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Live Updates: Top moments and highlights of a 7-game night in the NBA

Follow along with live updates on tonight's NBA action, led by LaMelo Ball and the Hornets facing Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers.

Ben Lambert, for NBA.com

Andrew Nembhard

Andrew Nembhard and the Indiana Pacers are in Boston to face Jaylen Brown and Celtics.

What we know ahead of Monday night’s games:

  • Our night opens with Hornets-Cavaliers (7 ET) on Peacock.
  • Jaren Jackson Jr., in action tonight against Oklahoma City (9:30 ET, League Pass), was named Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 27.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 2.7 bpg.
  • LaMelo Ball, Donovan Mitchell, Jaylen Brown, Lauri Markkanen and Cooper Flagg are available tonight. Chet Holmgren is out for Oklahoma City.

8:53 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

Zion… throwing the alley-oop?!

We know Zion Williamson can throw down alley-oops. But toss them from half-court? Impressive.

54-52 Pelicans with 3:18 to go in the second quarter.

8:45 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

Pacers up at the half in Boston

61-43 Indiana, led by 23 points from Pascal Siakam.

8:20 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

Spida from deep

70-63 Cavaliers at the half. 18 points for Mitchell, 17 for Garland, 15 apiece for LaMelo Ball and Kon Knueppel.

7:50 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

Kon in the record books

The Duke product, No. 2 on the latest Kia Rookie Ladder, keeps knocking in three-pointers.

7:20 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

LaMelo starts out with a dime

9 points so far for LaMelo Ball, but the Cavaliers are up 31-30 with 2:43 to go in the first quarter.

6:30 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

The Spencers show out

As Cam shines in Memphis, Pat Spencer has been a force for Golden State, which faces Orlando (10 ET, League Pass) tonight.

Learn more about his journey!

6:00 PM / DECEMBER 22, 2025

Welcome to a seven-game night in the NBA!

Tonight’s schedule is highlighted by Hornets-Cavaliers on Peacock, featuring a battle of swaggy guards, and the surging Grizzlies taking on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who boast a sterling 25-3 record.

The Hornets defeated the Cavaliers 119-111 in overtime on Dec. 14, led by 29 points from Kon Knueppel (19.4 pts, 5.4 reb, 3.6 ast, 40.9 percent from three-point range), who stands at No. 2 on the latest Kia Rookie Ladder. 

LaMelo Ball (19.2 ppg, 8.6 ast) is recently recovered from a calf strain, as the Hornets seek to step up in the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers, 3-7 in their last 10, are also trying to right a recent skid.

“We’re not playing well. The city deserves better than what we’ve been giving, and we’ve got to go out there and figure it out,” said Donovan Mitchell (30.7 ppg) after their Friday 136-125 loss to the Bulls. “If we want to be who we want to be, we’ve got to go out there and figure it out as a collective.”

Darius Garland put up a season-high 35 points in the loss to Chicago.

The Grizzlies are 7-3 in their last 10, rising into 10th in the Western Conference, as Cam Spencer (17.0 ppg, 6.0 ast) becomes a force in Memphis.

Cam Spencer's best plays from the last 10 games.

“He is shooting on the gun, he is shooting by himself. He doesn’t even need a rebounder,” Jaren Jackson Jr. said of Spencer’s practice habits. “Sometimes he is there at night. Sometimes he is there when we don’t want him to be there. Honestly, people stay trying to kick him out (of the practice facility).”

The Thunder lost a showdown with Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves 112-107 Dec. 19, falling for just the third time this season.

“We’ve been in almost every situation a team can be in,” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said of the teams’ poise in the hostile environment. “We just grow with time, as we should.”

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