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No. 6 on the MVP Ladder Luka Dončić checks out tonight: 51 PTS 10 REBS 9 ASTS 3 STLS 1 BLK on 17-31 FG 9-14 3PT 8-9 FT

Jaylen Brown on hot mic after SGA draws a foul: “That’s not basketball!”

[Highlight] Luka subs himself out one assist shy of a 50-point triple-double, Lakers announcer: “He’s not chasing numbers.”

[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores his 20th and 21st point of the night by draining the jumper. He passes Wilt Chamberlain for the most consecutive games with 20+ points in NBA History at 127 games.

[Keerthika Uthayakumar]: People will eat up “first player to have 23 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals & 2 blocks on 59% shooting with 0 turnovers” but want to put asterisks on 2nd-most points in a game in NBA history.

[Owczarski] Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the criticisms of Bam Adebayo’s 83 points: “I apologize to absolutely no one. Period.”

Spo: “he had 70 plus. The um, going back and forth, all that happened under 2 minutes. He was already 76 deep at that point, and. Damn right. We’re going to go for it. So I’ve seen people say you gotta be a purist. I’m a darwinist. In this league. Really, you can do anything you want.”

Luka Dončić: “In the 2nd qtr somebody started talking to me, that woke me up … I was surprised, I was shocked … I won’t said what he said, if I said that I would get tech … not very nice”

Erik Spoelstra: “There’s nothing wrong with what [the Wizards are] doing. If you can tank and get a great draft pick, I don’t care… We don’t do that and we have a 14th pick do something that you’re trying to get out of the No. 1 pick.”

Sam Hauser and Jaylen Brown hosted a movie night on their off day. Celtics players were asked who they don’t want to sit next to during a movie.

[Highlight] - The Brooklyn Nets playing some of the worst defense in the history of basketball.

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (41-26) comeback from a 20 point deficit to defeat the San Antonio Spurs (48-18) behind Jokic’s monster 31/20/12 triple double and Murray’s 39 points, 136-131.

Gordon Hayward on Bam: “He’s not a scorer, right? So for him to break Kobe’s record, I don’t think it’s great for the league… for him to shoot 43 free throws and 22 threes… the Wizards too. With all these teams tanking, it kind of makes it feel not legit”

[Highlight] The referee Sha’Rae Mitchell goes down after she hit her head and shoulder on a camera operator, who was in her path, on the court (with a replay)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s all-around performance against Celtics: 35 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, +12

Kon Knueppel leads the entire NBA in 3-pointers made this season with 233. He is a rookie on pace to finish with 290.

Matas Buzelis on Luka Doncic: “What was my take? … I don’t even know what to say, honestly. He started killing obviously when I started talking to him.”
Asked about the experience: “Probably not to talk to him.”

Shai in the 4th Quarter tonight, 14 Points on 7/8FG and 0FTS

[Highlight] Jaylen Brown hits awesome fade away jumper to tie the game in crunch time vs the Thunder

Luka after the recent Nikola Jokic interview 51/10/9 on 54/64/89 splits

[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (52-15) defeat the Boston Celtics (43-23), 104-102.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander full postgame interview on the court after breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s record, and he is not amused from the shower he got from his teammates

Jokić gets worked up over the claim that ‘the NBA doesn’t play defense’

Laker starters just scored 137 of 142 points

[Highlight] Payton Pritchard hits his signature buzzer beater against the OKC Thunder to end the first half

[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jaylen Brown exchange buckets down the stretch before Chet Holmgren makes both of his free throws with 0.8 seconds remaining. Payton Pritchard’s last-second 3-pointer is short as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Boston Celtics, 104-102.

JJ Redick on Luka Doncic: “He’s playing as well as anyone in the NBA right now, and that’s not being talked about enough, but I’m going to talk about it.”

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s record for consecutive 20 point game with 127!

[Highlight] Luka Dončić (51 PTS (17-31 FG), 10 REB, 9 AST, 3 STL) scores the most points as a member of the Lakers to lead Los Angeles over Chicago, 142-130. It’s the 2nd time in Lakers franchise history that multiple teammates recorded 50+ points in the same season (Austin Reaves on Oct. 26).

Nikola Jokic drops a monster triple-double against Spurs: 31 PTS, 20 REB, 12 AST, 3 STL, 2 BLK

Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla implies Derrick White doesn’t believe that the moon landing happened

Duncan Robinson: Helping Isaiah Stewart Fight Is ‘Like Helping Bill Nye With A Science Project’

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (41-25) defeat the Chicago Bulls (27-39), 142-130.

Austin Reaves tonight: 30 PTS 7 REB 5 AST on ¹³⁄₂₀ FG (65%), ⁴⁄₇ 3PT (57.1%), 0 FTA, and a team-high +18

[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hits the midrange jumper to put the Thunder up by 2 late in the 4th quarter. He has 35 points on the night.

Nikola Jokić continues to whittle down the lead Russell Westbrook has on the all-time triple-double leaderboard like he did to the Spurs lead in tonight’s momentous comeback win: 31 points, 20 rebounds, 12 assists | 3 steals | 2 blocks

Luka Doncic in 3 Quarters: 41 PTS, ¹⁴⁄₂₇ FG, ⁷⁄₁₂ 3PTS, ⁶⁄₇ FTS, 9 REBS, 6 ASTS

Jaylen Brown “we give the benefit to those who, you know, who necessarily are trying to manipulate the game into their advantage. And I just don’t think that’s basketball. Like let’s just play basketball.”

[Highlight] Jaylen Brown blocks Holmgren and then skies for the ultra jam on the other end!

Jamal Murray delivers in a comeback from behind win against the Wemby-less Spurs: 39 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists | 1 steal | +13 in a 5-point win

Recently converted two-way player Spencer Jones shines in the WIN over the Spurs: 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, and a +14!

[Highlight] Chet Holmgren gets fouled with 0.8 seconds remaining in regulation and sinks the game-winning free throws

[Highlight] Kawhi Leonard notices the post-game skirmish between the Clippers and Timberwolves: “Hey, a fight!”

Bam Adebayo in the win vs the Bucks today: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-20 shooting, 0-5 from 3, 9-13 at the line. +11 in 35 mins.

Tyrese Haliburton: “Wilt Chamberlain 100… I ain’t know if I believed it… but after what I watched yesterday… Wilt had 100”

[TheOldManAndTheThree] Duncan Robinson on his participation in the Hornets/Pistons brawl: “It looked like I wasn’t down for the cause, I learn’t my lesson… next time I’m going to grab someone.”

Frank Isola on the Clippers’ impending penalties: “I heard it could be 3 first round picks… and then it’s gonna be a lot of money…More than $30 million, I’ve heard.”

Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were among the many that sent Bam Adebayo messages to congratulate him on his 83-pt game