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Knicks travel to Philadelphia for quick change to shake off rough loss
Feb 10, 2026; New York, New York, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) controls the ball against Indiana Pacers guards Andrew Nembhard (2) and Quenton Jackson (29) during the first quarter at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks absorbed a disappointing loss Tuesday, but they certainly don’t have time to sulk.
The Knicks are back on the court Wednesday as they travel south for a matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Brunson scored 40 points Tuesday in a 137-134 home loss to the Indiana Pacers, who had been 3-22 away from home. The grueling game featured 39 lead changes — the most in the league this season — and saw New York allow the first nine points of overtime before a furious last-minute rally fell short.
“We didn’t execute the way that we should have,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said.
Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns added 22 points apiece for the Knicks, while Josh Hart had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Brunson, Bridges and Hart each played more than 40 minutes in the front end of a back-to-back.
The Knicks’ defense allowed the Pacers to shoot 51.5% from the field and 40% from 3-point range. New York has lost two of three following an eight-game winning streak.
“They hit tough shots,” said Towns, who shot 1 of 6 from 3-point range as part of a teamwide 14-of-46 effort (30.4%) from downtown. “They made threes, and on the other side, we didn’t make enough threes to combat the amount of shots they were hitting from three. We didn’t reach the standard of defense that we have shown recently, and it came back to bite us today.”
Meanwhile, Philadelphia is coming off a 3-2 Western Conference road trip that included wins over the Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns. The only blemishes were a narrow loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and a blowout defeat at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers.
“Five games (on this road trip)?” coach Nick Nurse said Monday after his team’s 135-118 loss to the Blazers. “Four and a half really good games. I think there’s a quarter here tonight that’s really bad (and) one quarter in L.A., but most of it was really good basketball. Not bad.”
The one bad quarter in Portland that Nurse referenced was the third period in which the Sixers were outscored 49-22. Philadelphia played the Blazers without Joel Embiid and Paul George, leaving Tyrese Maxey (30 points) as the lone member of the Sixers’ “Big Three” in the final game of the trek.
Kelly Oubre Jr. chipped in with 19 points for the Sixers. Deeper down the roster, Justin Edwards (12 points) and recently signed MarJon Beauchamp (10) made solid contributions as well.
“Those guys need more minutes. We’re learning (how to use) them, but they need more minutes,” Nurse said of Edwards, Beauchamp and Trendon Watford, who contributed 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting. “But the guys that stepped in there did OK.”
Embiid (knee) is questionable for the Wednesday contest, as are Dominick Barlow and Quentin Grimes, both due to illness. George will miss the seventh game of his 25-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy.
For New York, Mitchell Robinson (left ankle injury management) didn’t play on Tuesday in the first half of the team’s back-to-back. OG Anunoby (right toenail avulsion) sat out his third consecutive game.
This is the fourth and final regular-season meeting between the teams in 2025-26. The Sixers won the first two matchups before the Knicks posted a 112-109 win in Philadelphia on Jan. 24 behind Brunson’s 31 points.
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Spurs guard Stephon Castle exits game with pelvis injury
Feb 10, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura (28) controls the ball against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle was ruled out of Tuesday’s road game against the Los Angeles Lakers following a second-quarter pelvis injury.
Castle fell on his tailbone after blocking the Lakers’ Rui Hachimura on a fast-break dunk attempt with just over four minutes remaining in the first half. He went to the locker room after the play and was ruled out after halftime.
According to the Spurs, X-rays were negative and Castle was diagnosed with a pelvis contusion.
Castle, 21, had two points with seven assists in 12 minutes as the Spurs roared out to an 84-55 halftime lead against the short-handed Lakers.
Last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year has averaged 17.1 points with 7.0 assists in 42 games (41 starts) this season. In his two NBA seasons, he has averaged 15.5 points with 5.1 assists in 123 games (88 starts).
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NCAA approves Montana LB Solomon Tuliaupupu for 9th season
Nov 22, 2025; Missoula, MT, USA; Montana State Bobcats running back Julius Davis (32) is tackled by Montana Grizzlies linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu (58) and linebacker Peyton Wing (32) during the first half at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael Thomas Shroyer-Imagn Images College football is set to have its second nine-year player after the NCAA granted Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu another season of eligibility.
Tuliaupupu is set to join tight end Cam McCormick in the nine-year club. McCormick spent 2016-22 at Oregon before playing for Miami in 2023 and ’24. He is mow a scouting assistant for the New England Patriots.
Tuliaupupu first arrived in college at Southern California out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., in 2018 but missed that season and the following one due to a foot injury. A knee injury sustained in the summer of 2020 kept him out that year, and he didn’t play for the Trojans the following year after missing spring practice.
He finally saw action in 2022, making 10 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, in 14 games.
Another training camp injury cost Tuliaupupu the entire 2023 season, but he returned to play nine games for USC in 2024, registering 13 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery.
Tuliaupupu transferred to Montana for the 2025 season, and he played in 14 games, producing 43 tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles. The Grizzlies finished 13-2, reaching the FCS semifinals.
Montana also announced that offensive lineman Dylan Jemtegaard was cleared by the NCAA to play a sixth season of college ball in 2026.
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Report: Inter Miami worth $1.45B, but some MLS clubs see value drop
Dec 6, 2025; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) looks on with the Philip F. Anschutz trophy after winning the 2025 MLS Cup against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Chase Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Inter Miami’s investment in Lionel Messi continues to pay dividends.
In December, the Argentine superstar helped deliver the club its first MLS Cup. With the 2026 season less than two weeks away, Messi has helped deliver the Herons another title.
Most valuable franchise in MLS.
According to a report in Sportico on Tuesday, Miami is valued at $1.45 billion, an increase of 22% from last year and $50 million ahead of the Los Angeles FC — marking the first time in Sportico’s five years of doing MLS valuations that LAFC are not No. 1.
Though second, LAFC still jumped 9% in year-over-year valuation to $1.4 billion. The Black and Gold employ arguably the league’s second-most popular international superstar, South Korea’s Son Heung-Min. Messi and Son are by far the two highest-paid players in MLS.
While that sounds good news for Miami and Los Angeles, the league-wide economics could be a bit of a red flag. The bottom 12 teams in valuation saw their value go up just 2% on average from 2025. Three clubs — the San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montreal — fell in value, per the report.
The Whitecaps reached the MLS Cup final last year behind German legend Thomas Muller.
Sportico valued all clubs — including real estate and business related to soccer owned by club owners, such as an NWSL franchise — at a total of $23 billion.
San Diego FC, the league’s newest club entering their second season of existence, are valued at $765 million, 10th in MLS.
The MLS season kicks off Feb. 21 with the marquee game being the strategic choice of Miami at LAFC. The game was moved to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to accommodate more fans for the highly in-demand event.
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Spurs guard Stephon Castle exits game with pelvis injury
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