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File photo Eastern Conference Pistons — 17-4 Raptors — 15-7 — GB: 2.5 Heat — 14-7 — GB: 3.0 Knicks — 13-7 — GB: 3.5 Magic — 13-8 — GB: 4.0 Cavaliers — 13-9 — GB: 4.5 Hawks — 13-9 — GB: 4.5 Celtics — 12-9 — GB: 5.0 76ers — 11-9 — GB: 5.5 […]

Jimmy Butler tripped and lost his shoe in the second quarter on Tuesday night, and came up limping.IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect / Reuters Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler exited a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder early on Tuesday night due to an apparent knee injury. It didn’t stop his team from nearly

Not this time. Not this night. 

Lakers center Elden Campbell pulls in a rebound in front of Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon during a game in 1997. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press) Former Lakers center Elden Campbell, who played 8 ½ seasons of his 15-year NBA career with the Los Angeles team he watched while growing up here and attending Morningside High,

File photo Jazz The rest of the league keeps waiting for Utah to blink, to finally toss Lauri Markkanen onto the trade pile and lean into a full-blown tank. But the message rival teams are getting? Don’t count on it. As Marc Stein of The Stein Line reports, front offices around the NBA are “increasingly

AP Eastern Conference Pistons — 17-4 Knicks — 13-6 — GB: 3.0 Heat — 14-7 — GB: 3.0 Raptors — 14-7 — GB: 3.0 Magic — 13-8 — GB: 4.0 Cavaliers — 13-9 — GB: 4.5 Hawks — 13-9 — GB: 4.5 Celtics — 11-9 — GB: 5.5 76ers — 10-9 — GB: 6.0 Bulls

Early in the season, the Knicks have shown that when they are clicking offensively, they are almost unguardable.

Lakers star Luka Doncic shoots over Suns center Mark Williams during the Lakers’ 125-108 loss at Crypto.com Arena on Monday night. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Luka Doncic sat at the table for his postgame news conference and turned the box score over in disgust.  There was nothing the Lakers superstar wanted to see there. 

AP Nuggets Jamal Murray usually eases his way into a season. Not this time. The Nuggets guard has been cooking from opening night and looks every bit like an All-Star, as Sean Keeler of The Denver Post noted. Murray is sitting on career highs across the board — 24 points, 6.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds

USA Today LeBron James has seen every kind of superstar across 20-plus seasons, so when he lights up over an opponent, people listen. On the latest Mind the Game episode, Steve Nash asked him a simple but loaded question. Namely, is Nikola Jokic the best offensive player James has ever played against? “Wow, that’s a