"The NBA announced today that the Cleveland Cavaliers have been fined $100,000 for violating the league’s Player Participation Policy," read the statement. "The violation occurred when the Cavaliers held Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley, who are both star players under the Policy, out of the team’s game against the Miami Heat on Nov. 12 for rest."

The Phoenix Suns face the Portland Trail Blazers in a regular season NBA game on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 (11/18/25) at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.

Moussa Diabate, PF/C, Charlotte Hornets (20.4%): Diabate is a walking double-double these days, despite largely coming off the bench. In his last three games he has averaged 11.7 PPG and 11.7 RPG, and he has four double-doubles in his last seven games despite only starting once in that stretch.

Steph Curry came crashing back down to earth on Sunday in the Golden State Warriors’ 124-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. After dropping 95 points in his last two games, Curry struggled mightily against the Pelicans, scoring just nine points on 2-of-11 shooting.

Follow along with live updates from Monday's NBA action, featuring Bucks-Cavaliers on Peacock and the return of Paul George.

The agreement brings the NBA’s most popular programming to Disney+ subscribers in one of the league’s most passionate markets.

NBC Sports features streaming-exclusive NBA action every Monday with Peacock NBA Monday, plus a nice mix of weekly NBA doubleheader games across NBC and Peacock as part of NBC ’s Coast 2 Coast Tuesday package. Ready for some details on how to catch this week’s lineup of games? Keep on scrolling for more!

The Suns also received a small bump in NBA.com's power rankings, moving from No. 17 to 16. "The Suns will visit the 6-7 Blazers on Tuesday and then play eight of their next nine games against teams with winning records (seven of the nine against top-10 offenses)," wrote John Schuhmann.