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The Brooklyn Nets will attempt to snap a four-game losing streak when they face the Charlotte Hornets on Monday at Barclays Center. They could be welcoming leading scorer Michael Porter Jr. back to their lineup for the matchup. Porter Jr. is probable vs. Charlotte after missing Brooklyn’s last two games due to lower back soreness. […]

Deni Avdija had a career night that unfortunately went to waste in the Portland Trail Blazers’ matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Avdija is going through the sixth season of his NBA career, his second with the Trail Blazers. Since coming over from Washington, he has bloomed into a star as he’s […]

The Boston Celtics are going through a season in transition. The die was cast in last spring’s playoffs when All-Star Jayson Tatum suffered a torn Achilles that would force them to change their game plan and lessen their expectations. Since the start of the season the Celtics have been fighting to stay over the .500 […]

Borrowing a term usually reserved for international soccer play, the “Group of Death” title fell on the Western Conference’s Group C of the NBA Cup. The San Antonio Spurs won a pool that included the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, and Denver Nuggets. That they advanced to the Quarterfinals of the knockout […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have flipped the script on their early-season struggles, turning potential embarrassment into a surge of confidence with back-to-back road comebacks. Overcoming double-digit deficits to edge the New Orleans Pelicans (132-128) in overtime and the LA Clippers (112-107) has boosted the Beale Street-based squad into 10th in the Western Conference standings. The Grizzlies look […]

As the Miami Heat lost to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, 138-135, there was a key absence in the game that caused a change to the lineups and rotation in Jaime Jaquez Jr., thriving in his third season. While Jaquez brings clarity to the Heat off the bench, he was out for Saturday’s game, […]

Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis did not play in the second of a back-to-back on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. Dallas still managed to earn a 114-110 win, however. So, will Davis play on Monday night in Denver against the Nuggets? According to the NBA injury report, Davis is listed as probable due […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Cleveland Cavaliers issued a mass injury update ahead of their game against the Boston Celtics. The team revealed that big man Jarrett Allen will be out for a week with a right finger strain, Larry Nance Jr. has been sidelined for three to four weeks due to a Grade 1 soleus […]

Houston Rockets All-Star Kevin Durant made NBA history in Sunday’s 121-101 win against the Utah Jazz, surpassing Hall of Fame center Alex English for most field goals made. While some note a slight decline in Durant’s game, the Rockets continue to play at a high level with the third-best record in the Western Conference. Durant […]

Future Hall of Famer Klay Thompson endured a forgettable start to the 2025-26 NBA season. One of the greatest three-point shooters of all-time, Klay was unable to consistently find the bottom of the net early in the new campaign. He’s been heating up in recent action, though, averaging 14.6 points per game on 43.2 percent […]

Most NBA fans would say that Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be a Hall of Famer when all is said and done, but in case there was any doubt, the 30-year-old has already laid out a path for how his scoring could elevate his overall legacy. Giannis posted 29 points in the Bucks’ 116-99 […]

As Dallas Mavericks star rookie Cooper Flagg achieves feats left and right, he would accomplish a new one in the 114-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavericks rookie would even make history with the performance against the Clippers, as Klay Thompson would speak on why he thinks of Kobe Bryant with Flagg. The […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to string together a little win streak as they face off against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. Joel Embiid has missed the last nine games for the 76ers as he continues to recover from a knee injury, however, it’s possible he might return to the lineup soon. Joel Embiid was […]

Many have called Kevin Durant the most gifted scorer in NBA history. But the question now is: how much longer can he keep it going? Now 37 years old, Durant is quietly posting some of the worst offensive numbers of his career, which has been overshadowed by the Rockets’ early success. Houston currently sits at […]

The Chicago Bulls walked into the season with quiet confidence, a healthy roster, and perhaps the strongest continuity core in the Eastern Conference. At one point, they were 6-1, looking like a team ready to erase years of inconsistency and finally make a legitimate playoff push. But reality, as it tends to do in the […]

After the Los Angeles Clippers went through another terrible loss on Saturday, this time to the Dallas Mavericks, 114-110, there’s no doubt that this has been a frustrating start to the season. With the Clippers’ catastrophic start to the season, the frustration is building up, as seen in James Harden’s recent comments. Though Harden had […]

At just over a month into the new NBA season, the trade market is already beginning to take shape, and one name continues to surface with increasing frequency: Zach LaVine. The All-Star guard hasn’t had the smoothest transition with the Sacramento Kings, and with the team stumbling to a disappointing 5-15 start, rival executives are […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Houston Rockets will hit the road to take on the Utah Jazz. Kevin Durant has missed the last two games for the Rockets due to personal reasons, causing some to wonder whether his playing status vs Utah may be in doubt. Here’s everything we know about Durant’s availability for the game […]

The Los Angeles Clippers reached a breaking point as another collapse left head coach Tyronn Lue without solutions and likely without much more time. A 114-110 loss to a shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team dropped the Clippers to 5-15 and intensified pressure on a franchise spiraling far faster than anyone expected. Dallas was without nearly every […]

To say the LA Clippers have been struggling this season is a major understatement. The team has not been able to find any consistency, and they sit near the bottom of the Western Conference standings at 5-15. The Clippers suffered another bad loss on Saturday, against the short-handed Dallas Mavericks, and Kawhi Leonard channeled his […]

