Category: NBA AM
Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard (right groin strain) has been downgraded to out for tonight’s road game against the Washington Wizards, the team announced on Monday. This will be the second straight game that Lillard has missed and seventh overall for the season. The eight-time All-Star sat out Saturday’s win at Atlanta for personal reasons. […]
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (foot) and forward Jeremy Sochan (ankle) have been ruled out for the remainder of the 2023-24 NBA season, the team announced on Monday. Vassell missed San Antonio’s 117-113 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. He underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed a stress reaction to the third […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is 49 missed shots shy from owning the NBA record for most missed shots in league history. Kobe Bryant currently owns the all-time record with 14,481 misses. James, 39, has 14,433 missed shots in 1,486 games across his 21-year playing career. Bryant set the mark in 1,346 games of […]
Boston Celtics guard Derrick White will receive a $500,000 bonus for making at least 185 3-pointers this season. This is the first time of White’s seven-year career that he surpassed the mark. Since the bonus was deemed unlikely in his contract before the season, Boston will have an additional $500,000 charged toward their team salary, […]
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis is just the second NBA player in history to finish a season with at least 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 600 assists — joining Wilt Chamberlain. In the 1967-68 season, Chamberlain logged 1,992 points, 1,952 rebounds, and 702 assists. The NBA Hall of Famer also recorded 1,956 points, 1,957 boards, […]
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker scored 52 points and hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in Monday night’s 124-111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. It was his third straight 50-point outing against the Pelicans. The four-time All-Star also recorded 52 points in a 123-109 victory at New Orleans on Jan. 19. Booker joined Wilt Chamberlain as the […]
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (sprained right ankle) will return tonight at the Chicago Bulls, according to sources. Johnson, 22, has been out since March 18 after suffering an ankle sprain against the Los Angeles Lakers. The third-year wing rolled his ankle while landing with 6:47 to play in the fourth quarter. Johnson, who returned […]
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is nearing a return and could play as early as Tuesday night at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The reigning MVP has been out since January 30 with a left meniscus injury. Embiid has “positively completed multiple five-on-five scrimmage sessions in recent days,” according to Shams Charania of The […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James joined Michael Jordan as the only NBA players with multiple games of 40 points or more after turning 39, in Sunday’s 116-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets. James has done so twice now at age 39 in his 21st season. Jordan, who played until he was 40, did it […]
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic became the first NBA player since Oscar Robertson in the 1964-65 season to record at least 26 points, 18 rebounds, and 16 assists in a single game, during Sunday’s 130-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The six-time All-Star ended his outing with 26 points, 18 rebounds, 16 assists, and a […]
