Jose Alvarado brought the ball up the floor, threw an entry pass to Karl-Anthony Towns, then cut off Towns’ right shoulder to the rim. Towns found Alvarado wide-open for what could have been an easy 2.

But what followed...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — Nobody typifies how up and down the Minnesota Timberwolves can be emotionally than Julius Randle. He has admitted it, and this Wolves team knows there can be times where Randle is going through lulls in how...Read More

NEW ORLEANS – A 29-27 record hardly is optimal at the All-Star break for a team seeking to avoid the play-in round for a fourth consecutive season.

But at least it beats the .500 alternative.

So it is with that record ...Read More

NEW YORK — The kids had it, and then they didn’t. What looked like a feel-good sendoff into All-Star weekend turned into another reminder of how little room for error exists for a young team still learning how to ...Read More

As the Los Angeles Lakers approach the All-Star break, LeBron James summed up their situation as well as anybody could.

“That’s a championship team right there,” he said of the Oklahoma City Thunder after the Lakers...Read More

ORLANDO, Fla. — Speaking at a fan engagement event Tuesday night in Ocoee, Magic guard Jalen Suggs called Wednesday’s game the toughest part of accomplishing Orlando‘s goal of going undefeated on its four-game ...Read More