The Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night to advance to 13-6. And furthermore, finish their in-season tournament group play games at 3-1 with a

Follow along with live updates around the NBA on a three-game Emirates NBA Cup night, highlighted by Clippers-Lakers.

The Suns led by as many as 25 points in the first half. The Kings (5-14) pulled within eight points in the third quarter and fourth quarter, but Phoenix answered their latest surge with an 8-0 run to take a 102-86 lead with 5:53 left in the game.

The Denver Nuggets are sitting at 2-1 in the NBA Cup, and with just one game left, they are tied at the top of West Group C with the Portland Trail Blazers. Unf

After Wednesday's nine-game slate in the NBA Cup's group stage, six of the eight spots (including two wild-card spots) in the knockout round are still up for grabs with one day of games to go. The Raptors and Lakers are the only teams to have punched a ticket to the tournament's quarterfinals,

The win means the Grizzlies (7-12) remain alive for a chance to advance to the NBA Cup knockout stage. New Orleans (3-16) have now lost six straight to Memphis. Williams set a new career-high with 17 assists. He previously recorded 15 assists in a Nov. 20 win over the Sacramento Kings.

Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic complained about the slippery NBA Cup courts following the team's win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.

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For the NBA Cup, every NBA team has specially designed courts, with brighter colors — the Lakers' is a muted yellow — and the NBA Cup championship trophy at center court as part of the logo. These are not decals placed on top of a regular court, these are specially designed courts.

The Houston Rockets got stuck in a tough group in the NBA Cup, which means Wednesday night is their final game of this year's in-season tournament.

The Blazers squandered a chance to reach the knockout round of the NBA Cup, but say they learned a valuable lesson in loss to the Spurs.