Ja (Morant) is a very fierce competitor, and he knows that I am, too,” Jalen Green told Rockets Wire regarding his duel with Ja Morant.

Jalen Green just won the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week award, playing some of the best basketball of his career since Jan. 1, averaging 28.7 points on 51.2% shooting from the field and 47.

Following the Houston Rockets' 120-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, fans lauded 22-year-old Jalen Green for his

Future Hall of Fame point guard Russell Westbrook is fond of passing the game to the next generation, and he’s funded a number of AAU and youth teams in Southern California across the last decade-plus. Westbrook’s charitable efforts came back to bite him Wednesday night.

Jalen Green tied his career high with 42 points, capped by a layup that gave Houston the lead late, and the Rockets rallied for a 120-118 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

HOUSTON — Before Monday’s matchup began, Cade Cunningham stressed the importance of this game for the Detroit Pistons. He called for a rare, emergency, last-minute team meeting at the free-throw line near Detroit’s bench roughly 10 minutes before tipoff.

On Monday night, the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Houston Rockets (in Texas) by a score of 120-118. Ja Morant finished the loss with 29 points, three rebounds

Green torched Memphis for 42 points on Monday and has reached a new level of production and efficiency in January.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant returned to the lineup in Thursday's 119-115 loss to the Houston Rockets.Morant contributed a team-high 27 points to go along with three rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes of action.

The NBA champion Boston Celtics crushed the Golden State Warriors 125-85 on Monday as current league leaders Cleveland romped past the Phoenix Suns. Stephen Curry scored 18 points to lead the Warriors and Moses Moody added 13 off the bench -- the only Golden State players to score in double figures.

LaMelo Ball slowed down in the third, scoring just two points, to bring his total to 22, but he now has six rebounds and seven assists. Miles Bridges has picked up the scoring slack, and is now up to 16 points, while Nick Smith Jr. scored eight straight for the Hornets, and is also now up to 16 points as well.

As the Celtics fall in the NBA power rankings, the Bucks are beginning to look like the true championship contenders that they are.