Of course, MLK Day is a federal holiday that the United States acknowledges every third Monday in January. King Jr. was a spokesperson for nonviolent activism during the Civil Rights Movement. He protested racial discrimination at the federal and state levels.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 39 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Aaron Wiggins led the bench with 18 points, including four threes, and six rebounds, and Chet Holmgren added 14 points, 11 rebounds, and five blocks.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the NBA's defending champions, plopped into the middle of the league's first-ever parity era. The past six champions before OKC, f

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra sat before Saturday’s game against the Thunder as a voice of hope, as if seeing something out of focus for outsiders.

Oklahoma City started the season with a 24-1 record, matching the best 25-game start in league history. The Thunder followed that with a 6-6 stretch that included three losses to the San Antonio Spurs in a two-week span, including a 15-point loss at home on Christmas.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 122-20 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder (35-8) on Saturday night at Kaseya Center to close its three-game homestand at 2-1. The Heat (22-20) now travels to the West Coast for a five-game trip that begins Monday against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco:

Saturday night in the NBA felt busy and loud in all the right ways. Stars hit milestones, benches stepped up, and a few games were over long before the final buzzer. Some teams looked sharp even without their best players,

Andrew Wiggins’ 3-pointer with 31 seconds left put Miami up for good, Bam Adebayo scored 30 points with a career-best six 3s and the Heat defeated the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder 122-120 on Saturday night.