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AP Timberwolves The script flipped in Minneapolis. After being handled twice by Cleveland last season, the Timberwolves returned the favor Thursday night, putting together one of their most complete offensive performances of the season in a 131-122 win at Target Center. Minnesota shot 57 percent from the field, knocked down 20 three-pointers, and had all […]

File photo The Raptors have at least kicked the tires on Anthony Davis. More specifically, Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca confirmed that Toronto has conveyed “exploratory interest” in Davis, but he remains skeptical that a deal with the Mavericks ultimately comes together. In a two-team framework, Lewenberg said Toronto’s outgoing salary would likely be built around

AP It started with a head-scratcher and ended with a familiar result. The Cavaliers fell to the host Timberwolves, 131-122, on Thursday, a game that swung hard in two short stretches and never quite came back. By the time the Cavs found their footing, the damage had already been done. This was the Cavs’ 21st

Only Luka Doncic (33.5) averages more points per game this season than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31.6) [Getty Images] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 46 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an overtime win over the Utah Jazz. The NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player hit the shot to force overtime before helping the defending champions clinch a

File photo Trade season didn’t ease in. It kicked the door open. With a month to go before the Feb. 5 deadline, the NBA finally saw its first real move, as the Hawks sent Trae Young to the Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, as first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania. For Atlanta, this

Immanuel Quickley often had the ability to hit the big shot during his four seasons with the Knicks. And he did so again on Wednesday night.

This was a win-win trade. How big those wins are hinges on a lot of yet-to-be-determined factors — Can Atlanta use their newfound financial flexibility to land Anthony Davis or another star this offseason? Can Trae Young stay healthy and fill the role of veteran leader and mentor a young team needs? — but this

Getty It’s not quiet in Sacramento. And it’s not settled in Golden State. According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, the Kings are among the teams with interest in Jonathan Kuminga as the February 5 trade deadline approaches. That interest isn’t new. When Kuminga hit restricted free agency over the summer, Kings GM Scott Perry visited him

File photo LeBron James keeps scoring like time forgot about him. Thirty more Tuesday night. Another win. Another reminder that the usual rules don’t apply. But after the visiting Lakers beat the Pelicans 111-103, James wasn’t interested in reclaiming center stage. He was interested in clarifying it. “Luka doesn’t need to bend his game for

Imagn With no Donovan Mitchell around to bail them out, the Cavaliers needed someone else to take over Tuesday night. Darius Garland, anyone? Down nine going into the fourth quarter against the Pacers, Garland flipped the game on its head, scoring 14 points on a perfect seven-for-seven shooting in the final period as Cleveland stormed