As Jimmy Butler leads the Golden State Warriors without Stephen Curry, who is out with a quad contusion, there was a moment in the win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday that concerned a lot of fans. Butler would take a hard fall for the Warriors in the first half of the game, as […]

The Golden State Warriors defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 104-96 on Saturday, but only shot 41 percent from the field and 26 percent from distance. Head coach Steve Kerr might not have been happy with his team’s shooting numbers, but is confident that his squad will improve these marks sooner rather than later. “The shots […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been on the struggle bus of late, having lost seven games in a row before finally getting back in the win column on Saturday night with a victory over the lowly Brooklyn Nets. Giannis Antetokounmpo is back after a brief injury absence, and the hope is that Milwaukee will be able […]

Cooper Flagg delivered more than a historic night against the L.A. Clippers. He also drew an honest assessment from Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, whose postgame breakdown revealed exactly how the Dallas rookie managed one of the most impressive performances ever recorded by an eighteen-year-old. Flagg scored 35 points in the Mavericks’ 114-110 win over the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers close out the month with a home game on Sunday against the New Orleans Pelicans, but they’re going to be a little short-handed when it comes to the injury report. LeBron James, who had recently made his return to the Lakers’ lineup after being sidelined to start the season with a […]

On Sunday evening, the Philadelphia 76ers will hit the floor at home to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a battle of Eastern Conference foes. Andre Drummond is one of several 76ers players on the injury report for this one, currently listed as questionable due to a right knee contusion. Here’s everything we know about […]

Indiana needed someone to steady a season that has been defined by injuries, close losses, and frustration. On Saturday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Pascal Siakam finally delivered the moment the Pacers had been chasing. Siakam drilled a fading jumper with one-tenth of a second left to lift Indiana to a 103-101 win over the Chicago […]

Jay Huff referenced his surname — and love for Harry Potter — during a recent press conference. Huff was seen wearing a Hufflepuff sweatshirt following the Indiana Pacers’ winning 101-103 against the Chicago Bulls on Nov. 29. “Jay Huff in his Hufflepuff shirt postgame,” Forbes Sports reporter Tony East wrote on X. “His wife bought […]

The Golden State Warriors are re-signing Seth Curry Monday after waiving him prior to the 2025-26 NBA season, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater. The Warriors brought Curry to training camp but had to waive him before the season because of a salary crunch. ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel explained at the time the need […]

SAN FRANCISCO– Most of the Golden State Warriors’ 104-96 victory over the rudderless New Orleans Pelicans was ugly. Very ugly. Without Stephen Curry, who will miss the next couple of games with a left quad contusion, the Dubs shot 2-of-22 from beyond the arc in the first half and only 25.5% from there for the […]

Despite winning three MVP awards and leading the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA Championship, Nikola Jokic has an odd stereotype surrounding him. The Serbian center’s low-key personality and reluctance to embrace a superstar status have given NBA fans the idea that he doesn’t care about basketball. But according to his former teammate DeAndre Jordan, […]

The Charlotte Hornets may be just 6-14 on the season, but Saturday night felt like progress. In a gritty overtime battle, Charlotte snapped the Toronto Raptors’ nine-game winning streak, earning a 118-111 victory behind a huge performance from Miles Bridges and steady late-game composure from their young core. Bridges finished with 35 points, including 10 […]

The Jaylen Brown hairline saga has taken yet another unexpected and hilarious turn. Minnesota Timberwolves star and Defensive Player of the Year candidate Rudy Gobert has now joined the conversation, jokingly telling Brown to “just go bald” after the Celtics forward once again found himself trending for non-basketball reasons. Brown, who has long been a […]

The Toronto Raptors finally hit a bump in what had been one of the hottest stretches in the NBA. Their nine-game winning streak came to an end Saturday night after a 118-111 overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets, and while there’s no panic inside the locker room, there is a clear message forming. Toronto, now […]

MIAMI – As the Miami Heat took on Duncan Robinson and the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, it resulted in the team getting its six-game winning streak snapped, 138-135. With the Heat looking for clarity with its relatively healthy roster, the one player that stood out and proved his role once again is veteran Andrew […]

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg just crashed a club usually reserved for LeBron James and then one-upped it. Flagg, at 18 years and 343 days, first became the second-youngest player in NBA history to score 30-plus points in a game, trailing only LeBron James, per NBA insider Brett Siegel. Then he kept cooking. By the […]

Thanasis Antetokounmpo made his brother and superstar Giannis proud with a big dunk highlight in the Milwaukee Bucks’ matchup against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. Thanasis is going through his seventh year of playing in the NBA, his sixth with the Bucks. He has been teammates with his brother Giannis since 2019, being a […]

Pascal Siakam came through in the clutch as he knocked down a game-winning shot in the Indiana Pacers’ 103-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Siakam is going through the 10th year of his NBA career, his third with the Pacers. He has been the top scoring option as the team is going […]

Kevon Looney earned significant love and appreciation from the Golden State community during his return game in the New Orleans Pelicans’ matchup against the Warriors on Saturday night. Looney is going through the 11th season of his career, his first with the Pelicans. He spent 10 years with the Warriors as he served a vital […]