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Ricky Rubio is returning to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rubio, who has been out since October since suffering a sprained right elbow in his team’s second game of the season, will return against the Los b Clippers on Saturday evening. Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau says point guard Ricky Rubio is available to play against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night after missing the previous five games with a sprained right elbow. Continue to Article

November 12, 2016 3:28:pm EST

Gordon Hayward scored 20 points and Derrick Favors added 18 to lift the Utah Jazz to an 87-74 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night. The Jazz (6-4) bounced back from a loss in Charlotte and moved to 3-1 on their five-game road trip. The Magic (3-6), meanwhile, went more than nine minutes without a basket and dropped their third straight. Continue to Article

November 11, 2016 9:49:pm EST

When the Chicago Bulls (4-4) visit the Miami Heat (2-4) on Thursday, the lion's share of the focus will be on Dwyane Wade, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard, 12-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA champion. Wade, the fifth pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, spent his entire career with the Heat until he bolted as a free agent this summer, landing in his hometown of Chicago. Wade's return to his adopted home of Miami will be an event, as evidenced by the national broadcast on TNT. Continue to Article

November 10, 2016 1:44:am EST

Charlotte's pesky, hard-nosed group of backups is paying big dividends for the Hornets early this season. Kemba Walker scored 21 points and Marvin Williams had 19 for the Hornets, but it was the play of Marco Belinelli, Frank Kaminsky, Spencer Hawes and Ramon Sessions off the bench that proved to be the difference as Charlotte stretched its winning streak to four games. Belinelli and Kaminsky had 13 points each and Hawes added 11. Continue to Article

November 09, 2016 10:31:pm EST

Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City to join the Golden State Warriors was the most landscape-shifting decision of the offseason, but Dwyane Wade choosing to leave the Miami Heat for a homecoming tour with the Chicago Bulls might have been the single most stunning move of the NBA summer. For 13 seasons, Wade stood as the standard-bearer in South Beach. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino could claim a level of individual success that rivaled Wade’s excellence, but Wade helped bring three NBA championships to Biscayne Bay. Continue to Article

November 08, 2016 12:45:pm EST