{"id":508680,"date":"2026-02-28T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/508680\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:15:08","slug":"live-updates-league-highlights-cavs-vs-pistons-nuggets-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/508680\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: League highlights, Cavs vs. Pistons, Nuggets vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2078626\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2078626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cade-cavs-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2078626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons shoots a three-point basket against Evan Mobley #4 of the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s NBA Action \u2014 Top Stories\u270d\ufe0f\u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland \u2014 set to be without Donovan Mitchell (groin) and potentially without James Harden (thumb) \u2014 faces adversity against the Pistons and their NBA-best 43-14 record.<br \/>\nIn addition to Detroit and Cleveland, Boston as well as New York will take the court \u2014 putting all four of the Eastern Conference\u2019s best in action Friday.<br \/>\nNikola Jokic is averaging 27.8 points, 14.5 rebounds and 8.8 assists across his last six games, but teams are also forcing him into 5.0 turnovers per game. Oklahoma City will look to keep that trend going in an epic matchup Friday.<\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 27, 2026 \/ 7:56 ET<\/p>\n<p>Celtics underway<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen Brown and Payton Pritchard lead the gang into battle vs. Brooklyn, while Neemias Queta is active early as well.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beautiful start to the ballgame \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ozBPHpGDgC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ozBPHpGDgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/2027546398250373281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not in Neemi&#8217;s house \ud83d\udeab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gqY5LlOHE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2gqY5LlOHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/2027547158333825250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 27, 2026 \/ 7:33 ET<\/p>\n<p>Statue of Liberty for Mobley\ud83d\uddfd\ud83d\uddfd<\/p>\n<p>Statue of Evan Mobley for Cleveland<\/p>\n<p>Smooth dunk and tough staredown for the dynamic forward.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOLY MOBLEY. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetEmKnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetEmKnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f9mWYFD95k\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f9mWYFD95k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs\/status\/2027547268052603228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 27, 2026 \/ 7:33 ET<\/p>\n<p>Solid ball early<\/p>\n<p>Cade Cunningham is 4-for-4 (9 points) from the field to kick off Friday\u2019s slate. Jarrett Allen leads all scorers with 10 (4-4 FG, 2-2 FT) while matching his efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland has taken a 26-22 lead at a break in the final minutes of Q1.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ronald weaving through traffic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuQtm4d0q5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/LuQtm4d0q5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VpFyYA4FIF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VpFyYA4FIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitPistons\/status\/2027543049606213737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oooweee, that was C L E A N. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smerrill05?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@smerrill05<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetEmKnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetEmKnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hKwvpnGZuz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hKwvpnGZuz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs\/status\/2027540732534247565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 27, 2026 \/ 6:46 ET<\/p>\n<p>Rookie of the year debate\ud83c\udf7f\ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>Bonafide future phenom or best rookie shooter ever?<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>The Inside the NBA crew debates who should win Rookie of the Year \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8OIXx6jYn7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8OIXx6jYn7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/2027529512884285622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 27, 2026 \/ 6:10 ET<\/p>\n<p>Inside look\ud83c\udfa5\ud83c\udfa5<\/p>\n<p>Coach of the best record in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>J.B. Bickerstaff\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff enters the film room with Michael Malone to talk coaching, Detroit&#8217;s defense and Cade&#8217;s impressive season \ud83c\udfa5<\/p>\n<p>Cavs-Pistons All-Access | 7 ET on ESPN and the ESPN App \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/di0Ban5DcQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/di0Ban5DcQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/2027517528491139201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons shoots a three-point basket against Evan Mobley #4 of the Cleveland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-508680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}