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Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick didn’t sugarcoat the challenge his team faces without its two stars. Following Monday night’s 122-108 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Redick acknowledged the offensive struggles that have emerged with both LeBron James and Luka Doncic sidelined. Speaking postgame via Spectrum SportsNet on X, formerly known as Twitter, […]

On Monday evening, the Golden State Warriors improved to 3-1 with a comfortable home win over the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 131-118. It was a balanced scoring effort from the Warriors all night, with Stephen Curry only needing to score 16 points to help lead his team to victory. One cool moment occurred […]

On Monday evening, the Dallas Mavericks dropped to 1-3 on the young 2025 NBA season with a home loss against the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a rough game from number one overall draft pick Cooper Flagg, who scored just two points against last year’s number one ranked defense in the NBA. […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been the Lakers’ saving grace during their injury crisis, dropping 51 and 41 points on consecutive nights. But even his heroics weren’t enough against the Portland Trail Blazers, as the undermanned Lakers fell 122-108 on Monday. Following the loss, Reaves opened up about the challenge of playing shorthanded […]

Jrue Holiday looked like the veteran star Portland envisioned when they traded for him this offseason. On the second night of a back-to-back, the 35-year-old guard led the Portland Trail Blazers to their first road win of the season, a 122-108 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, with a vintage two-way […]

The Detroit Pistons put up one of their worst performances in recent years Monday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Their sluggish effort ended with a rough final score of 116-95, dropping the Pistons back to a .500 record with a 2-2 mark. Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff kept it honest with his reflection on the team’s […]

The Brooklyn Nets parted ways with fan favorite Drew Timme before the start of the 2025-26 campaign. Yet, some speculated that the former Gonzaga star could return to fill the team’s final two-way spot. Any hopes of a reunion ended on Saturday. The Long Island Nets traded Timme and their 2027 first-round pick to the […]

The Dallas Mavericks fell 101-94 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, with Cooper Flagg watching most of the fourth-quarter comeback from the bench. The rookie was dealing with left shoulder soreness after taking contact on the opening possession and sat out crunch time despite playing 31 minutes. Dallas trailed by as many as 22 […]

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs have been sensational to begin the 2025-26 NBA season. With Wemby back from his blood clot issue and the team continuing to develop during the offseason, there was a sense of optimism surrounding this young Spurs team and their ability to start trending in the right direction. But […]

It’s becoming a routine for Victor Wembanyama to do things that make fans question what’s real and what’s not. Monday night against the Toronto Raptors, the 21-year-old phenom produced yet another viral moment, this time with a slow-motion clip of his ball-handling that seemed straight out of a video game. A slow-motion clip from Monday […]

As Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller is dealing with a shoulder injury that made him miss Sunday’s game against the Washington Wizards, the next steps for the star have just been revealed. While the Hornets star suffered a shoulder injury against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, the latest reporting from Chris Haynes will have fans […]

The Philadelphia 76ers entered the 2025–26 NBA season surrounded by questions, from health concerns around Joel Embiid and Paul George to uncertainty about how their young roster would gel after last year’s 24-win campaign. But just three games in, one thing is already crystal clear: this team is not the same as last year’s. On […]

The Brooklyn Nets assigned rookies Drake Powell and Danny Wolf to their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, on Monday. Both players are recovering from ankle injuries. Powell injured his ankle during the Nets’ season-opening loss to the Charlotte Hornets, while Wolf hurt himself the same day during the team’s shootaround. The rookie duo […]

As the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, 101-94, the attention was brought to rookie Cooper Flagg, who suffered a shoulder injury on the opening possession of the game. While Flagg has been special for the Mavericks to start the season, the injury could worry fans about his outlook, though […]

SAN FRANCISCO– The first three games of the season were rough for third-year guard Brandin Podziemski, especially with some of the pressure on his shoulders. Entering the Memphis Grizzlies matchup with only three total assists and multiple off-nights on offense, his head coach, Steve Kerr, admitted his guard was struggling. “He’s not at his best […]

For the second time in his young career, Victor Wembanyama has earned the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week. The 21-year-old generational talent captured the honor following an opening stretch of the season that proved historic. ClutchPoints asked Wemby his reaction to capturing the Western Conference’s side of the award. “A little bit of […]

Austin Reaves was coming off a 51-point outing in an impressive 127-120 win for the Los Angeles Lakers over the Sacramento Kings. But he and the Lakers did not have much time to celebrate that incredible, career-best outing. The Lakers had to lock in less than 24 hours later, as they had to face the […]

It’s difficult to imagine now, but there was once a time when it looked like Jonathan Kuminga had already played his final game for the Golden State Warriors. For him to go from expendable piece to someone who’s fully bought into the Warriors system is simply phenomenal. On Monday night, Kuminga had another incredible outing, […]

Stephen Curry has been one of the best basketball players in the world ever since he broke out for the Golden State Warriors in a huge way during the 2012-13 season. That was 13 years ago. But still, even though Curry is in the 17th year of his professional career, he remains a legitimate superstar […]

