DURHAM, N.C. — Carlos Boozer had a seat at courtside Friday for No. 4 Duke’s game against Indiana State at Cameron Indoor Stadium,

The former Blue Devils star clapped for each Duke basket, free throw, rebound, hustle play … you name it. And not just for his twin sons, Cameron and Cayden Boozer.

Carlos Boozer had a lot to clap about ...Read more

No Jalen Brunson? No OG Anunoby?

No problem for the injury-riddled Knicks, who got a career-best performance from Landry Shamet in Friday night’s 140-132 win over the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden.

Shamet erupted for a career-high 36 points on 12-of-19 shooting off the bench, giving the Knicks a major spark on a night they were short-...Read more

NEW YORK — This is what it looks like when the Big Bodega is open for business.

With Jalen Brunson sidelined by a Grade 1 ankle sprain suffered late in Wednesday’s loss to the Magic, all eyes shifted to Karl-Anthony Towns — the underused but wildly talented scoring big who’d been quiet to start Year 1 under Mike Brown.

Quiet no more.

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DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons established momentum late in the third quarter and controlled the fourth quarter, leading to a 114-105 win against the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night inside Little Caesars Arena. With the win, the Pistons extended their winning streak to nine, their longest since the 2007-08 season. They also improved to 2-0 ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves had a tougher time with the Kings than they had earlier this week in Sacramento, but they still came away with a 124-110 victory. The Wolves improved to 2-0 against the Kings after a 27-point win on Sunday on the road and won their fourth straight overall.

Anthony Edwards had 30 points to lead them while Julius ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — By the time the Eastern Illinois player assigned to jump center left his feet Friday night, Brandon Garrison had already won the opening tipoff.

And that’s about how things went for the Panthers in their visit to Rupp Arena.

No. 9 Kentucky — playing for the first time since its rivalry loss to Louisville three nights ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ahead of Friday’s NBA Cup game, Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said Brooklyn‘s 1-10 record wasn’t representative of the quality of opponent Orlando was facing inside Kia Center.

And, for most of the night, the Magic coach wasn’t wrong.

Orlando trailed the Nets by as many as 16 points in the second quarter but mounted a ...Read more

So why did Bam Adebayo take flight to New York while sidelined with a toe sprain?

Because, as confirmed by the most reliable of sources, love is in the air.

On the same day Adebayo and the Heat took flight for Friday night’s game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Adebayo’s girlfriend, WNBA superstar A’ja Wilson, sat ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Magic forward Paolo Banchero would have been lying if he said he didn’t feel any angst leading up to Thursday’s MRI at the AdventHealth Training Center.

Just a year removed from suffering a torn right abdominal muscle that forced him to miss two-plus months, the Orlando star found himself dealing with another injury after ...Read more

Duke had something to celebrate hours before playing Indiana State on Friday.

The Blue Devils received a commitment from 6-11 Cameron Williams, the top-ranked power forward recruit in the 2026 class out of St. Mary’s High in Phoenix.

Williams made his announcement on a CBS Sports HQ on YouTube, picking Duke over Arizona and Texas.

Williams ...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The battle of the Spartans wasn’t all that much of a battle.

Seventeen points and a career-high 18 rebounds from Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State to a 79-60 win over San Jose State in a game it led wire-to-wire Thursday at Breslin Center.

Sandwiched between Saturday’s ranked win over Arkansas and a Champions Classic ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson avoided the worst.

The Knicks’ star point guard was diagnosed with a Grade 1 right ankle sprain, a league source told the New York Daily News.

Brunson was officially ruled out for Friday night’s game against Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden. He will be evaluated on a daily basis moving forward, the source said...Read more

Klay Thompson didn't hold back after a former NBA player used a graphic term in reference to the Dallas Mavericks star's girlfriend, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, on a podcast this week.

Former NBA champion Jason Williams was discussing Thompson's shooting struggles this season with his "Hoopin' N Hollerin' " co-hosts, fellow ex-NBA player ...Read more

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Long before Mike Krzyzewski stared upward at the banner newly recognizing his accomplishments at West Point, the place where it really all began for him, a commemoration of a different kind took place in the back of a restaurant just outside the grounds, in little Highland Falls.

Of all the pomp and circumstance and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Yes, this is the 12th year of the Joel Embiid portion of The Process. He joined the Sixers one season into their ridiculous and catastrophic plan. He has been both their best player and their least dependable player.

He’s broken his eye sockets, torn up his knees, messed up a hand, and even had Bell’s palsy for a bit. But ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — By the time the 2025-26 renewal of the Kentucky-Louisville men’s basketball Armageddon tipped off Tuesday night, the pent-up desire among U of L backers for a victory over UK was boiling.

A raucous crowd of 22,586 — the first Louisville men’s basketball sellout since March, 4, 2017 — filled the KFC Yum Center.

So ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Dalton Knecht soared through the air for an emphatic two-handed dunk. Luka Doncic, who fired the full-court assist on the basket, looked at the Lakers bench and clapped twice in encouragement. But nothing was going to help the Lakers crawl out of this.

Unlike the blowout loss in Atlanta last Saturday, it appeared the Lakers ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — While the Lakers were preparing for Wednesday’s prime-time matchup against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, one of their star players was back at the organization’s El Segundo training facility progressing with their return-to-play process.

LeBron James practiced with the Lakers’ South Bay G League ...Read more