Basketball

Minnesota Timberwolves (4-3, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (3-4, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -6.

Utah Jazz (1-6, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (1-6, 15th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bucks -8.5; over/under is 227.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan will have surgery to repair a fractured left thumb he suffered Monday night in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers .

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets center Nick Richards is expected to miss at least two weeks after being diagnosed with a right first rib cartilage fracture underneath his clavicle.

DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets power forward Aaron Gordon is expected to miss multiple weeks with a strained right calf, two people familiar with the injury told The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday for three games without pay for shoving a member of the media .

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday three games without pay for shoving a member of the media .

CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 39 points, Evan Mobley added 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 8-0 with a 116-114 win on Monday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played without injured superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.

DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 21 points and played smothering defense on the final play of the game, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors 121-119 on Monday night.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have a history of making things hard on themselves.