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2:21 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard came off a pick-and-roll and delivered a bounce pass to a diving Ivica Zubac for what appeared to be an open runner. The LA Clippers got a ghoulish dose of trick or treat, though, as Zubac’s shot bounced three times before softly resting on the back of

10:26 PM ET Undrafted point guard Kendrick Nunn has begun his Miami Heat career on a record pace, scoring more points in his first five games than anyone but Kevin Durant and Jerry Stackhouse in the last 25 years. His 28 point performance against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night pushed his points total to

2:49 PM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is listed as week-to-week after spraining his right ankle Wednesday, the team announced. The injury occurred in the first quarter of Indiana’s 118-108 road win against the Brooklyn Nets. The team’s 2015 first-round draft pick is averaging 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in four games this season.

7:47 AM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is expected to miss Friday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers because of a sprained right ankle. Turner, 23, suffered the injury in the first quarter of Wednesday’s victory over the Nets in Brooklyn and did not return to the contest. The Pacers have not provided a specific

12:14 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry left Wednesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns after suffering an injury in the area of his left wrist. The play happened with 8:31 left in the third quarter when Curry drove to the rim and collided with Suns big man Aron Baynes, who

3:28 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors big man Willie Cauley-Stein and veteran swingman Alec Burks will make their respective season debuts on Wednesday night against the Phoenix Suns. Cauley-Stein, who signed with the team over the summer, missed all of training camp and the first three regular-season games after injuring his left

8:09 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Constellations of All-Star talent light up the rosters of a Western Conference that is as wide open as it has been for at least half a decade. Just look at all the All-Stars on the teams that could contend in the West. Kawhi Leonard convinced Paul George to

11:56 PM ET Kevin WangESPN.com Six-time NBA All-Star forward Amar’e Stoudemire has signed a deal to play for Fujian Sturgeons in the Chinese Basketball Association this season, the team announced. The announcement came approximately a week after Stoudemire departed from the United States for Hong Kong, where he was greeted by team officials and then

1:35 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — A Houston Rockets fan has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a New Orleans Pelicans coach at the end of a game between the teams. Prosecutors charged Manuel Garcia with misdemeanor assault for allegedly punching Pelicans assistant coach Joe Boylan in the face Saturday. Garcia’s girlfriend

7:00 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN There are 16 active NBA players with their own signature sneaker, and three of them call Brooklyn home. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have high-profile Nike lines, with regular releases of new models and colorways that drive millions of dollars in sales. Players around the NBA and at every level

7:25 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — After moving seven times in his first decade in the NBA, Stephen Curry thought he’d found what was going to be his family’s forever home. It was in the East Bay, a short commute from Oracle Arena in Oakland. The Golden State Warriors were headed across the San Francisco

3:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics‘ “city” jerseys were unveiled to the masses Monday — just not in the way they were expected to be. Center Enes Kanter posted a picture of the front and back of his version of the jerseys on his Instagram story Monday, before taking them down soon after.

7:28 AM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James tweeted early Monday morning that he and his family has had to evacuate their house due to the wildfires that are blazing throughout California. Early Monday, a brush fire broke out along the west side of Interstate 405, north of Sunset Boulevard and

10:41 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN All-Star point guard John Wall and Adidas are engaged in ongoing buyout negotiations that will soon bring his five-year footwear and apparel endorsement deal to an end less than two years into the agreement, industry sources told ESPN. Since signing the deal in January 2018, Wall has been sidelined by

1:50 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders On Sunday, for only the 19th time in recorded sports history, we have a “Sports Equinox,” where there are games in NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB all in the same day. Since this is a rare feat, we decided to join in the fun and pick a “Sports Equinox

11:54 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Knicks were being blown out by double digits in their home opener, New York fans had viciously booed Dennis Smith Jr. and yet with three minutes remaining in what would be an ugly Knicks loss, the Madison Square Garden crowd was on its feet hollering with

10:36 PM ET HOUSTON — Russell Westbrook climbed a rung on the all-time triple-doubles list by recording his first with the Houston Rockets. Westbrook’s outing Saturday night against the New Orleans Pelicans was the 139th triple-double of his career, passing Magic Johnson for second all-time behind Oscar Robertson. Westbrook finished with 28 points, 10 rebounds

1:51 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday will miss Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets with a left knee sprain but should be day-to-day in his recovery, multiple sources told ESPN. Holiday injured the knee when he drove down the lane with 5:18 left in the third quarter in Friday’s loss

3:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis earned six All-Star selections with the New Orleans Pelicans by playing power forward, but he earned his first win with the Los Angeles Lakers by playing center. Lakers coach Frank Vogel moved Davis from the 4 to the 5 at halftime on Friday night, sparking a 95-86

2:56 PM ET Jimmy Butler‘s debut with the Miami Heat has been put off for a few more games. Butler’s girlfriend gave birth to the couple’s child Wednesday night, coach Erik Spoelstra said, so the Heat’s high-profile offseason addition will not travel with the team on its two-game road trip to play the Milwaukee Bucks

1:31 PM ET CJ McCollum has doubled down on the Portland Trail Blazers‘ expectations for this season, leveling a championship-or-bust mantra after an offseason of unprecedented player movement within the rest of the NBA. McCollum, in an essay published by The Players’ Tribune, set NBA title expectations for the Blazers in a Western Conference he

3:28 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors officially moved into their dream home Thursday night and then proceeded to live out a nightmare in an embarrassing 141-122 loss to the LA Clippers in the first ever regular-season game at Chase Center. After watching his team get run up and down the floor

9:47 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — A group of fans at the Houston Rockets‘ season opener against Milwaukee held signs and wore shirts in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Thursday night. Houston general manager Daryl Morey angered China with a since-deleted tweet in support of the protesters earlier this month.

1:14 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA in a speech criticizing China’s record on trade and human rights. Pence singled out the shoe company for removing Houston Rockets merchandise from stores in China after the team’s general manager angered the Chinese government with

1:22 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers spent the offseason building a team focused on a very specific identity: being big and physical and imposing their will on their opponents at both ends of the court. And, if Philadelphia’s season-opening 107-93 victory over the Boston Celtics at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday

8:46 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHARLOTTE — There were no first game jitters for former Kentucky star PJ Washington during his NBA debut for the Charlotte Hornets. The 12th overall pick made a huge splash on Wednesday against Chicago with seven 3-pointers in his career debut, the most in the NBA’s 3-point era since 1979-80,

12:28 PM ET LaVar Ball is “restructuring” Big Baller Brand and plans to relaunch a new website, according to a company spokesman. The company has been effectively defunct for several months in the wake of a financial and legal dispute with his former business partner Alan Foster. The company’s previous website now redirects to a

3:41 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard‘s long-awaited Clippers debut began with Lakers fans booing his introduction and interrupting his pregame message thanking the fans in L.A. Once the game tipped off, he got off to a slow start. By the time his first home game at Staples Center was over, though, Leonard made

9:07 PM ET Chinese state television did not air the NBA’s opening night games Tuesday, and the league’s streaming partner, Tencent, reduced its schedule and was showing just the Los Angeles Lakers–LA Clippers game. CCTV has customarily shown the league’s opening night games but has pulled all NBA broadcasts in the wake of Houston Rockets

11:16 AM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Klay Thompson is unlikely to play at all this season as he recovers from a torn ACL, according to coach Steve Kerr. Thompson tore the ACL in his left knee on June 13 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, and Warriors general manager Bob Myers said