Thursday after the trade deadline, Battle got a phone call from his agent Aaron Klevan telling him he had climbed the latest rung of his personal ladder: After a flurry of moves left the Raptors with ...

Damian Lillard poured in 43 points, draining eight of Milwaukee's 24 three-pointers on Sunday to propel the short-handed Bucks to a 135-127 NBA victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.