PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Lamar Wilkerson scored 27 points, Nick Dorn added 23, Tucker DeVries had 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Indiana routed Rutgers 82-59 on Friday night to end a four-game losing streak.
It was Indiana's first win at Rutgers since Feb. 5, 2018.
DeVries scored 16 points in the first half, Dorn added 14 and Wilkerson had 13 as Indiana led Rutgers 47-32 at halftime. The Hoosiers made 50% of their field goals in the half, including 8 of 20 from 3-point range.
The Rutgers starters did not make a field goal for the opening 12 1/2 minutes of the game. Tariq Francis came off the bench to score 21 of Rutgers’ 32 first-half points. Francis was 8 of 14 from the field while the rest of his teammates combined to go 4 of 17.
Indiana led by double figures the entire second half and finished with 15 3-pointers on 35 attempts. Dorn made six 3-ponters, Wilkerson added five and DeVries four.
The only other players to score for Indiana (13-7, 4-5 Big Ten) were Tayton Conerway with six points and Sam Alexis with four to go with 10 rebounds. DeVries recorded his third double-double of the season.
Francis was the only double-digit scorer for Rutgers (9-11, 2-7) with 28 points.
Up next
Indiana: Returns home to play No. 4 Purdue on Tuesday.
Rutgers: Continues its homestand against No. 10 Michigan State on Tuesday.
A potentially catastrophic winter storm has caused commotion throughout parts of the country and could affect the NBA regular-season schedule as Southern states prepare for ice conditions, while Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states expect heavy snow.
The NBA announced Thursday that the Jan. 24 regular-season matchup between the Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, North Carolina was moved to the early afternoon due to severe winter storm warnings in the area.
Their game was originally supposed to tip-off at 6 p.m. ET Saturday, however the game was moved up six hours and will now tip-off time at noon ET because of the impending weather.
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Mike Brown and Karl-Anthony Towns have repeatedly been adamant that Towns has a bigger adjustment than anyone to Brown’s system.
But Brown has begun adjusting the system to Towns.
“He’s getting more comfortable,” Brown said after practice Friday. “But also, too, I’ve had to make some adjustments to help him out, make it a little easier for him, which I’ve done.
“It’s in the different play calls and actions that we do. We’ve made the adjustments to try and make it a little easier for him and to try and put him in positions that will help him get into stuff quicker.”
Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks speaks with head coach Mike Brown during the second half against the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center on October 26, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images
Towns’ production is down across the board this year under Brown compared to last year under Tom Thibodeau.
Josh Hart, who plays an important role as the Knicks’ facilitator in getting Towns involved, thinks it works both ways.
“It’s a little different,” Hart said Friday. “But we’re basketball players, we’ve got to be able to adapt to different situations. I think coaches have to adapt to their players and we have to adapt to coaches. I think there’s a good middle ground. Sometimes, we’re still trying to figure that out.
“At the end of the day, he’s a good offensive player, he’s going to figure that out. We’ve got to make sure we focus on defense. I don’t want to hear too much about his touches, I want to hear about him blocking shots.”
Guerschon Yabusele, whom The Post reported Wednesday the Knicks are in active talks to trade, seems to be hinting at a departure on X.
“Whatever happens tomorrow, I’m extremely blessed to be in the position that I am today,” Yabusele wrote in a since-deleted post Thursday night. “Minor setback for major comeback that’s my favorite. Love y’all.”
New York Knicks forward Guerschon Yabusele reacts after he hits a 3-point shot over LA Clippers forward John Collins. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
On Friday, he reposted a post from a French basketball account that said, “A trade and a good situation for the captain [of the French national team], that’s all we’re asking.”
Yabusele, whom the Knicks signed in free agency this past offseason, has struggled and largely fallen out of Brown’s rotation.
Towns (thoracic back spasms) is questionable for Saturday’s game against the 76ers in Philadelphia.
LeBron James' jersey from Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals was among the items stolen from the Heat facility. (Credit: Getty Images)
A former Miami Heat security officer has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution after pleading guilty to transporting and transferring stolen goods across state lines, the Associated Press reported Friday.
Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida in August after being accused by federal officials of stealing more than 400 game-used jerseys from the Heat facilities.
