9:01 AM ET The NBA is planning to roll out an ambitious aspect of its leaguewide contact tracing program by requiring players and many team staffers to wear sensor devices during all team-organized activities outside of games starting Jan. 7, according to a league memo obtained by ESPN. Only Tier 1 and Tier 2 individuals
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1:58 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The top of the standings is where the Milwaukee Bucks have finished at the end of the past two regular seasons in the Eastern Conference. However, through the first five games of the 2020-2021 campaign, the Bucks find themselves off to a slow start at 2-3. Like last season, the
11:23 PM ET Becky Hammon made history on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to act as head coach during an NBA regular season game. The San Antonio assistant coach filled in for head coach Gregg Popovich after he was ejected in the first half of the Spurs’ 121-107 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Popovich
8:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard will play for the LA Clippers on Wednesday for the first time since suffering a mouth laceration on Christmas night. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said Leonard will return against the Portland Trail Blazers after a two-game absence due to the mouth injury suffered at Denver last
6:55 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Longtime Indiana Pacers executive Donnie Walsh, the architect of the franchise’s turnaround, announced his retirement on Wednesday. “Over my 30-year relationship with Donnie, I have been amazed to watch him help lead this organization to what it has become,” team owner Herb Simon said in a statement. “He
7:19 AM ET In terms of NBA beef, Paul George vs. Damian Lillard seemed to be an unlikely rivalry — at least one that seemingly came out of nowhere. But with one wave goodbye three seasons ago, the George-Lillard conflict was born. It’s got everything an NBA dispute needs — on-court trash talk, antics and
1:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — NBA viewers watched 81.5 million hours of live games on ABC, ESPN and TNT in the opening week of the season, up 95% from opening week in 2019. In terms of total hours, this season’s opening week was the most viewed since 2011, the league said Wednesday.
1:18 AM ET Steve Kerr sat down in front of the computer screen and tried to spin the kind of positivity that has been hard to feel throughout 2020. After watching his young team grind through an underwhelming 116-106 win over an undermanned Detroit Pistons squad on Tuesday night, the basketball lifer tried to let
10:49 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Snow might have been falling from the sky back in Milwaukee, but in Miami on Tuesday night, the Bucks were making it rain from beyond the arc. Milwaukee set the single-game NBA record for 3-point field goals made, with 29 in a 144-97 victory over the Heat. The only Bucks
11:48 PM ET With their 144-97 win on Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t just beat the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, they showered them with an unprecedented flurry of 3-point shots, setting the NBA record with 29 long baskets made in their 51 attempts. They tied the old record of 27 with just under