7:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon, the key offseason addition for the defending Eastern Conference champions, was named the winner of the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award on Thursday night. Brogdon edged out New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley for the award, garnering 60 out of 100 first-place votes.
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3:44 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — With Draymond Green serving a one-game suspension and the Golden State Warriors down 0-2 in their first-round playoff series against the Sacramento Kings, they had a clear mindset: Don’t feel sorry for ourselves. “We’re winning this because of Draymond,” Donte DiVincenzo told ESPN before Thursday’s Game 3,
12:22 AM ET What’s behind the sudden surge in flagrant 2 fouls during the first week of the NBA playoffs? Officiating decisions have taken center stage this week, starting with Draymond Green‘s ejection on Monday for a flagrant 2 foul after stomping on Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis resulting in a one-game suspension for Green.
3:55 PM ET The Los Angeles Clippers have ruled Kawhi Leonard out for Thursday night’s Game 3 against the Phoenix Suns because of a right knee sprain, a source told ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Leonard aggravated his right knee in Game 1, played through it in Game 2 and is expected to be day-to-day ahead of
12:09 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Sacramento Kings fans making the drive to San Francisco for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Golden State Warriors should keep their cowbells at home. The Kings warned their fans that cowbells aren’t permitted in Chase Center — the Warriors’ home arena — and fans
12:44 PM ET James Nnaji, the No. 24 basketball prospect in the ESPN Top 100, has submitted paperwork to the league office to make himself eligible for this year’s NBA draft, his agents, Gerard Raventos and Deirunas Visockas of YouFirst/Tandem Sports, told ESPN on Thursday. Nnaji, who turns 19 on Aug. 14, is the second-youngest
8:00 AM ET IT’S A LITTLE after 1 o’clock in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 9, and Mikal Bridges, the talented swingman from the Phoenix Suns, is awake inside the Four Seasons hotel in Atlanta. The trade deadline is 14 hours away. For months, Bridges has known that if the Suns swung a deal with
9:56 AM ET French wing Bilal Coulibaly, a projected first-round pick, told ESPN he has submitted paperwork to the NBA office to make himself eligible for the 2023 draft. “The NBA has always been a dream of mine, and now it’s a goal,” Coulibaly said. “It’s the natural next step in my evolution.” Coulibaly, the
8:00 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN Midway through the second quarter of Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown huddled his team up. Up 11, his message was clear: Keep. Pushing. These guys can’t keep up with us. Here’s the bad news for the Warriors: Brown might be right. For years
12:39 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dillon Brooks exchanged words with LeBron James during the third quarter of the Memphis Grizzlies‘ series-tying 103-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Wednesday’s Game 2 and had plenty more to say about the NBA’s all-time leading scorer postgame. The confrontation occurred after the Grizzlies called a timeout