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The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks on Thursday for one game without pay after he received his 16th technical foul this season.A player or coach is automatically suspended without pay for one game after a 16th technical foul in the reg...

San Antonio Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox on Thursday was named to replace injured Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo in the upcoming NBA All-Star Game.Fox will join the USA Stripes team led by Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson for the Sunday game, ...

Washington Wizards big man Alex Sarr will miss Friday's Rising Stars game in Inglewood, Calif., with a hamstring strain.The team announced Thursday morning that Sarr will be sidelined through the All-Star break.Sarr, 20, will join Wizards teammates Kys...

Utah Jazz star forward Jaren Jackson Jr. will undergo surgery on his left knee, the team announced Thursday -- nine days after acquiring him in an eight-player trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.The Jazz said the procedure over the All-Star break will re...

Jaren Jackson Jr. is fitting in well and making a solid first impression with the Utah Jazz.The former NBA Defensive Player of the Year also has a solid offensive game, and he will look to record a 20-point performance for the fourth straight game with...

The last time the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks faced off, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo led their teams in scoring.When the teams meet again Thursday in Oklahoma City in their final game before the All-Star break, neith...

Kawhi Leonard completed a tiebreaking three-point play with two seconds remaining to lift the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 105-102 comeback victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.Leonard scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth q...

De'Aaron Fox led a balanced attack with 27 points, five reserves combined for 57 points on the second night of a back-to-back, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from 16 down to overtake the Golden State Warriors 126-113 in San Francisco on Wednesday.Vi...

NBA Rookie of the Year front-runner Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks has a left midfoot sprain and will be sidelined through All-Star weekend, the team announced Wednesday.Flagg, 19, sustained the sprain against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, with an...

Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists to counter his nine turnovers, Jamal Murray finished with 23 points, and the host Denver Nuggets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 122-116 on Wednesday night.It was Jokic's 20th triple-double this sea...

Jalen Williams scored 19 of his 28 points in the third quarter and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the short-handed host Phoenix Suns for the second time this season in a 136-109 victory on Wednesday.Reserve Isaiah Joe had 21 points, tying a season hi...

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 points while Lauri Markkanen added 19 points and seven rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 121-93 victory over the Sacramento Kings in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night.With their 14th consecutive loss, the Kings equaled the...

Kawhi Leonard completed a tiebreaking three-point play with two seconds remaining to lift the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 105-102 comeback victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.Leonard scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth q...

Julius Randle scored 41 points on 14-for-24 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 133-109 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.Jaden McDaniels added 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting for Minnesota, whi...

Bam Adebayo scored 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the visiting Miami Heat continued their dominance over the New Orleans Pelicans with a 123-111 victory on Wednesday.Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 23 points off the bench and Kel'el Ware had 16 points an...

Rookie Kam Jones hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16.8 seconds left as the Indiana Pacers stormed back from an 18-point deficit and earned a 115-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday night in New York.The Pacers eked out their second straight cl...

Jose Alvarado made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points as the visiting New York Knicks rolled to a 138-89 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday in both teams' final game before the All-Star break.Mikal Bridges added 22 points...

Cade Cunningham scored 18 of his 28 points in the second quarter Wednesday night and the visiting Detroit Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors 113-95.Cunningham, who hit 6 of 11 3-point attempts, added seven rebounds, nine assists and three steals for ...

Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points and Nikola Vucevic added 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 124-105 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.Vucevic was traded to Boston last w...

Cam Thomas scored 34 points off the bench as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Orlando Magic's three-game winning streak with a 116-108 victory on Wednesday.Thomas hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range in just 25 minutes. Kevin Porter Jr. paired 18 poin...

Brandon Miller scored 31 points and the short-handed Charlotte Hornets defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks 110-107 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams prior to the All-Star break.LaMelo Ball provided 24 points and six assists as the Hor...

After taking the court with a skeleton crew Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers will aim to assemble a more competitive lineup when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.Both teams will be playing their final game before the extended All-Star break.Th...

The San Antonio Spurs waived Jeremy Sochan on Wednesday to permit the 22-year-old power forward to seek a fresh start as a free agent.A frequent starter in past seasons, Sochan slipped out of coach Mitch Johnson's rotation and played a grand total of e...

First-time candidates Blake Griffin and Candace Parker, as well as returning candidate Doc Rivers, are among the 21 finalists for election to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class.The organization announced its list of finalist...

The NBA fined the Atlanta Hawks' Mouhamed Gueye and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Naz Reid $35,000 each on Wednesday for their roles in an on-court altercation during Minnesota's 138-116 victory on Monday in Minneapolis.The Timberwolves were leading 106-...

New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby will sit out his fourth consecutive game Wednesday when he misses his team's contest versus the host Philadelphia 76ers.Anunoby, 28, is sidelined by a toenail avulsion on his right foot, per NBA injury report.He is av...

Detroit Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart was suspended seven games by the NBA on Wednesday for leaving the bench area, aggressively entering an on-court altercation and fighting.Per the league, the length of Stewart's suspensions is based, in part...

Victor Wembanyama will make a second attempt at his first-ever NBA win in San Francisco when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.Shortly after having been proclaimed a serious NBA Most Valuable Player candidate this...

The Phoenix Suns built a 31-point lead while beating Dallas to break a three-game home losing streak on Tuesday.Now a stiffer test awaits.The Suns' final game before the All-Star break will present a bigger challenge as the Oklahoma City Thunder visit ...

The memory of Los Angeles All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard scoring at his leisure during a late-December matchup remained front and center for the Houston Rockets as they prepared for the first game of a home back-to-back against the visiting Clippers on...