NEW YORK — Josh Hart had 20 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists in his fourth triple-double of the season, OG Anunoby scored 14 points in his return from an 18-game absence and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-79 on Tuesday night. New York is still playing without All-Star Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson because of injuries, …
DETROIT — The New York Knicks picked up some needed scoring punch Thursday, acquiring Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic from the Detroit Pistons. The Knicks sent Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, Ryan Arcidiacono and two second-round picks to the Pistons in the deal before the NBA’s trade deadline. “Alec played an integral role throughout our 2020-21 playoff season, understands …
TORONTO — The lack of success of the Toronto Raptors’ starting lineup last season was one of the main reasons to be skeptical about their chances for success this year. While the 150 minutes VanVleet, Barnes, Anunoby, Siakam and Poeltl had played together is not a huge sample, only 56 other five-man units in the league had played more total …
Editor’s note: Big Board was updated Feb. 6 to reflect news of Kyrie Irving’s trade request from Brooklyn and the subsequent deal between Brooklyn and Dallas involving Irving and Dorian Finney-Smith. — Vecenie, Jan. 20 Jordan Clarkson One of the season’s best surprises has been Clarkson starting regularly for the first time since 2016 and posting arguably the best season …
Raptors forward OG Anunoby and Lakers big man Montrezl Harrell were both fined in connection with the incident in the first quarter of the Lakers’ 110-101 victory on Tuesday over the Raptors at Toronto’s pandemic home base in Tampa, Florida. New York: Toronto Raptors guards DeAndre’ Bembry and Fred VanVleet and Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker have been suspended …