11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Karl-Anthony Towns had a team-record 60 points — the most scored in the NBA this season — as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 149-139 on Monday night. Towns shot 19-for-31 and grabbed 17 rebounds in surpassing his previous career best of 56 points
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8:00 AM ET As college basketball prepares to kick off the men’s and women’s tournaments this week, the NBA is quietly entering the home stretch of the regular season. And while the Phoenix Suns have run away with the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors trail the Memphis Grizzlies by just half a game —
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2:01 AM ET PHOENIX — LeBron James created a statistical category all to himself Sunday, becoming the first player in league history to reach the 10,000 plateau in points, rebounds and assists in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 140-111 loss to the Phoenix Suns. “To now sit alone at a statistical category in this league that
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CLEVELAND, OHIO – JANUARY 22: Luguentz Dort #5 of the Oklahoma City Thunder walks up court during the second half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on January 22, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers defeated the Thunder 94-87. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this
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3:07 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks forward DeAndre’ Bembry is feared to have suffered a season-ending knee injury, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Bembry is undergoing imaging Sunday, but that’s expected to confirm that he suffered a serious injury in Saturday night’s 122-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors, sources said. Bembry had averaged nearly 10
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Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Bryce Mitchell tells fans to ‘stop listening’ if they don’t like what he has to say (Video) by Raphael Garcia Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is expected to make his return from a knee sprain on Thursday night against the Miami Heat. The Brooklyn Nets have not had the best
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7:17 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris was cleared to play Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves following a four-month absence because of a whiplash injury. Morris was injured in a Nov. 8 scuffle with Denver’s Nikola Jokic. He missed 58 games. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before the game
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11:12 PM ET San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich never had spent a moment thinking about NFTs until his longtime assistant, Brett Brown, raised the idea on a phone call to coincide with his inevitable breaking of Don Nelson’s record for regular-season career coaching victories. What inspired enthusiasm about the idea for Popovich is that
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6:34 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN One day after announcing Brandon Ingram would miss at least a week with an injury, the New Orleans Pelicans suffered another blow Thursday when the team announced it was placing guard CJ McCollum in health and safety protocols. McCollum had 32 points and eight assists for the Pelicans on Wednesday
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8:00 AM ET For nearly two decades, Manu Ginobili has had hundreds of dinners and countless talks with San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, discussing everything from “politics, war, the game, or kids.” Popovich even showed up at Ginobili’s door at 1 in the morning with wine to cheer him up after a tough game.
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