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The Houston Rockets celebrated Christmas in style, delivering an overwhelming and dominant outing in a 119-96 thrashing of the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Amen Thompson led six Rockets in double figures with 26 points in the win, which ended a brutal six-game road trip — three overtime losses plus a 20-point blowout at the

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick was not in a charitable mood after the team’s 119-96 loss to the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day. The team took its third straight loss Thursday in a one-sided affair, an outcome made worse by rising star Austin Reaves exiting the game with another calf injury. The Rockets

At halftime in Minnesota on Tuesday night, Knicks head coach Mike Brown lit into Tyler Kolek. The coach watched Kolek miss seven of his 10 shots in the first half and he wasn’t happy about it. “You’ve taken 10 shots, the second most on the team, only made three; three or four of those shots were airballs,” the

Dec 25, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompson (1) dunks for the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Gary A. Vasquez/Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Amen Thompson scored 26 points to lead six players in double figures and the

OKLAHOMA CITY — The final Spurs timeout of an emphatic 117-102 Christmas Day win, with a little over a minute left to play and the game already decided, was the most prominent.  Thirty seconds earlier, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault had recalled his starters, resigned to the reality Oklahoma City was mere moments away from

File photo The losses are starting to weigh heavily on the Pacers, and the frustration is no longer being kept behind closed doors. After Saturday’s loss to the Pelicans, guard T.J. McConnell openly questioned the team’s effort. Tuesday brought a sharper response. Following a 17-point defeat to the Bucks, forward Pascal Siakam spoke for nearly

File photo Back in the starting lineup for just the second time since returning from a jammed finger, Sam Merrill immediately made his presence felt in the Cavaliers’ win over the Pelicans, as Ethan Sands of Cleveland.com details. Merrill finished with 18 points, six rebounds, and seven assists, but the bigger impact came from how

Getty Outside of small-ball looks, Warriors veterans Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green have actually been more effective this season when they are not sharing the floor, according to Sam Gordon of The San Francisco Chronicle. Gordon notes that since their last small-ball start on December 2, lineups featuring Butler and Green together own a minus

File photo The Warriors rescued their season last February with the bold move to acquire Jimmy Butler, but general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. isn’t expecting lightning to strike twice. Speaking on “Warriors Pregame Live” before Monday’s game, Dunleavy acknowledged that another trade of that magnitude would be difficult to pull off. “We’ll look to do