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Isaiah Thomas, Boston's Little Big Man, leads the Celtics into Indiana Thursday night looking for a sweep of a three-game road trip. After missing four games with a groin strain -- the Celtics losing three of those games -- Thomas has returned, continuing his outstanding offensive push that tends to carry this team. "(The Grizzlies) were punking us in the first half," Thomas told CSNNE after the game. Continue to Article

December 22, 2016 1:34:am EST

Dec 20 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Basketball Association games on Tuesday: Kings 126, Trail Blazers 121 DeMarcus Cousins scored a season-high 55 points, and his three-point play after an apparent ejection with 35 seconds left in the game lifted the Sacramento Kings to a 126-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday. The Kings forward scored on a driving layup and then appeared to receive his second technical foul when he spat out his mouthpiece. Cousins sprinted off the court into the locker room but moments later, referees motioned that he could return. ... Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 2:19:am EST

In winning three straight games, the Washington Wizards found ways to make all the plays they needed to before their streak was snapped Monday night. The Bulls won for the first time in four games with a 113-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. The win came at a much-needed time for Chicago, which lost on back-to-back nights to Milwaukee after falling in stunning fashion when the Bulls blew a 21-point lead in a loss to Minnesota last week. Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 1:53:am EST

(The Sports Xchange) - When the New York Knicks acquired point guard Derrick Rose in the off-season they envisioned a playmaker who could accelerate to the rim and become a secondary scorer to Carmelo Anthony. The only question was could the injury-plagued Rose, a former MVP with the Chicago Bulls, hold up to the rigors of a full season? After missing three of the Knicks last four games with back spasms, Rose provided the Knicks with the ingredients they have been missing in the backcourt over the last several seasons. Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 12:40:am EST

When the New York Knicks acquired point guard Derrick Rose in the offseason they envisioned a playmaker who could accelerate to the rim and become a secondary scorer to Carmelo Anthony. The only question was could the injury-plagued Rose, a former MVP with the Chicago Bulls, hold up to the rigours of a full season? After missing three of the Knicks last four games with back spasms, Rose provided the Knicks with the ingredients they have been missing in the backcourt over the last several seasons. Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 12:15:am EST