Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

Chicago is in position to make the play-in game, and it is also just 2½ games behind the New York Knicks and Miami Heat for fifth place in the East.

An NBA season with random results has altered how teams approach the trade deadline. The deadline is 3 p.m. ET Thursday.

Elgin Baylor influenced the game as a high-flying wing who created shots off the dribble and at the rim with dunks and acrobatic layups.

Bradley spent 12 seasons in the NBA and played for three teams – Dallas, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

The NBA on Thursday fined Miami’s Meyers Leonard $50,000 for his use of an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game on Twitch.

Meyers Leonard is seen playing the “Call of Duty” game and is recorded using an anti-Semitic slur while engaged with another gamer on Twitch stream.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was a perfect 16-of-16 from the field for a game-high 35 points to take home All-Star MVP honors.

In a pared down field with only three players, Anfernee Simons beat Obi Toppin and Cassius Stanley in the slam dunk contest.

Though he is not the six-time NBA All-Star he once was, Blake Griffin had teams interested in what he could provide.

Steph Curry got hot late and made 9 of his last 11 shots, including the final money ball, to edge Mike Conley 28-27 in the final round.