Category: NBA PM
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (ankle) has been downgraded to out for tonight’s road game against the New York Knicks. Ball, 22, suffered the injury during the first half of Sunday’s 130-117 loss to the Orlando Magic. Last week, the 2022 All-Star became the second-fastest and third-youngest player in NBA history to record 500 career […]
The Los Angeles Clippers dropped to 2-7 in clutch-time games of the 2023-24 season, joining the Washington Wizards (0-5) and Detroit Pistons (1-7) in the bottom three. In other words, these three NBA teams have struggled the most to close out winnable games. In Los Angeles’ 113-104 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, […]
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has recorded 74 games with at least 35 points and 10 rebounds, leading all other active NBA players. The six-time All-Star now leads LeBron James (73), Giannis Antetokounmpo (71), Anthony Davis (69), and Russell Westbrook (58). In Philadelphia’s 127-123 victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, the five-time All-NBA […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most career total minutes played in NBA history during Monday night’s 138-94 blowout loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, combining 54,665 regular-season minutes and counting 11,654 playoff minutes. James, 38, now has 66,319 career total minutes played in his 21st season, including regular season and […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James recorded 18 points and five assists in Monday night’s 138-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, and the 44-point defeat was his worst loss by point margin of his 21-year NBA career. James, 38, and the Miami Heat got crushed by 36 points in Game 3 of the 2013 NBA […]
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker knocked down his seventh go-ahead career field goal in the final five seconds of regulation or overtime in Sunday’s 116-113 win over the New York Knicks. The three-time All-Star trails only Chicago Bulls guard DeMar DeRozan (nine) for the most go-ahead baskets in the last five seconds of games since […]
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis will miss at least a week due to a left calf strain. Coach Joe Mazzulla said before Sunday’s 113-103 win over the Atlanta Hawks that Porzingis will be examined again “after a week or so.” Porzingis, 28, suffered the injury in a loss at Orlando on Friday afternoon. The former Wizard […]
Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony became the first NBA player since Magic Johnson in 1996 to record at least 30 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and one block off the bench, in Sunday night’s 130-117 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Through 17 games off the bench this season, Anthony is averaging 15 points, […]
Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura underwent a procedure Friday to repair a nasal fracture, the team announced. Hachimura, 25, did not accompany the Lakers on their four-game trip, which starts in Cleveland tonight and continues through Philadelphia (Monday), Detroit (Wednesday), and Oklahoma City (Thursday). The 6-foot-8 wing will be re-evaluated by team doctors in […]
Myles Turner reached 6,856 career points in the Indiana Pacers’ 136-113 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, and the 6-foot-11 center is Indiana’s current franchise leader in career points among active players. Turner, 27, currently ranks 10th on the Pacers’ all-time scoring list. Reggie Miller is Indiana’s all-time scoring leader with 25,279 points, […]
