While the NBA and its fans are focused on the upcoming trade deadline, the games keep coming — and the best keep separating themselves from the rest. 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7, Last Week No. 2).

For a team that has struggled internally on defense for the better part of most of the year, the Knicks' strong performance ...

Brunson had a team-high 30 points (10-16 FG, 3-6 3Pt, 7-7 FT), four rebounds, 15 assists, one block and two steals in 36 minutes during Wednesday's 122-112 win over the Nuggets.

Two years after he won an NBA title, Nikola Jokic views the surging New York Knicks as a “top-five candidate” to end their 52-year championship drought ...