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The Miami Heat didn't let a bad loss in their last game linger to the point of making a six-game road trip more troublesome. Relying on 3-point shooting during a 13-2 run in the middle stages of the fourth quarter, the Heat went on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-97 on Friday night, snapping a two-game skid. The Heat were coming off a 111-84 loss on Wednesday night at Utah - a performance coach Erik Spoelstra called the team's ''worst game of the year.'' Instead of moping about the 27-point defeat, Miami fought through against the physical, slow-paced Memphis-style game. Continue to Article

December 15, 2018 12:22:am EST

The Wizards, Suns and Grizzlies, according to multiple reports, agreed to a three-team trade: Wizards Give: Kelly Oubre, Austin Rivers Get: Trevor Ariza, 2019 second-rounder, 2020 second-rounder Suns Give: Trevor Ariza Get: Austin Rivers, Wayne Selden, Brooks Grizzlies Give: Wayne Selden, Brooks, 2019 second-rounder, 2020 second-rounder Get: Kelly Oubre But it was unclear which Brooks – Dillon Brooks or MarShon Brooks – Memphis would send to Phoenix. It was initially reported as Dillon then “corrected” to MarShon. But that correction didn’t provide much clarity. Continue to Article

December 14, 2018 11:45:pm EST

The Los Angeles Lakers may have figured out a way to avoid fouls. LeBron James said it was the team’s way of making sure Chris Paul and James Harden couldn’t draw fouls, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “Just trying to defend without fouling,” said James, who briefly locked his hands behind his body on a Rockets possession in the third quarter. Continue to Article

December 14, 2018 1:28:pm EST

James Harden made 18-of-19 free throws in the Rockets’ win over the Lakers last night. Think that got to the Lakers? At times, they defended with their hands behind their backs. Continue to Article

December 14, 2018 12:16:pm EST

It’s early in the season, but the narratives for the race for MVP are taking shape, and right now LeBron James — having a season similar in many ways to the ones he had recently in Cleveland, just now doing it in a much brighter spotlight — is near the top of a lot of lists, with a compelling narrative around him that he has turned around the worst run of Lakers’ basketball in franchise history. If the vote were taken today Giannis Antetokounmpo would win, but LeBron would be in the mix… just my sense talking to other voters and what one straw poll found. Continue to Article

December 14, 2018 8:09:am EST

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