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LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and eight rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers got off to a slow start but pulled away to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-78 on Sunday night. Wesley Matthews added 24 points for the Blazers, who led by as many as 24. Kyrie Irving, the top pick in last June’s NBA [...]

The Suns have dominated the Milwaukee Bucks in Phoenix for almost a quarter of a century. Sunday night was more of the same. Short-handed and weary at the end of an 0-5 road trip, the Bucks were ripe for a rout, and that’s exactly what happened. Steve Nash had 17 assists and 10 points in [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder became the first team to win three games in three nights during the NBA’s condensed schedule this season, and they managed to make it look easy. Kevin Durant had 21 points and 10 rebounds, reserve James Harden scored 20 and the Thunder rested their starters throughout the fourth quarter in a [...]

Steve Nash had 17 assists and 10 points in 27 minutes as the Phoenix Suns routed the weary and short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 109-93 on Sunday night. The Suns beat the Bucks in Phoenix for the 24th straight time, the NBA’s second-longest active streak behind San Antonio’s 27 wins in a row at home over Golden [...]

Jason Richardson scored a season-high 22 points, Glen Davis added a season-best 20 and the Orlando Magic beat the Sacramento Kings 104-97 on Sunday despite playing much of the game without foul-plagued Dwight Howard. The All-Star center had five points and four rebounds in 20 minutes and spent most of the first three quarters in [...]

There’s no telling how different the Washington Wizards would be if they had drafted Ricky Rubio when they had the chance. Surely they couldn’t be any worse than what they are now: a winless team running out of ways to express its humiliation. Rubio and Kevin Love controlled the game in the 93-72 win for [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder backup point guard Eric Maynor will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. General manager Sam Presti said tests Sunday morning revealed that Maynor had torn the ligament in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City’s 98-95 victory at Houston on Saturday night.

Kevin Love had 20 points and 16 rebounds, Ricky Rubio had 13 points and a career-high 14 assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves broke a two-game losing streak Sunday with a 93-72 victory over the winless Washington Wizards. Spanish rookie Rubio also grabbed six rebounds and controlled the game during much of his 30 minutes off [...]

Andrew Bogut’s agent says the Milwaukee Bucks center will return to the NBA team as soon as he sorts out some family issues. Bruce Kaider told The Associated Press on Sunday he expects that to be soon. The agent says Bogut is completely fit, but the Aussie is in his hometown of Melbourne and dealing [...]

Blake Griffin had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Caron Butler scored 20 points against the team he suffered a season-ending injury against last January, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the severely undermanned Milwaukee Bucks 92-86 on Saturday night. Chauncey Billups added 19 points for the Clippers in a chippy game that resulted in a [...]