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Andre Drummond scored 32 points and grabbed 23 rebounds to power the Detroit Pistons to a 119-110 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday at Indianapolis. The Pistons closed the season opener for both teams on a 22-10 run, holding the Pacers without a point over a 3:03 stretch late in the fourth quarter. With Drummond dominant in the middle, guard Luke Kennard stretched the Indiana defense with his 3-point shooting. Continue to Article

October 23, 2019 10:00:pm EST

Klay Thompson is unlikely to play this season, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told NBC Sports Bay Area. Thompson will be nine months removed from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament in April, at which point the Warriors aren't comfortable risking re-injury by playing the All-Star guard before he's 100 percent healthy. "It's unlikely that he's going to play this year," Kerr said. Continue to Article

October 22, 2019 9:18:pm EST

We're counting down the days until the Portland Trail Blazers open up the 2019-2020 NBA season by looking back at each of the victories in the 18-game home opener win streak. Here is a look at what happened back in 2017 when the Portland Trail Blazers faced the New Orleans Pelicans in the home-opener. Can't remember what the NBA was like in 2017? Continue to Article

October 22, 2019 5:42:pm EST

Zion Williamson's weight did not cause his knee injury, New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said Tuesday. "The notion that this happened because Zion is in poor condition is asinine," Griffin said Tuesday before the Pelicans opened the season at Toronto. "He wasn't in poor condition when he went 12 of 13 last week. Continue to Article

October 22, 2019 3:27:pm EST