Next year’s NBA All-Star Game will feature a “USA versus the World” format, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said on Wednesday. The move comes after last February’s revamped tournament-style format, featuring celebrity-picked rosters, was seen as a flop by players and drew relatively low US television ratings. Asked on Fox Sports One about having a USA … Read more
Myles Turner had 24 points, Obi Toppin added 22 and the Indiana Pacers withstood another massive Nikola Jokic triple-double to beat the host Denver Nuggets 125-120 on Sunday. Andrew Nembhard had 19 points and six assists for the Pacers, which picked up their fourth straight win to stay in the top four of the Eastern … Read more
Aaron Gordon scored a season-high 38 points, Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double and the Denver Nuggets, playing without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, stunned the Golden State Warriors 114-105 in San Francisco on Monday. With Jokic nursing a sore elbow and ankle and Murray dealing with a sprained right ankle, the Nuggets rode Gordon, Westbrook … Read more
Luka Doncic had 32 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James scored 25 points and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers beat the Nuggets 123-100 on Saturday night to end Denver’s nine-game winning streak. Doncic logged 31 minutes in his fourth game since being traded to Los Angeles, which won for just the second time in its … Read more