1:15 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics missed an opportunity to take control of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, dropping Game 1 in Boston on Monday night 119-115 despite MVP candidate Joel Embiid being sidelined with a sprained right knee. The Celtics shot 58.7% from the field and
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6:06 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has been ruled out of Game 1 vs. the Boston Celtics on Monday night due to the sprained LCL in his right knee. There is optimism of a possible return for Game 2 on Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Embiid suffered the injury nearly two weeks
5:16 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Before LeBron James walked off the practice court to speak to reporters Monday, he tracked down a loose ball near the half-court line and flung it over his right shoulder back toward the basket where he had just been shooting with Anthony Davis. The ball swished clean through
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN DURING THE POSTGAME news conference following Philadelphia‘s first-round sweep of the Brooklyn Nets, a question was posed to 76ers guard James Harden. What are your motivations for this season, besides winning a championship? In his answer, Harden kept coming back to one word: sacrifice. “I told myself this year, that
2:27 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW YORK CITY — Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said on Monday there was no update on Jimmy Butler‘s injured right ankle that kept him hobbled for the last five minutes of Sunday’s Game 1 win against the New York Knicks. When asked about an update on Butler, Spoelstra said
3:37 PM ET John Calipari thanked Vanessa Bryant and her daughter, Natalia, after the family sent the Kentucky coach a package to honor Gigi Bryant on what would have been her 17th birthday on Monday. In a video he posted on Twitter, Calipari said he will frame Gigi’s jersey and hang it in his office.
11:58 PM ET SACRAMENTO — At some point, it will be someone else’s time. One of the young teams that tries to dethrone the Golden State Warriors will break through. One of the defensive stoppers assigned to bottle up Stephen Curry will actually do it. An agitator will do more than poke the bear that
3:31 AM ET CAIRO – Cape Town Tigers head coach Rasheed Hazzard implored the media at the Basketball Africa League to stop asking him about Zaire Wade’s father, NBA legend Dwyane Wade, after the team’s blowout loss to Petro de Luanda. The Tigers were outclassed from the off by the Angolan giants, who were runners-up
11:58 PM ET SACRAMENTO — At some point it will be someone else’s time. One of the young teams that tries to dethrone the Golden State Warriors will break through. One of the defensive-stoppers assigned to bottle up Stephen Curry will actually do it. An agitator will do more than poke the bear that is
6:19 PM ET Stephen Curry put the Golden State Warriors on his back. In Game 7 of his team’s first-round NBA playoffs series against the Sacramento Kings, Curry put up a performance for the ages: 50 points on 20 of 38 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and six assists. Curry’s Herculean effort gave