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Paul Millsap scored a season-high 36 points as the Denver Nuggets jump started their playoff hopes with a 126-125 overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. Denver, who came into the contest two games out of the No. 8 position in the Western Conference playoff race, had lost two straight and needed to turn that around. Nikola Jokic had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and Will Barton added 18 points for Philadelphia who stretched their winning streak to nine straight. Continue to Article

March 31, 2018 12:44:am EST

Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder faces a potential felony battery charge. He plays for a general manager who inherited him and the $46.5 now remaining on the final three years of his contract. Amid a cloudy future, Schroder will sit in the present. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 8:00:pm EST

Karl-Anthony Towns sets the single-game franchise high for the Minnesota Timberwolves with 56 points in his team's win against the Atlanta Hawks Continue to Article

March 29, 2018 12:36:am EST

The DeKalb County District Attorney's office is recommending Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder face felony aggravated battery charges stemming from an incident in September, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday. The newspaper cited court records as the source of the possible upgrade in the charge, which was initially misdemeanor battery after the Sept. 29 incident at a hookah bar in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, where Schroder lives. The victim suffered "serious damage" to his knee and leg, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus, and will require multiple surgeries and extensive rehabilitation, according to the report. Continue to Article

March 27, 2018 2:22:pm EST

Authorities in DeKalb County, Georgia are recommending that misdemeanor battery charges against Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder be upgraded to a felony. According to court records obtained by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, DeKalb County's district attorney will look into charging Schroder with felony aggravated battery, which is punishable with a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Police say video shows Schroder and three other men beat up the victim, striking him with feet and hands after they responded to calls about a fight in a hopping center parking lot. Continue to Article

March 27, 2018 12:00:pm EST