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Immanuel Quickley is settling in nicely with the Toronto Raptors, who have won both games since shaking up their roster in a five-player trade with the New York Knicks. Quickley and the Raptors hope to maintain that momentum when they continue their six-game road trip against the Sacramento Kings on Friday. Quickley made five 3-pointers and finished with 26 points in Toronto’s 116-111 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. “He fits great,” Raptors coach

Injured starters Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic might as well be labeled the cavalry for the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have lost three of five without Vucevic (groin) entering Friday’s visit from the Charlotte Hornets and have been treading water with LaVine sidelined with right foot inflammation since late November. Both former All-Stars were cleared to return on a minutes restriction on Friday just as the high mileage of life without them was setting in

The Denver Nuggets assume they are going to get every opponent’s best shot, just because they are the reigning champions. But the next challenger coming to town Friday night is already playing at a high level. The New Orleans Pelicans are surging, having won six of their last seven games and seven in a row on the road. New Orleans is coming off two impressive road wins in California and will try to take the

The Houston Rockets’ road woes continued Monday as the team lost 120-113 at Miami in the opener of a six-game trip. The Rockets fell to 3-11 away from home this season but they still are off to an improved start. A victory against the host Chicago Bulls on Wednesday would put Houston three wins shy of matching last season’s total of 22. “For me, not surprised or happy,” Houston coach Ime Udoka said. “They bought

Michael Penix Jr. claims he doesn’t remember much about slaying Michigan in 2020 when he was the quarterback at Indiana. It’s safe to say what happens Monday night, good or bad, will stick in his memory bank much longer. Penix will lead No. 2 Washington into the College Football Playoff national championship game against No. 1 Michigan on Monday in Houston, where the pair of 14-0 teams both will look to end long title droughts.

With no ground to gain in the AFC playoff picture by beating the host Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs are in preservation mode in the regular-season finale. Well, at least partially. Blaine Gabbert will start in place of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and multiple regulars are headed for plenty of rest in a game head coach Andy Reid said would be used as a good audition for younger players. Gabbert said he

The Buffalo Bills were three games behind the Miami Dolphins in the AFC East with five games remaining. Now the Bills stand one victory away from their fourth consecutive division crown when they face the suddenly reeling Dolphins on Sunday night at Miami Gardens, Fla., a primetime main event that serves as the last game of the NFL regular season. Buffalo (10-6) sprinted to the finish with four straight wins, while the Dolphins (11-5) have

On the brink the of the playoffs, a preseason feel surrounds the regular-season finale between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif. With a wild-card spot clinched, the Rams take a nine-game regular-season losing streak to the 49ers to San Francisco, where Carson Wentz replaces starting quarterback Matthew Stafford. San Francisco (12-4) clinched the No. 1 seed and homefield advantage throughout the NFC playoffs and plans to keep

The Las Vegas Raiders can extend their winning streak against the visiting Denver Broncos to eight games when they meet on Sunday afternoon. The Broncos (8-8) last defeated the Raiders (7-9) in the regular-season finale on Dec. 29, 2019. Las Vegas beat Denver 17-16 in the season opener on Sept. 10. Since then, major changes have altered each team. Among those impacted by the in-season overhaul were both starting quarterbacks in Week 1. Jimmy Garoppolo

For the second year in a row, the Seattle Seahawks enter the final week of the regular season needing a win and a big assist. A loss last week left the Seahawks in the same predicament they were in at this time last season: They need a victory over a division opponent and a Green Bay Packers loss to make the NFL playoffs. Things worked out for the Seahawks last season, but can they go