Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns missed Friday’s road game against the Brooklyn Nets with a bruised tailbone.
Towns was injured during a hard fall late in Minnesota’s road loss to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.
A two-time All-Star, Towns is averaging 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in his seventh season with the Timberwolves.
The 76ers are heading to Dallas in a showdown between two of the league’s most unstoppable forces: Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic. The top two scorers in the NBA this season — Dallas’ Luka Doncic (33.2 points per game) and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid (33.0 ppg) — will meet for the first time this season when…
A reminder on The Horry Scale: It breaks down a game-winning buzzer-beater (GWBB) in the categories of difficulty, game situation (was the team tied or behind at the time?), importance (playoff game or garden-variety night in November?) and celebration. Then we give it an overall grade on a scale of 1-5 Robert Horrys, named for…
Mike James is averaging 7.1points and 3.7 assists over his first 11 games with Brooklyn. NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets are keeping Mike James for the rest of the season. The Nets signed the guard to a contract Thursday after the expiration of his second 10-day deal. @TheNatural_05 got right to it in…
Kevin Durant finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes during Brooklyn’s Game 1 win. Game 2: Bucks at Nets 7:30 p.m. ET, TNT | Nets lead 1-0 • After playing together for all five games of the first round (their longest streak as teammates), the Brooklyn Big 3 played less than a…
Domantas Sabonis has the second-most double-doubles this season. Pacers (15-15) at Celtics (15-17) 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN • This is the third meeting of the season between these teams; they split the first two games (Dec. 27 and 29) with both games decided by five points or less. The Celtics are 6-7 in games decided…
When you move up to 6th & into guaranteed Playoff berth territory, with 10 days left to play… THE LINEUP What’s inside today’s edition? Boston’s Best: Boston clinched the best record in the NBA, while Minnesota is No. 1 in the West again Suns Rise: Phoenix jumped from eighth to sixth in the West, while…
