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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — John Collins tipped in a missed shot with less than a second left to give the Atlanta Hawks a 113-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Trae Young scored 26 points and De’Andre Hunter had 25 for the Hawks. Young was 6 of 10 from 3-point range and Hunter 6 … Read more

As the 2022-23 season advances in the NCAA ranks, a number of prospects at that level have seen some significant change in where they are projected to be drafted (if anywhere) in the 2023 NBA draft this summer. At the NBA level, a clearer picture of what individual teams like the Boston Celtics around the … Read more

The NBA’s recent midseason survey has the Boston Celtics featured quite favorably in terms of the NBA media members’ expectations for the second half of the 2022-23 season. Per NBA.com’s Mark Medina, the NBA polled 30 members of the league’s media drawn from every media market, including two in both Los Angeles and New York … Read more

Former Boston Celtics big man and current Celtics broadcaster Brian Scalabrine recently sat down with Landon Buford of “Inside The Suns” for an interview that touched on whether star Boston wing Jayson Tatum could score 80 points in a game amid the league’s offensive revolution. The pair also touched on last season’s chatter about splitting … Read more

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame Celtics center Robert Parish scored the 22,000th point of his career in a game he played in 1994. An alum of Louisiana’s Centenary College, Parish was later drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall pick of the 1976 NBA draft and would … Read more

Jan 13, 2023; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Knicks forward Julius Randle (30) shoots the ball over Washington Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis (6) in the first quarter at Capital One Arena. / Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports The Knicks beat the Wizards, 112-108 on Friday on the road thanks to another 30-point performance from Jalen Brunson. With … Read more

The 31-12 Boston Celtics make the trip to North Carolina’s Spectrum Center to play the 11-32 Charlotte Hornets in the first of two road games against their Southeastern Conference foe on Saturday evening, looking to extend their current winning streak to 6 games while the Hornets hope to limit their current slide to 3 games. … Read more

The losing streak for the young Houston Rockets (10-32) is at a season-high nine games — and 14 of their last 15, overall — after Friday’s 139-114 loss at Sacramento (box score). The Kings (23-18) have now won three straight and six of their last nine games. Kevin Porter Jr., Houston’s usual starting point guard, … Read more

It felt like fatigue started to set in for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Playing on the second night of a road back-to-back and the third game in four nights, the Thunder — who are usually money in the third quarter — struggled coming out of halftime. The Thunder ultimately pulled away and won their game … Read more

What we learned as Dubs crush Spurs in front of record crowd originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Warriors pushed their record back to .500 Friday night, and they took an unfamiliar path to get there. A wire-to-wire triumph on the road. Golden State’s 144-113 victory over the Spurs before an NBA-record crowd (68,323) … Read more