The Boston Celtics produced one their most efficient 3-point shooting nights of the season Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers. And a lot of the credit should go to … 7-foot center Neemias Queta?
Queta didn’t hoist a single triple, but he used his large frame to generate quality looks for his teammates. Queta was credited with eight screen assists leading to 21 points as the Celtics built a big cushion then held on for a 121-118 triumph over the Clippers at TD Garden.
A screen assist is defined as any screen that directly leads to a basket by the player who received the screen. The NBA has been tracking screen assists as part of its hustle stats package for about a decade, and Queta’s numbers in Sunday’s game were off the charts.
Queta ranks fourth in the NBA while averaging 3.9 screen assists per game. He sits fifth in the league while generating 9.2 screen assist points per game. His totals on Sunday more than doubled his average output.
After Queta’s big screening game — and Luka Garza’s relentless screening off the bench — the Celtics now lead the NBA in screen assist points per game (23.7). Boston is tied with Utah atop the league while generating 9.9 screen assists per game.
Queta set a tone early Sunday when he slowed James Harden just enough for Payton Pritchard to knock down the first of his eight 3-pointers from the right wing. Queta also freed up Derrick White for a pair of straightaway triples midway through the first frame as Boston built its lead to as many as 24 points in the first half.
Queta chipped in 14 points on 7-of-16 shooting while grabbing nine rebounds (six on the offensive glass) and finished +16 in 33 minutes, 28 seconds of floor time.
Elevating to a starting role this season, Queta has been a monster positive for the Celtics each time he touches the floor. He is second on the team among regulars with a net rating of +18.2 in 344 minutes of floor time. That number plummets to minus-7.9 in Queta’s 328 minutes on the bench.
Since the NBA started hustle stats tracking, Daniel Theis owns the Celtics’ single-season record for most screen assists per game, at 4.3 back in 2019-20. Queta could challenge that mark this season if the Celtics’ shooters find their groove.
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Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings scored 22 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 18 points and nine rebounds and top-ranked Houston held on for a 73-72 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Sunday. Auburn (3-1) rallied behind a raucous neutral-site home crowd and had two chances to take the lead on the final possession. Two driving attempts by Tahaad Pettiford were nixed by Houston’s defense, including a block by Flemings.
Alex Condon scored 19 points, Thomas Haugh added 17 and No. 10 Florida held on to beat rival Miami 82-68 on Sunday night. Condon and fellow big man Rueben Chinyelu fouled out with more than five minutes to play, but the Gators (3-1) had enough cushion to close it out with the two starters on the bench. It didn't help that backup center Micah Handlogten took a shot to the head in the first half and did not return.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. scored 34 points and Tyrese Martin scored seven straight points late in the third quarter and finished with 20 as the Nets sent the Washington Wizards to their 11th straight loss, winning 129-106 Sunday night in a matchup of one-win teams.
The Nets snapped a four-game skid and won for the first time since beating Indiana 112-103 in the first week of November, a victory that ended a run of seven straight losses to open the season. Both of Brooklyn’s victories have come on the road, where they are 2-5.
Nic Claxton scored 17 points, Ziaire Williams added 13, Noah Clowney finished with 12 and Terance Mann 10 for Brooklyn.
Kyshawn George led the Wizards in scoring with 29 points. CJ McCollum added 17 points and Khris Middleton 14 for Washington, which shot 35 percent (12 for 34) from three-point range and 44 percent (37 for 84) overall.
Washington fell to 0-6 at home and lost for the 12th time in 13 games this season. The Wizards last won on Oct. 24, at Dallas (117-107), in the second game of the season.
The Nets overcame 11 turnovers in the first half and used a 35-25 scoring edge in the second quarter for a 63-53 lead at the break.
The Wizards battled back in the third quarter and outscored Brooklyn 31-22 over the first 10 minutes of the period to close within 85-84.
But after Williams hit a pair of free throws to increase the Nets’ lead to three, Martin sandwiched a pair of field goals around a three-pointer that stretched the lead back 10 points at 94-84 heading into the final period.
