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  1 hour ago

  SI.com: Kevin Durant Tells A Mavs Fan: 'Watch the F--king Game and Shut the F--k Up'

  Warriors Kevin Durant told off a heckler who was sitting courtside at the Mavericks game in Dallas on Saturday, reports TMZ.

  Durant told the fan during the first quarter to, "Watch the f------ game and shut the f--- up."

  A fan sitting near the incident told TMZ that the heckler was using typical NBA fan trash talk and called Durant names. According to the fan, the heckler didn't say anything that crossed a line. Durant walked over and cussed the guy out.

  According to TMZ, the fans laughed it off and kept up the trash talk.

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  3 hours ago

  SI.com: Three at 3: Hawks Catching Clippers at the Right Time

  After going 2-1 on Friday to extend its current winning run to 31-11, Three at 3 is back with your Monday night NBA bets.

  1. Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets (+3)

  7:00 pm ET

  The 98-86 final score in the Celtics' loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday doesn't quite convey how poorly they played. Simply put, Boston was embarrassed by the Jazz on its home court. For the second time in five nights, Brad Stevens's team shot under 40% from the floor. The Celtics are still struggling to figure things out offensively--Kyrie Irving can't be counted on to bail them out every night, like he did against the Toronto Raptors on Friday--and they're going to need to get hot soon.

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  5 hours ago

  SI.com: LeBron James Talks Kyrie Irving Trade Details, Returning to Cleveland as Member of Lakers

  

  In an interview with Joe Vardon of The Athletic, LeBron James dished on the conversation he had with Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman before Kyrie Irving was traded to the Celtics last year, as well as what type of reception he expects in his return to Cleveland on Wednesday as a Laker.

  According to James and others who Vardon spoke with, Altman told James on Aug. 22, 2017 he would not trade Irving to the Celtics after James talked with the general manger on the phone and expressed his desire to not move Irving. News of the deal to Boston was reported just minutes after the two finished their conversation, which was organized by then-Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue, who was in California like James was at the time.

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  7 hours ago

  SI.com: Report: Wizards' John Wall, Bradley Beal Available in Trade Discussions

  

  The Wizards are reportedly making all players available in trade discussions, including All-Star guards John Wall and Bradley Beal, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

  Per Wojnarowski, Washington is not actively shopping either member of its star backcourt and prefers to "reshape the team" around the pair. However, offloading other members of the roster has been difficult due to poor play that's ultimately limited their trade value. Forwards Otto Porter and Kelly Oubre, specifically, have been garnered "minimal interest" among teams.

  The Wizards are currently 5-11, fourth place in the Southeast Division.

  Wojnarowski additionally reports that Wall and Beal were held out of past discussions surrounding potential deals for Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler.

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  8 hours ago

  SI.com: Deconstructing the Unicorn: Why Bol Bol Might be the 2019 Draft's Biggest Gamble

  With apologies to Kristaps Porzingis, you're not the only one sick of hearing basketball players labeled as "unicorns." There is some value and truth to the usage of the term as a means of expressing the sentiment "I've never seen anyone with those specific physical traits play basketball in this particular way before." By that definition, unicorns can take on all shapes and sizes, and Boban Marjanovic is as much a unicorn as Nate Robinson. That's an acceptable designation that can be applied responsibly, one, which helps avoid the trap of creating expectations. With that established, Bol Bol, Oregon's skilled 7'3" freshman and likely one-and-done for the 2019 NBA draft, is absolutely a unicorn.

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  10 hours ago

  SI.com: What Does a Post-Kevin-Durant Future Entail for the Warriors?

  The NBA's leading storyline went from a simmer to a full-blown boil on Nov. 12 when a turnover at the end of regulation led to DEFCON 1 in Golden State. Draymond Green's spat with Kevin Durant brought the underlying tensions of the Warriors' quest for a three-peat to the surface, reminding us all of the biggest question currently surrounding the league: is this Kevin Durant's final year in Golden State?

  We've spent the past week prognosticating on KD's future, and will probably spend the entire 2018-19 season doing the same. Barring a historic implosion or rotten injury luck, Golden State should cruise to their fourth title in five years this season.

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  SI.com: LeBron James Scores Season-High 51 Points, Defeats Heat for First Time Since Leaving Miami

  

  MIAMI -- LeBron James scored 51 points against his former club and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat 113-97 on Sunday night.

  James had 19 points in the first quarter to set the tone, the Lakers led by as many as 21 and never trailed.

  The 51 points were a season-high for James, and the most he's scored against Miami; he had 47 against the Heat twice. His last shot was a 32-footer with 16 seconds left, capping the 13th 50-point game of his career--including playoffs--and he threw the ball skyward at midcourt when time expired.

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  Today at 4:09am

  ESPN.com: Warriors trying to keep perspective after dramatic week

  

  SAN ANTONIO -- Kevin Durant and Draymond Green sat just a locker stall away from one another on the Golden State Warriors' Texas trip from hell. A few days after an emotional blowup in Los Angeles that caught the entire league's attention and caused many to speculate about their future, there the All-Star teammates were prior to Sunday night's latest setback doing exactly what the basketball world thought they would be doing.

