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Nikola Jokić gives a wink and a smile to a young Nuggets fan

Luka Doncic with a triple double at half- 26/11/11 on 80% TS

[Highlight] Another one. Desmond Bane shoves Immanuel Quickley to the ground right before he goes up for a layup

Epstein’s strange interest in Joakim Noah…

[Leigh Ellis] asked Kevin Durant, who is currently 6th all-time in scoring, if he thinks he could catch Kareem and end up 2nd. (He did the math to show him what he needs)

Giannis Antetokounmpo on Instagram: “Trojan, what’s up? I’m curious to see if your product works. 👀😂

[Highlight] Nikola Jokic with a slick one handed behind the back pass to set up Payton Watson

Dr. Jonathan Glashow, the man who performed the latest knee surgeries on Joel Embiid and Kawhi Leonard, has a special message for Sixers fans after they flooded his reviews with 5 stars.

[Highlight] Ayton Lobs it up to Lebron who throws it down with his left hand!

Derrick Rose says he doesn’t want the Bulls to give him a statue after seeing Dwyane Wade’s statue

Nikola Jokic checks out after return from injury: 31 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL, 8-11 FG

[Charania] Denver’s Nikola Jokic – out since Dec. 29 with a knee injury – plans to return tonight against the Los Angeles Clippers at home, sources tell ESPN. Jokic now is in position to also play in Sunday’s showdown vs. Oklahoma City in Denver and be eligible for the season awards.

[Highlight] LeBron drives and finishes with the left

[Highlight] Bronny James explodes in transition for the fastbreak slam dunk

[Highlight] Nikola Jokić delivers a brilliant behind-the-back dime to a cutting Peyton Watson for the two-handed slam dunk

Luka Doncic in the 1st Quarter- 16/7/7 and 2 steals

Luka Doncic today in the win over the Wizards: 37 PTS | 11 REB | 13 AST in 31 minutes on 13-21 FG, 6-13 from 3, 5-7 at the line. He was a +21

[Grange] Anonymous NBA exec says he wouldn’t trade Scottie Barnes for Giannis: “One guy is 31 and he’s going to want that extension and the other is 24 and you have him for four more years after this one. Is Giannis going to be the better player over those years? I don’t know about that.”

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (33-16) defeat the Los Angeles Clippers (22-25), 122-109 as Nikola Jokic has 31/12/5 in his return from injury!

LeBron James on where he ranks his dunks from tonight: “I’ll let my LeBron faithful fan group rate ‘em. I love those guys”

[Highlight] The Wizards Puppy racing half time goes disastrously yet has an incredible ending as 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 makes the insane comeback to win

Luka Doncic is the first player to record 16+ PTS, 7+ REB, and 7+ AST in the play-by-play era (1997-98) in any quarter!

Giannis Antetokounmpo is officially disqualified for All NBA Team Selection this season (He was First Team All NBA from 2019 - 2025)

[Highlight] Nikola Jokić receives a standing ovation from the Nuggets crowd as his night ends in his return from injury: 31 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST.

[Post Game Thread] The Phoenix Suns (30-19) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (29-21), 126-113 as Dillon Brooks drops 27pts on 9-14 shooting

With Nikola Jokic’s return tonight, he will have missed only 16 games, 2 games shy of being ineligible. Jokic is now firmly back in the MVP race.

Luka drops a 37/11/13 triple double with 3 steals in 31 minutes on 76.8% TS

The Suns have beaten the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers on back to back nights without Devin Booker.

[Highlight] Chris Boucher wanted a bucket in his first game since ¹¹⁄₂₃. Made one at the buzzer to cap a blowout win and Russell Westbrook didn’t like it… at first. Chris explained the situation, Westbrook understood and embraced him. All good!

[Highlight] Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray run the two-man game, resulting in Jokić’s crafty behind-the-back move and finish at the rim

[Barry Jackson] “The Heat could have been able to make easily the best offer for Giannis (4 firsts, Ware, Herro, 1 other player) if the NBA had simply done the right thing and given the Heat its pick back for being the victim of what would be a crime in any other real-life transaction. “

The Denver Nuggets close out their stretch without Nikola Jokic with a 10-6 record

Amari Bailey, with 10 games in NBA, seeks college eligibility

Joel Embiid: “Obviously, we’ve been ducking the tax past couple of years… I don’t know what they’re gonna do… we’ve got a good group of guys… the vibes are great… In the past we’ve been I guess ducking the tax, so hopefully we think about improving because I think we have a chance.”

[Windhorst] The Oklahoma City Thunder have been a team that has surfaced in trade conversations ahead of the deadline: “Here’s an interesting name: Isaiah Hartenstein. He’s got a team option next year for $29 million. I’ve actually heard the Oklahoma City Thunder’s name in some trade chatter.”

Deandre Ayton as Lakers defeat Wizards: 28 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, +30

[Highlight] Uncle Bron schooling young blood Alex Sarr. An over 20 year age difference between the two.

[Highlight] Smart lobs to LeBron for the reverse

[Fedor] The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers are discussing a trade that would have Cleveland send De’Andre Hunter to LA in exchange for Rui Hachimura and Dalton Knecht.

[Highlight] The Wizards commentary team discusses how much worse the Bucks without Giannis look compared to even the Wizards who are down 30+ to the Lakers

Despite the loss to Charlotte, Cooper Flagg— at 19 years and 39 days old— becomes the youngest player in NBA history to score 45+ points: 49 PTS │ 10 REB │ 3 AST │ 20-29 FG │ 3-5 3P │ 6-6 FT

Nikola Jokic checks out on his first game back from injury: 31/12/5 on 8-11 FG, ¹³⁄₁₇ FT. +12

The Thunder and Hornets are both 14 and 10 in their last 24 games

Scottie Barnes on DPOY: “I feel like I don’t really get the recognition that I deserve yet. I’m gonna keep being me. I feel like nothing’s really changed with the way I’m playing defensively out there on the floor but it just comes into more like once we start winning games which we’re doing now”

[Highlight] Scottie Barnes with the two way display blocking Bane on one end and getting the and one on the other end

Rifs didnt call a foul on Tim Hardaway Jr. 3pt foul by the Clippers - Refs proceed to timeout on their own, reviewed the no call play - and awards Tim Hardaway Jr. 3FT’s

[Highlight] Luka Dončić throws a lob to Jaxson Hayes, who finishes with one hand over Alex Sarr. Luka then gets a steal and hits Hayes again with a no-look lob for another dunk!

[Highlight] — Nikola Jokic makes NBA history as the first player to have 30 pt - 10 reb - 5 ast - in under 25 minutes of play.