Nikola Jokic had 55 points, tying the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season, and 12 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

Basketball fans felt a sigh of relief on Thursday as ESPN changed their NBA box score format after a month of complaints.

From a user experience perspective, it doesn't get more frustrating than when a site makes changes just for the sake of change. ESPN certainly fell victim to that this basketball season. But hey, at least the network took notice to the widespread complaints.

This week's featured NBA Peacock Monday matchup is set to go live Monday, November 17 at 7 p.m. ET, streaming live on Peacock from Rocket Arena in Cleveland. The night begins half an hour earlier with Peacock's live NBA Showtime pre-show, set to stream at 6:30 p.m. ET.

It was a wild first week in the NBA and that aided in making the first week of High Score fantasy basketball on Yahoo just as exciting. The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder have already jumped out to a 3-0 start while Victor Wembanyama has looked not of this world — not only IRL but in fantasy as well.

Former Tigers center Dylan Cardwell got the start for the Sacramento Kings in their road contest against the Milwaukee Bucks. It was an interesting move that sent guard Russell Westbrook to the bench. Sacramento won the game 135-133 to improve their record to 2-4.

Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter over four minutes, to rally the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 108-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. Evan Mobley had 22 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland,

Playing NBA 2K26 might be a way for some NBA players to unwind, but Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell utilized the game another way. The six-time All-Star was motivated to put up 46 points on November 5 after he said "this kid pissed me off" while playing the basketball game online earlier in the day.