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[Injury] Wemby goes down holding his knee, limps to the locker room

[Charania] Spurs star Victor Wembanyama suffered a slight hyperextension in his left knee in tonight’s win over New York – and initial tests came back negative and showed no major injury.

Mark Williams on the Lakers trade being rescinded after a failed physical: “Honestly, like, fu*k y’all.”

Chet Holmgren on the Thunder playing on NYE’s: “I heard every team gets to pick one game to schedule every year. We picked to play at home on New Year’s every year. A little known tradition.”

Luka Dončić’s defense this season: has his weight loss actually made any difference?

[Injury] Jonas Valanciunas (calf) headed to locker room

[Highlight] Julian Champagnie sets a new Spurs single-game record with 11 made three-pointers

Wemby is back on the bench

[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (24-9) defeat the New York Knicks (23-19), 134-132 behind Julian Champagnie’s 11-17 3pt shooting

[Post Game Thread] The Jokic-less Denver Nuggets (23-10) defeat the Toronto Raptors (20-15), 106-103.

Julian Champagnie sets Spurs’ franchise record in threes in the WIN against the Knicks: 36 PTS, 6 REB on ¹¹⁄₁₇ FG (all of them are threes), +25

Jeff Teague says he’d rather have Cunningham over Doncic: “Give me Cade, he actually play defense. None says Cade a cone. Luka is one of the greatest offensive talents ever. It’s 2 sides of the basketball. It’s too glaring. When everybody in the world knows you know gonna stop nobody, it’s f*cked up

[Highlight] Darius Garland receives a technical foul for flopping (with replays). Suns and Cavaliers commentaries

[Highlight] Brandon Ingram’s game-tying shot is ruled no good after review as the Denver Nuggets hang on for a 106-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Luka Dončić to Dennis Schroder: “Shoulda signed that contract, baby.”

This year marks the first time since 2008 that neither of the two most-watched Christmas Day NBA games featured LeBron James or Stephen Curry, potentially signaling a changing of the guard has finally occurred after 2 decades of eyeball draw dominance

[Highlight] Brandon Ingram’s potential game-tying shot is waved off! No overtime tonight, as the Nuggets escape with the victory

Wemby in the win: 31 points and 13 rebounds, on ¹⁰⁄₁₂ FG and ²⁄₂ 3PT in 24 minutes

[Amick] The Mavericks initiated contact with the Golden State Warriors about Anthony Davis. Dallas has interest in Jonathan Kuminga, though the Warriors would have to include more to match contracts, such as the contract of Draymond Green, which they are staunchly opposed to.

LeBron James has played against 35.5% of all players in NBA history

[Highlight] All 11 three-pointers made by Julian Champagnie

[Ryan Russillo] on what an NBA executive thinks about Trae Young’s trade value: “He doesn’t defend. He doesn’t rebound. Guys hate playing with him.”

[Highlight] Paolo Banchero game winner

[Highlight] Luka Doncic defensive highlights vs. the Detroit Pistons

[Highlight] CJ McCollum with game winning shot with 1 second left vs Bucks

[Post Game Thread] The Atlanta Hawks (16-19) snap their 7 game losing streak as they blow out the Minnesota Timberwolves (21-13) 126-102 behind Jalen Johnson’s 34/9/6

The Grizzlies’ GG Jackson raps the children’s book ‘Llama Llama Mad at Mama’

Stephen Curry is currently averaging 4.75 3s per game this season which is 6th highest single season 3s per game ever. The five seasons ahead of him are owned by James Harden (1x) and Stephen Curry (4x).

Alex Sarr in the win vs the Bucks: 20/11/2 with 4 blocks including the game saving block on Giannis

Kon Knueppel wraps up December scoring 21 ppg on 50/46/90 shooting splits or 66% TS

Hall of Famer Reggie Miller calls out Luka’s defensive effort: “Look at Luka right here. It’s OK, Luka, to move your feet a little bit over and help out. What does he do? He just throws up his hands. This would be frustrating for me.”

[Highlight] Anthony Edwards heads to the locker room as Chris Finch calls a timeout and subs out the remaining players from the starting lineup, as the Timberwolves go down 29 points against the Hawks, with 7:52 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter. Including Edwards highlights from the game

Keldon Johnson on whether he eventually bought a lama: “Llama is in transit, llama is on the way”. He was suggested to name the llama Lamar.

Nuggets Rookie Daron Holmes II off the bench. 11/3/1/0/1

Rui takes on the 9HOOPS challenge

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama handles the alley-oop lob by Stephon Castle with one hand and dunks it (with replays)

SGA checks out in the 3rd quarter with 30 points 6 assists 2 rebounds on 11-15 shooting, 1-2 from 3, 7-7 FT

[Post Game Thread] The Washington Wizards (7-24) defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (14-19), 114-113.

[Amick] The LA Clippers have ‘no plans’ of hosting a fire sale by the trade deadline and will look to add an ‘impact player’ to the duo of Kawhi Leonard and James Harden.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander checks out after 3 quarters vs the Blazers: 30 PTS | 2 REB | 6 AST | 4 STL | 0 TO | ¹¹⁄₁₅ FG | ¹⁄₂ 3PT | ⁷⁄₇ FT | 83% TS | +22 +/-

[Highlight] Bill Kennedy after the review

Scottie Barnes ends the year with his 2nd triple double for the season despite the heartbreaking loss to the Nuggets: 20/14/10 w/1 steal | 1 block

[Highlight] Donovan Clingan outmuscles Chet Holmgren for the offensive rebound, gets him on the post, and finishes with the beautiful dunk off the spin move on Holmgren (with a replay)

Jonas Valanciunas in the Nuggets first game without Jokic, a Win vs the Raptors: 17 PTS | 9 REB | 4 AST | 1 STL | 3 BLK | 1 TO | ⁵⁄₆ FG | ⁷⁄₈ FT | 89% TS

[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (29-5) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (14-20), 124-95.

[Highlight] This is how the Nuggets announcers were reacting to the moment they realize the ball was still on Ingram’s hand when shooting the game-tying 3 at the buzzer, and then to the confirmation by Zarba - no basket

[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (19-16) defeat the Phoenix Suns (19-14), 129-113, as Donovan Mitchell leads the Cavs with 34/10/7 in 30 minutes

[Highlight] Brandon Miller with the monster dunk over Spencer