Perez had previously worked as a police officer for the city of Miami for 25 years before his employment with the Heat from 2016 to 2021 and then as an NBA security employee from 2022 to 2025.
“This defendant was a former police officer who betrayed the public trust and exploited his access to our beloved hometown team for personal gain,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones said in a statement, per the AP. “The Miami Heat represent excellence built through hard work and discipline in South Florida — and this conduct was the opposite.”
According to allegations from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Perez stole jerseys and other items from a secured equipment room and sold them to online brokers, including more than 100 stolen items over a period of three-plus years for which he garnered $1.9 million, often selling items below market value.
Perez, who was sentenced earlier this month, allegedly had access to the equipment room because he worked game-day security at the Kaseya Center. The equipment room had memorabilia set aside for a future Heat museum.
A court filing related to the plea agreement alleged Perez would tell a co-worker he had to use the bathroom (or offer another excuse) and take the key, open the equipment room and leave the door propped open before returning the key. Later, he would return to steal items from the room.
According to the same document, Perez utilized a third-party liaison to broker the deals, splitting the profits. Then he used his corporate entity, South Florida Signature Authenticators Incorporated, to sell the items. Platforms identified in the document as venues for him advertising and negotiating deals include OfferUp, eBay and Instagram.
The most notable example cited by the U.S. Attorney’s Office was LeBron James’ jersey from Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals, which he sold for $100,000. That jersey would go on to fetch $3.7 million in an auction at Sotheby’s.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Perez’s home April 3, recovering nearly 300 additional stolen game-worn jerseys and memorabilia, which the Heat confirmed had been stolen from its facility, according to the statement.
Believe it or not, it still hasn’t been a year since Luka Dončić joined the Lakers.
He’s already played in LA for parts of two seasons and has signed a contract extension, securing the Lakers as his new home for years to come.
Still, Luka has a lot more memories in a Dallas Mavericks jersey, and that place will always be special to him.
After the Lakers’ loss to the Clippers, Luka spoke about heading back to Dallas this weekend as he prepares to play against the Mavericks.
“Obviously, always going to feel like home there,” Luka said. “Like I said, I needed that game [last year] to move on a little bit. But obviously, I’ll always appreciate those fans. They were really tight. I think we had a special bond. I really appreciate it all the time.”
Last season, when he returned to Dallas for the first time, Luka was very emotional. He was brought to tears seeing the tribute the team made for him and it was obvious how much the Mavericks meant to him.
Once the game began, though, Luka was his dominant self. He was on a mission and ended the game with 45 points, eight rebounds and six assists, as the Lakers beat the Mavericks 112-97.
Given the shock of the trade, time is the only thing that will ever make the Mavericks feel like just another opponent to Luka.
And maybe, no matter what, he’ll always feel a certain way about the first NBA team he ever played for. He was the franchise player in Dallas, and he had no intention of ever leaving, much less walking away after just seven seasons.
Everyone will be watching how Luka reacts on Saturday as LA takes on Dallas. The Mavs fans will most likely give him a standing ovation, and now that the former general manager, Nico Harrison, is gone, there should be nothing but love for Luka and no other distractions in the arena.
Hopefully, another contest against his former team can further cement closure for Luka as he continues his career with the purple and gold.
Regardless of his emotions, just like last year, expect Luka to be ready to torch Dallas and use this trade as added motivation to be the best version of himself in this contest.
Welcome to the second installment of “Wizards and Whatnot,” where I take you through the happenings around the NBA and check in on the Wizards when necessary. We’re officially in the midseason pre-All Star lull, where games and results start to blend together, so I’m here to guide you through what’s going on.
Who want me?
The trade deadline is looming, and the names being floated on the trade market would make casual NBA fans who get their fix on Instagram Reels squeal. We real game watchers, though… we know some of these names carry more weight than the players themselves do.
The Memphis Grizzlies are open for business, and expect the return they get back for Ja Morant to be pitiful. The one-time “face of the league” candidate is so averse to playing in NBA basketball games and so disinterested when he finally suits up that his value has crashed to an all-time low and the Grizzlies just sound happy to move on.
