Basketball

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets traded starting point guard Spencer Dinwiddie on Thursday to the Toronto Raptors, who are waiving him.

DETROIT (AP) — The New York Knicks picked up some needed scoring punch Thursday, acquiring Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic from the Detroit Pistons.

NEW YORK (AP) — OG Anunoby has undergone right elbow surgery and will miss at least three weeks, leaving the New York Knicks without their entire starting frontcourt through the All-Star break.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors tied up some loose ends ahead of the NBA's trade deadline, making deals with the Utah Jazz and Brooklyn Nets. Guard Ochai Agbaji and Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk were sent to Toronto from Utah for guard Kira Lewis Jr.

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — The Ireland women's team shunned normal pre-match courtesies when it faced Israel in EuroBasket qualifying on Thursday after being outraged by accusations of antisemitism by an Israeli player.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine had season-ending surgery on his right foot on Thursday.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold five straight men’s basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, while the women’s tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the league’s founding will split time betwee

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The slumping Philadelphia 76ers have acquired guard Buddy Hield from the Indiana Pacers for Marcus Morris Jr.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has struck a multiyear partnership deal with Emirates, one where the airline will become the title sponsor of the league’s in-season tournament — which will have a new name — and have its logo on referee jerseys in the NBA, WN

Detroit Pistons (7-43, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (15-35, 14th in the Western Conference) Portland, Oregon; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE : Trail Blazers -5.5; over/under is 229.