Community Picks: Philadelphia 76ers 0% vs New York Knicks 0%

Robert Covington had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Dario Saric added 20 points and 11 boards, and the depleted Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 120-112 on Friday night. Bradley Beal had 40 points and John Wall scored 29 for the Southeast Division-leading Wizards. On a day the Sixers announced No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons will not play this season, their other young players stepped up to make up for the absence of star center Joel Embiid and the trades of center Nerlens Noel and forward Ersan Ilyasova. Continue to Article

February 24, 2017 9:50:pm EST

Kyle Lowry participated in the 3-Point Shootout with an injured wrist. This isn’t the way the Toronto Raptors wanted to start their late-season playoff push, not after limping into the All-Star break on a 5-12 skid and certainly not after acquiring Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker before the trade deadline to bolster their pursuit of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Just prior to a marquee matchup against the Boston Celtics — one of the two other teams in the Eastern Conference they’re chasing — the Raptors announced a right wrist injury would keep All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry out Friday and likely longer, with “further evaluation” required going forward. Continue to Article

February 24, 2017 7:46:pm EST

The NBA’s trade deadline came and went at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, and the New York Knicks, like many other teams, didn’t do squat. A rumored point-guard swap that would’ve sent Derrick Rose to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Ricky Rubio wound up falling short of the finish line, and despite the Knicks having a few fairly productive players on what would seem to be movable contracts — like reserve point guard Brandon Jennings, whose deal expires at the end of this season, or backup big man Kyle O’Quinn, who has just two years and $8.3 million remaining on his deal, or swingman Courtney Lee, a proven 3-and-D wing in a league perpetually looking for more of those — nothing came to fruition. Continue to Article

February 24, 2017 5:25:pm EST