Anthony Davis is out for at least six weeks, meaning there is a real shot he has played his last game as a Dallas Maverick. Every time I look at the Mavs roster I have no choice but to cross my arms, hit a scowl, lightly shake my head and softly scoff. The strategy of stockpiling pretty good frontcourt players and punting on both guard spots has burned the Mavs, and they’re probably going to pitifully flip Davis (and, by the transitive property, LUKA DONCIC) for a collection of spare parts and a draft pick.
I predict LaMelo Ball and Zach Lavine, the co-chairmen of the “no impact on the outcome of the game” committee, will stay put, Lavine because I can’t fathom another team is willing to pay $50 million for his services and Ball because those jerseys just keep flying off the shelves with the 16-and-under demographic
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The Wizards made the first big splash of trade season by dealing for Trae Young, who has yet to suit up in a Wizards jersey. Young is due to be re-evaluated following the All-Star break in a little under a month, though I’m not totally convinced he will make his Wizards debut until the start of the 2026-27 season.
The 10-33 Wizards are embroiled in a fresh 8-game free-fall, so there is really no rush to get Young back on the court.
The mother of all pretenders
I grew up in Los Angeles as a major Clippers fan. All of my friends were, of course, arrogant Lakers fans, so this part of the column is going to feel really great to write.
This year’s Lakers are a mess. They’re 26-17 but sport a negative net rating, meaning end-of-game execution (or luck) is the only thing buoying their record above .500. Their three best players are Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and 41-year-old LeBron James, three individuals who would prefer not to play defense.
DeAndre Ayton and Rui Hachimura, who both famously are not particularly interested in getting better at the sport of basketball, round out the starting five. The Lakers have the 25th-ranked defense in the NBA, the worst of any team even in contention for the play-in tournament.
This team is staring down a dismantling in the first round of the playoffs, and I honestly doubt that they are going to make a major in-season splash. My group chat of my high school friends remains abuzz with delusions of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the purple and gold, but they’re going to have to be content with a player like Josh Okogie instead.
That being said, they traded for Luka Doncic last year, so what do I know?
There isn’t much good news to report after a 54-point loss to the Knicks, but we’ll offer one: the Nets have an opportunity to make up for it against the Celtics. Best part about an 82-game season as most players and coaches will tell you.
🏀 Celtics (27-16) @ Nets (12-30)
⏰ WHEN: 7:30 PM ET
📍 WHERE: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
📺 WATCH: YES Network / WFAN on radio
☘️ PREVIEW
Back when KD asked out of Brooklyn in 2022, one of the biggest names connected to the Nets was Jaylen Brown. Shams reported the Celtics offered Brown, Derrick White, and a first-rounder. Of course, the Nets moved KD to Phoenix in a masterclass that subsequently led to even more picks in the Mikal Bridges trade. Does that outweigh having a Finals MVP and leading MVP candidate tho? Does it matter? Tonight it does. This is what the Nets are dealing with, in Jordan Greene’s words:
“Through the season, Brown is averaging 29.8 points on 48.8 % from the field. In the last three games, Brown is averaging 34.3 and nine. Not to mention his leadership. After long being looked at as a second option, Brown is proving that he has the skillset and mindset to lead a team of his own. Other members of the Celtics have been making big leaps as well. Derrick White is still one of the best two-way players in the game, Payton Pritchard has emerged as a starting point guard, and Luka Garza, the former Iowa superstar, is contributing well as a stretch five. He’s currently shooting 47.1 % from the 3-point line. If he had enough shot attempts, he’d qualify as the NBA’s second best from beyond the arc. Who knew? Apparently Brad Stevens.”
⚠️ INJURY REPORT
Haywood Highsmith — OUT (Right Knee Surgery, Injury Recovery)
Tyson Etienne — OUT (G League Two-Way Assignment)
Chaney Johnson — OUT (G League Two-Way Assignment)
E.J. Liddell — OUT (G League Two-Way Assignment)
Ben Saraf — OUT (G League Assignment)
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Friday night in the NBA is always a spectacle, but January 23rd brings a slate so sharp it could cut glass. From a high-stakes clash at Little Caesars Arena to a spicy showdown in the City of Roses, the Association is kicking off the weekend on a high note.
I’ve sifted through the stats and ignored the noise to lock in a high-octane moneyline parlay for tonight’s slate. Whether you’re looking to pad your bankroll or just want more skin in the game, my NBA picks are designed to turn this evening’s hardwood drama into a calculated win. The research is done; all that’s left is the payout.
