NBA Basketball News

Marcus Thornton has been around the Brooklyn Nets for only two weeks, so he's still trying to learn his new team's playbook.

With a quick step to his left, Anthony Davis bolted from the man he was supposed to guard and jumped in time to swat away Ty Lawson's driving layup.

Stephen Curry overcame a strained right quad to finish with 18 points and nine assists, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Phoenix Suns 113-107 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.

James Harden scored 41 points, Jeremy Lin had 26 and the Houston Rockets rallied for a 118-113 overtime win against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.

Monta Ellis and Devin Harris scored 20 points apiece and the Dallas Mavericks extended Indiana's season-long losing streak to four games with a 105-94 victory against the Pacers on Sunday night.

Kyle Lowry had 20 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his fourth career triple-double, lifting the Toronto Raptors to a 111-104 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

Paul Pierce left the Brooklyn Nets' game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night after suffering a sore right shoulder in the opening minutes and was ruled out for the rest of the game.

Rajon Rondo had 11 points and a season-high 18 assists, Jeff Green scored 27 points and the Boston Celtics had their second-highest scoring output of the season in a 118-111 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.

Jodie Meeks scored 24 of his career-high 42 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Oklahoma City 114-110 on Sunday despite a triple-double by Thunder star Kevin Durant.

Joakim Noah had 20 points and 12 rebounds, D.J. Augustin scored 22 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 95-88 in overtime Sunday after Jimmy Butler blocked LeBron James at the end of regulation.

Bradley Beal scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Wizards hold off the Milwaukee Bucks 114-107.

The Utah Jazz finally found a way to win on their six-game road trip: Play a team that can't win anywhere.

On a night of celebration, there were two surprising, strange sights: LeBron James back on Cleveland's bench.

Blake Griffin had 27 points and eight rebounds, Chris Paul added 19 points, including a go-ahead layup in the final minute, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Atlanta Hawks 109-108 on Saturday night for their season-high seventh straight victory.

Washington Wizards power forward Drew Gooden shoots against the Utah Jazz during the second half at Verizon Center.

If you're seeing this, your team, or the team you'll likely be picking for come summer, is in the bottom third of the NBA.

In a rematch of last season's NBA Finals, the Spurs laid the wood to the two- time defending champion Miami Heat with Thursday's 111-87 victory in the Alamo City.

Bringing new technology to the Sacramento Kings is a "unique opportunity to pull out a blank piece of paper" and create NBA 3.0, Andy Miller, a serial entrepreneur and a member of the Sacramento Kings ownership, told the 11th annual TechEdge event Friday.

Anthony Davis had 29 points and 14 rebounds, and New Orleans defeated the struggling Milwaukee Bucks 112-104 on Friday night.

Not only did Houston do that, but it handed the Eastern Conference-leading Pacers their biggest defeat in the process.