Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (ankle) has already missed five out of 11 games so far this season, but he's shown why he was a top-three draft pick when he has played. The 24-year-old is averaging 23.3 points on 43 percent shooting (33.3 percent 3-point) with 7.8 rebounds and 9.8 assists over 33.3 minutes a night thus far.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a painful wakeup call on Wednesday. They entered the contest with the Oklahoma City Thunder having won six of their last seven games, but they were annihilated in that one. OKC won, 121-92, and it wasn't even that close.

In seven November outings, the Mavericks guard is averaging 12.1 points, 3.4 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. Williams is a strong option against the struggling Clippers defense, which allows 115.5 points per game, a 47.5% defensive field-goal rate and a 39.4% defensive 3-pointer rate, second-worst in the league.

In the iconic docuseries "The Last Dance," NBA legend Michael Jordan made it pretty clear that he didn't like or especially respect Isiah Thomas. By the end of the series, many fans were convinced that Jordan hated Thomas so much that The Airman used his influence to keep Thomas off "The Dream

The Lakers fell in the latest USA TODAY Sports power rankings, moving from second to sixth in Week 3. The Lakers had previously started the season ranked 11th.

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Amid a reduced role, the Mavericks sharpshooter took aim at Patrick Beverley and Jason Williams for comments about his rap star girlfriend.

How many games will the Oklahoma City Thunder win this season? There's a bet that Will Hill believes you should make right now.

All 30 NBA teams are randomly drawn into groups of six with other teams in their conference based on win/loss records from the previous season. The NBA Cup consists of two primary stages, group play and the knockout round.

No American sports league has been fully insulated from gambling scandals since the Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on sports betting in 2018. The NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL have all confronted policy violations resulting in punishments ranging from fines and suspensions to league bans and even federal indictments.