The Nets opened the fourth quarter on a 14-4 run and increased their lead to 20 points at 108-88 with just under eight minutes left and were never threatened the rest of the way.
Up next
Nets: Host the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.
Wizards: At Minnesota on Wednesday in the opener of a three-game trip.
LeBron James has been reassigned to the Los Angeles Lakers and is expected to go through a full practice with the varsity club on Monday, and is close to making his season debut.
LeBron went through a couple of practices with the South Bay Lakers, the franchise's G-League affiliate, while the rest of the Lakers were on a 3-2 road trip. This week, the Lakers have a home-and-home with Utah that could see LeBron's return to the court — and with that, he sets a record as the first player ever to reach 23 seasons in the league. Add that to his GOAT case.
LeBron has been out since before the start of training camp due to sciatica on his right side. From the beginning, both LeBron's training team and the Lakers wanted to be cautious with his return, ensuring he was fully healed and considering the long term. The plan has been for him to take the court i in mid-November, and this week would fits that timeline.
Even without LeBron, the Lakers are 10-4 to start the season, led by a top-10 offense sparked by Luka Doncic playing at an MVP level. Luka Doncic has stepped up as an elite secondary shot creator, Deandre Ayton has been solid in the paint, and there has been good role play from Rui Hachimura, Jake LaRavia, and others. However, if the Lakers are going to be a serious threat in the West, they need what LeBron brings to the table.
Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings scored 22 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 18 points and nine rebounds and top-ranked Houston held on for a 73-72 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Sunday. Auburn (3-1) rallied behind a raucous neutral-site home crowd and had two chances to take the lead on the final possession. Two driving attempts by Tahaad Pettiford were nixed by Houston’s defense, including a block by Flemings.
Steph Curry needed to score 95 points, make 29 shots, including 14 3-pointers, and swish 23 free throws in a two-game stretch for the Warriors to leave San Antonio with two consecutive wins against the Spurs.
He didn’t even reach double-digit scoring Sunday in New Orleans, yet the Warriors didn’t need him to in a 124-106 win against the Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. That’s two wins in one for a team that far too often has needed Curry to have all his superpowers and already had two frustrating letdown losses with him earlier this season.
Sunday night in the Big Easy wasn’t about Curry, Jimmy Butler or Draymond Green. The shining star was Moses Moody, who scored a career-high 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting and went 8 of 12 on 3-pointers. His sizzling start was beyond being on fire. Moody made seven threes in the first quarter, joining Curry and Klay Thompson as the only Warriors ever to make at least seven threes in one quarter.
The proud product of Little Rock, Ark., was fueled by Southern comfort on his career night.
“I’m from the South, so whenever I’m down here, my joints feel better,” Moody joked on “Warriors Postgame Live.”
Moody made his first two threes, missed one and then made his next five to finish. The first quarter alone was a new career high in threes by Moody for an entire game. But what happened before his first two was a bigger-picture moment for the Warriors to learn from.
A wild sequence ahead of Moody’s first three went as follows: Green missed layup, Green offensive rebound; Green missed tip shot, Green offensive rebound; Green missed tip shot, Green offensive rebound; Green missed tip shot, Green offensive rebound; Green missed tip shot, Butler offensive rebound.
Butler grabbed Green’s fifth miss in five tries and finally got the ball out of the paint, passing it to Curry at the top of the arc. Curry took one dribble to his left and dumped the ball off to a wide-open Moody for a catch-and-shoot three.
His second three also came off an offensive rebound. Rookie Will Richard came flying high from the corner to tip out a missed three from Curry, which Butler tracked down, finding Moody for another open catch-and-shoot three from the left corner.
The effort prior those two threes were reminiscent of Gary Payton II keeping a key possession alive with two offensive rebounds against the Spurs on Wednesday night, where the result was a huge three from Curry. The Warriors as a team in New Orleans came down with 16 offensive rebounds, highlighted by five from Richard and four from Green.
“Those two games [in San Antonio], they were intense. They felt like playoff games,” Green said to Warriors Radio’s Tim Roye. “We knew the energy wouldn’t quite be there for this one. But we were able to find our own energy, create our own energy. We built a comfortable lead, they fought back. We closed the half strong and then were able to kind of handle the second half.
