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The Philadelphia 76ers won’t have much time to dwell on a 36-point home loss to the New York Knicks. The Sixers, who fell 128-92 to the Knicks on Friday, will have a quick turnaround with another home game Saturday night against the Utah Jazz. Joel Embiid extended to 15 games his streak of at least 30 points and 10 rebounds with those exact numbers against the Knicks. If Embiid, who has been nursing an ankle

The New York Knicks shuffled their roster last week when they traded RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors to land OG Anunoby along with Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn. While many teams take a few games, if not longer, to mesh with a new addition, the Knicks are unbeaten since the deal and will attempt to run their winning streak to a season-high four games Saturday night when they visit the struggling

The Indiana Pacers will seek their seventh consecutive victory when they host the Boston Celtics in Indianapolis on Saturday night. The Pacers set a franchise record with 50 assists and stretched their winning streak to six games with a 150-116 victory the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday. Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton collected 18 assists, 10 points and eight rebounds. Myles Turner led Indiana with 27 points. The Pacers received 18 points from Bennedict Mathurin, 17 from

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

Philadelphia hasn’t won on the road since before Thanksgiving, and the Eagles didn’t beat anyone in December except the New York Giants. The Eagles (11-5) will try to sweep their NFC East rivals and collect their first away win since Nov. 20 when they face the Giants (5-11) again in Sunday’s regular season finale in East Rutherford, N.J. Despite a 1-4 December, a win still could give Philadelphia its second straight division title if the

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