Category: NBA AM
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 […]
Ex-Boston Celtics champion Kendrick Perkins discussed Jayson Tatum’s crunch-time struggles during a one-on-one interview with Sam Yip of HoopsHype, and the former 6-foot-10 center may have the perfect solution. “I think sometimes you gotta run misdirection and other times, you might have to run plays for other players. You do have Jrue Holiday on the […]
Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk is feared to have suffered feared to have suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee and will undergo further testing, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Monk, 26, exited the first quarter with a right knee injury during Friday night’s 107-103 loss to the Dallas Mavericks […]
Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 61 points in the New York Knicks’ 130-126 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, and his total fell one point shy of matching Carmelo Anthony’s franchise record of 62 points on Jan. 24, 2014. Bernard King now ranks third with his 60-point outing in 1984. Brunson […]
San Antonio Spurs rookie forward/center Victor Wembanyama became the second-youngest NBA player to post a 40-point, 20-rebound game behind John Drew, in Friday night’s 130-126 overtime win against the New York Knicks. At age 20 years and 47 days, Drew put up 44 points and grabbed 20 boards on Nov. 16, 1974. At age 20 […]
Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Smith Jr. (right hip synovitis) has been downgraded to doubtful for Friday night’s home game against the Chicago Bulls. Smith was initially listed as probable for this matchup. The seven-year veteran is now slated to miss his third consecutive game. If Smith is sidelined, Dennis Schroder, Jalen Wilson, and Lonnie Walker […]