“A lot tougher, for different circumstances, than San Antonio.”
While Curry was held to three points – all free throws – in the first quarter, the rest of the Warriors scored 41 on 15-of-26 shooting (57.7 percent) and went 10 of 15 beyond the arc (66.7 percent). The Warriors then only scored 17 points in the second quarter, but did close the second quarter on an 8-0 run. They opened the third on a 12-4 run and outscored the Pelicans by six in the second half.
Of course, Moody’s 32 points and eight threes are the stats that stood out in front of others. The most important stats, however, were minutes played.
Curry didn’t have to play 30 minutes, and neither did Green. The Warriors needed 34 and 36 minutes from Curry in his monstrous nights in San Antonio to get two wins. Butler (31) and Moody (33) were the only two Warriors to play at least 30 minutes in an 18-point win against the Pelicans.
And on top of Moody’s game, the Warriors also received scoring off the bench from Brandin Podziemski (19 points) and Buddy Hield (11 points). Each made three 3-pointers.
There are parts of the game that will need cleaning, like Curry (four), Green (five) and Butler (six) combining for 15 turnovers. When role players like Moody, Podziemski and Hield are picking up the pieces, the Warriors can survive those kinds of miscues from their top three players.
Performances like the shows Curry put on in San Antonio certainly could happen again. Anything is possible when No. 30 is on the court. Just nine points and one three were required of him for the Warriors to get past the Pelicans.
Getting through an undermanned and undertalented team where the Warriors’ top talent doesn’t need to be worn down are the kind of wins that can produce heroics from Curry and his star teammates later in the most important times of the season.
Following the Warriors’ 124-106 win over the Pelicans, Green addressed the odd scene that occurred at Smoothie King Center.
“He just kept calling me a woman,” Green told reporters in New Orleans (h/t The San Francisco Chronicle’s Sam Gordon). “It was a good joke at first, but you can’t keep calling me a woman. I got four kids, one on the way. Can’t keep calling me a woman. Yeah, he got quiet, though. So it’s fine.”
Green explained how the fan’s tone changed once the Warriors forward approached him.
“Well, he was talking at first, and then you get a little closer. And he didn’t really say much else. But no, it’s fine, we’ll move on.
“Yeah, he just kept calling me a woman’s name and I am not … Do I look like a woman? Do I look like a woman? … Lisa Leslie was a good rebounder, too. She’s older than me, you know, but she don’t be disrespectful. It’s cool. We move on.”
Draymond Green details the interaction he had with a fan in the first half. Said the fan referred to him by a woman’s name.
“It was a good joke at first, but you can’t keep calling me a woman. I’ve got four kids and one on the way. … He got quiet though, so it was fine.”
Following a Warriors’ foul late in the second quarter, Green walked up to the fan along the baseline and exchanged words with him. Referee Courtney Kirkland quickly intervened and de-escalated the situation before it could get physical.
Green praised Kirkland’s actions.
“He just told me, ‘I got it. I’ve heard him over and over and over again. You’ve handled it well. Don’t get yourself in no trouble. I’ll take care of it.’ Courtney was great,” Green told reporters.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr had no issue with how Green handled the situation.
“As long as it doesn’t escalate, it’s fine to go over and have a discussion,” Kerr told reporters. “I had no problem with it. It would have been nice if security had gotten there a little bit earlier … it’s hard to comment on it because I don’t know what was said.”
Arena security approached the fan and reportedly gave him a card indicating that he had been warned.
The Warriors picked up their third consecutive road win, beating a Pelicans team that didn’t have star forward Zion Williamson and former Golden State guard Jordan Poole, and just fired coach Willie Green on Saturday.
Even with Steph Curry in the building, the vibe from Pelicans fans was muted — aside from Green’s heckler.
But winning any road game makes Green happy.
“I love it,” Green told reporters. “I love disrespect on the road because, you know, we win a lot. Not this year, we haven’t won a lot, but we usually win a lot on the road. So quieting a home crowd is always fun. This crowd wasn’t too loud to begin with, so, yeah.”
