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Damn Maxey

Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, including eight straight during a crucial fourth-quarter stretch, and rookie VJ Edgecombe added 26 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 136-124 without Joel Embiid to improve to 3-0.



CAVS TIME

For years under Bickerstaff, the Cavs’ identity was rooted in defense. On this night, they beat him at his own game with a 116-95 victory at Little Caesars Arena.
The game shifted in the second quarter when Cleveland’s defense suffocated Detroit, holding the Pistons without a made field goal for more than nine minutes — from the 4-minute mark of the first quarter until 5:01 in the second.





Giggedey

Josh Giddey outduels Dyson Daniels in Chi-Town!! x

Giddey stuffs the stat sheet for the Bulls and leads Chicago to a 3-0 start to the season!!

18 PTS | 13 REB | 5 AST | 1 STL | 1 BLK #NBA


Zion Man

Without Williamson, the Pelicans got outhustled, outworked and were pushed around by the Celtics in an embarrassing 122-90 blowout loss Monday night at home to Boston



Wemby Time

The Toronto Raptors are leaving the state of Texas disappointed after losing to the San Antonio Spurs 121-103 on Monday night inside Frost Bank Center.







KA BOOM


After enduring tightly contested bouts against the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Detroit Pistons, which all resulted in losses, the Houston Rockets have finally caught a break to get their first win of the 2025-26 regular season.
As such, the Rockets delivered it in a wire-to-wire fashion, pounding the visiting Brooklyn Nets with a 137-109 victory this Monday evening.


So Close

Final: Thunder 101, Mavs 94.

Dallas trailed by as many as 22 points & went on an electric run that brought the deficit within 1 in the final minute. The Mavs drop to 1-3, while OKC remains undefeated at 4-0. The Pacers will come to AAC on Wed. to conclude a 5-game homestand.



DAMN SON

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night.

The Duo

Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 43 points in the third quarter and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 127-114 on Monday night.



Phew

Jonathan Kuminga had 25 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, Brandin Podziemski added 23 points and six assists, and the Golden State Warriors ran away from the Memphis Grizzlies in the third quarter for a 131-118 win Monday night.


Lake Show No Show
Deni Avdija scored 25, Jrue Holiday had 24 points and six assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away from the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 122-108 on Monday night.