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[Lorenzi] Lu Dort on the play that got him ejected in Friday’s game vs Denver: “That’s a physical game and there’s limits to it. And I went over the limit.”

Jeremy Lin opens up about how disrespectful Kobe Bryant was to him and when Lin confronted him about his bad body language & leadership style, Kobe went months without talking to him

The 2nd pick Dylan Harper last night: 22/2/2 with 2 TOs and 2 threes in 22mins.

[Highlight] Luka Doncic misses the 1st free throw, complains to the referees about a lane violation by a Pelican player, makes the second free throw, keeps on complaining, receives a technical foul, and Austin Reaves hold him back (with a replay)

[O’Connor] Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers attempted to trade for Kawhi Leonard at the trade deadline.

Jared ‘sold high’ McCain tonight: 20/3/1 and 2 steals on 8-15 FG

The ‘90s Night broadcast introduction from NBC and Peacock, featuring Bob Costas, Doug Collins, and Mike Fratello, for the San Antonio Spurs vs. Philadelphia 76ers game.

[Post Game Interview] Ant: “This the most fun I ever had in my life… I love the city of Minnesota”

Paolo Banchero has a career high efficiency year and now has a higher TS% than Cade Cunningham

Unbelievable Jared McCain stat (courtesy of KOC): in 11 games with the Thunder, McCain has 21 plays with dribble hand-offs. In 37 games with the Sixers he registered 8 (!) total. How is that possible?

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama gets his 5th block of the first half and then proceeds to drain a 3-pointer on the offensive end.

The Pelicans respond to Stephen A. Smith: “Stick to solitaire”

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama catches the ball while running backwards in the paint, turns around and dunks it (with replays). NBC and Spurs commentaries

[Highlight] Zion TRUCKS Jackson Hayes who is trying to take the charge and the refs decide not to call anything on the play

Anthony Edwards with 41 points on 15-29 shooting (7-13 3PT, 4-4 FT) to go along with 5 steals and a block.

[Highlight] Luka tried to see if Vando would stop him from going at JJ again 💀

Victor Wembanyama’s night is done easy work: 10 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL, 6 BLK, +41

This season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are allowing eight points fewer per 100 possessions than the league average. That would be the most dominant defensive performance relative to the league in NBA history for a full season outside of Bill Russell’s Celtics (trailing 1963, 1962, 1965 and 1964)

Red Panda with a buzzing halftime performance in Charlotte. Charlotte Hornets vs. Dallas Mavericks - 3/3/26

[Scotto] Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe suffered a lumbar contusion in last night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, an MRI confirmed. He’s out for tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz and will be re-evaluated ahead of the team’s next game against the Atlanta Hawks.

Timothée Chalamet films his mom hugging LeBron, then tells him: “That’s my Gloria.”

[Griffin Senyek] Hawks Stand By ‘Magic City Monday’ Promotion

[CBS SPORTS] Ranking the 15 best contracts in the NBA: Jalen Brunson, Deni Avdija, Payton Pritchard, Alperen Sengun, etc

Jared McCain since joining okc: 14/3/1 on 50/43/89 splits 8-2 record

Angel Reese’s brother Julian Reese in his second game for the Wizards after being called up from the G-League: 8 points on 4-6 from the field, 8 rebounds, 3 assists

[Amick] Per a league source close to Gordon, the veteran forward — who re-aggravated his right hamstring injury on Jan. 23 — is targeting a return in Friday’s home game against the New York Knicks.

[NBA.com] Kia Rookie Ladder: Kon Knueppel maintains lead in tightening race

The Sixers are the first team in NBA history to lose 3 home games by 40+ points in a single season

Cade Cunningham in the loss: 10/6/14, 5 TO on 29% TS

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (37-24) defeat the New Orleans Pelicans (19-44), 110-101.

[Highlight] LeBron falls down on the fast break, gets back up and throws it down for an and-1

Wemby becomes the first NBA player to win Player of the Month and Defensive Player of the Month in the same month.

[Lowlights] Rob Dillingham turns the ball over with the soccer rainbow flick off the dribble, Kenrich Williams misses back to back open layups, Josh Giddey horribly misses the 3-point attempt. Bulls and Thunder commentaries

[Jason Dumas] Luke Kornet created some waves nationally when he urged the Atlanta Hawks to cancel its “Magic City Night”, saying that it’s disrespectful to women.

[Highlight] Jalen Green soars way up high and detonates for the angry And-1 alley-oop dunk off a steal and a lob by Collin Gillespie (with replays). NBA and Suns commentaries

Anthony Edwards went crazy tonight dropping 41-6-2 and 5 steals on 67% true shooting

[Medina] DeAndre Jordan says he has ‘about 307 jumps left in him’ in response to how his dunk over Draymond Green felt like

[Charania] The Denver Nuggets are signing 2022 first-round pick David Roddy to a two-way NBA deal out of the Raptors 905 in the G League, sources tell ESPN. Additional wing depth for the Nuggets for the regular season.

[All-Access] “I never heard a player say that they just want to play defense in 1-on-1.” Tyrese Maxey recalls a moment about Victor Wembanyama from a 2022 training session.

Jaylin Williams records a double-double with a 17 point, 16 rebound performance

[Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (31-31) defeat the Dallas Mavericks (21-40) 117-90 to finally reach .500

[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (44-17) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (33-28), 131-91.

Tanking race: Nets have lost 9 in a row. Pacers, Jazz and Wizards have lost 6 in a row. Kings recently had a historic 16 game losing streak.

Victor Wembanyama is at a huge +41 with only ³⁄₅ shooting, Spurs dominate the Sixers by 49 pts by the end of the 3rd quarter

Pelicans analyst Antonio Daniels told Luka Doncic that since he leads the league in free throw attempts, he should focus on the game itself instead of complaining.

Following the longest games played streak of his career (35), Zion Williamson missed one game with an ankle sprain and returned against the Lakers to score 24 points despite the loss.

[Charania] [Charania] The Memphis Grizzlies are signing two-way forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper on a new two-year contract, Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency tell ESPN. Prosper has averaged 7.6 points and 15.8 minutes in 36 games for the Grizzlies this season.

Full postgame interview on the court with Jaylin Williams. The Thunder players having fun with the sideline reporter Nick Gallo, and Jalen Williams takes off his jacket, puts it on Gallo and tells him to keep it (take it home with him)