Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points, James Harden added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers recovered from blowing a 21-point lead to beat the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to a season-best six games.

Tyrese Maxey had 34 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, Joel Embiid scored 22 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-108 on Thursday night. Rookie guard VJ Edgecombe, the one-and-done player from Baylor playing 100 miles from his college campus for the first time,

The NBA Cup moved into the quarterfinal rounds with two games in the East Tuesday and two in the West on Wednesday.

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If you’ve been locked into your fantasy football team and haven’t been following the NBA as closely, don’t worry! Below we’ll go over the High Score perfect lineup for the season based off the top-six scores at each position.

Stephen Curry scored 26 points in his annual homecoming game in Charlotte, and Golden State defeated the Hornets 132-125 in front of 19,685, the largest crowd ever at the Spectrum Center.

With a franchise scoring record there for the taking, Kawhi Leonard elected to take a pass in order to be fresh for another day.

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Cade Cunningham: Cade is in the NBA MVP conversation with the Pistons set to enter 2026 atop the Eastern Conference. In the new year, Cunningham should look to be a more aggressive and efficient scorer; he shot 48.7% from the floor in December but only averaged 17.2 attempts per game.

Alperen Sengun had the honor of scoring the NBA's first bucket of 2026 during the Rockets' matchup against the Nets on Thursday night.