12:00 AM ET In case you haven’t noticed, the 2010s are officially over. And it was a wild ride in the Association. It was a span full of triple-doubles, shattered 3-point records and LeBron James trips to the NBA Finals. However, other questions remain outside of points, rebounds and assists. Who was statistically the best
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8:33 PM ET LA Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley is expected to miss a few games with a right wrist sprain because of a sprained right wrist, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Beverley, whom the Clippers have already ruled out of Tuesday’s game against Sacramento, was injured Saturday against the Utah Jazz, but X-rays
7:57 AM ET Golden State Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell will miss Tuesday’s game against the Spurs because of a left shoulder contusion. Russell suffered the injury in Saturday’s loss to the Mavericks. He also is battling a flu bug that has affected multiple members of the team. Center Willie Cauley-Stein also is dealing with the
12:46 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — Only one NBA team will enter 2020 with 30 wins under their belt: the Milwaukee Bucks. Following Monday’s 123-102 victory over the Chicago Bulls, the Bucks reached 30 wins in the earliest calendar date since December 1980, when both the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns accomplished the feat,
1:35 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic briefly entered the concussion protocol during Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering a hard fall to the court during a first-half drive to the hoop. Doncic was fouled on the drive and stayed in to sink a pair of free
2:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis said there’s a simple solution to keeping the Los Angeles Lakers atop the league standings: lockdown defense. “We just had to find ourselves again,” Davis said after the Lakers’ 108-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. “We were able to get back to what we do
12:34 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the first two months of the season, the New Orleans Pelicans seemed to have little direction. A season that started with hopes of postseason play seemed to get dashed early when Zion Williamson went down with a knee injury that has kept him out the entire
1:37 PM ET Associated Press He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the next challenge. He played in eight straight finals. No NBA player won more games or more MVP awards over the
3:31 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — It was just more than a week ago when Kyle Kuzma sat out in Milwaukee and could only watch as the Los Angeles Lakers mustered a season-low four bench points in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks without him. That was fifth straight game he missed, as he, in
11:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Three days ago, the Toronto Raptors were soundly beaten at home on Christmas Day by the Boston Celtics. Saturday night, however, the Raptors turned the tables, and beat the Celtics 113-97 here at TD Garden, in a game Toronto led wire-to-wire. So, what changed? “We’ve got pros,” Raptors
2:54 PM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo will sit for a second straight game Saturday as his Milwaukee Bucks host the Orlando Magic. The NBA’s reigning MVP missed Friday’s victory over the Atlanta Hawks due to back soreness. He will now have an additional two days of rest before the team’s next game on Monday at the
2:51 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green called his team’s shot. The veteran forward could see that his Golden State Warriors were improving in practice, and he could feel the camaraderie of the group improving on a daily basis. So as the group went through a practice last week, he let Warriors swingman Alec
9:14 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks guard Trae Young sprained his right ankle Friday and will miss at least one game. Young had to be helped off the floor and was ruled out for the rest of the night late in the second quarter of a 112-86 loss to Milwaukee. He said after
1:54 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon is expected to play in Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans after missing nearly seven weeks because of a knee injury. Gordon practiced with the Rockets on Friday, but coach Mike D’Antoni said Gordon would not play Saturday against the Brooklyn Nets — the first game
1:11 AM ET DALLAS — The right ankle that Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic sprained two weeks earlier felt fine during his return. His lungs were another story. “I’m not going to lie, I was pretty tired going to the end of the game,” Doncic said after the Mavs’ 102-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs
11:42 PM ET NEW YORK — There have been times, after a loss, that Spencer Dinwiddie would shuffle into the middle of a throng of reporters and dissect each mistake the Brooklyn Nets made. There have been times after losses that he scowled, sighed in disappointment and curtly answered questions. After Thursday’s 94-82 loss to
12:47 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks are planning for Luka Doncic to make his return from a sprained right ankle on Thursday against the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Doncic has missed the past four games and is listed as questionable. He ranks third in the NBA with 29.3 points and 8.9
2:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A collision with Patrick Beverley in the first quarter of the Lakers‘ 111-106 loss Wednesday night to the Clippers caused LeBron James to aggravate a nagging groin injury and could cause the Lakers star to miss some game time moving forward. “I felt healthy going into the game,” James
11:39 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN DENVER — If it were up to Zion Williamson, he would have already made his NBA debut for the New Orleans Pelicans. That’s what the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft told ESPN’s Jorge Sedano prior to the Pelicans’ Christmas night game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
2:09 PM ET Indiana Pacers All-Star guard Victor Oladipo is hopeful to return to the lineup by early February — and perhaps as soon as late January — from a ruptured right quad tendon, league sources tell ESPN. Oladipo’s looming return to the Pacers — which will partner him with All-Star candidate Malcolm Brogdon in
4:13 PM ET Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has signed a contract extension through the 2022-2023 season, league sources tell ESPN. The Nuggets made official an agreement on Tuesday. Malone, 48, was awarded his second extension in consecutive years, reflecting a steady climb into Western Conference contention under his watch. Denver reached the playoffs for
6:25 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — It will be 65 days since the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers last faced each other. And when the two teams take to the Staples Center floor again on Christmas, Kawhi Leonard expects both to look very different than they did on opening night. “It was just
1:49 PM ET DALLAS — Luka Doncic was a full participant in the Dallas Mavericks‘ Christmas Eve practice — his first since spraining his right ankle almost two weeks ago — and could return as soon as Thursday’s home game against the San Antonio Spurs. “He seems to be doing better every day,” Mavs coach
2:58 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Minnesota Timberwolves lost their 11th straight game in a 113-104 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday. After it was over, both players and coaches wore a look of frustration while trying to describe what it will take to get the group back on track, besides getting
11:20 PM ET The Utah Jazz are signing G League guard Rayjon Tucker to a multi-year contract, agents Reggie Brown and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports tell ESPN. Tucker, and undrafted rookie out of Arkansas-Little Rock, had been a dynamic performer for the Wisconsin Herd of the G League this season. The Jazz are also
8:34 PM ET TORONTO — For a brief moment, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse considered waving the white flag before the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, as his injury-depleted squad was down 23 points to the Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a back-to-back. Then Nurse’s mind flashed to the Raptors’ Dec. 8 loss in
2:33 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Lakers season that started with a loss to the LA Clippers and then skyrocketed to a first-place perch in the Western Conference standings for weeks has hit a bit of a snag heading into the Christmas Day rematch with their Staples Center cohabitants. Sunday’s 128-104 loss
7:43 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — With his name called first in the starting lineups, the LA Clippers‘ Paul George was greeted with a very loud, extended ovation in his return to Oklahoma City on Sunday. As George was introduced, the Thunder public address announcer greeted him by acknowledging George’s time with the franchise, as
1:31 PM ET Two fans who were part of a confrontation with Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas during Saturday’s game in Philadelphia have been banned from the Wells Fargo Center for a year, a 76ers spokesperson told multiple outlets. Thomas was ejected from the 76ers’ 125-108 win in the fourth quarter after he went into
11:05 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The crowd in San Antonio turned on Kawhi Leonard again, showering the Clippers forward with deafening boos and angry shouts. Leonard shrugged — and dominated. Leonard earned his first victory in San Antonio since his exodus from the franchise, getting 26 points, nine assists and seven rebounds