Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points, including 26 in the second half, as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers extended its winning streak to nine games by beating the Boston Celtics 123-116 Friday night in a matchup of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Darius Garland added 20 points for Cleveland, which trailed by 22 points less than five … Read more
Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 44 points on 18-of-24 shooting as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 126-119 home victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. Guerschon Yabusele made five 3-pointers en route to 18 points for Philadelphia, which played its first game since announcing that Joel Embiid (knee) would … Read more
De’Andre Hunter made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a stunning 133-129 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Hunter finished with 32 points and came up in the clutch after Anfernee Simons put Portland ahead 129-128 with a triple of his own with 44 … Read more
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 51 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 137-128 home win over the Houston Rockets on Monday. It was Gilgeous-Alexander’s fourth game with 50 or more points this season and ninth game with 40 or more points — both tops in the NBA. He had never produced a 50-point game … Read more
LeBron James scored 34 points on a milestone night and Luka Doncic added 30 points and 15 assists as Los Angeles Lakers celebrated with a 136-115 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. With a three-pointer in the first quarter, James became the first player to reach 50,000 points in regular-season and playoff … Read more
Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics extend its winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night. It was Tatum’s fourth game with at least 40 points this season. He was 12 of 28 from the field and played … Read more
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead Oklahoma City Thunder to its seventh consecutive victory, a 127-103 rout over visiting Denver Nuggets on Sunday. It was the first of back-to-back games in Oklahoma City for the teams that entered the day in the top two spots in the Western Conference. The loss dropped the Nuggets … Read more
Darius Garland had team highs of 30 points and eight assists as Cleveland rallied for a 109-104 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, the Cavaliers’ 15th consecutive win. Jarrett Allen added 23 points and 13 rebounds as Cleveland matched the longest win streak in franchise history, which the current group set to begin … Read more