{"id":545684,"date":"2026-01-19T00:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/545684\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:31:16","slug":"live-updates-sundays-nba-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/545684\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Sunday&#8217;s NBA action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2004051\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2004051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morant2-784x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2004051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ja Morant\u2019s 24-point effort led the Grizzlies in their 126-109 win over the Magic on Sunday in London.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Sunday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n<p>The Magic and Grizzlies tipped off at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday, with Memphis earning the victory, 126-109. Ja Morant offered up a game-high 24 points and 13 assists in his return to action after missing the last six games with a calf contusion.<br \/>\nDespite the absence of Nikola Joki\u0107, the Nuggets are finding their groove and are winners of four straight. Jamal Murray has been a catalyst for the recent success, averaging 33 points and 9.3 assists during their win streak. Tonight, they\u2019ll host the Hornets at 8 ET, who will be wrapping up a five-game road trip.\u00a0<br \/>\nSpeaking of four-game win streaks, the Kings are surging and just got Domantas Sabonis back after a two-month absence from a partial meniscus tear. They\u2019ll have an opportunity to win their fifth straight tonight when they host the Trail Blazers, who may remain without Deni Avdija (back).<\/p>\n<p>7:25 PM \/ January 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a Mann slam<\/p>\n<p>After Matas Buzelis bites on the pump fake, there\u2019s nothing but open hardwood for Terrance Mann. He rushes the rim, beating Jalen Smith to the hoop, and throws it down.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terrance Mann ATTACKS the rim \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn visiting Chicago on NBA League Pass. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UCwsoKEoIG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UCwsoKEoIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2013045056798630267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7:17 PM \/ January 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Fast start in Houston<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets aren\u2019t making things easy for the Pelicans early. They\u2019ve jumped out to a 17-6 lead and turned defense into offense early.<\/p>\n<p>Alperen Sengun gets the deflection, Steven Adams gets the loose ball, and Amen Thompson gets the finish on the other end.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">swipe \ud83d\udc4b &amp; lay \ud83e\udef4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrmHhIknaM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NrmHhIknaM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonRockets\/status\/2013042868256903609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ja Morant\u2019s 24-point effort led the Grizzlies in their 126-109 win over the Magic on Sunday in London.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,300,6,43263],"class_list":{"0":"post-545684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-lakers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-highlights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115918949317801296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}