MINNEAPOLIS — LaMelo Ball and the Minnesota Timberwolves ran away from the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter at the Target Center, turning what had been a game into a laugher.

Absolute dominance.

The Wolves improved to 9-3 on the season, extending their win streak to five games, with a 133-94 win over the Mavericks.

The Wolves gradually...Read more

WASHINGTON — In two seconds, the Detroit Pistons' celebration turned to despair. With only two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Pistons led 121-118, but the Washington Wizards had the ball. A defensive breakdown allowed Trae Young to hit his fourth 3-pointer, sending the game into overtime as time expired in regulation.

Although ...Read more

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry called out several podcasters for their comments regarding his wife, Ayesha Curry, and her lead-acting role in the Roku Channel movie "Second Chance Holiday" — in particular a scene in which she shares a kiss with co-star Matthew Daddario.

In a video posted Wednesday on Instagram, the four-time NBA ...Read more

CHICAGO — This can’t keep happening.

That was the first thought that crossed Caleb Wilson’s mind in March when he crashed to the ground after floating above the rim for a dunk during a weekday practice at North Carolina. His first emotion, he told the Chicago Tribune this summer, was not anger or even pain. It was disbelief, pure and ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU men’s basketball is nearing a deal to add reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Robbie Avila to the roster, sources confirmed to the Star-Telegram on Thursday.

CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein was the first to report the news.

Avila averaged 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists last season ...Read more

HOUSTON — Warriors star Steph Curry will be out for the rest of the team’s five-game trip and potentially longer with an oblique tear that knocked him out of Wednesday’s loss to the Houston Rockets.

The Warriors announced the MRI results Thursday morning, saying he will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

What will his recovery look like?

A ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky fans have always put great stock in how the Wildcats perform on the biggest stages and against men’s college basketball’s other blue bloods.

So what happened to UK on Tuesday night against Kansas under the bright lights of the State Farm Champions Classic was pretty close to the last thing Mark Pope needed as he ...Read more

HOUSTON – The Warriors started their five-game trip through the Southwest Division in the worst way possible. Steph Curry injured himself in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game in Houston against the Rockets and did not return.

The Warriors ruled him out during the second quarter with right abdominal soreness. Golden State lost 115-108, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Matas Buzelis grabbed at his hair, pulling his head to the left and then wrenching it back to the right.

Whatever curse words his mouth formed were drowned out by the dull drone of the disappointed Chicago Bulls crowd at the United Center. Buzelis had just fumbled his sixth turnover against the San Antonio Spurs, batting helplessly ...Read more

HOUSTON — The Warriors started their five-game trip through the Southwest Division in the worst way possible. Steph Curry injured himself in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game in Houston against the Rockets and did not return.

The Warriors ruled him out during the second quarter with right abdominal soreness.

Curry was knocked to the ...Read more

Utilizing their seventh different starting lineup through the team’s first 11 games, the Magic had 10 players available against the Utah Jazz in the second game of a back-to-back on Wednesday night.

That didn’t slow down Franz Wagner (38 points), Desmond Bane (25) and Anthony Black (22) during Orlando‘s 123-108 victory in its lone trip of...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The Los Angeles Lakers won their seventh straight game. They could lose something bigger.

Star guard Austin Reaves left Wednesday’s 123-112 win over the Milwaukee Bucks with a left heel injury and did not return.

Reaves, who scored 18 points with five assists and three steals, landed awkwardly on a blocked dunk attempt during ...Read more

The Nets lost two consecutive road games heading to New Orleans and responded by scoring a season-high in points (83) in any half during the opening periods against the Pelicans.

They managed to do such damage shooting 50% (8 of 16) from beyond the arc.

The high-scoring, deep-shooting affair continued seconds into the second half with Egor ...Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Nuggets didn’t have a win yet against a strong team at full strength. It took all 48 minutes to finally secure one Wednesday.

Jamal Murray overcame foul trouble to compile 30 points, eight assists and two blocks in 32 minutes, leading Denver to a 123-118 win over the Grizzlies on Beale Street.

Leading by two with two ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One game after the Michigan Wolverines were handed their first loss by a Big East team, they bounced back by beating a different Big East opponent.

No. 21 Michigan used an overwhelming run that spanned the first and second halves to top Marquette for an 84-70 win at Crisler Center on Wednesday.

J.P. Estrella had 18 points ...Read more

Emotionally charged win 24 hours earlier?

Early-morning arrival north of the border?

Key player unavailable?

Twenty-plus-point first-half deficit?

None of that fazed the Celtics on Wednesday.

One day after routing Jaylen Brown’s Philadelphia 76ers in a matchup that had been circled since August, Boston avoided a letdown against the hard-...Read more

NEW YORK — Less than six months ago, the New York Knicks furiously overcame a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

It was a defining moment in their championship run.

So when the Knicks started making basket after basket, stop after stop, during Wednesday night’s fourth...Read more

MIAMI — As he finally finished dressing nearly 90 minutes after the Heat defeated the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night at the Delta Center, Giannis Antetokounmpo made clear he wanted to move beyond the drama.

Such as the drama surrounding his team’s uneven start.

Such as the drama surrounding comments from former NBA coach Doc Rivers about his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The son of former NBA dunk contest runner-up Chris Carr, Lakers rookie Cameron Carr envisioned his first NBA points coming on a lob. When asked before the draft in April, the first-round pick knew that if not on a sky-high alley-oop his first bucket would at least be something athletic.

He now gives himself half-credit for ...Read more

Mark Pope and his Kentucky basketball program spent considerable time and offered ample money in recruiting Tyran Stokes.

There was never any doubt how much the Wildcats wanted the 6-foot-8 wing originally from Louisville.

Tuesday night at the United Center was a fresh and unkind reminder of what they’d missed.

Stokes boosted No. 15 Kansas ...Read more