OSCAR ROBERTSON

Pablo Banchero had 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and the Orlando Magic beat the Charlotte Hornets 113-93 for their first victory of the season.

Evan Mobley scored a season-high 22 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 16 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 103-92.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledges there is pressure in the NBA playoffs and after the winning the first title, “your mind wants to win a second time or a third time."

Nobody knows for certain where the NBA will be in 25 years, when it’ll be celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Ja Morant plans to give Memphis Grizzlies much more than the memorable highlight 360-degree dunk during his first All-Star Game.

Steph Curry nearly upstaged LeBron James’ homecoming weekend by scoring 50 points with a mind-boggling shooting display to lead Team LeBron to a 163-160- win over Team Durant in the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night.

Hall of Famer Julius Erving says the commercial success he and other NBA players enjoyed in the 1980s didn't just happen.

King was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. A day later, Robertson began planning a benefit game in King’s memory — and on Aug. 15 of that year, on an outdoor court in New York, he was among 27 NBA players who wound up taking part. “What happened years ago with Dr. King is still part of our social fiber,” the 83-year-old Robertson said. The annual reminder of that comes Monday, on the annual celebration of the King holiday. The NBA has scheduled 12 games — including the traditional home games in King’s birthplace of Atlanta and in Memphis, where he was killed at 39.

NBA players officially began participating in games that were scheduled to celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1986 when the federal holiday commemorating the civil-rights leader was observed for the first time.

Kemba Walker became the seventh NBA player with a triple-double on Christmas, and the New York Knicks beat the depleted Atlanta Hawks 101-87 for their first win on the holiday in a decade.

President Joe Biden has welcomed the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House.

Cam Reddish scored 20 points, Trae Young added 19 and the Atlanta Hawks opened the season with a 113-87 rout of the Mavericks to ruin the debut of Dallas coach Jason Kidd.

Giannis Antetokounmpo capped one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points as the Milwaukee Bucks won their first championship in 50 years.

Giannis Antetokounmpo believes it’s the tenacity of the Bucks that has Milwaukee a game away from its first championship in a half century.

The Phoenix Suns had designs on coming home with a chance to win their first championship.

Much has changed in Milwaukee since the Bucks won their last NBA title a half-century ago.

The Milwaukee Bucks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974.

When the Atlanta Hawks were excluded from the NBA bubble last summer, Trae Young stewed at home.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and Bryn Forbes led Milwaukee’s scorching start from 3-point range as the Bucks trounced the Miami Heat 132-98 to extend their lead in this first-round playoff series.

Davis Bertans scored 17 points, and Rui Hachimura and Robin Lopez each had 14 as seven Wizards reached double figures. Washington clinched a spot in the NBA’s new play-in tournament for the playoffs involving the Nos. On Friday night, the league announced that both Eastern Conference play-in games will be played next Tuesday with the No. ... G Darius Garland returned after missing seven games with a sprained left ankle and scored three points in 12 minutes. Wizards: Host Charlotte on Sunday in a game that may have play-in seeding implications.

It took someone (Russell Westbrook) 47 years before breaking Oscar Robertson's triple-double mark. Other sports records are taking longer to break.

Wizards Hawks Basketball Washington Wizards' Russell Westbrook reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against Atlanta Hawks, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) (Ben Margot)ATLANTA — (AP) — Russell Westbrook has set the NBA record with his 182nd triple-double, surpassing the mark set by Oscar Robertson in 1974. Westbrook began the night averaging 11.5 assists, tops in the NBA and the only player in double digits. Westbrook, the 2016-17 MVP and a nine-time All-Star, praised Robertson when he tied the record in Saturday’s overtime win at Indiana. Oscar Robertson’s triple-double and Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game.”___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Russell Westbrook has set the NBA record with his 182nd triple-double, surpassing the mark set by Oscar Robertson in 1974.

Russell Westbrook reached his 182nd career triple-double, breaking Oscar Robertson's all-time record, during the Wizards' game vs. the Hawks Monday.

Russell Westbrook tied Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson's longstanding NBA record with his 181st career triple-double.

Carmelo Anthony looked like he was done just a couple of seasons ago.

Russell Westbrook had the third game in NBA history with 20-plus rebounds and 20-plus assists, and the surging Washington Wizards moved closer to Indiana in the Eastern Conference playoff standings.

For the first time since 1990, the Dallas Mavericks are going to the playoffs without Dirk Nowitzki on the roster. The German great retired after last season, officially passing the torch as leader of the Mavs to Doncic the Slovene who nearly averaged a 30-point triple-double in just his second NBA season. So, no, he hasnt seen what the NBA playoffs are like. Behind Doncic, they only assembled the greatest year in NBA history in terms of offensive efficiency. He can make those incredible plays.And now Doncic gets the chance to make those plays on the NBAs best stage: The playoffs.