NBA season with a historically hot start. Going undefeated through 14 games with new coach Kenny Atkinson, the team leads the NBA in points per game, field goal percentage and ranks second in point differential.

When one of many approached him midway through the second quarter of the Thunder’s 99-83 win on Friday in the NBA Cup opener, the Suns guard conceded the ball.  Booker’s possessions felt possessed.

The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the Phoenix Suns with a 99-83 win. OKC kicked off its 2024 NBA Cup group slate with a 1-0 record. The Thunder built a 29-14 lead after the first quarter. They ballooned that to a 48-36 halftime lead.

Jalen Brunson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left after the Knicks had blown a 21-point lead, and New York edged the Brooklyn Nets 124-122 to improve to 2-0 in the NBA Cup.

The Nets are coming off a 139-114 loss to the Celtics in which Brooklyn played winning basketball in the first half of the game before the team dropped the ball in the final 24 minutes. With forward Dorian Finney-Smith missing the contest due to a left ankle sprain,