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AP The Celtics weren’t supposed to look like this. Not after trading two starters, watching two more walk in free agency, and bracing for what some in Boston politely labeled a “gap year.” But here they are anyway, thumping the Lakers on Friday and winning nine of their last 11, forcing a recalibration of expectations […]

File photo Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is trying to get healthy and trying to keep things simple. That is the message he delivered to NBA insider Chris Haynes this week as the noise surrounding his future with the Bucks continues to swell. “He spoke to me about just being where his feet are planted. That

Getty The Clippers are hosting the NBA All-Star Game this season, but somehow that isn’t even their biggest promotional stunt. That honor belonged to the bobbleheads. Six of them. A league-high. A number so ambitious it feels like Steve Ballmer challenged his staff to “think bigger” and they took it literally. Here was the original

Kevin Durant made his NBA debut in 2007 [Getty Images] Kevin Durant became just the eighth player in NBA history to reach 31,000 career points during the Houston Rockets’ 117-98 win against the Phoenix Suns. The 37-year-old started the game needing just four points to hit the milestone and took his tally to 31,000 points

File photo Eastern Conference Pistons — 18–5 Knicks — 15–7 — GB: 2.5 Raptors — 15–9 — GB: 3.5 Magic — 14–9 — GB: 4.0 Celtics — 14–9 — GB: 4.0 Heat — 14–9 — GB: 4.0 76ers — 13–9 — GB: 4.5 Cavaliers — 14–10 — GB: 4.5 Hawks — 13–11 — GB: 5.5

LeBron James is the league’s all-time leading scorer [Reuters] LeBron James’ incredible run of 1,297 regular-season NBA games scoring 10 or more points ended as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 123-120. James, 40, scored eight points against the Raptors and handed out 11 assists, including the pass for Rui Hachimura to score

Egor Dëmin, who was battling an illness, struggled through an invisible three-point, four-foul outing in the Nets’ 123-110 to Utah on Thursday night.

AP LeBron James has spent most of his career making the right play. On Thursday night, that instinct finally snapped a record that felt untouchable. James scored only eight points in the Lakers’ 123-120 win over the Raptors, ending his run of 1,297 straight regular season games in double figures. It was the longest streak

AP Eastern Conference Pistons — 17-5 Knicks — 14-7 — GB: 2.5 Raptors — 15-8 — GB: 2.5 Heat — 14-8 — GB: 3.0 Celtics — 13-9 — GB: 4.0 Magic — 13-9 — GB: 4.0 76ers — 12-9 — GB: 4.5 Cavaliers — 13-10 — GB: 4.5 Hawks — 13-10 — GB: 4.5 Bucks

AP The Knicks made what was described as a “real offer” for Giannis Antetokounmpo in the offseason, but an in-season blockbuster looks unlikely right now, according to Ian Begley of SNY. Begley said Antetokounmpo would almost certainly have to force his way to New York for anything to materialize, and even then, the Bucks would