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Cade Cunningham is the engine that makes the Pistons' offense go, but hunting mismatches is going to be a nightmare tonight. Houston has positional size across the board and elite wing defenders to keep him contained.
Atlanta’s offense thrives on putting your defense in the blender to generate assists. That won’t work against Phoenix. They have one of the best perimeter defenses in the league and they could pick up the Hawks up full-court to disrupt that flow.
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There’s a small edge on the current price, but the edge will grow if RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles are officially cleared—and word is they both have a chance. With Portland playing Donovan Clingan in deep drop coverage, look for BI3 and IQ to feast in the mid-range.
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VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Levante scored in the last minute of stoppage time to beat Elche 3-2 in La Liga on Friday and notch a first home win that boosted its chances of avoiding a quick return to Spain’s second tier.
Levante came into the match as the only club which had not won at home this season and that record did not look like ending after it went behind to an Alvaro Rodríguez goal after 11 minutes.
However, Pablo Martínez levelled five minutes into the second half with a brilliantly executed flick.
Adrián de la Fuente put Levante ahead midway through the second period only for Adam Boayar to equalize for Elche in stoppage time with a stunning overhead kick.
That looked like that until Alan Matturro popped up in the 96th minute to head home from a corner kick and spark delirious scenes at Ciutat de València Stadium.
“Our fans gave us that support, that belief,” Martinez said. "Thanks to them we were able to score the third goal and give them something to celebrate.”
Levante has picked up seven points in the four games since Luís Castro replaced Julián Calero as coach before Christmas. It remained second from bottom but was four points clear of bottom side Oviedo and two behind Alaves.
Of course Giannis Antetokounmpo is frustrated. So is everyone invested in Milwaukee's basketball team, including its players and fans. At media day back in October, Antetokounmpo was clear — "I've said this many times, I want to be in a situation that I can win" — and in the past weeks, Milwaukee got to test itself against some of the best teams in the league in Minnesota, Denver, San Antonio and Oklahoma City. What the Bucks found was a huge gap between them and the elite teams (all four games were losses). The latest was a blowout loss to the Thunder, after which Antetokounmpo said the Bucks played selfishly.
So when ESPN's Shams Charania went on the Pat McAfee Show Friday and said that Antetokounmpo is frustrated, that is no doubt accurate — Charania is the definition of well-sourced — but the bigger question is, does his frustration actually change anything on the ground? First, here is Charania's quote.
"The frustration that Giannis Antetokounmpo has is at an all-time high. He's frustrated with the losing. He's frustrated with the situation, and I will say this, I've spoken to about a dozen sources on-and-off for weeks now, and the tension that's in the air within that organization, in that locker room, it's at an all-time high, and there's this somewhat of a splintering environment that we're seeing going on there, because when a player of Giannis' caliber maybe has a wandering eye, or maybe doesn't know what his future holds there, and having these intense conversations with the organization about what that looks like, there's going to be such high levels and degrees of uncertainty within that organization."
This comes after ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on SportsCenter (hat tip Real GM) that the entire league is watching what is happening with Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, but he eventually tapped into reality, even if that is not sexy for ratings or clicks.
"The entire NBA trade season is hinging on what happens with Giannis. Because if Giannis comes onto the market, not only would be there immense interest in him, but because of the size of his contract and the potential of a multi-player trade, I think you could see this see generate two, three, four different teams involved in trades and many, many players.
"The Bucks, to this point, have yet to cross the Rubicon there. And Giannis has yet to cross the red line and ask for the trade."
What league sources have told NBC Sports has not wavered: The Bucks will not trade Antetokounmpo unless he demands it. This is the best player in franchise history, still in his prime, and he's the guy who drives the team's economy right now, that's not a player a smaller-market team trades away. Antetokounmpo has said it’s not in his nature to demand a trade and he would never do that. Unless one side suddenly and unexpectedly flips its position, Antetokounmpo will remain a Buck through the end of the season.
