10:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The 17th NBA title in Lakers franchise history is still fresh in the minds of their fans, but any public celebration of it in Los Angeles will have to wait. The Lakers announced Monday that due to safety precautions related to COVID-19, the team will hold off on any
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The Lakers obliterated the Heat in Game 6 of the 2020 NBA Finals to win the title. The Miami Heat absorbed a punch from LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the 2020 NBA Finals, taking it in stride and countering with one of their own, courtesy of Jimmy Butler. That
Enjoy this script treatment for a basketball remake of the classic sports movie The Sandlot, starring the Miami Heat‘s Jimmy Butler. There is one all-time greatest moment in the history of sports, and it didn’t happen in the 1932 World Series. So, this story will not include Babe Ruth, but it could include Bill Russell
2:53 PM ET Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000
8:55 AM ET There is an amazing clip from ESPN’s The Jump in April 2018, the day after LeBron James‘ fourth career postseason game-winning buzzer-beater — a 3-pointer that put his Cleveland Cavaliers up 3-2 in their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers. That gave LeBron one more postseason walk-off shot than Michael Jordan, who
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis, (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Texans won’t back down from their Tom Petty Bill O’Brien spite win by John Buhler Both of the Lakers’ stars had a strong case but in the end, LeBron James, not Anthony Davis, is the 2020 NBA Finals MVP. Essentially everything about
12:00 AM ET THE OTHER DAY Jeanie Buss sent a text to Phil Jackson, the previous coach to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a title. This was not an unusual occurrence. The two have remained friends and talk often. But the reason for this text was extraordinary. Buss’ team was on the verge of
Twitter had a meltdown over the crazy finish to Game 5 of the 2020 NBA Finals. The 2020 NBA Finals heard you say they were boring, and they responded with a Game 5 for the ages. As the Miami Heat faced elimination Friday night, trailing 3-1 in the championship series, Jimmy Butler and Duncan Robinson
1:13 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green said he and his fiancée have received death threats on social media in the aftermath of his missed 3 late in Game 5 of the NBA Finals that could have helped L.A. win the championship. After Blair Bashen, the former Purdue
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 04: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) Tampa Bay Rays troll Astros by destroying trash cans after ALDS win (Video) by Josh Hill With a chance to win the NBA Finals in five games, LeBron James opted to pass to Danny
7:23 AM ET THE CLOSET INSIDE Buzz Williams’ office at the Bradley Center was, at most, 5 feet deep. He thinks it had a chair or a small couch inside. He’s pretty sure there was a light. But he’s not sure it would’ve mattered to Jimmy Butler either way. Butler just needed a space to
Buddy Hield has already given up on Luke Walton. Former Los Angeles Lakers’ head coach Luke Walton’s first season in charge of the Sacramento Kings did not go as planned. While the team made it to the Orlando bubble, they missed the postseason again, all while dealing with injuries to stars Marvin Bagley III and
6:33 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis (right heel contusion) is listed as probable for Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat on Sunday. Davis acknowledged on Friday after the Lakers’ Game 5 loss to the Heat that he originally suffered the injury during the Western Conference finals against
Oct 9, 2020; Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball against Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) during the fourth quarter in game five of the 2020 NBA Finals at AdventHealth Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Down year opens the door for Oakland A’s to
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 17: Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the Dallas Mavericks (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Yankees vs Rays MLB live stream reddit for Game 5 of ALDS by Mark Powell Lakers vs. Heat NBA live stream reddit for Game 5 of the Finals by Mike Luciano The Dallas Mavericks announced
4:48 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NBA upheld the two calls Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel took exception with in L.A.’s 111-108 Game 5 loss to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals on Friday, however the league did find two other calls that should have gone the Lakers’ way. In
7:25 AM ET LeBron James has lived through many NBA Finals games in which he’s played great and lost. It’s one of the stories of his career. But the Game 5 duel James staged with Jimmy Butler in the Miami Heat‘s season-saving 111-108 victory Friday over the Los Angeles Lakers instantly goes in the pantheon
Would Rajon Rondo be a Hall-of-Famer with a second NBA championship? The Los Angeles Lakers have two Hall of Fame locks on their team in LeBron James and Dwight Howard, as well as a guy who is on track to end up in Springfield in Anthony Davis. If the Lakers are able to pull out
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FEBRUARY 04: Head coach Alvin Gentry of the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) 3 offseason moves the White Sox must make after early playoff exit by Sean Sears Sam Darnold might miss time due to shoulder injury picked up on TNF by Mike Luciano Alvin Gentry might head
As a sign of respect for Julius Erving, new Philadelphia 76ers head coach Glenn ‘Doc’ Rivers said he won’t be going by Doc anymore. There’s no question Doc Rivers is one of the most talented and respected coaches to ever don a shirt and tie on an NBA sideline. The veteran head coach has now
5:43 PM ET Kristaps Porzingis underwent surgery to address the lateral meniscus injury in his right knee suffered during the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks announced Friday. According to the team’s statement, Porzingis will begin rehabilitation immediately with no set timetable to be cleared for basketball activities. Sources have told ESPN that the Mavs are optimistic
As LeBron James keeps winning we keep telling ourselves not to take him for granted. But what, specifically, is being overshadowed by his success? Game 1’s halftime buzzer had sounded, but the opportunity to send a message still presented itself. Kyle Kuzma had tried to get a final shot off with a layup, and as
7:10 AM ET Almost every competitive playoff series reaches a point of strategic equilibrium. All the big adjustments have been made. All that is left is to rearrange the fringes: making tiny rotation tweaks; layering counter atop counter to sets the opponent has smothered in their basic forms; varying the location of those sets. It
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 06: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks gets together with and his brothers Kostas Antetokounmpo #37 of the Los Angeles Lakers and Thanasis Antetokounmpo #43 of the Milwaukee Bucks (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) LeBron James showing Joe Kelly and the Dodgers love on Instagram is perfect by Braulio
7:20 AM ET INSIDE THE NBA’S BUBBLE, there is a pathway around the residences — a nearly mile-long loop and a longer, 1.6-mile loop that encompasses the Coronado Springs resort, one of the Disney properties that has become a home away from home for the league. During the NBA Finals, it hasn’t been unusual to
If the Knicks have their way, Victor Oladipo might be headed to New York. Victor Oladipo has been the straw that stirred the Indiana Pacers’ drink over the last three seasons, but rumblings that Indiana could look to trade the former Hoosier this offseason has raised eyebrows across the NBA. The New York Knicks are
6:40 PM ET It wasn’t long after LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018 that murals popped up around town — only to be vandalized. It was presumed his prompt elevation to the “King of LA” had rubbed some in the loyal Lakers fan base the wrong way. Now one victory away
In this week’s NBA Power Rankings, the Miami Heat are facing elimination and working through the five stages of grief. Our new look NBA Power Rankings are back, a non-traditional structure for a non-traditional era of professional basketball. The world is no longer just about wins and losses and teams are no longer the primary
The Denver Nuggets cheated death twice in the 2019-20 playoffs, becoming the first team to overcome two separate 3-1 deficits. Two personalities prevailed. What superstar archetype drives a team in the NBA playoffs? Is it the aggressive, fiery attacker, a player who never backs down from the greatest of challenges and rides the waves of
7:15 AM ET NBA Insiders Will the Los Angeles Lakers complete a championship run Friday night or will the Miami Heat rediscover the formula that gave them their only win of the series so far? Which of the Lakers’ All-NBA duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis has the inside track at NBA Finals MVP?