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The Wolves as buyers at the deadline By TayKZY on Mar 13, 2021, 5:53pm CST + The Timberwolves find themselves at the bottom of the western conference, yet find themselves in the rumor mill as buyers, not sellers. I’ve seen rumblings around about our interest in John Collins and Aaron Gordon. With these rumors I think it is safe to assume that Wolves have identified their biggest need is a power forward on their second contract. Power Forward is by far the Wolves weakest position coming into the year, and even with the emergence of Jaden McDaniels I would say this is still the ca...

Heat 111, Magic 103: Shorthanded Magic go cold in fourth quarter Share this story Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The start of the second half of the Magic season looked a lot like a majority of the first half: with the Magic struggling to put together a lineup. And as a result, struggling to hit shots. In the first game after the All-Star break, the Magic were without Terrence Ross, Evan Fournier, James Ennis and Cole Anthony. It’s not easy to win an NBA basketball game with a bulk of your available players being centers and power forwards, leaving Steve Clifford to say prior to th...

Game Recap As they’ve done many times for over a year now, the Miami Heat pulled out a gritty win led by Jimmy Butler. He finished with 27 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in the win without fellow All-Star Bam Adebayo (left knee tendinitis). In typical Miami fashion, there were key contributors in big moments of the game. Kelly Olynyk scored 13 points in the first quarter for the second straight game, Tyler Herro and Goran Dragic played key minutes off the bench combining for 28 points and Jimmy Butler scored 10 points in the final period. He was also a defensive stalwart that limited...

Joel Embiid makes strong MVP case; James Harden dominant in his return to Houston play Embiid drains game-tying 3-pointer (0:25) Joel Embiid rushes behind the 3-point line and knocks down the shot to tie the game at 118-118 as the Jazz and the 76ers head to overtime. (0:25) Wednesday night's NBA slate of games included numerous intriguing matchups, from the top team in the East facing the top team in the West, the drama of James Harden's return to Houston, All-Stars going up against each other with the Chicago Bulls' Zach LaVine facing the New Orleans Pelicans' Zion Williamson, and two of the...

NBA-leading Jazz rebound to beat Magic Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night. The Canadian Press Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell , The Canadian Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night. Utah bounced back from a loss a night earlier in Miami, improv...