3:09 AM ET Down 30-11 just minutes into Game 3 before the biggest and most hostile crowd they’ve faced all season, the LA Clippers responded with a performance that might have saved their season. After head coach Ty Lue said they would show what they’re made of in a must-win game, the Clippers overcame another
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12:11 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN At the end of a Game 2 loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young — the newly-minted subject of Knicks’ fans aggression — walked off the court looking back toward the fans. He told the crowd that the Hawks would “see you in the
5:27 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook did not practice Friday and is being listed as questionable for Game 3 of their series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Westbrook rolled his ankle with 10 minutes in the fourth quarter of the Wizards’ 120-95 Game 2 loss in Philadelphia on Wednesday night and did
9:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown weighed in on the discussion of racism in Boston before Game 3 of the team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, saying the issue transcends basketball. Brown, addressing the media for the first time since undergoing season-ending wrist surgery earlier
11:10 PM ET Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder publicly apologized to Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and his family on Friday, calling for a lifetime ban for the three fans who directed vulgar, racist language at Morant’s family during Game 2 of the Jazz’s Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Grizzlies. The Jazz banned the
7:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES — A day after Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope‘s bruised left quad forced him out of Game 3 of L.A.’s first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns, the injury showed slight improvement and an MRI administered on Friday revealed no tear and no structural damage in the left knee,
3:56 PM ET Howard University big man Makur Maker, the first five-star recruit to choose to play at a historically Black college and university, is declaring for the 2021 NBA draft, sources told ESPN. Makur, 20, won’t sign with an agent to keep open the option of returning to Howard for his sophomore year, sources
5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — As the Cavaliers’ slow, stuttering rebuild continues around a “core four” of young players, the team still views Kevin Love as an important piece. One worth keeping around. At least, for now. On Friday, general manager Koby Altman spoke to the media for the first time since
1:02 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks starting guard Donte DiVincenzo will miss the rest of the playoffs with a tendon injury in his left foot, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. DiVincenzo left Thursday’s 113-84 win over the Miami Heat in the second quarter due to the injury. The 24-year-old had started 66 games for the Bucks
12:24 PM ET Projected lottery pick Isaiah Jackson has elected to hire an agent, forgo his remaining eligibility at Kentucky and keep his name in the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Friday. “I feel like I’m ready,” Jackson told ESPN. “All the feedback from teams has been good. People are saying lottery, which