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[Charania] Golden State’s Stephen Curry has an oblique abdominal tear and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

[Charania] Chicago Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson is undergoing surgery for a fractured right hand and will miss four to six weeks, sources tell ESPN.

[Buha] Bronny is a -40 in 16m and 35s this season. His lack of progress is concerning. If LA waived him, I’d be surprised if someone picked him up on an actual contract. Maybe Philly picks him up on a 2-way, but he will not make a 15-man roster. He may be the worst 3rd-string ball handler in the NBA

[Charania] “I’m told that Stephen Curry is actually going to be sidelined for closer to 1 month with this oblique abdominal tear…Warriors are now bracing that this could be at least a double digit sum of games. He’s now out for at least 2-4 weeks.”

Now that he is slated to miss two weeks, Steph Curry will not be award eligible this season if he does not play back-to-backs

[Charania] The NBA is suspending Houston Rockets guard Marcus Smart for three games for punching Golden State center Charles Bassey on Wednesday night, sources tell ESPN.

Zion after the Nets’ loss “Unacceptable. I don’t even have a lot of words. Just unacceptable. If we don’t like to lose like this we need to look in the mirror and say: did I do what I needed to do for my team?”. This season he’s averaging an efficient 21.7 PTS on 69.1 TS% (highest TS% of his career)

[Highlight] T.J. McConnell stood up on his own after hitting the floor, so his Pacers teammates made him sit back down so they could help him up

LaMelo Ball posted this video on his Instagram calling out his haters

[Highlight] SGA falls down after Sidy Cissoko runs into him and the Thunder announcers are in shock “this is egregious by the officials”

Jokic gets the double nut butt punch treatment from Cam Spencer

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the new brand ambassador for Trojan Condoms

James Harden: “I’m still trying to figure it out. It’s my 18th year… my name is James Harden, I used to score a lot of points. Now it’s like.. find other ways to impact the game. Donovan averages a lot of points, he’s the scoring machine on this team”

[Highlight] Marcus Smart throws a punch and whiffs at Charles Bassey and gets thrown out immediately

[Krawczynski] “The Hornets are now clearly in a period of transition… the possibilities of Naz [Reid] getting traded again are very high… everything that made the Naz Reid experience special is not there in Charlotte.”

Charles Barkley: “The Spurs are the team to beat in the NBA. I don’t see any team that’s in their league right now east or west. They are the best team. It is the Spurs thing to win now”

Teams with Lithuanian players are now a combined 3-30 to start the NBA season

The Bucks, Bulls, Clippers, Jazz, Kings are a combined 4-49 (7.5%) this season

[Injury] Steph Curry exits the game as he grabs his lower back

Lakers coach JJ Redick gets punched by his assistant coach for some pregame antics

Steph Curry calls out Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas, and everyone else talking about Ayesha Curry, telling them to keep his wife’s name out of their mouths.

All 7 of Steph Curry’s Injuries vs the Rockets

Shai builds a house in Portland going 17-42 (0-11 from 3, ²³⁄₂₅ FTs) for 57pts, 12rebs, 5 assists, 65min (-24) in 2 games

Dejounte Murray arguing with Pelicans fans on social media, claiming the organization is scapegoating and sabotaging him

Stephon Castle this season: 14 PPG on 48% TS

[Injury] Luka Doncic rolls his ankle after a closeout by Kyle Kuzma on Luka’s long 2 attempt. The Lakers were up 23, with 4:21 minutes remaining. Including replays. The Lakers empty their bench, as Luka heads straight to the locker room after the free throw

[Post Game Thread] The Portland Trail Blazers (8-3) defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (8-4), 118-108.

[Charania] We’re closer on a decision on the winning bid for the Vegas team. 3 groups bid at least $10B and even more: they’re the Walton family, B.Foley (Knights’ owner) and S.Apostolopoulos. For Seattle S.Holloway (Kraken’s owner) is the leading suitor. The final decisions will be made in December

[Lowlight] In case you’re wondering what Malik Beasley is up to, He’s hocking old jerseys on TikTokLive

Damian Lillard full postgame interview on the court, after the 118-108 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, in the second game of a back to back against OKC, winning both games.

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (11-2) defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (1-11), 123-112.

Jamal Murray is averaging: 26.2 PPG, 5.9 APG, 5.0 RPG, 51% FG, 51% 3PT, 84% FT, 67% TS

The Utah Jazz are 1-11. That’s worse than any 12 game start they had during their recent tanking seasons.

[Lowlight] Trae Young decides to look at the ref and give up on defense as soon as there is no foul called on Siakam’s screen, letting Andrew Nembhard hit the wide open jumper.

Steve Kerr on Curry Injury: “He just said he tweaked something in his abdominal area. He said he’s never done it before… Concern is high but I have noidea the extent of the injury.”

[Murray] Ty Lue (on Bradley Beal’s return): “Every time we get him on the court to do something three days in a row, it’s not good results.. Just gotta stay with it.” Lue when asked about a timetable: “You gotta talk to somebody else man. I don’t know.”

[Injury] Steph Curry hits a 3-pointer and tries to play through an injury before heading to the locker room (with replays). The Warriors and ESPN broadcast try to speculate what caused the injury

Victor Wembanyama in the Spurs 10-0 Win Streak: 32.6 PTS | 11.4 REB | 4.5 BLK | 67% TS | 29 minutes | +224

Charles Bassey on Marcus Smart throwing a punch at him: “Fake toughness.”“I don’t think he was trying to play. I think he was trying to get himself out of the game.”

[Highlight] In a tied game, in crunch time, Damian Lillard runs around the set screen by Isaiah Hartenstein to contest Jared McCain’s 3-point attempt, and McCain is called for the offensive foul after kicking his leg out (with a replay)

BP talking about guys on the Heat he’s gotten close with: “Klay Thompson — I mess w/Klay heavy. I didn’t know Klay at first. He used to talk crazy to me on the court — try to post him up, he wouldn’t go. We used to talk back & forth, so I rock w/my boy Klay.” Funniest duo personality wise ever 😂😭

[Highlight] Yaxel Lendeborg hits KD with a couple of jab steps and sinks the middy

[Highlight] The Blazers announcers jinx Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the free throw attempt, and Deni Avdija hits a big clutch 3 at the other end.

Victor Wembanyama in the 20 point comeback win 32 PTS | 9 REB | 5 BLK | 2 STL | 1 AST ¹³⁄₁₈ FG (72.2%) | ²⁄₆ 3PT | ⁴⁄₅ FT 79.2% TS | +29 in 32 MIN

[Highlight] Sam Hauser intercepts the inbound pass to seal the win for the Celtics! Jayson Tatum throws one down just because after the whistle

Scoot Henderson is quickly moving up the All-Time Draft Busts Ladder as he’s shooting just 31.7% from the field, 22% from 3, and has a 1 to 1.6 Ast/TO ratio

[Highlight] With 1 minute remaining in regulation, Alex Caruso is called for the foul as Damian Lillard misses the 3. The call was on the floor, but the Thunder were in the bonus. The Thunder announcers weren’t happy about this call. Dame hits both clutch free throws while receiving ‘MVP’ chants

[Highlight] Jokić with a spinning hookshot over Cameron Boozer

[Highlight] Toumani Camara puts Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a box and the Blazers force a 24-second violation on the Thunder, late in the 4th quarter.