12:21 AM ET Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Luka Doncic entered the fourth quarter in Target Center looking to be one of the two youngest players to ever record a triple-double. Doncic ultimately fell two rebounds short of the mark. So he decided to capture the souls of the Minnesota Timberwolves instead. The third overall
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3:11 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is now third on the NBA’s all-time 3-point field goals list, passing Jason Terry in Friday night’s 146-109 rout of the Chicago Bulls. Curry, 30, acknowledged before the game how much his ascension on the list means to him as he passes each
3:01 AM ET HOUSTON — As the ball bounced off the rim and caromed right to him, Houston Rockets forward PJ Tucker intentionally got out of the way, screening out Cleveland Cavaliers center Ante Zizic and essentially gift-wrapping the rebound for James Harden. It was Harden’s 10th rebound of the night, clinching the reigning MVP’s
3:28 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons called his team “too soft” for the second time this season after Friday night’s 123-121 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Playing without star center Joel Embiid, who missed the game with a sore ankle, the Sixers allowed Atlanta to rack up 62 points in the paint
2:36 AM ET NEW YORK — Unless you’re in Indianapolis, you probably aren’t paying close attention to the Indiana Pacers. And Victor Oladipo is just fine with that. “I really don’t care,” Oladipo said in an on-court interview Friday following the Pacers’ 121-106 win over the New York Knicks. “We’re just going to keep earning
7:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — 76ers center Joel Embiid sat out Friday night against Atlanta because of a sore left ankle. Embiid hurt his ankle in a loss at Washington on Wednesday night. Embiid was one of the final players to leave the court during warm-ups and shot long jumpers wearing “Trust the
6:25 PM ET The Bucks will be without Giannis Antetokounmpo for Friday night’s game against the Washington Wizards as the Milwaukee star battles a sore right quadriceps. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo sidestepped the MVP discussion following another dominant all-around effort Wednesday that saw him score 27 points and grab a career-high 21 rebounds in a
9:53 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo missed Friday night’s 113-106 loss to the Washington Wizards while battling a sore right quadriceps. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo sidestepped the MVP discussion following another dominant all-around effort Wednesday that saw him score 27 points and grab a career-high 21 rebounds in a win over James Harden’s
3:47 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — LaMarcus Aldridge saw the double team, spun baseline and fired a jumper that found the bottom of the net, and he immediately knew: “This is one of those nights,” he said. Aldridge scored a career-high 56 points to help the Spurs survive the Oklahoma City Thunder and Russell Westbrook‘s
1:25 AM ET The San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Oklahoma City Thunder 154-147 in double overtime in what might end up being the game of the year in the NBA. The Spurs didn’t miss a 3-pointer for nearly the entire game, the Thunder erased a 16-point deficit to force overtime, LaMarcus Aldridge became the newest