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Shai takes charge, OKC in control The defending champs keep grinding along quietly, but with brutal consistency. The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-87, built on another Shai Gilgeous-Alexander masterclass. 30 points for the reigning MVP in a game that was never flashy but was fully under control. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 30 PTS, 4…

A whiff of playoffs in February It’s late February. In Oklahoma City it already smelled like May. The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 127-121 after overtime in an electric, physical, tense game. Technicals. An ejection. Push-and-shove. In short, spring basketball ahead of schedule. And at the heart of it, the boss returned. Shai…

A steamroller at the TD Garden Sometimes an NBA game is a box-ticking exercise. Sometimes it’s a statement. Friday night, Boston turned their game against the Brooklyn Nets into an offensive clinic. Final score: 148-111. A smackdown. Clean. Methodical. Almost clinical. The numbers are dizzying. 66.7% shooting, a season-high. 22 three-pointers. 77 points off the…

A power cut, a howling buzzer and three hours of chaos Some games hinge on a single shot. This one hinged on… a busted buzzer. In the third, with the Detroit Pistons up 65-64 on the Cleveland Cavaliers, a power surge blew the scoreboard. The buzzer stuck — a single, ear-splitting wail that never stopped.…

Six threes would’ve done it. He buried eight. In Indianapolis, Kon Knueppel didn’t just ride the Hornets’ 133-109 thrashing of the Pacers. He wrote a line in the record books. 209 three-pointers this season. New NBA rookie record. And he did it in 59 games. KON KNUEPPEL. MOST THREES EVER BY A ROOKIE 🚨 pic.twitter.com/1aPSC2c3SO…

They looked done. Down 19 in Orlando. Flat. All over the shop. Then Kevin Durant decided enough was enough. Houston won 113-108 in Orlando, after a brutal turnaround and a fourth quarter claimed by one of the purest scorers of his generation. Durant flips the script in one half Kevin Durant finished with 40 points,…

The Lakers did the hard work. Then they blew it. Then they nearly pulled off a miracle. And then the final blow. With 0.9 seconds left, Royce O’Neale drilled a corner three to give the Phoenix Suns a 113-110 win. Austin Reaves had a chance to tie it at the buzzer. It fell short. Third…

James Harden chooses pain Some nights the news lands like a dunk to the face. On Tuesday James Harden fractured his right thumb against the Knicks. The kind of setback that makes you wince, that tightens a whole arena, that sends even the toughest to the bench grinding their teeth. Except Harden isn’t the fragile…

There was real feeling in the air at State Farm Arena. Trae Young’s return to Atlanta — a tribute, No.11 jerseys in the stands, the end of an era. And right in the middle of it all, Jonathan Kuminga decided to write the first chapter of his own story. 27 points in his Hawks debut.…