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ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 27 on his 26th birthday, and the NBA-best Boston Celtics posted their third-largest winning margin in franchise history, drubbing the weary Golden State Warriors 140-88 on Sunday. Payton Pritchard added 19 points for

ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 01:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Devin Booker sprained his right ankle on Saturday night during the Phoenix Suns‘ 118-109 loss to the Houston Rockets. Suns coach Frank Vogel said X-rays were negative on Booker’s ankle, and he didn’t immediately rule the All-Star out of Sunday’s home

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 2, 2024, 09:36 PM 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. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — LeBron James continues to extend his career to uncharted territory,

Mar 2, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shake Milton is planning to sign with the New York Knicks upon clearing waivers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Milton agreed to a contract buyout with Detroit and will be eligible for the Knicks’ playoff roster. Editor’s Picks The Knicks have dealt with a

6.23.2003 Drafted No. 1 overall by Cleveland Cavaliers 10.29.2003 at Kings Baseline midrange jumper over Brad Miller for first NBA basket 8:57 left in first quarter Career point total: 2 Everything was ready. The players were on the court, the referees had the ball, and the fans were in their seats. But the start of

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMar 2, 2024, 12:15 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

Associated Press Mar 1, 2024, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scot Pollard had grown so accustomed to his weak and failing heart that he didn’t realize how close he was to dying. “Oh, boy. That thing was a wreck,” the former NBA player and “Survivor” contestant told The Associated Press on Friday, a day

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMar 1, 2024, 12:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK – After the New York Knicks finished off an injury-filled February with a 4-8 record with a 110-99 loss to the Golden State Warriors Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Knicks forward Josh Hart said the he and his teammates are doing

Andrew Lopez, ESPNMar 1, 2024, 12:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — In front of their home fans for the first time in 26 days, the San Antonio Spurs and rookie Victor Wembanyama put on quite the show. After giving up a 12-point third-quarter lead and falling behind in the fourth, the Spurs

Kendra Andrews, ESPNFeb 29, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WHEN THE Golden State Warriors celebrated inside the home locker room following Stephen Curry‘s latest heroics, Klay Thompson sat alone at his locker with a towel draped over his head. It was Feb. 10, and Curry had just hit a last-second, game-winning 3-pointer to

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 29, 2024, 03:33 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. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — LeBron James authored a 21-point fourth-quarter comeback by the Lakers

ESPN News Services Feb 28, 2024, 10:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Luka Doncic had 30 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds on his 25th birthday for his 11th triple-double of the season and the Dallas Mavericks beat the host Toronto Raptors 136-125 on Wednesday night. Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer, is the first player

Feb 28, 2024, 08:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers might not be the NBA’s most storied rivalry, but there is always buzz whenever these two teams meet in downtown L.A. That’s partly due to the teams having shared a home arena since the 1999-2000 season. Whether you call it

Feb 28, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than two months left in the 2023-24 NBA regular season and coming out of All-Star Weekend, teams are zeroing in on their playoff aspirations. And the stakes are rising each night. The postseason race in the Eastern Conference is heating up, with the Cleveland

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Max Strus drilled a 59-footer as time expired, his fifth made 3-pointer in the final four minutes, to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a wild 121-119 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. After the Mavericks took the lead on P.J.

Tim Bontemps Kevin Pelton Close Kevin Pelton ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Feb 27, 2024, 08:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions THE NBA IS in the middle of an offensive explosion. Scoring averages this season are the highest since

ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2024, 11:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic promised his players a tasty reward when they finally strung together a three-game winning streak. Now it’s time to pay up. With All-Star Scottie Barnes logging his fourth triple-double of the season and RJ Barrett scoring 24 points

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 26, 2024, 11:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After the New York Knicks escaped with a 113-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night — in large part because of an obvious missed call with 8.5 seconds left when Knicks guard Donte DiVincenzo plowed into Pistons forward Ausar

Kendra Andrews, ESPNFeb 26, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul is slated to return to game action Tuesday when the Warriors face the Wizards in Washington. Paul has not played since Jan. 5 after fracturing his left hand. He had surgery to repair the fracture. The 19-year-veteran suffered

Open Extended Reactions Only a few months after Steve Ballmer purchased the LA Clippers in 2014, he and his staff began reconsidering everything about the franchise: where it should play, what its logo should look like, what colors it should use, even the name “Clippers” itself. They hired outside consultants to craft fan surveys asking

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 25, 2024, 10:11 PM 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. Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — All LeBron James could do was laugh Sunday when asked about

Andrew Lopez, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is among five players suspended without pay for their roles in Friday night’s on-court altercation with the New Orleans Pelicans. Butler and Pelicans forward Naji Marshall were suspended one game for “instigating and engaging in” an on-court altercation, the

Jamal Collier, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS DOC RIVERS sat on the sidelines at Ball Arena in Denver on Jan. 29, watching the Milwaukee Bucks up close for the first time as their new coach, he had an idea for a playcall. In the two days since he was formally

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After the Boston Celtics claimed their season-best eighth straight victory Saturday night, defeating the New York Knicks 116-102 at Madison Square Garden, Boston now has an eight-game cushion over the second-place Cleveland Cavaliers atop the Eastern Conference. That is a bigger

Feb 23, 2024, 10:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Miami‘s Jimmy Butler was among four players ejected after a scuffle early in the fourth quarter in the Heat’s 106-95 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Heat reserve Thomas Bryant and two Pelicans — Jose Alvarado and Naji Marshall —

Andrew Lopez, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 03:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Victor Wembanyama took questions at the podium sitting in front of a San Antonio Spurs banner and was told about the statistical feat he had just pulled off Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers Wembanyama joined Jamaal Tinsley (2001) as

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNFeb 23, 2024, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, an architect of four franchise championships, has agreed on a two-year, $35 million contract extension that will make him the highest-paid coach in NBA history, agents Rick Smith and Dan Eveloff of Priority Sports told ESPN on Friday.

Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 23, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Open Extended Reactions The most consequential long-term development of NBA All-Star Weekend came on Monday after everyone had left Indianapolis, when ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 23, 2024, 02:47 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. Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Lakers started the final stretch of the

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 22, 2024, 11:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Lowry may not have dreamed of playing for his hometown Philadelphia 76ers, but he admitted that stepping onto the court for the first time in a Sixers uniform and receiving a standing ovation Thursday night was a “great moment” in what