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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 22, 2023, 02:06 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MIAMI — Demons were born Sunday night, those thoughts that stick in the head and on detractors’ lips. The Boston Celtics have played hundreds of memorable playoff games in

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MIAMI — Jimmy Butler enjoys making others uncomfortable. It’s a trait that has become his trademark, applying to everything from overcharging for coffee, blasting country music or barking at

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 02:57 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has memories of the summer of 2020. Fuzzy ones, such as staying in L.A. and playing video games with his teammates. General ones, such as working

Associated Press May 20, 2023, 11:28 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Jamal Murray scored 37 points, Nikola Jokic added 24 points and eight assists, and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with a 119-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 12 of

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 01:53 AM ET BOSTON — Over the past two postseasons, the Boston Celtics have repeatedly responded well after losses. They have also repeatedly struggled in close situations late in games. In control for significant portions of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat on Friday night,

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 02:26 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler has

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 11:12 PM ET BOSTON — Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, hitting a pair of buckets to give the Heat the lead after they erased a double-digit, fourth-quarter deficit and Miami beat Boston 111-105 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Bam Adebayo had 22

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 19, 2023, 02:32 AM ET Close 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. DENVER — LeBron James missed all six of his three-pointers — including an 0-for-3 mark in

May 19, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Just as they did last year, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat walked into TD Garden, overcame a 13-point deficit and defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals to take home-court advantage. The Celtics rebounded from that loss to win Game 2 and eventually

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 03:25 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato LOS ANGELES — Bryce James, the youngest son of LeBron James, will leave Sierra Canyon to attend Campbell Hall next season, a source close to the situation told ESPN. Bryce, an

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — As the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat continue

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 01:51 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — Jimmy Butler‘s belief in himself and his

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 09:23 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 17, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in May 2022 and has been updated to reflect Boston and Miami facing each other in the 2023 Eastern Conference finals. To understand the depths of animosity between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics entering this year’s NBA Eastern Conference

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 02:37 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

May 16, 2023, 08:26 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs have won the 2023 NBA draft lottery and the right to select French super-prospect Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick. The Charlotte Hornets will draft second, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets. The Detroit Pistons, who finished a league-worst 17-65,

NBA Insiders May 16, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The Eastern and Western conference finals begin Tuesday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), with just four teams remaining in the fight for the NBA title. Of those four teams, however, two made the playoffs through the play-in tournament. The No. 7 seed Los Angeles Lakers, who advanced through

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 15, 2023, 07:50 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

May 15, 2023, 08:00 AM ET As one of the most surprising postseasons in recent NBA history continues, can two play-in tournament teams shock the basketball world again in the conference finals? The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, No. 7 and No. 8 seeds, respectively, got here with impressive six-game series wins in the

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 08:58 PM ET BOSTON — After losing in the Eastern Conference semifinals for a third year in a row, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said he intends to return as the team’s coach next season, while James Harden said he hadn’t begun to think about what his offseason decision-making process

May 15, 2023, 08:00 AM ET PARIS — IN A SMALL park in Rive Gauche, the Parisian district known for its art and culture, is one of the highest murals in Europe, an 88-foot old stairwell that has been turned into a colorful collection of squiggly figures designed to cheer up patients in the nearby

Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 06:14 PM ET BOSTON — As Jayson Tatum connected on another 3-pointer midway through a third quarter on Sunday — en route to outscoring the Philadelphia 76ers in the period by himself — he turned to a raucous Boston crowd and let out a cathartic yell. “This is my s—”

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The Memphis Grizzlies have suspended Ja Morant from all team activities after a video showing the star guard holding a gun began circulating on social

May 13, 2023, 09:43 PM ET The Phoenix Suns have dismissed coach Monty Williams, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday night. Williams had a 194-115 record in four seasons with the Suns and won the NBA’s Coach of the Year award last season after Phoenix won 64 games. In 2021, he helped guide the

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 12, 2023, 02:20 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books PHILADELPHIA — The fear of infamy can be a great motivating force. Joe Mazzulla and Jayson Tatum felt this in different but important ways Thursday night as the Boston

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 13, 2023, 03:51 AM ET LOS ANGELES — As Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr scanned the locker room following Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals, the look of fatigue and disappointment was smeared all over his team’s face. It was done — the Warriors’ quest to defend their title had

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2023, 12:55 AM ET Close 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. LOS ANGELES — The Lakers started the season eight games under .500. Now they’re four wins

Andrew Lopez, ESPNMay 12, 2023, 10:35 PM ET MIAMI — In the locker room following a Game 4 win, Miami Heat veteran forward Kevin Love told reporters that when the game is close, the Heat know who to go to — Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. On Friday night in Game 6, it was those

Andrew Lopez, ESPNMay 12, 2023, 08:00 AM ET JIMMY BUTLER STARTED smirking before the question was even done being asked. He shook his head as he answered with a smile on his face. After dropping a franchise playoff record 56 points to lead the 8-seed Miami Heat to a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 12, 2023, 08:00 AM ET STEVE KERR SAT in his Vancouver hotel room pining over one of his players during the Golden State Warriors‘ preseason trip to Canada in 2016. He called assistant Chris DeMarco to his room, and the two sat and discussed their then-second-year center, Kevon Looney. “I don’t know