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[Highlight] Curry puts Luka on the floor to drain a 3

[Highlight] Curry dances around Luka for another 3

[Charania] Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren underwent treatment Friday to address a small patellar tendon tear and is expected to return to play in 8-to-10 weeks.

[Post Game Thread] The Golden State Warriors (3-3) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (4-2), 112-95 behind Stephen Curry’s 31/4/6

[Highlight] Kevin Durant dunks all over Daniel Gafford

[Highlight] JJ Redick dons a glove and lubes himself up on the bench

Cooper Flagg snaps the Rocket’s unbeaten streak: 33 PTS | 4 REB | 9 AST | 12-19 FG | 4-4 FT

[Curry] on the Luka ankle breaker: “haven’t been that open in a while”

[Highlight] Paul Reed was asked which team the game’s pace favored. “I don’t know what that means, but imma just say it favors us.”

[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (5-1) defeat the New York Knicks (2-4), 98-93.

Warriors trailed by 25 points in the first half & won by 17. That’s the largest margin of victory by a team trailed by 25 or more in the play-by-play era.

Embiid on NBA Cup: “I never really cared. To me, at the end of the day, you’ve still got to win a basketball game. But I’m going broke, so I need some money. So I’ve got to make a speech to the guys, and get them going. I need a little bit of money. Yeah, it’s not looking good right now for me.”

[Highlight] LeBron has the putback for a 5-point lead in the last 12 seconds

[Post Game Thread] The Dallas Mavericks (4-2) defeat the Houston Rockets (5-1), 116-111 handing them their first loss of the season as Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving’s combine for 68 points

LeBron James does a little bit of everything as the Sixers defeat the Knicks for the 2nd time this year, this time without Jaylen Brown: 20 points (8-15 FG; 2-6 3FG; 2-3 FT), 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, and +/- of +8!

[Stein] Philadelphia’s Jaylen Brown has been officially diagnosed with left patellar tendinopathy.

[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe “makes foot-to-foot contact”, fouling Jalen Brunson

[Highlight] Dillon Brooks gets called for a flagrant 2 on this play

Klay on trips back to GS: “I love to go compete against them because they’re some of my best friends…I just can’t wait to go back & see familiar faces, not just the players, but the training staff, the equipment managers, the people who work the stands and the concessions, the custodian.” 😭

Scottie Barnes hits a new career-high in a loss vs. the Orlando Magic: 41/5/5 w/3 steals

[Charania] Portland Trail Blazers’ Ja Morant has sustained a Grade 2 left hamstring strain and will miss at least four weeks, sources tell ESPN.

[Highlight] “LUKA SUCKS” chant breaks out after Doncic receives tech

Warriors Bench Outscores Lakers Bench 45-5 With 3 Minutes Left in The Game

[Highlight] After good ball movement by Philly, Tyrese Maxey takes off for the dunk

Steph Curry checks out against the Lakers: 31 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, ⁸⁄₁₄ from 3

[Vorkunov] The Philadelphia 76ers have struck a multi-year deal with Kalshi to make Kalshi its official prediction market partner. Sixers say they’re the 1st NBA team to name an official prediction market partner, and are following in NBA’s the footsteps after it made Kalshi a partner this week.

[Highlights] LeBron James hits tough fadeaway over OG Anunoby to put Sixers up one with one minute left

Luka Doncic, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green after the game

Ben Simmons on Steve Kerr not signing him before he went to the Kings: “I said something to Steve. I said, ‘Y’all didn’t want me?’ And [Kerr] said, ‘I didn’t know if you were healthy.’ “And I was like, ‘OK. That’s why you have people that do their job and go fly out and see.’

[Highlight] “Luka sucks” chants break out at Chase Center

[Highlight] LeBron James hits the 3-pointer over Josh Hart, then blows by him for the lefty layup, and shortly after with the And-1 (with replays)

Luka Doncic despite the loss versus Warriors: 37 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK

[Highlight] Podziemski ties it up after the Warriors trailed 23 points to start the second quarter

Steve Kerr on Yaxel being an older rookie: “In the NBA we penalize guys for being 23. He was his own worst enemy. He should’ve just come out four years ago completely unprepared, and then he would’ve been the second pick in the draft.”

[Highlight] Steph Curry drops Luka Doncic to the floor and hits the triple to the roar of the crowd, and Luka answers with a fadeaway 3 over Payton at the other end, telling the Warriors’ crowd to calm down (with replays)

Klay Thompson in the win for Miami: 25 points in 26 minutes on a scoring 89% TS!

Luka Doncic in 2nd-4th Quarter: 16/4/0 on 5-15 FG and 1-7 from 3PT with 2 turnovers, -14

Brandin “White Shohei” Podziemski tonight: 21 PTS | 5 REB | 6 AST | +7

Stephen Curry continues the hot streak and finishes 31/4/6 with 8 threes on the comeback win vs Lakers.

Scottie Barnes after getting 3 freethrows off of 34 field goal attempts against Orlando: “I think being that aggressive and only shooting 3 free throws is kinda crazy. It just wasn’t going our way. It is what it is… It’s tough out there… I think that’s enough for me to say. I’m raging on the inside.

[Shelburne] Los Angeles Lakers owner Mark Walter and Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner have agreed on all outstanding terms of the sale of the Lakers at a $12.5 billion valuation, sources close to the negotiations told ESPN.

The last undefeated team in the NBA is the Memphis Grizzlies

[Charania] Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren underwent treatment Friday to address a small patellar tendon tear and is expected to return to play in 8-to-10 weeks.

Darko on the officiating of tonight’s Raptors/Magic Cup Game: “For me, a player who gets 34 shots in a game, who scores 41 points, and goes to the free throw line 3 times, that’s kind of BS, to be honest with you…They got to the free throw line 29 times, we got to the free throw line 15 times…”

[Highlight] Steph Curry hits yet another three over Doncic. Puts the Warriors up by 17 points in the 4th

[Highlight] Luka has an answer to Curry’s 3

[Highlight] Steph Curry hits the three, passes Dominique Wilkins as 18th all time scoring in NBA history.

[Highlight] Curry Snatches Lukas Ankles and Drills the Three

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