December 16, 2021 Ex-NBA coach makes wild prediction about league's trajectory amid COVID outbreaks Former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy made a projection about the league’s trajectory this season while teams and players deal with an increase in positive coronavirus tests and the influx of the omicron variant.
December 16, 2021 Shaq admits pettiness following Steph Curry’s record Shaquille O’Neal has some of the most creative nicknames in sports: The Big Aristotle, Shaq Daddy, Shaq Diesel, and The Big Shaqtus among them. On Tuesday night, he added another one to the list, and it may be the best of them all: Petty White.
December 16, 2021 Hayward's season-high 41 leads Hornets past Spurs 131-115 Charlotte is finally getting healthy, and Gordon Hayward celebrated by leading the Hornets to one of their strongest performances of the season.
December 16, 2021 Young overcomes neck injury, Hawks beat Magic 111-99 Trae Young played through a neck injury to score 28 points, John Collins had 21 points and 10 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 111-99 on Wednesday night to end a two-game losing streak.
December 16, 2021 Vincent, Robinson lead short-handed Heat past 76ers 101-96 Gabe Vincent hit a key 3-pointer in the fourth quarter and scored 26 points, Duncan Robinson had 21 points, and the short-handed Miami Heat built a 23-point lead and held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 101-96 on Wednesday night.
December 16, 2021 Cavaliers win fifth straight, rout Rockets 124-89 Darius Garland scored 21 points, Isaac Okoro added 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fifth straight game, a 124-89 rout of the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
December 16, 2021 Mitchell, Jazz beat Clippers 124-103 for eighth straight win Donovan Mitchell played a nearly perfect second half to keep Utah’s winning streak going, though he has bigger goals than regular-season victories.
December 16, 2021 Desmond Bane scores 23, Memphis beats Trail Blazers 113-103 Desmond Bane scored 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies stretched their winning streak to four games with a 113-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
December 16, 2021 Edwards scores 38 points, T-wolves beat Nuggets 124-107 Anthony Edwards made 10 3-pointers and scored 38 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a 12-game losing streak to Denver, beating the Nuggets 124-107 on Wednesday night.
December 15, 2021 US sports leagues cope with COVID-19 outbreaks amid variants U.S. sports leagues are seeing rapidly increasing COVID-19 outbreaks with dozens of players in health and safety protocols, amid an ongoing surge by the delta variant of the coronavirus and rising cases of the highly transmissible omicron mutation.
