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Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Monday

The short-handed Sixers are somewhat surprisingly favored, but we also must account for a depleted Heat crew that has missed Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro in recent games. It is crucial to wait for official lineup submissions before truly framing this game in fantasy and betting terms, but with both teams dealing with some impact […]

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Doncic 3 points shy of extending streak of 30-point triple-doubles

Doncic had 27 points, recording another triple-double — but doing so without scoring 30 for the first time in seven games — and the Dallas Mavericks rolled over the Chicago Bulls 127-92 on Monday night. Doncic finished with 14 assists and 12 rebounds but exited the blowout midway through the fourth quarter to end his […]

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How it started, how it’s going: Checking in on early-season NBA promises

More Teams. More Games. Michael Wilbon reacts to Bradley Beal being out at least three weeks with a back injury. (1:26) Tuesday marks exactly four weeks since the 2023-24 NBA regular season began. Most teams have played somewhere between 12 and 14 games — not quite a large enough sample to make definitive declarations about […]

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How Alex Caruso turned into a Defensive Player of the Year candidate

The scoreboard showed the Toronto Raptors with a 91-88 lead and a mere 19.1 seconds left on the clock. Toronto had the ball preparing to inbound, and the Bulls would likely be forced to foul, sending the Raptors to the line to ice the game. That’s when Alex Caruso took over. Toronto forward Pascal Siakam […]

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The Thunder, Sam Presti’s ‘pivot’ and why the darlings of the NBA are preaching patience

Presti, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s executive vice president and general manager since the franchise’s final season in Seattle, settled into his chair at the front of the Paycom Center interview room the morning of Sept. 27, the week before training camp. He was dressed for comfort, wearing a plain, dark blue T-shirt, knowing that he’d […]

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Myles Turner’s dunk kicks off first NBA in-season tournament

Turner’s dunk off a pass from Indiana Pacers All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton 19 seconds into Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers became the first basket scored in the history of the NBA’s in-season tournament, which began with a slate of seven group stage games. After years of debate over the possibility of the NBA […]

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Bulls bounce back with ferocious comeback, beat Raptors in OT

In the closing seconds of overtime, Bulls guard Alex Caruso blocked a layup attempt from Raptors forward Pascal Siakam on one end of the court and then hit the go-ahead 3-pointer on the other. He was mobbed by teammates after the buzzer sounded. “It was a good sense of relief,” said Caruso, who finished with […]

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In a ‘prove it’ year, the Bulls are betting on continuity

DeRozan was surprised to hear the answer: Chicago, again. The Bulls had not held an out-of-state training camp since 1985, when they were hosted by Beloit College in Wisconsin. Yet DeRozan remembered fondly how a road training camp brought on a camaraderie with his teammates. “Sometimes you’ve got to get outside your house and do […]

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