11:46 PM ET Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic animatedly expressed his dismay that coach Rick Carlisle didn’t use the team’s final timeout during a critical possession in the final minute of a 112-109 road loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. The possession, which occurred with the Mavs trailing by two points, ended with
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2:19 AM ET After losing multiple double-digit leads throughout the game to eventually fall 127-125 in overtime to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan put it bluntly: His young team hasn’t figured out how to win yet. “This is a hard-working group. It’s a good group of guys. They want
6:41 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns on Friday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The diagnosis is especially hard for Towns, whose mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died at 59 on April 13 due to complications from COVID-19. She had dealt with the virus for a month. Towns said before the season that
6:07 PM ET Associated Press Six Washington Wizards players have tested positive for COVID-19, and another three are in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. General manager Tommy Sheppard said in a video conference with reporters that two of the players who have the illness caused by the coronavirus have displayed symptoms, while the other
6:30 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will miss his sixth consecutive game Saturday against the Orlando Magic. While Irving has expressed a desire to return to play, sources said, his extended absence from the court requires a period of ramping up basketball activities. Irving has not played in a game
4:33 PM ET NEW YORK — After a turbulent ending to his tenure with the Rockets, new Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden said Friday that he doesn’t believe he was disrespectful to anyone at the end of his career in Houston but regrets the way the situation unfolded. “I’ve been there for a very long
5:03 PM ET Amid thinning rosters in the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is progressing toward an expansion of regular-season rosters, sources told ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association must still agree on the details of granting teams an additional two-way roster spot for the balance of the regular season,
11:14 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols and ordered to take part in a five-day quarantine, NBA president of league operations Byron Spruell announced Friday. According to a release from the NBA, Irving violated the protocols by attending a private indoor party
1:18 PM ET Despite nine COVID-related postponements since Sunday, team health officials, team executives and sources around the league familiar with its health and safety protocols say that, while the situation remains fluid, they don’t expect it to be enough to warrant a shutdown of the league or moving back to a bubble. The officials
11:59 AM ET Newly acquired Brooklyn Nets forward James Harden took to social media on Friday to thank the city of Houston and the Rockets, saying he was “indebted” to the franchise. “Houston you welcomed me with no guarantees. Took a leap of faith and it changed my life and the lives of my family