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Pacers, facing Nets, chase N.Y. sweep after wild win over Knicks
Feb 10, 2026; New York, New York, USA; Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam (43) drives to the basket against New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) and guard Jalen Brunson (11) during the first quarter at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Indiana Pacers are experiencing a trying season while Tyrese Haliburton recovers from a torn Achilles tendon, yet they are occasionally showing traits of the team that reached Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.
One instance occurred on Tuesday when the Pacers played one of the wilder games in the NBA this season and outlasted the host New York Knicks for a 137-134 overtime victory.
The Pacers hope they can possess enough energy on the second night of a back-to-back on Wednesday when they visit the Brooklyn Nets, who are seeking to match their season-best run, a three-game winning streak.
Indiana is 8-9 over its past 17 games since enduring a 13-game losing streak Dec. 12-Jan 6 that left the team with a 6-31 record. Five of the wins in the recent stretch were decided by three points or fewer, and against the Knicks, the Pacers earned a victory in a game that featured an NBA season-high 39 lead changes and 16 ties.
Indiana, which posted its highest point total of the season, was led by Pascal Siakam’s 30 points. The Pacers also received key contributions from Quenton Jackson, who scored seven of his 19 in overtime. He was one of eight Indiana players who scored in double figures.
“This was a really important game for us,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “The season that we’ve had, this environment, the opponent, our guys had a great collective spirit and collective will tonight.”
The Pacers also saw a return to form from Andrew Nembhard, who scored 24 on 9-of-16 shooting after he went a combined 10-for-35 in the previous two games, at Milwaukee and at Toronto.
Brooklyn earned a 112-103 win at Indiana on Nov. 5 and is seeking three straight wins for the first time since Dec. 21-27. Those victories were part of a 7-3 stretch, and the Nets are 5-18 since Dec. 29.
Brooklyn has scored at least 120 in consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 25-27, 2024. The Nets earned a 123-115 home win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday, two days after leading by as many as 34 in a 14-point win over the Washington Wizards.
The Nets improved to 2-9 without leading scorer Michael Porter Jr. and the forward will sit again Wednesday due to right knee tendinitis. Brooklyn may also be without Nic Claxton, who is questionable because of a sore right hip after scoring a career-high 28 points Monday night.
“We executed. The ball was popping,” Claxton said. “We were missing Mike, but everybody stepped up and we were able to create some good looks and I knocked down some shots.
Regardless of who plays, the Nets are hoping to see more promising results from Nolan Traore, who collected 13 points and a career-high 13 assists against Chicago. Traore has scored 49 points on 18-of-31 shooting in his past three games. He will start in the backcourt on Wednesday alongside fellow rookie Egor Demin, who was rested on Monday.
“Nolan was making the right play to start, whether that was getting downhill, spraying it, scoring, hitting the pocket,” Brooklyn forward Noah Clowney said. “He was giving us an advantage and letting us play off that. When you play like that, it’s really easy.”
Traore and Demin will be in a starting lineup that also includes Danny Wolf, another rookie. Wolf started for Porter on Monday and set a career high by reaching double figures for the third straight game. He finished with 13 points and a career-best three blocked shots.
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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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