  Well, not exactly.

  Instead of the iciness that many predicted following the ugly episode on Monday night, Durant and Green found themselves having the same conversation that many sports fans were having all across the country: They were discussing Alex Smith's gruesome leg injury during Sunday's game between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans.

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  Today at 1:46am

  SI.com: LeBron's Eye-Opening Performance in Miami a Reminder of What James, Lakers Are Capable of

  It wasn't so long ago that Lakers forward LeBron James was running alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat. From 2010-2014, the trio had its way with any competition that happened to step on the American Airlines Arena's court. When James departed for the Cavaliers in the summer of 2014, he maintained his statistical dominance at the venue over the four-year span, but came up on the losing end each of his four visits. So Los Angeles' 113-97 win over the Heat on Sunday night was a sort of triumph for James in itself.

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  Yesterday at 11:46pm

  ESPN.com: LeBron James scores 51 in first win at Miami since 2014 departure

  

  MIAMI -- LeBron James scored 51 points Sunday in the Los Angeles Lakers' 113-97 win over the Miami Heat, marking James' first victory in Miami since leaving the Heat franchise in 2014.

  He also became just the fifth player in league history to score 50-plus points with three different franchises.

  "(My) environment is a basketball and a hoop," James said when asked how playing against his former team factored into his performance. "That's my environment, that's my comfort zone. But it's always great to be here, come back here and see a lot of familiar faces.

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  Yesterday at 5:14pm

  SI.com: Report: Kings Upset With Coach Dave Joerger Not Giving Younger Players More Minutes

  

  The Kings front office is taking issue with how coach Dave Joerger is distributing minutes among the team's younger players like Marvin Bagley III, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports.

  Sacramento brass were expecting the team to focus more on developing some of its younger players this season, but Joerger's win-now approach that has him playing more veterans could lead to his dismissal from the team.

  Joerger is in his third season with the Kings and is under contract through 2019-20. Since the 2006-07 season, the Kings have had nine different coaches lead them for at least 20 games, counting Joerger.

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  Yesterday at 3:58am

  SI.com: Warriors Owner on Durant-Green Situation: 'We're Not Choosing Anybody Over Anybody'

  Warriors owner Joe Lacob said that Golden State is "not choosing anybody over anybody" in the wake of a recent tiff between star forwards Kevin Durant and Draymond Green during an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle's Al Saracevic.

  Toward the end of Monday's loss against the Clippers, Green and Durant got into an argument on the sideline which carried into the locker room after the game. Green reportedly cursed out Durant several times and dared him to leave the Warriors, a rant which earned him a one-game suspension.

  The situation has since simmered some.

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  Yesterday at 1:39am

  SI.com: Watch: Jimmy Butler Makes Huge Block, Hits Game-Winning Three-Pointer in Sixers' Win

  

  Jimmy Butler's fourth game as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers was one for the history books.

  Butler keyed a game-winning sequence in the final moments of Philadelphia's 122-119 overtime win over the Hornets on Saturday. The four-time All-Star first swatted away Charlotte guard Kemba Walker's go-ahead attempt, then saved the ball by throwing it back in-bounds to a teammate.

  Following a timeout, on the ensuing possession, Butler was isolated at the top of the three-point arc. As the seconds ticked away, he pulled up from the right side of the arc and buried a go-ahead trey, giving the Sixers a three-point lead with 0.

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  November 17 at 11:52pm

  SI.com: Hornets' Kemba Walker Scores Franchise-Record 60 Points in Overtime Loss to 76ers

  Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker scored a franchise-record 60 points Saturday night in an overtime loss against the Philadelphia 76ers.

  Walker outscored all of his teammates combined en route to the 122-119 loss. The guard put up 16 points alone in the third quarter.

  The Hornets and Sixers battled back and forth all night, and Walker put up a big bank-shot three-pointer to give Charlotte a lead late down the stretch.

  However, the Hornet's defeat came after Jimmy Butler swatted away Walker's go-ahead attempt and threw it back in-bounds to a teammate. Following a timeout, Butler sinked a three-pointer with less than one second left in overtime to secure the Sixers' victory.

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  November 17 at 2:53pm

  SI.com: Report: Draymond Green Likely to Miss Two Games With Toe Sprain

  Warriors forward Draymond Green will be out vs. the Mavericks on Saturday per The Athletic's Anthony Slater, likely to miss Golden State's matchup with the Spurs on Sunday as well. Green is currently battling a toe sprain that head coach Steve Kerr said is "lingering."

  Saturday's contest in Dallas will be the fourth game missed by Green since Nov. 8. In addition to his toe injury, Green was suspended one game by the Warriors for a verbal confrontation with Kevin Durant on Monday night.

  Golden State enters Saturday losing two of its last three including a 21-point loss to the Rockets on Thursday.

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