Mobley's Cavaliers are dominating and Barnes' Raptors are languishing, but both still offer reasons to dream of more.

Barnes finished with a team-high 23 points (9-21 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 4-6 FT), eight rebounds, six assists, two blocks and two steals in 40 minutes during Monday's 104-101 win over the Warriors.

The Wizards are squarely in the driver's seat for the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. They rank dead last in the league in both offensive rating and defensive rating and Washington's focus for 2024-25 should be on moving the veterans and developing the youngsters.

Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers posted the largest margin of victory in franchise history by obliterating the visiting Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night.

The Raptors, who are three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference, grabbed only their 10th win of the season. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 16 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Josh Hart had the 11th triple-double of his career as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-119 on Wednesday night.

In New Orleans, Dejounte Murray’s 30 points propelled the Pelicans to a 119-116 win over the depleted Dallas Mavericks, who remain without injured stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic.

Remember how much time we — and I am part of that “we” — spent in the past year talking about whether Donovan Mitchell wanted to re-sign with this team? When he did, we asked if that would mean a Darius Garland trade?

Oklahoma City aims to continue its six-game home win streak with a victory against Cleveland. Thursday's meeting is the first of the season for the two teams.

A few teams have gotten off to hot starts in 2025 and others ... not so much. Here is where all 30 teams stack up in this week's NBA Power Rankings.

Chris Boucher forever. Or, at least, until the trade deadline. The Canadian gave the Raptors a classic performance.

The Raptors 905 (5-2) won their third consecutive game for just the first time all year, doing so by way of a 121-117 road victory against the Oklahoma City Blue on Monday night.