Green wasn’t penalized in the moment for the incident and he likely won’t face any punishment from the league.
In the end, cooler heads prevailed before something really bad happened.
In the wake of federal indictments and arrests in two illegal gambling probes — including Hall of Famer and Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, as well as former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones — the NBA investigation into those charges moves forward as well, according to a new report.
That report also suggests the NBA could soon tighten its injury reporting restrictions, which theoretically could have prevented instances of inside information on injuries being sold to gamblers, leading to the federal charges.
Congress members have asked the NBA why it had previously investigated Terry Rozier (another player arrested and charged by federal prosecutors) and not found any evidence of this alleged gambling. The NBA has responded by expanding its investigation. It had previously hired the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to handle the investigation, and the firm has now reached out to multiple NBA teams, including the Lakers, asking for their phones, according to Joe Vardon, Mike Vorunov and Sam Amick of The Athletic.
As a result of the charges filed against Damon Jones, a former NBA player and LeBron James' former shooting coach who had special access to the Lakers, Wachtell investigators are expected to seek documents, including cell phones and phone records, from at least 10 Lakers employees, league sources told The Athletic. Per league sources, Lakers assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims are among the employees who are already cooperating and who voluntarily handed their cell phones over to investigators. Both Mancias and Mims are employed by the Lakers because of their ties to James.
To be clear, LeBron, Mancias, and Mims are not charged with any crimes nor have they been mentioned in the federal investigation, the questions are more about what they might have known about Jones and his actions (Jones was arrested in part for allegedly selling inside information about LeBron's health and status to gamblers). Mancias is LeBron's personal trainer and has been for decades, Mims has been close to LeBron his entire career.
It's not just the Lakers. The Athletic report talks about a focus on several other teams.
At least two team executives for organizations mentioned in the charges against Jones and Rozier were notified by the league of an expanding investigation, league sources said.
One of those teams was apparently not Orlando, according to the report. However, as noted by The Athletic, the Magic were mentioned in federal investigations, tied to allegations that a "former regularly starting player" sold information to gamblers that the Magic planned to rest their starters in an April 2023 game against Cleveland. The Magic have made clear previously that the player in question is no longer a member of the organization.
New injury reporting guidelines
One change could come soon in the wake of the investigations: The NBA is reportedly looking into revising and tightening its injury reporting regulations, according to the report.
The NBA is barreling toward substantial changes in team rules for reporting injury statuses for players as part of the fallout from the ongoing betting scandal. In theory, the incidents surrounding the Lakers, Magic and Blazers could have been prevented with tighter rules governing when players must be declared injured in information released to the public.
Teams (some more than others, but all of them to some extent) try to keep injury information close to the vest, especially when it is day-to-day, both because it gives the team flexibility and forces opponents to game plan for more possibilities. Teams are intentionally vague about injury status, sometimes driven by coaches or front offices seeking a competitive edge (a trend that is far from exclusive to the NBA). Players will be officially listed as "day-to-day" for weeks, and their status could change to "probable" or "available" as late as possible to allow them to participate in a game. The League is looking to tighten this up.
It appears that the league is poised to crack down on this issue with new regulations and guidelines, which could be introduced sooner rather than later.
The Sixers had several pieces of significant injury news Sunday.
The first worth noting is that Paul George’s return appears imminent. George, who’s yet to play this season for the 7-5 Sixers, was listed as questionable for the team’s Monday night matchup vs. the Clippers.
A Sixers official said Tuesday that “the final stage” of George’s return process involved “the continued strengthening of his left quadricep.” The 35-year-old forward seems very close to checking off that final box.
The Sixers listed Kelly Oubre Jr., Adem Bona and Joel Embiid as out.
On the injury report, Oubre’s injury is described as a “left knee sprain.” He suffered the injury Friday in the second quarter of the Sixers’ loss to the Pistons. A team official said Sunday afternoon that Oubre has a left knee LCL injury and is meeting with specialists.
The Sixers will need to make major adjustments without Oubre, who averaged 34.8 minutes over the first 12 games and posted 16.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per contest.