Everything is shaping up for the Indiana Pacers to have a nightmare 2025-26 season. Things were already looking difficult heading into the year, what with Tyrese Haliburton set to miss the entirety of the campaign after rupturing his Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. But everything that’s happened since has just […]

Draymond Green’s life mission is to make life for his opponents a living hell. On Monday night, with the Golden State Warriors hosting the Memphis Grizzlies, Green certainly had it out for Santi Aldama. With 3:48 left in the third quarter, Green was whistled for a flagrant foul penalty one after he rode on Aldama’s […]

The expectations for the Utah Jazz heading into the 2025-26 season were in the gutter. After all, they were coming off a season in which they won the fewest games in the NBA last season with 17. They have always seemed to throw the season around March and April, with the likes of Lauri Markkanen […]

The Portland Trail Blazers might be at the center of the biggest gambling scandal the NBA has ever seen, but make no mistake about it, their young core is improving at a rapid rate. One of the most prominent members of that aforementioned core is Shaedon Sharpe, the seventh overall pick of the 2022 NBA […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sam Merrill caught an unfortunate break on Monday night, injuring his right hip against the Detroit Pistons in the third quarter. He was hurt on a play in the first half where he came up holding his hip, but continued to play through it until the Cavs made the call to err […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks were defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, losing by a final score of 101-94. Dallas finally solved its turnover problem, recording just eight total turnovers in the game. However, a number of other issues still need to be fixed. The defense endured ups and downs once again, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers started the season whole, but that didn’t last long. Bradley Beal missed Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, and he’ll continue to be sidelined when the Clippers take on the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. The Clippers released their injury report on Monday evening, with listed Bradley Beal as […]

The Philadelphia 76ers entered the 2025-26 season with so much uncertainty. But one thing’s for sure: this 76ers team won’t be anything like they were last year, injury problems notwithstanding. On Monday night, the 76ers scored their third consecutive win to begin the year, defeating the Orlando Magic, 136-124, despite being without Joel Embiid and […]

The Boston Celtics were expected to struggle more than usual heading into the 2025-26 regular season, but not so much so that they made history. The C’s hadn’t gotten off to a 0-4 start since the 1970-71 campaign. However, heading into a Monday night showdown with the New Orleans Pelicans, there was a chance they’d […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers continue to navigate the absence of LeBron James and Luka Doncic due to injury, they were dealt another blow amid the second night of a back-to-back against the Portland Trail Blazers. Gabe Vincent, who had been one of the Lakers’ starting guards to begin the season, was ruled out for […]

VJ Edgecombe had an impressive defensive highlight during the Philadelphia 76ers’ matchup against the Orlando Magic on Monday night. Going into the game, Edgecombe had an excellent start to his NBA career. He averaged 24.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists throughout the first two games of the season, making early splashes as a start […]

Though the 2025-26 NBA season is still young, one of the more exciting stories of the campaign has been the lights-out play of rookie guard VJ Edgecombe, who has been playing at a borderline All-Star level for the Philadelphia 76ers right out of the gates. Dubbed an athletic freak with sky-high potential but plenty of […]

No one is doubting the idea of Cooper Flagg being one of the best players in the NBA someday. But as a rookie for a Dallas Mavericks team in transition, he is bound to have plenty of growing pains. On Monday night, he was given a major welcome to the NBA moment by Oklahoma City […]

After a sluggish start, the Chicago Bulls found themselves in contention with the Atlanta Hawks. Fortunately, Josh Giddey, who was listed as questionable due to a finger injury, was in the starting rotation and finished with a double double (18 points, 13 rebounds). Additionally, Matas Buzelis came around in the second half to come away […]

LOS ANGELES – As the Los Angeles Lakers prepared to face off against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, much of the chatter pregame was still on Austin Reaves’ incredible performance from the night before when he dropped a career-high 51 points against the Sacramento Kings in a win. Reaves stepped in in the absence […]

The NBA is finding out every night that San Antonio Spurs unicorn Victor Wembanyama is a problem. The Toronto Raptors are learning more about that in real time Monday night, as they deal with the former NBA draft No. 1 overall pick. Early in the first quarter of the Raptors game, Wembanyama drove down the […]

Amid a laundry list of injuries from Tyrese Haliburton in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to losing backup T.J. McConnell (left hamstring), the Indiana Pacers reportedly waived James Wiseman and signed Mac McClung to a multi-year deal. Andrew Nembhard suffered a strained left shoulder, as the Pacers’ frontcourt has thinned significantly since Haliburton ruptured […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks will play a big game on Monday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder following Sunday’s 139-129 win over the Toronto Raptors. While speaking to reporters before the matchup, head coach Jason Kidd was asked who his favorite teammate to play with was during his NBA career. Kidd provided an answer […]

As New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was questionable heading into Monday night’s game against the Boston Celtics, his status for the contest is revealed. While the injuries pile up for the Pelicans, add Williamson to the list as he will be out for the game, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. “Zion Williamson is […]

MIAMI – As the Miami Heat obtained a huge win over the New York Knicks on Sunday night, 115-107, it was another impressive outing from the team to start the season, filled with standout performances. With the Heat running its new fast offense, one player who has benefited from it is Jaime Jaquez Jr., coming […]