MIAMI — Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has returned to the team’s injury report for the second time in three weeks, this time due to the back pain that kept him out of the closing stages of Wednesday night’s 98-94 road victory over the Charlotte Hornets.

Butler is listed as probable for Friday night’s game against the Toronto Raptors ...Read more

SEATTLE — Nearly two weeks have passed since news broke about the Storm being under investigation for alleged player mistreatment, and there still has been no public acknowledgment of the allegations by the team or the WNBA.

The Storm and the league have repeatedly declined to comment, while the Women's National Basketball Players Association...Read more

LAHAINA, Hawaii – Dan Hurley didn’t have much to say after the UConn men’s basketball team lost its third consecutive game in the Maui Invitational, all to unranked opponents, including Dayton in Wednesday night’s battle for seventh place.

And while there was another significant free throw disparity in the 85-67 loss, Hurley couldn’t ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO —The Warriors didn’t have their best player, but they did re-establish the intensity they’d been missing over the past few games.

After falling behind by 19 early, Golden State got a surprising sparkplug performance and won the middle quarters 60-45, turning what looked destined for a blowout into a Thanksgiving eve showdown...Read more

The Detroit Pistons have struggled against the Memphis Grizzlies in recent years. They came into the FedEx Forum riding a seven-game losing streak and having dropped 10 of their last 11 games in the series.

After coming off an emotional win against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, and with the progress made under coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the ...Read more

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Wolverines are bringing home some hardware for the holiday.

Thanks to a pair of big performances from big men Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin, Michigan knocked off No. 22 Xavier, 78-53, in the Fort Myers Tip-Off championship game Wednesday at Suncoast Arena.

Wolf had 20 points – 16 coming in the first half – and 10 ...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — It was almost 4 a.m. Wednesday when the Los Angeles Lakers arrived at their San Antonio-area hotel, their last two losses exposing some of the worst internal fears of the team.

The way they had played in the second half of losses to Denver and Phoenix had players wondering if all the work the team had put in over the last two ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Just when it seemed like a night might go right for the Timberwolves, they blew a double-digit fourth-quarter lead Wednesday in a 115-104 loss to the Kings. Sacramento erased a 12-point Wolves lead in a flash during the fourth quarter against a porous Wolves defense.

Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox handled the scoring down the ...Read more

This is who the Miami Heat have become. Living on the edge. Seemingly every night.

A night after coming up short following a rally from 22 down at home against the Milwaukee Bucks, Erik Spoelstra’s team this time coughed up a 20-point third-quarter lead, to again find itself in yet another game decided at the wire.

This time, survival.

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PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are focused on “staying together” because they know the alternative will lead to a downward spiral.

That mindset led to a great effort. But one has to wonder how long will they be able to “stay together” while compiling loss after loss.

The latest loss was Wednesday night’s 122-115 overtime setback to the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — It seemingly hasn’t mattered who’s been on the floor for the Magic in the near month since Paolo Banchero was sidelined with a torn right abdominal muscle Oct. 30 at Chicago‘s United Center.

But Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley more than welcomed getting Wendell Carter Jr. back (who missed last 12 games with left foot ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The matchup between the first- and second-place teams in the Western Conference lost some luster when the Warriors’ official injury report was updated Wednesday afternoon.

Steph Curry is out for Wednesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Chase Center with bilateral patellofemoral pain in both knees. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cam Thomas has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain and will miss at least three weeks, the Brooklyn Nets announced on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old guard suffered the injury in the third quarter of Monday’s 128-120 defeat of the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center. Head coach Jordi Fernandez said he took Thomas out of the ...Read more

Kansas forward KJ Adams rose up and effortlessly canned the jumper, his fourth of the night.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The often-scrutinized Adams delivered time and time again for the shorthanded Jayhawks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. He contributed offensively and with an important defensive performance against Cooper Flagg and the No....Read more

LAS VEGAS — No. 1 Kansas refused to let Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg beat them Tuesday night, and the Jayhawks survived a tight game to beat the No. 11 Blue Devils, earning a 75-72 win at T-Mobile Arena.

In a back-and-forth game worthy of March, or perhaps early April, it was freshman Kon Knueppel, not the highly touted but well-covered ...Read more

PHOENIX — The idea, JJ Redick said pregame, would be for the Lakers to get back to the plan he set in place when he became the team’s head coach. That plan, to take the long view and favor the process of the results helped the team win 10 of its first 14 games.

“We’re all competitive. I’m competitive. We have to be about the process ...Read more

ATLANTA — Just hours after the NBA handed the Hawks a hefty fine for sitting guard Trae Young for a game earlier this month, the team provided an update on his status for a coming matchup. The team listed Young as questionable for their game against the Cavaliers on Wednesday at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Hawks ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Paul George is feeling better, but the 76ers forward admits his experience is “super frustrating.”

The nine-time All-Star, who will miss his third straight game Wednesday with a bone bruise in his left knee, said he hopes to return within the next week. George hasn’t cleared that with the team, but it is the time frame he...Read more