Month: August 2020

5:55 PM ET The NBA brought 22 teams to ESPN Wide World of Sports to restart the season, and after Wednesday’s games, we could be down to 21 with postseason aspirations. The Washington Wizards are winless so far through four bubble games after a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. If the Brooklyn Nets and Orlando

2:30 PM ET The NBA said Wednesday that it has had no positive results for the coronavirus from any of the 343 players tested in the Orlando, Florida, bubble since the last update on July 29. This was the third consecutive update in which the NBA said it had no positive tests on its campus,

8:15 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Jamal Crawford will be out “a few games” after suffering a left hamstring strain during Tuesday’s win over the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Nets interim head coach Jacque Vaughn. “He’ll miss a few games for us,” Vaughn said prior to Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics. “And still assessing

6:54 PM ET All 30 NBA team owners will contribute a combined $300 million over the next decade to fund the NBA Foundation, a new charitable initiative dedicated to greater economic empowerment in the Black community. The 30 team owners will give $30 million annually to establish the NBA Foundation, which is being launched by

3:56 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers will host a “home” game Wednesday more than 2,500 miles from L.A., but people in the building who close their eyes and open their ears before tipoff might mistake their surroundings for Staples Center. “And now, celebrating their 60th year in Southern California,

8:34 PM ET With one of the most open NBA postseasons in years, there’s no clear title favorite right now, but the LA Clippers picked up one big endorsement: Kevin Durant. “If I had to choose — and I hate doing that s— because you never know what could happen, you seen that with us

6:27 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons left Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards with a left knee injury. Simmons went up and grabbed a rebound midway through the third quarter, then slowly dribbled out to the court and flipped a pass to Al Horford. As a