The Rockets appear to be unstoppable, but Steve Kerr loves playing on Christmas Day.
TORONTO (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Kemba Walker had 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 118-102 Wednesday in the first Christmas Day NBA game played in Canada.
Pacers All-Star guard Victor Oladipo is hopeful to return to the lineup by early February — and perhaps as soon as late January — from a ruptured right quad tendon, league sources told ESPN.
The Minnesota Timberwolves will attempt to end an 11-game losing streak when they visit the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. The struggling Timberwolves haven’t celebrated a victory since posting a 113-101 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 27. Minnesota dropped to 0-3 on a four-game road
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, who’s been on the injured reserve list since his Week 2 injury, tweeted reassurances he’d be back on the field in 2020.
The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs renew their Lone Star State rivalry Thursday in Big D after producing opposite performances in their most recent outings — one a defensive collapse, the other an offensive explosion. San Antonio shot 67.4 percent from the floor — the highest in any NBA game
It won’t just be the Portland Trail Blazers as a team looking for a bounce-back night at Utah on Thursday. Guard Damian Lillard also will be searching for some personal redemption. When the Trail Blazers face the Jazz for the first time this season, Lillard will be on the hunt for his shooting
For the sixth consecutive year in as many football seasons, former Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin made the NFL Pro Bowl as the right guard for the Dallas Cowboys.Martin started all four seasons and 52 games, a school record, with the Fighting Irish from 2010-13.
Celtics guard Marcus Smart had a very simple Christmas wish: to wake up and open his eyes without discomfort.