“Hopefully, it won’t be too serious,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. “But he’s really having a career year and he’s doing a lot of little things that don’t show up in the numbers as well. So we’ve got to take a good, strong look and see who’s plugging into all those little areas. He loves to play, loves to be out there. He’s super disappointed, obviously. … Let’s just hope it’s not too long. He’s been great this year.”
Justin Edwards is one obvious candidate to assume a larger role without Oubre. Dominick Barlow is another young player who looks set for plenty of minutes in the short term. He logged an impressive 29 against Detroit in his return from a nine-game absence with a right elbow laceration. Barlow said Sunday he’d only been able to do “a couple days of real cardio” while sidelined, but the 22-year-old forward’s conditioning wasn’t problematic in a 10-point, eight-rebound outing.
“That was about a full load for him right there,” Nurse said. “That was a lot for him the other night. I just think he’s a really important part of what we’re doing. He plays really hard, he transfers the ball (well), he’s got IQ. He just does a lot of really good things for us. As long as he keeps playing like that, he’s going to play a lot.”
Bona will miss at least the next three games because of a right ankle sprain. Andre Drummond will presumably remain the Sixers’ starting center for the time being.
Embiid will sit out his fourth straight game on Monday. He was a full practice participant Sunday, per a team official, and the Sixers have changed his injury designation from “right knee soreness” to “right knee injury management.”
Winning three consecutive games might not feel so special for the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Denver Nuggets, but it’s worthy of a small celebration for the Warriors.
Golden State’s 124-106 win over the Pelicans on Sunday in New Orleans represents its first sign of momentum this season, guarantees at least a .500 road trip and assures the Warriors (9-6) will have a winning record when they return to the Bay Area on Friday.
Moses Moody led the offense, dropping a career-high 32 points on high efficiency, while Jimmy Butler contributed a double-double with 18 points and 10 assists, adding three rebounds. Brandin Podziemski continued his scoring uptick, putting in 19 points, while Buddy Hield chipped in 11.
The Warriors recorded 34 assists and drained a season-high 24 3-pointers, on 56 attempts, with Moody most responsible for showing the way.
Here are three observations from the fourth game of a six-game road trip:
Moody bounces back
If anyone on the Warriors needed a bounce-back game, it was Moody. Playing 30 minutes Friday night, he scored four points on 2-of-8 shooting, including 0-of-4 from beyond the arc in the win over the Spurs in San Antonio.
Moody bounced back in one of the most fantastic ways possible. He tried to bury the Pelicans early, scoring 21 points in the first quarter on 7-of-8 shooting from deep. He was plus-17 for the quarter and accounted for nearly half of Golden State’s 44 points, its highest total for any quarter this season.
Moody’s 21 points and seven triples represent career-highs in a single quarter for both categories. The seven 3-pointers are a career high for a game and are the most treys made by any player in any quarter this season.
Moody’s initial blast immediately gave the offense a jolt before he cooled over the final three quarters. His 32 points came on 10-of-16 shooting from the field, including 4-of-5 from the line. He was plus-22 over 32 minutes.
Bench brings a punch
Golden State’s bench, among the most offensively potent in the league, averaging 40.2 points per game before nosediving in the two previous games in San Antonio, returned to form at Smoothie King Center.
After scoring a total of 42 points in the two games against the Spurs, the bench crew produced 48 against the Pelicans.
Podziemski’s 19 points, on 8-of-13 shooting from the field, including 3-of-7 from distance, represent his highest total since he dropped 23 against the Grizzlies on Oct. 27.
Hield, in the deep freeze the past two weeks, averaging six points per game in November, tossed in 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field, including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. This is the second time this season he has made at least three triples.
Al Horford dropped in two 3-pointers for six points, while Quentin Post, Pat Spencer, Gui Santos and Trayce Jackson-Davis combined for the other 12 points.
Quiet night for the Chef
New Orleans came with a game plan Golden State has seen many times, rolling out the Anybody-but-Steph defense.
And as bad as the Pelicans have been this season, it’s something in their bag. They have in 6-foot-8 Herbert Jones one of the league’s best perimeter defenders, and 6-foot-8 Trey Murphy III provided plenty of supplemental assistance on the 6-foot-3 Curry.
