Maybe wins against the Hornets and Nets earlier this week didn’t do it for you. But Josh Hart’s play in the Knicks’ win over Milwaukee on Friday has to move the needle toward keeping him in the starting lineup. Hart was everywhere on Friday — Guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo. Pushing the ball in transition. Play-making as […]
Imagn 76ers With bodies dropping left and right, the Sixers are starting to resemble last year’s version of the team, and not in a good way. Philadelphia suffered its worst loss of the season Tuesday — a 41-point thumping at the hands of Orlando — and barely looked competitive. “We got spanked,” Tyrese Maxey told
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Getty Timberwolves Donte DiVincenzo may be the starter on paper, but head coach Chris Finch says the Timberwolves’ real point guard is Anthony Edwards. Edwards is, after all, the one steering the ship, Finch said via Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. “Anthony’s probably more of our point guard than Donte is our point guard,” Finch
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are 18-1 with a +16.4 net rating that is the best in NBA history through 19 games — and they are about to get a lot better. Their All-NBA forward Jalen Williams is officially off the Thunder’s injury list and is expected to make his debut Friday when the Thunder take
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Getty Mavericks Anthony Davis is officially questionable for Friday in Los Angeles, which lines up with what Dallas expected after he practiced on Wednesday. Davis has missed 14 straight games with a left calf strain and told reporters it has been “surprising” and “definitely tough” to watch the Mavericks stumble while he recovers. He also
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AP Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and the Celtics finally stopped Detroit’s run, handing the Pistons a 117-114 loss on Wednesday and ending a franchise record-tying winning streak. Detroit had a shot to stand alone in team history. Instead, the streak halts at 13, matching the 1989-90 and 2003-04 championship teams. Brown led Boston with 33
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File photo Eastern Conference Pistons — 15-3 Raptors — 14-5 — GB: 1.5 Heat — 13-6 — GB: 2.5 Knicks — 11-6 — GB: 3.5 Cavaliers — 12-7 — GB: 3.5 Hawks — 11-8 — GB: 4.5 Magic — 11-8 — GB: 4.5 Celtics — 10-8 — GB: 5.0 Bulls — 9-8 — GB: 5.5
The Knicks might be stuffed for Thanksgiving after devouring the Hornets.
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The Knicks had an offensive explosion on Wednesday night, beating the Charlotte Hornets, 129-101. Here are the takeaways… — Things got off to a fast start as both offenses came out firing and shot the ball extremely well in the first quarter. Josh Hart, in particular, had a fantastic opening quarter in what was his
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Imagn You never really know who is playing in today’s NBA. That is the story of this era. Not pace. Not space. Not the three-point revolution. Injuries. Real ones. Soft tissue ones. Mysterious ones. Day-to-day for two weeks ones. And teams holding players out for what one scout once called “hangnails.” This is the injury
