James Harden, Bradley Beal rain points as Rockets win historic high-scoring battle

The Rockets-Wizards’ matchup Wednesday in Washington produced a raft of scoring milestones, some individual ones for James Harden, who stroked the nets for 59 points, and franchise- and combined-scoring records in Houston’s 159-158 victory. Harden’s performance was his third career road game with 55 or more points. Only Michael Jordan (4) and Wilt Chamberlain (55) …

Reports: Wizards trade Dwight Howard to Grizzlies

It appears Dwight Howard is on the move again. Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to report the Memphis Grizzlies are acquiring eight-time All-Star Dwight Howard from the Washington Wizards. Sources: Washington has traded Dwight Howard to Memphis. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 6, 2019 According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Memphis is sending …

All media events before, after Lakers-Nets in Shanghai cancelled

In response to the NBA defending Daryl Morey’s freedom of speech, Chinese officials took it away from the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets. All of the usual media sessions surrounding the Lakers-Nets preseason game in Shanghai on Thursday — including a scheduled news conference from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and postgame news conferences with …