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[Highlight] Klay Thompson on Ja Morant calling him a “bum”: “Nothing of intelligent depth. Just running his mouth. He’s been running his mouth a long time. It’s funny you run your mouth when you’re on the bench. It’s kinda been the whole story of his career so far.”

[Highlight] Klay Thompson: “I actually do have a lot of respect for the grind house, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, and Marc Gasol…This new team though, I don’t know man. They just talk a lot. They’ve always talked a lot, and never really backed it up either. So, I don’t really respect that…”

[Highlight] Ja Morant tells Klay Thompson, “You a bum” during post game skirmish

[Highlight] Klay Thompson is upset about Santi Aldama, who grabbed Cooper Flagg’s leg while being on the floor. And later on Ja Morant puts his finger in Klay Thompson’s face, which caused an altercation in the postgame

Klay Thompson says he was defending Cooper Flagg from Santi Aldama, which ignited the altercation with the Grizzlies: “I’ll compete with you all day on the basketball court, but don’t be dirty. With Ja, he has a lot to say all the time, especially for a guy who rarely takes accountability.”

[Highlight] Derik Queen steals the ball at the end of the game and hits a HUGE dunk to cut the lead to 17

[Charania] Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul is retiring after this season – his 21st campaign in the NBA. Paul is a 12-time All-Star, an 11-time member of All-NBA teams, a selection to the 75 greatest players list, nine-time All-Defense and the 2006 Rookie of the Year.

James Harden continues his tour of torching teams after a win against Charlotte: 35 MINS │ 55 PTS │ 3 REB │ 7 AST │ 17-26 FG │ 10-16 3P │ 11-14 FT │ +22 +/-

[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (14-2) defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (8-9), 129-116, matching their 2023-2024 win total after only 16 total games

Russell Westbrook in the fourth quarter against the Nuggets: 15PTS on ⁶⁄₆ FG ²⁄₂ 3PT ¹⁄₂ FT

James Harden postgame interview on the court after scoring 55 points. He ends the interview with “Basketball is life”

Klay Thompson goes OFF on the Grizzlies calling them a dirty team for their on-court antics on Cooper Flagg as well as their trash talking: “Ja, he’s a funny guy. He has a lot to say all the time, especially for a guy who rarely takes accountability.”

Ja Morant crashes Cam Spencer’s postgame interview to hype him up…and take a dig at Klay Thompson, who was jawing at the Grizzlies all game: “Tell ‘em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden State.”

[Post Game Thread] The Sacramento Kings (4-13) defeat the Denver Nuggets (12-4), 128-123.

[Highlight] Vucevic gives a despondent postgame interview after a one-point win over the Wizards

[Injury] Landry Shamet runs directly to locker room after hurting right shoulder he separated last year

[Highlight] Chris Paul checks into a game for the first time following his retirement announcement to play his final game in his home state of North Carolina. Hornets announcer yells “Get in there!” as Paul takes his first shot and welcomes him home

[Highlight] Russell Westbrook with the clutch fadeaway baseline jumper one leg, and DeMar DeRozan banks in the jumper And-1 to seal the win for the Kings (with replays)

James Harden on Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel: “He got game. “Obviously he’s shooting the sh-t out of the ball, but just putting it on the ground, getting to the basket… just a great pickup for the Charlotte Hornets. Excited to see what he will continue to do.”

Russell Westbrook gets into it with the Nuggets mascot, Rocky, who then runs away from him.

Grizzlies announcers after Klay Thompson stood up for Flagg, after a dirty foul by Santi Aldama: “Klay Thompson has never been an enforcer - you’re never going to be an enforcer in this league in any shape, way, or form”

Harden in the first quarter: 27 points on 9-12 FG, 5-7 3PT, 4-6 FT

[Fizdale] on Erik Spoelstra: “This guys gonna go down as one of the greatest coaches to ever coach the game… I’ve seen Pat Riley threaten superstars with ‘I’ll trade you before I fire him’. ”

Cade Cunningham against the Bucks: 29 PTS, 8 REB, 10 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK in 33min

Franz Wagner checks out and torches the Knicks with insane efficiency: 37 PTS (¹³⁄₁₉ FG), 6 REB, 7 AST, +10

Nikola Jokic despite the loss vs Kings: 44 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST, +4 in 36min

James harden checks out with a season high 55 points on ¹⁷⁄₂₆ shooting and ¹⁰⁄₁₆ from 3pt

[Foul] Josh Hart received a technical foul for putting his hands on the neck of Jalen Suggs

Another insane carry job from Harden as he scored 35 points on ¹²⁄₁₇ shooting in the first half

The Washington Wizards have lost their 14th straight game, they are two games away from tying their franchise losing streak record.

[Highlight] Westbrook hits a fadeaway off one foot for 15 pts in the quarter and a 6-point Kings lead with 36.1 remaining

[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (10-7) defeat the New York Knicks (9-6), 133-121 behind 37 from Franz

Is Chris Paul is one of the very few players that can claim to be the best or greatest ever for multiple franchises?

[Russo] James Harden has his 25th career 50-point game, which ties him with Kobe Bryant for third-most all-time.

With a Pistons win tonight, they match their win total from two years ago.

[Russo] With that last rebound, Chris Paul now has 6,000 career rebounds. Paul is the only player in NBA history with at least 20,000 points, 12,000 assists and 6,000 rebounds.

[Highlight] Russell Westbrook proves he’s still got it at 37, grabbing a rebound and taking it coast to coast for the score

Kon “The Big Areola” Knueppel despite the loss vs the Clippers: 26 PTS | 1 REB | 1 AST | 1 STL | ⁹⁄₁₂ FG | ⁶⁄₉ 3FG | ²⁄₂ FT | 101% TS

[Highlight] DeMar DeRozan hits a clutch and-one dagger to seal the game, as the Kings upset the Denver Nuggets on their home court

Derik Queen on criticism of the Pelicans trading up for him: “It’s crazy cause now I don’t hear it… People was doubting me summer league, I didn’t have a preseason… I see it of course but I don’t really do anything cause they’re not in my shoes. They don’t have the opportunity I have.”

Jimmy Butler this season: 75th in field goal attempts per game (11.7), 9th in free throw attempts per game (8.1)

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Clippers (5-11) defeat the Charlotte Hornets (4-12), 131-116 behind a monstrous game from James Harden - ⁵⁵⁄₇

Josh Giddey with a triple-double in the win vs Wizards: 18 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK in 34min

[Highlight] Jalen Johnson throws a full-court pass to Risacher, who delivers a mid-air lob to Kristaps Porziņģis for the dunk

After a 37-point night on 13-19 shooting, Franz Wagner was handed the post-game interview and the turkey carving responsibilities

[Lowlight] Klay Thompson attempts the game-tying 3 from the logo, with plenty time remaining on the shot clock (with a replay). Mavericks and Grizzlies commentaries

Cameron Johnson despite the loss: 20 points on 11 shots | ⁴⁄₇ from 3 | 20/5/4 w/1 block

Rookie Kon Knueppel at the half: 18 Points on ⁷⁄₉ from the field and ⁴⁄₆ from three.