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On the Friday edition, Howard Beck welcomes ESPN’s Zach Lowe to discuss trends at the NBA’s mathematical midpoint.

Not that the Timberwolves are agents of chaos, but in the past two years they've gone through three primary basketball bosses, two head coaches, an ownership transition, the NBA's most shocking trade and a 2022-2023 season that has called into question their ability at every level of the organization.

DENVER — When the Nuggets play defense, their opponent is as cooked as a Christmas ham.

PHILADELPHIA — Clippers teammates were gathering in the key and coaches were talking in a circle at midcourt, but Nicolas Batum was in no hurry to leave his courtside chair and begin shootaround on a late November morning.

With Damian Lillard becoming the Blazers’ all-time scoring leader on Monday, we take a look at each team’s record holder in points and the current players in the midst of making history.

#Rockets guard Jalen Green is shooting just 23.2% on 3-pointers over his last 15 games, and his slump proved costly in Portland’s win at Houston on Saturday night.

DALLAS — Doom and gloom? Season swirling toward certain failure?

Jalen Green and the #Rockets, who have won five of six at home, host Damian Lillard’s Trail Blazers on Saturday. It should be a huge test for Houston’s recent improvements on defense.

Pushback on stories critical of the World Cup hosts has come from lobbyists and lawyers operating out of London