Derrick White leads Boston to a 146-101 win over Washington by dropping 30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in 29 minutes. Jordan Walsh (22 points) and Payton Pritchard (20 points) did their thing in the Celtics’ third straight dub.

Houston is 2-1 this week (so far), and the rise of another Western Conference team has resulted in a slight drop in the power rankings.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers eked past the Indiana Pacers, 100-97, to even their first-round series on Wednesday, but you're going to hear a lot about how LeBron James did this in spite of getting little help from his teammates. James, indeed, was heroic: 46 ...

Here's where things stand in the NBA Gold Cup ahead of Friday's game. The knockout stage quarterfinals run from Dec. 9-10 with two games on each day. The semifinals will commence three days later on Saturday, Dec. 13 and the Finals will be on Tuesday, Dec. 16.

The NBA regular season schedule continues on Tuesday with six games on the slate, which begin at 7 p.m. ET and has the last tip at 11 p.m. ET.

Although there are still several months left in the 2025-26 NBA season, there seems to be absolutely no hope left for the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans made headlines a few weeks ago when they fired head coach Willie Green after a 2-10 start to the season.

Pascal Siakam had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Indiana Pacers beat the Washington Wizards 119-86 on Friday night in an NBA Cup game between two of the league's worst teams. Bennedict Mathurin added 20 points,

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is built specifically for this era. He takes full advantage of what is allowed. He places his hand on the side of the ball mid-dribble to hesitate the dribble and freeze his defender and, with space created, takes the shot. He uses the step-back shot and the pull-up off the dribble.

The Lakers will be without both LeBron James and Luka Doncic for Friday night's game in Boston against the Celtics.