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Nick Nurse is faced with a dilemma and there's no real solution in plain sight. On the one hand, the Toronto Raptors coach is trying to set the tone for a franchise that is the defending NBA champion. Compounding both of those things is foul trouble for his emerging star Pascal Siakam, and if he can't find a way to stay on the court, then Nurse is left mixing and matching with options he doesn't really want to go to right now. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 4:47:pm EST

After a couple of All-NBA honors, a Defensive Player of the Year award and five straight trips to the NBA Finals, we've all heard Draymond discussed as an elite NBA player. Advanced metrics all but confirm that: Over the past six seasons,1 Green ranked 13th and 14th, respectively, among NBA players in RAPTOR — FiveThirtyEight's new player-rating metric — and Wins Above Replacement. For a league with just 30 teams, a player ranking in the low teens in value should theoretically not only make him a franchise player, but arguably have him in the conversation to be a superstar, if he isn't already at that level. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 11:50:am EST

Devin Booker scored a season-high 40 points on Monday, and Ricky Rubio added 21 points and 10 assists as the host Phoenix Suns handed the Philadelphia 76ers their first loss of the season, 114-109. Aron Baynes had 15 points and made three 3-pointers, Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 14 points, and the Suns shot 53.2 percent from the field. Phoenix won for the fifth time in seven games, its best start since beginning the 2013-14 season with the same record. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 2:21:am EST

Phoenix's Devin Booker scored 40 points to lead the Suns over visiting Philadelphia 114-109 on Monday, delivering the first loss of the season to the NBA's last unbeaten team. Spanish guard Ricky Rubio added 21 points and 10 assists for the Suns while Phoenix poured in 23 points off 20 Philadelphia turnovers. Booker, who turned 23 last week, became the eighth-youngest player in NBA history to crack the 6,000 career points mark. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 1:41:am EST

Devin Booker inspired the Phoenix Suns as the Philadelphia 76ers suffered their first defeat of the NBA season, while the injury-ravaged Golden State Warriors prevailed. Booker scored 40 points to lead the Suns past the previously undefeated 76ers 114-109 in Phoenix on Monday. Ricky Rubio chipped in with 21 points and 10 assists for the Suns (5-2), who are on a three-game winning streak. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 1:39:am EST

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