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The NBA investigated Lewis in 2023 over his alleged X burner account that commented on Lewis and the games he officiated.

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama joins Patrick Ewing and Dikembe Mutombo with 100 straight games with a block in the 126-98 blowout of Hawks.

NBA official Tre Maddox suffered a leg injury during Friday night's game between the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.

League commissioner Adam Silver says the league might ponder moving its mid-season tourney finale to a college campus, rather than stay in Las Vegas.

— The league will do more, it said, to better utilize artificial intelligence and other tools to protect the game from unusual betting activity. It also will continue pushing for changes on the so-called “prop bets,” which the NBA hopes will reduce the risk of having player performances manipulated.

The NBA is tweaking its injury reporting rules and pushing online gaming companies to make changes to offered prop bets as part of its gambling investigation.