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Orlando’s improbable win over Golden State on Tuesday night gives the Rockets a bit more breathing room in the race for top 2022 NBA draft positioning.

For just about nearly every young, talented team with the makings of something greater, there comes a breakout moment. Stephen Curry’s 54-point game at the Garden in 2013 not-so-quietly raised the ceiling of what might be possible with Golden State, which broke the 50-win mark the following season ...

Orlando (19-53) won on Sunday, which gives the Rockets (17-54) a two-game advantage in the all-important win column for the No. 1 positioning slot entering the 2022 NBA draft lottery.

The Nets can avoid the sudden-death NBA Play-In Tournament and sneak into the Top 6 in the Eastern Conference.

Orlando (18-53) hosts Oklahoma City (20-50) on Sunday in a game that someone has to win. Either way, the result should provide some benefit to the Rockets (17-53), who will host Memphis.

One potential benefit of Houston’s shocking late collapse versus Indiana is 2022 NBA draft positioning, with the Rockets taking back firm control of the No. 1 slot.

NEW YORK — There was no way the Nets were giving away another game.

NEW YORK — After receiving an epidural to help alleviate pain and tightness in his lower back, Nets forward Ben Simmons is further from returning to the floor now than he was two weeks ago.

Shams Charania: Nets star Kevin Durant has been fined $25,000 for directing obscene language toward a fan Wednesday night in Brooklyn. Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania What's the buzz on Twitter? Alex Schiffer @ Alex__Schiffer Billups called Kevin ...