Those same sources say this summer is where the rubber meets the road. The Bucks will offer Antetokounmpo a max contract extension. Every time that has happened before, he has signed the deal (although the last couple of times he used it as leverage to force an upgrade to the roster before putting pen to paper). If he signs it, then the status quo continues. If he's frustrated enough not to sign the extension, then the Bucks have to seriously consider trading him or risk him leaving in 2027 as a free agent and them getting nothing. But all of that is this summer.
For now, and for all the frustration in Milwaukee, there doesn't appear to be a trade coming.
Nuggets vs Bucks best bet: Aaron Gordon Over 17.5 points (-115)
The Denver Nuggets are still considering making an honest effort against the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, the second half of a back-to-back that is taxing an already injury-riddled roster.
They could sit their few healthy starters, but the injury report suggests both Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray may play.
Of Denver’s true five starters, only Gordon is as generous as “probable” tonight.
He has cleared this prop in four of his nine games since returning from his own injury, and Murray’s questionable status tonight lends more value to this prop.
Murray has both hamstring and hip concerns. The smart move would be to rest him tonight.
At that point, the offensive emphasis must be on Gordon.
Denver should ease up as this game goes along, the back-to-back exacting a cost and thus dooming this game to an Under.
Nuggets vs Bucks odds
Spread: Nuggets +8 (-110) | Bucks -8 (-110)
Moneyline: Nuggets +225 | Bucks -275
Over/Under: Over 214.5 (-110) | Under 214.5 (-110)
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MILAN (AP) — Serie A leader Inter Milan recovered from conceding two early goals to beat lowly Pisa 6-2 and open a six-point gap on Friday.
One of the shock results of the season looked possible at the San Siro when Inter found itself 2-0 down midway through the first half against a team that had not won in 10 league games.
However, three goals in the seven minutes before halftime transformed the match and put Inter on the way to a ninth win in 10 league games.
Pisa took the lead after 11 minutes thanks to a moment of inspiration from veteran striker Stefano Moreo. Yann Sommer’s pass out was poor and Moreo pounced before looking up from 35 meters out and stroking the ball over the goalkeeper’s head into the empty net.
Stefano doubled Pisa’s lead in the 23rd with a header from a corner kick.
Inter pulled one back from the penalty spot seven minutes before halftime when Piotr Zielinski converted after Matteo Tramoni handled inside the box.
Lautaro Martínez nodded in the equalizer two minutes later and Francesco Pio Esposito hit the third on the stroke of halftime when he headed home a cross from Alessandro Bastoni.
Federico Dimarco made it 4-2 eight minutes from time, Ange-Yoan Bonny added a fifth with a nice individual effort four minutes later, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan rounded off the scoring with a sixth in stoppage time.
Inter was six points clear of city rival AC Milan and nine ahead of defending champion Napoli.
The win was especially welcome for Inter given that the top four play each other this weekend. AC Milan is at fourth-placed Roma on Sunday, and fifth-placed Juventus is at home to Napoli on the same day.
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — St. Pauli and Hamburg drew 0-0 in a lacklustre derby that lifted St. Pauli off the bottom of the Bundesliga on Friday but did little to animate a dismal run of one win in 15.
The match between the two biggest teams in Germany’s second city failed to spark, particularly in a first half that saw just one shot on target, and that in stoppage time.
There were a few more chances in the second 45 minutes but no one with the composure to stamp his mark on the game.
The result moved St. Pauli from last to third to last.
Mainz was in last place.
Hamburg has gone five games without a win but climbed one place to 13th, five points ahead of St. Pauli.
AUXERRE, France (AP) — Bradley Barcola scored his second goal in two games to give Paris Saint-Germain a late win over lowly Auxerre and return to the top of Ligue 1 on Friday.
Barcola rescued PSG when, with the match heading to a 0-0 draw, he finished a counterattack in the 79th minute and squeezed the ball over the advancing goalkeeper.
Until then, second-to-last Auxerre had frustrated second-from-top PSG without threatening to score. Auxerre did not have a shot on target all night at Stade de L’Abbé-Deschamps.
Barcola’s sixth goal of the season capped a fine performance, although the winger will rue missed chances that could have secured the three points earlier.
The result took PSG two points ahead of surprise pace-setter Lens, which faces a difficult tie at third-placed Marseille on Saturday.
Auxerre remained above only last-placed Metz on goal difference.
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