The Denver Nuggets managed to overcome the loss of Aaron Gordon in the first half and beat the Houston Rockets on the road at the Toyota Center on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

The Timberwolves are 4-2 in the last six games and 6-2 since Anthony Edwards return. While the record is impressive, Minnesota has beaten Washington, Dallas, Sacramento twice, and Utah twice with losses to Denver and New York. Minnesota actually hasn’t beaten a team with a winning record yet and can with a road game at Phoenix next.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 143-107 blowout win over the Chicago Bulls (8-7) on Friday night at United Center to open a two-game grip and improve to 2-1 during the four-game group-stage of the NBA Cup in-season tournament. The Heat (10-6) closes the trip on Sunday afternoon against the 76ers in Philadelphia:

Trade rumors continue to swirl around Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant as he struggles through a disappointing 2025-26 season thus far.

Here are our top NBA DFS picks and advice for tonight’s slate. The Aussie gets a crack at the Miami Heat. Josh Giddey is about the best fantasy option on the board on Friday, averaging 51.4 fantasy points per game.

While there are no big-name deals even close to happening, there is still simmering trade talk around the league.

The Denver Nuggets face the Houston Rockets on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 (11/21/25) in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

In the process, he broke a tie with Kobe Bryant on a special NBA leaderboard. Bryant had scored 20-plus points in a game four times as an 18-year old. Flagg has now done it five. That ranks him second in NBA history for the stat, behind just LeBron James.