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The Chicago Bulls fell apart under the fury of Donovan Mitchell in Monday’s 145-134 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Mitchell scored 71 points, eclipsing a Cavs scoring record held by LeBron James.

A lot went wrong for the Bulls in the second half of Monday’s loss, but the worst was a controversial missed free throw by Mitchell that he rebounded and scored on to send the game into overtime.

NEW YORK — Yuta Watanabe’s midrange jumper caromed off the back of the rim as Kyrie Irving sped in from the left elbow, leapt and delivered the one-handed slam that electrified Barclays Center. Watanabe giddily put his hands on his head. Kevin Durant erupted from the bench. Nic Claxton appeared…

PHILADELPHIA — There’s no room service available or frequent flier miles, but home is looking good for the 76ers.

LaVine admitted that he took some of the criticism of his defense “on the chin.” While he’s not going to hold his defensive rating as the end-all, be-all stat to judge how he has played, LaVine knows his defense has to improve.

NEW YORK — It was about an hour before game time Monday afternoon that the Knicks announced that Jalen Brunson was back in the lineup after sitting out the last three games with a sore right hip. And it took just minutes after the game began that the difference was…

The Celtics star was nonplussed about how a bent rim was handled in Boston's loss to Denver on Sunday.

For a third time in 11 days, the #Rockets will try to somehow slow down Luka Doncic when the Mavericks visit Houston on Monday night at Toyota Center.

Here's all you need to know ahead of Monday's Lakers versus Hornets game.