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[Highlight] 40-year-old LeBron James hits again for 30 points on the night and pops the crown celly

[Highlight] Yang gets clotheslined in the face with no call. Refs let play continue while he’s still on the ground and then T up Tiago after the Grizzlies get an open dunk.

[Highlight] Desmond Bane rockets the ball at an out-of-bounds OG Anunoby, which leads to a confrontation. Leads to a technical on Desmond Bane after being ruled a hostile act

[Highlight] Lebron James sees the open lane and throws it down in transition!

[Highlight] D’Lo stands wide open in the corner, never gets the ball, then pretends to shoot anyway

[Highlight] LeBron flies in to steal PG’s inbound pass and ice a Lakers win

[Highlight] With the Knicks bench letting the game slip away in garbage time, Josh Hart checks back into the game and makes Mitchell Robinson babysit

[Highlight] LeBron buries a three to put the Lakers ahead late

[Highlight] Nikola Jokić throws a full-court pass from out of bounds to Peyton Watson for the bucket

The Celtics have won 9 of their last 11 and are now 3rd in the East

[Stein] The Miami Heat have had internal discussions about acquiring Ja Morant.

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (17-6) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (13-10), 112-108.

The Thunder just scored 45 points in their first quarter with 11 threes, all without Shai. They break the record for most threes in the first quarter in Thunder history

After today, Mitchell Robinson is currently averaging 9.4 offensive rebounds per 36 minutes, by far the best mark in NBA history. He’s also shooting 17.6% from the free throw line, by far the worst mark in NBA history.

Luka delivers a 31/15/11 triple double to lift the Lakers past the Sixers in a key win

[Highlight] Yang Hansen spins baseline on Zach Edey and dunks it

[Highlight] Franz Wagner is helped to the locker room after he goes down holding his knee

[Walker] After attempting to trip Cedric Coward, Deni Avdija gets confronted by Ja Morant at half court during a timeout:

[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (15-9) withstand a second half comeback and defeat the Toronto Raptors (15-10), 121-113.

The Denver Nuggets are currently 17-6 which is their best record at this point of the season in franchise history

LeBron in the win- 29/7/6 on ¹²⁄₁₇ FG and ⁴⁄₆ 3FG

[Youngmisuk] “‘He’s traveling!’ Of course, now literally everybody’s doing it,” Harden said. “It is literally like you created something and it takes a while where everybody [has] to catch on. Now it’s like even the youth, the kids are doing it. “It’s something that I can really be proud of myself.”

[Lowlight] The smoke machine at SLC decides to take over the game

[Highlight] Jordan Walsh with the putback dunk off a Sam Hauser missed three

Two years after saying the “dynasty starts after you, not with you,” Draymond praises Dillon Brooks’ recent play: “I think he is the heart of your team. I wasn’t sold earlier in his career, I’ll be honest. But I respect the work that he’s put in. I think he has a legit opportunity to be an All-Star”

Utah’s clock is broken. After a very long delay, it’s revealed that the announcer will call out the shot clock countdown

Joel Embiid with 16 Points on 4–21 FG, 8-8 FT in 30 Minutes

[Highlight] Pat Spencer ices the game with a free throw then waves goodbye to the Cavs crowd and tells them to go home

[Post Game Thread] The Golden State Warriors (13-12) blowout the Chicago Bulls (9-14), 123-91.

[Highlight] Branden Carlson gets the slam, then hits back to back to back threes, ends half with ⁵⁄₆ FGA

The Warriors had four players drafted lower than 50th overall play over 20 minutes in tonight’s win

Patrick Williams is now shooting ⁴⁄₂₉ (13.8%) from TWO (2) point range during the Bulls 7 game losing streak.

[Highlight] PG gets absolutely worked by Reaves and Rui for a smooth middy

LeBron James has passed Robert Parish for 2nd in all-time regular season wins

Thunder shoot a crazy ¹¹⁄₁₇ from 3 and score 45 points in the first quarter against the Jazz. 45-20 after one.

Kawhi Leonard has statistically been one of the worst on-ball defenders in the NBA this season. According to nba.com tracking data, opponents are shooting 55.9% when guarded by him, compared to an expected FG% of 46.6%. That 9.3% gap is the 5th worst in the entire NBA.

[Injury] Another injury for the Magic in New York. Jalen Suggs exits the game after suffering an apparent leg injury.

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (17-6) defeat the Charlotte Hornets (7-17), 115-106 to win their tenth straight road game!

[Highlight] LeBron gets the steal and finds Rui with the alley-oop for the jam!

Steve Kerr on Pat Spencer: “I think the other thing is that his coach realized that Pat is that motherfucker. I was getting the inkling, it was beginning to seep in, but I didn’t realize it until he told the world. And tonight it was very clear.”

[Jeff McDonald] Victor Wembanyama returns to practice with Spurs

[Highlight] Cooper Flagg DETONATES in transition

[All-Access] A courtside view from Philadelphia as LeBron James gets the steal to secure the 112-108 victory for the Lakers.

[Highlight] Anthony Davis drops 29 points on ¹⁴⁄₁₉ shooting with 0 turnovers vs Rockets

[Highlight] Jamal Murray shakes his defender and banks it off the glass and in. He’s got 27 points in the half.

[Highlight] Matas Buzelis detonates with a dunk over Quinten Post.

Jaylen Brown vs the Raptors: 30 PTS | 8 RBS | 5 ASTS | 1 STL | 1 BLK | 3 TO | 9-19 FG | 3-4 3FG | 9-9 FT | 39 MIN | +18

[Highlight] Jimmy Butler lays in the lob from Post, then makes a genius BBIQ play to complete the steal.