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Days of intense violence. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attack is only just begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel. 0ur bbc team was in ashkelon in southern israel, not far f...

The Houston Rockets didn’t care that they beat an Oklahoma City squad that was missing its best player, All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Rockets celebrated loudly in the locker room after escaping with a win at one of the toughest venues in the league. Jalen Green scored 37 points and Houston won its 10th straight game, defeating the Thunder 132-126 in overtime on Wednesday night.

Thunder's Nine Game Home Win Streak Snapped by Pacers

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Jalen Williams had 11 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped the Utah Jazz’s six-game winning streak with a 134-129 victory Thursday night. “We’re not feeling 100% and yet really competed for 48 minutes together on both ends against the hottest team in the league coming in,” Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said. Williams, who shot 11 of 14, made four 3-pointers and has scored at leas...

Many of the expected contenders indeed look like contenders: Boston has the best record in the NBA, defending champion Denver has been predictably excellent, Milwaukee and Philadelphia are near the top of the East and the Los Angeles Clippers have a better record than anybody over the last six weeks or so. “They take the challenge, and they like to guard, particularly against these heavyweight teams,” Minnesota coach Chris Finch said of his club.

Time after time, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander punished the Orlando Magic by making difficult shots while getting fouled. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Magic 112-100 on Saturday night to tie Minnesota for the Western Conference lead. Gilgeous-Alexander was fouled six times on made baskets and made all six free throws.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday night, a 62-point victory that matched the fifth-largest rout in NBA history. “It was almost like a perfect storm, to be honest with you," Portland coach Chauncey Billups said. Oklahoma City shattered its previous record for victory margin of 45 points, set twice during the 2012-13 season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday night, a 62-point victory that matched the fifth-largest rout in NBA history. “It was almost like a perfect storm, to be honest with you," Portland coach Chauncey Billups said. Oklahoma City shattered its previous record for victory margin of 45 points, set twice during the 2012-13 season.

The season is nearing the halfway point, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are barely outside of the top spot in the Western Conference. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, Chet Holmgren added 23 and the Thunder used two big second-half runs to beat the Miami Heat 128-120 on Wednesday night. At 25-11, Oklahoma City is off to its best 36-game start since 2015-16 — a season when Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder wound up making the West finals.

Takeaways and details from the Heat’s home loss to the Thunder on Wednesday night at Kaseya Center.