Darius Garland celebrated his call-up to the NBA All-Star game with a 26-point display as the Cleveland Cavaliers buried the Atlanta Hawks 137-115 to extend their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference on Thursday.

Amen Thompson w/ his 2nd career triple-double: 23p, 14r, 10a Jalen Green & Alperen Sengun each with 26p. Houston now 30-14, remain

The first game in a NBA doubleheader on Thursday, jan. 30 sees the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Atlanta Hawks at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

Cleveland holds a 5.5 game lead over the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics and tout a 10.5 game lead over the Emirates NBA Cup Champion Milwaukee Bucks in the Central Division. Watch Cavs ...

Brown and company will be joined by the East starters in Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, Donovan Mitchell of the Cavs, Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks, and Knicks teammate Jalen Brunson.

Are the Cleveland Cavaliers a better team than the Boston Celtics this season? On one hand, the Cavs have raced out to one of the best starts in the entire history of the NBA, and look every bit the part of a genuine contender so far this season.

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The Rockets sit second in the Western Conference and just beat the Cavaliers twice in four days, knocking them from the top spot in the NBA.

The Boston Celtics learned the hard way on Monday. The Celtics and Rockets battled in a hard-fought game at Boston's TD Garden. In the end, Thompson sunk the Celtics with a last-second bucket to secure a 114-112 Rockets win.

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for the Boston Celtics. It seems like they can’t find a rhythm and put a winning streak together.  But despite losing – call Monday’s game against the Houston Rockets a heartbreaker – I think this notion that the Celtics are struggling,

No other Knicks are joining Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson in San Francisco. Despite a late fan- and media-driven push to get Josh Hart on the All-Star team, the Knicks were shut out of the reserves.