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Warriors hold on to head into All-Star break with win over Rockets
A night after Steve Kerr admitted he should have sent double-teams at Kyrie Irving sooner, the Warriors had a much more pointed game plan to beat Houston.
Golden State dared Houston to shoot jumpers, mixing in zones and sagging off their shooters to negate the young Rockets’ elite athletes. They prevented the Rockets from getting in ...Read more
Short-handed Mavericks push past Heat, 118-113, despite Herro's 40
DALLAS — A night earlier the Miami Heat faced the best team in the NBA. The result was ultimately predictable against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
A night after that loss, Erik Spoelstra’s team on Thursday night faced arguably the shakiest NBA game roster put together this season, with the Dallas Mavericks sitting anybody and everybody, from ...Read more

Dieter Kurtenbach: Steph Curry earned the party he's hosting at NBA All-Star weekend
We know he can rain down 3-pointers better than anyone who has ever lived.
We know he can lead an organization back from the dead and put title banners in the rafters.
We know that his star power is strong enough to build those new, billion-dollar rafters.
Yes, Steph Curry can seemingly do it all.
But can he host a party?
We’re going to ...Read more

How WNBA's Valkyries plan to make presence felt during NBA All-Star weekend
SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Valkyries’ logo will be visible around Chase Center during this weekend’s NBA All-Star festivities, and one of the team’s players, Kayla Thornton, will be part of the Celebrity All-Star game on Friday in Oakland.
You will hear from Valkyries players in a podcast recorded at the franchise’s training ...Read more

Troy Renck: Jamal Murray's recovery mirrors the Nuggets. Now, can they play consistent defense?
DENVER — Forget the box score, as obscene as it was. The Nuggets are back in the conversation to reach the NBA Finals because of how Jamal Murray played, not how many points he scored Wednesday night against Portland.
He was great for the same reasons Kobe Bryant was great. Murray is getting even with the basketball world, taking everything ...Read more

Steph Curry, Sabrina Ionescu won't reprise 3-point showdown at All-Star weekend
The All-Star weekend celebration of Steph Curry is here in the Bay Area, but the festivities won’t include his anticipated rematch with WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu.
Last year, Curry and Ionescu put on a show in a novel, interleague event. Curry beat the Walnut Creek, Calif., native 29 to 26 in what became the highlight of last year’s All-Star...Read more

Michael Cunningham: Georgia back on wrong side of men's NCAA Tournament bubble
ATLANTA — It’s not enough for Georgia men’s basketball to play a tough schedule. If the Bulldogs want to earn at-large bids to the NCAA basketball tournament, they need to start beating good opponents. They blew a prime chance to do it at Texas A&M on Tuesday night. Now, Georgia is back on the wrong side of the NCAA bubble.
The collective...Read more

Kyrie Irving drops 42 to lead depleted Mavericks past Warriors
Jimmy Butler didn’t solve all the Warriors’ problems, after all.
After winning the first two games of the Butler era, the Warriors dropped one of their worst losses of the season. In Dallas, in front of a crowd still reeling from the Luka Doncic trade aftershocks, against a team without seven of its best players, Golden State’s fourth-...Read more

Clippers use big third quarter to defeat the Grizzlies
What started as a back-and-forth battle between the Clippers, who have one of the NBA’s best defenses, and the Memphis Grizzlies, who have the league’s top offense, was decided by the Clippers’ 36-point third quarter, which led them to a 128-114 victory Wednesday night at the Intuit Dome.
The Clippers, led by Kawhi Leonard and James ...Read more

Anthony Edwards struggles, Timberwolves lose to Bucks 103-101
MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves have two games in two days prior to the All-Star break. They will welcome Western Conference leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, so getting a win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday was important to prevent a losing streak and some bad vibes before the break.
The night should have been easier when ...Read more

Mark Mitchell's career night, post dominance powers No. 21 Mizzou past Oklahoma
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Oklahoma might as well have had a ghost defending the post. Such was the ease with which Missouri dominated that part of the floor in painting a 82-58 victory over the Sooners on Wednesday.
No. 21 Mizzou (18-6, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game losing skid with a career-high 25 points plus seven rebounds from ...Read more

Blue Devils blitz Bears. Three takeaways as Cooper Flagg scores 27 points in Duke win.
DURHAM, N.C. — No. 3 Duke’s early 3-point barrage made things comfortable as the Blue Devils responded to their first ACC loss with a resounding win.
Duke hit five of its first seven 3-pointers to build an early double-digit lead and rolled to a 78-57 basketball win over California on Wednesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Having lost,...Read more

Knicks survive Trae Young, Hawks in OT thriller
NEW YORK — It might be unfair to fully judge a Knicks team missing a starter (OG Anunoby — foot) and a key rotation piece (Mitchell Robinson — ankle), but Wednesday’s 149-148 overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks only added fuel to those questioning whether the Knicks are legitimate title contenders.
If New York wants to establish ...Read more

Lakers stumble into All-Star break after bad loss to Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY — LeBron James grabbed the ball from the net and slammed it onto the court, the Lakers defense again wasting a possession with inactivity and lousy execution.
Wednesday, in the Lakers’ final game before the All-Star break, they looked slow. They looked unfocused. And, most notably they looked pretty terrible.
In some ways, ...Read more

Jamal Murray scores career-high 55 points, Nuggets go into All-Star break on 8-game win streak
DENVER — When Jamal Murray is feeling cocky enough to play to the crowd, it doesn’t matter how many bodies the Nuggets are missing.
Murray scored a career-high 55 points, and the Nuggets went into the All-Star break on an eight-game win streak with a 132-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Down four rotation ...Read more
Keon Ellis gets hot to help Kings top Pelicans for their third consecutive victory
Keon Ellis came off the bench to score 27 points, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 119-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday at Smoothie King Center.
Ellis went 10 of 14 from the field and 7 of 11 from 3-point range for the Kings (28-26), who have won three in a row.
Zion Williamson had 33 points on 13-of-18 shooting with ...Read more

Mirjam Swanson: New Sparks star Kelsey Plum says bring the heat
LOS ANGELES — Congratulations, Kelsey Plum, it’s your team now.
If the Sparks put an end to their frustrating four-year playoff drought, it will be a credit to the team’s new leader, three-time All-Star Plum.
But if the Sparks fail for a fifth consecutive season to reach the postseason, you better believe the new face of the franchise is...Read more

Another fourth-quarter meltdown for Heat in 115-101 loss to Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — The fourth-quarter collapse Friday night against the Brooklyn Nets was one thing. That can’t happen against lottery-level opposition.
This one was different, because at no point did Wednesday night’s turnaround necessarily feel unexpected, even when the Miami Heat were up 21 early, ahead 16 in the third period or even up ...Read more

Paul George finishes with two points as Sixers fall to Nets, 100-96, in fifth-straight loss
NEW YORK — The Philadelphia 76ers were, once again, an undermanned squad.
Joel Embiid missed Wednesday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets with left knee injury management. The Sixers listed Tyrese Maxey as questionable before quickly downgrading him to out with a right knee contusion. Kyle Lowry (right knee injury management) and Eric ...Read more

Pistons top Bulls again, enter All-Star break on positive note
CHICAGO — One night after recording their largest victory of the season, coach J.B. Bickerstaff assigned the Detroit Pistons three attributes to concentrate on during the second night of their back-to-back set against the Chicago Bulls. Twenty-four hours earlier, the Pistons dominated the Bulls on their way to a 40-point win. In an effort to ...Read more
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