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Victor Wembanyama set career highs in points and rebounds as San Antonio edged Dallas by a single point. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year carried a team that struggled from deep, and the Spurs were outscored when he sat.
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Oklahoma City will retire Russell Westbrook's No. 0 on February 7, 2027, against the defending champion New York Knicks. The ceremony lands as Nikola Jokić chases Westbrook's NBA triple-double record and as the Thunder deal with a long injury list.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a season-high 43 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer as the injury-hit Thunder beat Cleveland 117-112. With Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace and Chet Holmgren all sidelined long term, the win was Oklahoma City's first without them, and the teams meet again on Wednesday.
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Luka Dončić paired another huge scoring night with a defensive stat line not seen since player tracking began, as the Lakers beat Toronto 131-125. A frantic finish, after the starters had been pulled, showed how heavily Los Angeles still leans on its lead star.
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The Dallas Mavericks won the fourth quarter 40-27 to beat the Houston Rockets 116-111 on Friday night in Dallas, handing Houston its first loss of the season. The win also opened NBA Cup Group Play for both teams and came eight days after Houston beat Dallas by 18.
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Minnesota's star will undergo a procedure on his right knee Thursday, one night after scoring 47 points in an overtime loss at Cleveland. A long layoff would put MVP and All-NBA honors out of reach, and with them his route to a supermax extension.
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Jaren Jackson Jr. tore the MCL in his right knee during Monday's loss to Memphis, and the Utah Jazz said Tuesday that his next evaluation will come in six weeks. Lauri Markkanen came away with a sprained right wrist and is listed as day-to-day.
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Jalen Williams has a broken left fibula and a dislocated left ankle and will need surgery, Thunder GM Sam Presti said Monday. Cason Wallace also faces an operation on a torn labrum.
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Playing without Kon Knueppel and Coby White, the Charlotte Hornets beat the Brooklyn Nets 110-103 on Wednesday behind Naz Reid, Grayson Allen and Dennis Schroder. The win showed Charlotte can lean on its depth and its rebounding while two key guards heal.
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Charlotte signed Brandon Miller to a reported five-year, $209 million extension just before the rookie-scale deadline, a deal that edges Amen Thompson's $208 million pact with Houston. With LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges traded away, the Hornets are now building around Miller and Kon Knueppel.
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Charlotte locked up Brandon Miller with a reported five-year, $209 million rookie-scale extension ahead of Monday's deadline, edging past Amen Thompson's deal in Houston. The contract cements Miller as the centerpiece of a Hornets rebuild that followed the LaMelo Ball trade.
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Charlotte signed Brandon Miller to a reported five-year, $209 million extension at the rookie-scale deadline, making him the centerpiece after the offseason trades of LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges. The price sits just above Amen Thompson's deal and below the roughly $275 million designated rookie max, leaving the Hornets room to build around him.
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Charlotte signed Brandon Miller to a five-year, $209 million extension just before the 2023 class's rookie-scale deadline. The deal tops Amen Thompson's $208 million extension in Houston and puts Miller at the center of a Hornets roster rebuilt after LaMelo Ball's departure.
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