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Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett scored 24 points each as the Toronto Raptors dominated the visiting Washington Wizards 140-110 on Friday for its sixth straight win. The Raptors improved to 3-0 in the NBA Cup group stage and clinched a spot in the knockout rounds, being the first team to do so. Scottie Barnes scored…
Luka Doncic scored 37 points with 10 assists and LeBron James added 11 points in 30 minutes of his season debut as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 140-126 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Tuesday. After missing the first 14 games of the season because of sciatica on his right side, James…
Patrick Beverley was arrested and charged with felony assault in what police in Texas called a “family violence” incident. The former NBA guard, 37, was arrested early on Friday at a home in Rosharon, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said. Bail was set at $40,000. Beverley, via social media, asked that people “don’t believe…
Onyeka Okongwu scored a career-high 32 points and Jalen Johnson added a career-best 31 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 132-122 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday in Salt Lake City. Atlanta posted its Eastern Conference-leading sixth road victory of the season, in eight attempts. Johnson also tallied career highs in rebounds…
Tyrese Maxey tossed in a game-high 40 points and rookie VJ Edgecombe got off to a historic start with 34 to lead the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 117-116 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night in the NBA opener for each team. Boston trailed 117-116 after Edgecombe missed two free-throw attempts with 8.5…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver again expressed confidence Tuesday that WNBA players and that league will strike a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement, with the current one set to expire on October 31. And Silver made clear: WNBA players will be getting “big” raises. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” in advance of Tuesday night’s season-opening…
The British Basketball Federation has been suspended by the sport’s world governing body and its men’s team barred from international competition because of governance issues, FIBA announced on Wednesday. A task force was set up in August by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to investigate “regulatory non-compliance” within British basketball after a power struggle between…
Former NBA player Paul Pierce was arrested on Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence on a Los Angeles highway after he was found asleep behind the wheel, state police said. California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 10:40 p.m. to an unrelated car crash involving multiple vehicles on the northbound lanes of…
Jeremy Lin announced his retirement from professional basketball via Instagram on Saturday night. “It’s been the honor of a lifetime to compete against the fiercest competitors under the brightest lights and to challenge what the world thought was possible for someone who looks like me,” he wrote. “I’ve lived out my wildest childhood dreams to…
A basketball card autographed by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant has sold for nearly $13 million at auction, a record for any sports card. Heritage Auctions said there were 82 bids for the 2007-08 Upper Deck Logoman collection card before it sold on Sunday for $12,932,000. That surpassed the $12.6 million paid…
