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File photo New Orleans is in freefall. Sunday’s 137-106 loss to the Thunder dropped the Pelicans to 0-6. Only Brooklyn joins them in the “still searching” club. The part that’s really getting people talking? It’s not just the losing — it’s how they’re losing. They’ve given up at least 120 in all six games. Three […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid promptly clapped back at the NBA after getting fined $50,000 for making a “lewd gesture” on the court during the team’s 109-108 home loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

USA Today 76ers Sixers center Joel Embiid got hit with a $50,000 fine for “making a lewd gesture on the playing court” the NBA announced. The moment happened in the first quarter of Friday’s one-point loss to the Celtics and was caught on video. It went viral pretty quickly. The fine won’t make a dent

File photo The Warriors led by 11 with 6:00 to go on Saturday and still lost to a Pacers team that has been crushed by injuries. Golden State scored five points the rest of the way. Indiana scored 21. Stephen Curry took the blame, as relayed by Anthony Slater of ESPN. Curry had 24 points

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Brooklyn ranks at or near the bottom in every significant defensive category through its 0-5 start entering Sunday night’s game against the 76ers at Barclays Center.

AP Magic Desmond Bane still believes his shot will come around. The Orlando guard is hitting just 25 percent from three and taking fewer of them than at any point since his rookie year. But Bane indicated he’s not concerned, per Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel. “It’ll come,” Bane said. “I’ve had multiple stretches

Oh Luka Doncic, Luka Doncic, where art thou, Luka Doncic?

In the previous two seasons under coach Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks didn’t absorb a three-game losing streak until after Christmas.

Sometimes, every now and again, you get a year straight out of a fantasy, so there’s no reason to suffer from what we’ll call “Small Sample Sepsis.”