9:39 PM ET The 2021 NCAA women’s tournament has taken over San Antonio. For the rest of the month, the hometown San Antonio Spurs aren’t the only basketball in town. On Monday, the Spurs returned home to San Antonio Monday after a five-game road trip to face the Charlotte Hornets. Prior to the game, Spurs
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1:26 PM ET NEW YORK – Kyrie Irving will not travel with the Nets on their upcoming three-game road trip while he attends to a family matter, the team announced on Monday morning. Irving will miss Brooklyn’s games against the Trail Blazers, Jazz and Pistons. The Nets are already shorthanded. Kevin Durant has been sidelined
9:38 AM ET LeBron James‘ injury and an impressive stretch by the Brooklyn Nets without Kevin Durant have upended the NBA betting market. The Nets have surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers at multiple sportsbooks and are now the consensus favorites to win the NBA title. Brooklyn has won 15 of its past 17 games and
7:29 AM ET LeBron James‘ high ankle sprain — combined with Anthony Davis‘ continued right leg issues — has a massive impact on the Western Conference playoff picture. What does it mean for our NBA Power Rankings moving forward? Add the fact that the NBA-best Utah Jazz are showing signs of a mid-season funk, the
2:51 AM ET LeBron James, donning a gray, plastic walking boot, a black hooded sweatshirt and a black mask, and Anthony Davis, in a lime green jacket and a bright yellow mask, were hard to miss on the sidelines during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-94 loss at the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. But Lakers point
8:59 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball is expected to miss the rest of the season with a fracture to his right wrist, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ball, considered a frontrunner for NBA rookie of the year, is seeking a second opinion to confirm the diagnosis, the source said. Ball, 19, appeared
2:31 PM ET Blake Griffin will make his debut with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday against the Washington Wizards. Griffin said that he will be on a minutes restriction. Griffin last played on Feb. 12 against the Boston Celtics when he was still a member of the Detroit Pistons. After agreeing to a buyout with
7:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Celtics guard Marcus Smart said that in the wake of the team’s loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night — Boston’s fourth in five games to open the second half of the regular season — the Celtics held a team meeting to try to right themselves and turn around
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets extended their team-record losing streak to 20 games Sunday, falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-112 when John Wall missed two shots in the final 10 seconds. The Rockets’ skid is tied for the ninth worst in NBA history and the longest since Philadelphia’s
1:09 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — The NBA has fined Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse $50,000 for throwing his facemask behind the scorer’s table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night. The league announced the fine Sunday.