Entering Monday, Anthony Edwards was averaging 27.6 points per game against Utah in his career. That’s the third most Edwards has averaged against any team in his career. He continued his big nights against the Jazz with another 35 points in a 120-113 Minnesota Timberwolves victory at Utah.

The Wolves have won three games in a row and five of...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — After the Orlando Magic fell to the Boston Celtics Sunday night, Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley continued to mention the amount of turnovers his team committed (17) and how many points Boston scored off them (29) regardless of the question he was asked postgame.

Back at Kia Center less than 24 hours later Monday, the Magic knew ...Read more

DETROIT — Daniss Jenkins came into the year as one of the primary two-way prospects who would spend much of the season with the Motor City Cruise. But since the ongoing absence of Marcus Sasser, Jenkins has taken advantage of his opportunities.

On Monday night against the Washington Wizards, Jenkins came up huge off the bench, scoring a ...Read more

MIAMI – The last two times these teams met, the fourth quarters might just as well have been played with running time, the Cleveland Cavaliers thoroughly humiliating the Miami Heat to close out last season’s first-round playoff series.

This time, a clutch game.

With overtime required.

And drama to the final tick of the clock.

Miami Heat ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. – UConn’s “Big Three” of Alex Karaban, Solo Ball and Tarris Reed Jr. combined for 62 points as the third-ranked Huskies took down Columbia, 89-62, at Gampel Pavilion Monday night.

Ball led the way with 23 points, three assists and two steals, Karaban got to 20 points for the 16th time in his career, adding six rebounds, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For once, Luka Doncic had to serve the punishment. For not hitting any half-court shots during his pregame warmup, Doncic had to drop to the court and give his coaching staff pushups.

The exercise seemingly powered him up for the two-handed dunk to come.

Doncic dazzled in the Lakers’ 121-111 win over the Charlotte ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As the 76ers wore their iconic black throwback jerseys for the first time for Saturday’s win over the Toronto Raptors, Eric Snow sat courtside with his son.

Snow is one of several former players who will roll through Xfinity Mobile Arena as the Sixers celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 2000-01 team that advanced to the NBA...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski left West Point for good 45 years ago. He spent five years there as a coach and four as a cadet, two different experiences that set the tone for his entire life to date. West Point never left him. Nor has it left Duke, even after Krzyzewski’s retirement.

So much of what Krzyzewski learned in the Army — as ...Read more

Domantas Sabonis sat in front of his locker after going through pregame warmups prior to Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Sabonis said he planned to play after missing the past two games due to a left ribcage contusion, but he was still experiencing considerable pain, discomfort, labored breathing and a “sharp stab” ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – With back-to-back away losses behind them and a brutal six-game road trip lying ahead, the Golden State Warriors took advantage of the team’s only home game in a 16-day stretch on Sunday evening.

Golden State won 114-83 over the Indiana Pacers in what was, mostly, a rock-fight of a basketball game until late in the third ...Read more

SEATTLE — Brooklyn is what was on his birth certificate. Seattle is what was in his blood.

If you’re looking for a sports figure who exemplified the Emerald City, you’re not going to do better than Lenny Wilkens.

He spent 12 years playing and/or coaching here, and most of adult life as a fixture of the community. The Sonic legend whose ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Detroit Pistons extended their winning streak to six with a 111-108 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Pistons improved to 8-2, their best start through 10 games since the 2005-06 campaign, when they began 9-1.

Cade Cunningham recorded his sixth double-double of the season with ...Read more

NEW YORK — Good luck billing this as a rivalry. For the 11th straight time, the New York Knicks dragged their little-brother neighbors to the woodshed.

They walked into Sunday’s borough-to-borough matchup with a top-five NBA offense and a three-game home winning streak — and walked out with yet another rout over a Brooklyn Nets team.

The...Read more

After handing the Celtics a 13-point loss Friday night at Kia Center, the Orlando Magic hoped to carry their momentum into Sunday’s rematch against Boston.

Orlando, however, couldn’t put away the franchise that eliminated the Magic in last year’s postseason, and the Celtics escaped Central Florida with a 111-106 win, thanks to a team-high...Read more

MIAMI — There was a time when Culture wasn’t a jersey, wasn’t a court design, wasn’t more marketing than meaning.

There was a time when Culture held such touchstone value that it practically stood as corporate secret at 601 Biscayne Boulevard.

It was about the aura, about sacred regard. It made Culture special. It made the Miami Heat ...Read more

DENVER — No matter who plays, the Denver Nuggets look clinical.

Even in their first back-to-back of the season, even without their second- and third-best players, the Nuggets cruised to a 117-100 win over the depleted Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon were both out, but Denver (7-2) completed a perfect four-game home ...Read more

ATLANTA — Down by 20 during the third quarter against the Atlanta Hawks, the only sound coming from the Lakers bench was Nick Smith Jr.’s hollow claps of encouragement. The rest of the Lakers players sat silently or loitered in a semicircle waiting for their coaches to join.

There wasn’t much that could be said.

The Lakers’ five-game ...Read more

MIAMI — The NBA’s two fastest teams as measured by pace were off to the races on Saturday night at Kaseya Center in a race that went to the wire.

In many ways, it was as much a series of sprints, in the form of surges by each team, as a race of constant pace, with the Miami Heat entering No. 1 in that category and the Portland Trail Blazers...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — From the opening festivities, Michigan State’s Saturday night bout with Arkansas had the feel of a heavyweight fight. Two ranked foes, the type of matchup seen more often in March than a cold Saturday in November.

It sure felt like March at Breslin Center, where Michigan State won a thriller against Arkansas, 69-66, in...Read more

ATLANTA — JJ Redick was already preaching one type of Japanese philosophy, harping to his team about the concept of "kaizen" to improve each day. Off the court, the head coach found inspiration in another Japanese phrase.

Lakers players and coaches have used PechaKucha presentations to facilitate team bonding this season. The slideshows, ...Read more