After finishing with a .500 record last season, the Houston Rockets are playing aggressively and unselfishly — and they’re surging. The Rockets will look to sweep their two-game road trip Wednesday night when they visit the scuffling Philadelphia 76ers. Houston improved to 13-6 with a hard-fought, 117-111 overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. […]
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Franz Wagner has been making life without Paolo Banchero a whole lot easier for the Orlando Magic. Wagner has averaged 27.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7 assists over the past 10 games and will try to stay in the zone Wednesday night when Orlando collides with the visiting Chicago Bulls. The Magic have gone 9-1
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The Miami Heat will try to shed some disappointment when they arrive in North Carolina to play the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. The Heat lost 106-103 on Tuesday night at home against the Milwaukee Bucks. The result prevented Miami from notching a three-game winning streak for the first time this season and left the
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The Ottawa Senators will look to make it back-to-back wins when they open a three-game California road trip with a contest against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. Ottawa edged the visiting Calgary Flames 4-3 on Monday night to snap a five-game skid (0-4-1). Captain Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson each had a goal and
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Some people learn best by doing. For others, it’s by watching. The Seattle Kraken gave Shane Wright a chance at the latter over the past week and it paid off Monday in Anaheim. Wright, who had been a healthy scratch in the previous three games, returned with a goal and an assist in a 3-2
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The Winnipeg Jets are halfway through their longest road trip of the season, and they like what they’ve accomplished so far. The Jets will try to maintain their momentum when they visit the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Winnipeg has won two of the first three games on the six-game trip, most recently defeating
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Damian Lillard scored 37 points and dished out 12 assists as the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks defeated the host Miami Heat 106-103 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night. Lillard made 10 of 17 shots from the floor, including 8 of 13 from 3-point range, as Milwaukee won a fifth straight game. Bucks star Giannis
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Devin Booker recorded 26 points and 10 assists as the Phoenix Suns halted a five-game losing streak with a convincing 127-100 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 23 points in their returns from calf injuries. The Suns went 1-6 without Durant and 0-5 without
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have a new weapon to unleash when they try to avenge a loss to the Golden State Warriors in a meeting between two Western Conference powerhouses on Wednesday night in San Francisco. Stephen Curry hit seven 3-pointers to account for the majority of his 36 points when the Warriors found some
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