points to 30 consecutive games. Harden scored 11 points in a 100-second span late in the fourth quarter to finish with 31 in the Houston Rockets‘ 120-104
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10:06 PM ET The New York Knicks set a single-season franchise record Monday when they lost their 17th consecutive game 107-104 to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks, who last won Jan. 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center, broke their previous record of 16 straight defeats set in 2014-15 when they finished with
8:15 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Kevin Durant should have been called for a discontinued dribble on the Golden State Warriors‘ final possession of what became their 120-118 win over the Miami Heat, the NBA said Monday in a report detailing all calls made in the last two minutes of the game. Golden State
11:59 PM ET As the Los Angeles Lakers get past the unpleasantness of last week and look to focus on the future, they’ll need to decide on whether they want to be in the Anthony Davis business or not. If they are not planning to re-engage the New Orleans Pelicans on a Davis trade after
6:17 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Amid an NBA probe into possible tampering, Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand tells ESPN that his star guard Ben Simmons has no intention of working out with Lakers president Magic Johnson and simply wanted the Sixers to help him facilitate “chatting with some of the game’s all-time greats.” “No
3:14 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN CHICAGO – Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry has been fined $25,000 for his comments regarding Pelicans’ Anthony Davis, a source with knowledge told ESPN. Davis, who requested to be traded from the Pelicans, listed Milwaukee as a preferred landing spot on his revised list of teams he would like to
3:06 PM ET All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is listed as out for Tuesday’s game against the 76ers in Philadelphia with a strained right knee, the Celtics announced. Irving suffered the injury with about five minutes left in the second quarter of Saturday night’s game against the Clippers. The Clippers outscored the Celtics 75-44 after Irving
2:21 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Atlanta Hawks guard Jeremy Lin is finalizing a contract buyout, clearing the way for him to sign with the Toronto Raptors, his agents told ESPN. Agents Jim Tanner and Roger Montgomery were expected to complete the buyout with the Hawks as soon as Monday, they said, and Lin could sign
10:53 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers have signed well-traveled guard Nik Stauskas, who was traded three times and released last week, for the rest of the season. Stauskas was briefly with the Cavs, who acquired him from the Portland Trail Blazers in the deal for forward Rodney Hood. He never appeared in
The story of When Kevin Met Rich began at a Jay-Z concert back in 2008. Kleiman was representing the rapper Wale. Wale knew Durant because they both were from the DC area. Before the show, Jay-Z’s manager invited Durant backstage to meet HOV himself. In a moment of 19-year-old self-doubt, Durant balked. A bad case