The result was double- and triple-teams that never let Curry get any shooting rhythm – he even missed a free throw – and nudged him toward a decoy role. He didn’t sink his first goal until the third quarter, on his seventh attempt, a transition layup on a charity dime from Butler. His first 3-pointer came three minutes later.
Coming off successive performances of 46 and 49 points over his last two games, Curry finished with nine points on 2-of-11 shooting from the field, including 1-of-6 from beyond the arc. His gravity still was an asset, as he finished plus-18 over 28 minutes.
Draymond Green is used to getting into on-court confrontations with other players, but on Sunday, he took exception with something a fan said.
In the second quarter of the Warriors’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center, Green walked over to a fan sitting along the baseline and they exchanged words.
Green approached the fan but didn’t appear to touch him, and the situation quickly was de-escalated.
As Pelicans forward Herb Jones went to the free-throw line, arena security was seen talking to the fan, and per Andscape’s Marc J. Spears, the fan was given a red warning card.
Draymond Green got face to face with a Pelicans fan sitting on the baseline. Fan wasn’t ejected but was given a red card warning.
Historic NBA milestones, like star guard Russell Westbrook’s on Sunday, don’t come often for legendary players. They take time, effort and unparalleled consistency.
Losses for the Kings, however, recently have come in bunches, like their 123-110 loss to the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center, which overshadowed Westbrook climbing the league’s all-time scoring list.
The 37-year-old star, who currently sits at 26,406 NBA points, surpassed Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek (26,395) and Paul Pierce (26,397) after his 14-point performance against the Spurs. Westbrook now trails Spurs legend Tim Duncan only by 90 points for the 17th spot.
Russell Westbrook passes Paul Pierce and John Havlicek on the NBA's all-time scoring list 🙌 pic.twitter.com/hJdILRmNXr
Westbrook’s achievements aren’t the talk of the town, though.
Sacramento, with plenty of defensive and rotation issues to spare, dropped its sixth consecutive game Sunday and fell to 3-11 on the 2025-26 NBA season.
For Kings fans and onlookers around the league, it’s the elephant in the room.
“ … Now, it’s just finding the ability to start well, play smart and finish the game,” Kings coach Doug Christie said. “That’s where we are at because we’ve been in a lot of these games.
“And tonight, it’s just one of those things where you’re one stop away from really getting over the hump. But those are the things when you get in a drought like this, they’re not going to fall in your way, you have to go get them. You got to grab them. You got to take them.”
With star Spurs center Victor Wembanyama out with calf tightness and reigning rookie of the year Stephon Castle unavailable in the second half, ex-King stars De’Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes powered San Antonio’s offense. Fox had a game-high 28 points, while Barnes added 20 on 7-of-11 shooting from the field.
Despite double-digit performances from five players, the Kings never led in the game and allowed the Spurs to shoot over 50 percent from the field. Dennis Schröder, coming off the bench, hit five 3-pointers.
On Sunday, Westbrook sent a subtle reminder of his all-time status, while the Kings sent another blaring reminder of what projects to be a long season.
This looked like it could have been a lot worse when it happened: Aaron Nesmith was sliding defensively in front of his man and stepped on the foot of teammate Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, causing Nesmith's knee to buckle in an awkward way. He had to be helped off the court.
The good news is that there is no structural damage. Still, Nesmith is likely to be out for at least a month, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said before Saturday's game (a 129-111 loss to Toronto), via Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star.
"It's likely going to be at least four weeks, so talk to me on the 15th (of December). But it's very good news. Very, very good news. He's not in a brace. He's walking. I say it's likely going to be four weeks, that doesn't mean it couldn't be less. It's unclear at this time, but he's doing very well and the news was very, very good."
Coming off a season where he played a critical role in the Pacers' run to the NBA Finals, Nesmith was handed a much larger role to start this season with Tyrese Haliburton out. Nesmith responded by averaging a career-high 15.5 points a gam, however, being the focal point of defenses has led to him shooting just 36.7% from the field (37.3% from three-point range).
