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Jalen Williams and the Thunder lead a 10-game night

Follow the best of Monday's action, including highlights, stats, observations and scores, with the NBA.com live blog.

Ben Lambert, for NBA.com

Cade Cunningham

Cade Cunningham and the Pistons snapped the Hornets’ nine-game winning streak on League Pass.

Welcome to Monday night’s live blog, featuring all the top moments, highlights, stats, observations and scores from a 10-game slate.

What we know about Monday’s games:

  • The Magic defeated the Bucks 118-99 to open our national doubleheader, as Anthony Black (26 pts) and Paolo Banchero (25 pts) showed out.
  • The Thunder defeated the Lakers 119-110, as Jalen Williams (23 pts) paced seven OKC players in double figures.
  • The Pistons snapped the Hornets’ nine-game winning streak 110-104, led by Cade Cunningham (33 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast).

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 1:20 ET

Monday’s results

Donovan Mitchell (32 pts, 10 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl) is your top performer of the night.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 12:41 ET

Thunder defeat Lakers

Jalen Williams (23 pts, 3 reb) led seven Thunder players in double figures 119-110, as OKC shot 14-of-32 (42.4%) from 3-point range.

LeBron James (22 pts, 6 reb, 10 ast) was the star for the Lake Show.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 12:38 ET

Warriors win with a wild sequence

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 11:53 ET

Thunder and Lakers battling

87-85 Lakers with 3:16 to go in the third quarter.

LeBron James (18 pts, 7 ast) is running the Lake Show, while Isaiah Joe (18 pts, 4 3PM) is cooking for OKC.

Catch the fourth quarter on Peacock!

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 11:30 ET

The King, with force

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 11:17 ET

Cavaliers defeat Nuggets

119-117, with Donovan Mitchell (32 pts, 10 ast), James Harden (22 pts, 10 reb, 7 ast) and Jarrett Allen (22 pts, 13 reb) delivering as a dynamic trio for the Cavaliers.

Nikola Jokić (22 pts, 11 reb, 14 ast) put together his 183rd career triple-double to pace the Nuggets, while Christian Braun and Julian Strawther both added 20.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 11:05 ET

Keep bouncing

Ty Jerome has the vision, with the Grizzlies up 57-55 with 1:52 to go in the half.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 10:44 ET

Austin Reaves on the attack

36-all with 9:27 to go in the second quarter on Peacock, with the Lakers’ playmaker leading them in scoring.

FEBURARY 9, 2026 // 10:29 ET

Nuggets and Cavaliers in a close one

66-64 Nuggets with 9:18 to go in the third quarter. Nikola Jokić (13 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast) is on triple-double watch while Donovan Mitchell (21 pts) is pacing the Cavaliers.

Catch this duel between stars on League Pass!

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 10:07 ET

Year 18. Still rising up

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 9:44 ET

Pistons snap the Hornets’ streak

110-104, led by Cade Cunningham (33 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast).

Detroit had a 60-26 advantage in points in the paint, outweighing the Hornets 19-of-47 (40.4%) shooting from 3-point range.

The loss ends the Hornets’ nine-game winning streak.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 9:35 ET

Zion hits the trampoline

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 9:29 ET

Hornets rallying

The crowd’s roaring in Charlotte as the Hornets cut the Pistons lead to 102-96 with under three minutes to go. Catch the finish on League Pass!

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 9:04 ET

Pistons up after three

88-78 in Charlotte. Brandon Miller has 15 to lead Charlotte, but it’s the Hornets bench that is in positive plus-minus territory. They have a 30-21 advantage in bench points.

Cade Cunningham (27 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast) is keying the offense for Detroit, while Duncan Robinson went off in the third quarter.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 8:56 ET

Suggs flying around

54-51 Bucks at the half on Peacock, but Jalen Suggs denied two here.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 8:48 ET

McCollum on a roll

CJ’s up to 21 on 8-of-11 shooting, but the Timberwolves have a 54-43 lead with 7:25 to go in the second quarter.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 8:22 ET

Nets and Bulls is full of highlights

41-all with 6:46 to go in the second quarter, as two young teams get out in the open floor in Brooklyn.

Drake Powell’s slam is a 111.9 on the Dunk Score scale — tops on the evening.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 7:48 ET

Ending the quarter with a flourish

Hornets 33-29 after one on League Pass.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 7:24 ET

Freneticism to start

Both teams are racing up-and-down the court to start Pistons-Hornets — 16-11 Detroit with 5:38 to go in the first quarter.

Detroit has 14 points in the paint so far, showing their strength near the rim.

The crowd is “rowdy,” to quote Dell Curry. Tune in to this Eastern clash on League Pass!

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 7:11 ET

Woah, Hornets

This starting five — LaMelo Ball, Kon Knueppel, Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabaté — is 15-1 on the season.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 6:30 ET

Watch the Hornets flow

The Charlotte offense is putting up 117.3 points per game and an.offensive rating of 121.5 during their now-nine game winning streak.

Check out the rhythm below. The Hornets boast a bevy of talented wings and guards, including Kon Knueppel, Brandon Miller and Tre Mann, who have taken playmaking pressure off of LaMelo Ball, and gritty, physical players like Grant Williams, Josh Green, Moussa Diabaté and Ryan Kalkbrenner.

They’re averaging 16.1 3-pointers during the streak — which would be second in the NBA — and making 39.9% of their attempts.

The Hornets' best buckets from their nine-game winning streak.

NBA.com’s Steve Aschburner has more for you about Diabaté’s rise to success in the NBA.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026 // 6:00 ET

Welcome to a ten-game night in the NBA!

LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets take on the Detroit Pistons on League Pass to open tonight’s slate.

We’ve got a stacked slate tonight highlighted by a battle between the red-hot Charlotte Hornets, which have won nine straight, and the East-leading Detroit Pistons (7 ET).

Tonight also offers a Peacock doubleheader featuring Bucks-Magic (7:30 ET) and Thunder-Lakers (10 ET).

Here’s the complete schedule for February 9, 2026:

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