Basketball

Cunningham is looking to level up in 2025-26. And he wants to take the Pistons with him.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat Phoenix 138-134 in overtime Monday night.

Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg injured his left shoulder on the opening possession of Monday night’s loss and spent the vast majority of crunch time watching from the bench due to a coach’s decision.

Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe have combined for 186 points, the most by a starting backcourt in a team’s first three games of a season since 1970-71.

Gabe Vincent is expected to miss two to four weeks after undergoing an MRI on his sprained left ankle Monday, sources said, adding to the Lakers’ mounting injury woes.

The Indiana Pacers are signing three-time dunk contest champion Mac McClung to a standard NBA deal. They plan to cut James Wiseman to create room.

Which NBA players are primed to take the next step in their development? Jeremy Woo predicts the top five breakout players for the 2025-26 season.

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will miss two weeks with a right hamstring strain, sources told ESPN.

An NBA memo sent to teams said the league is reassessing its measures on legal sports betting, how it should be regulated and ways to protect players from “dire risks.”