Month: January 2021

11:13 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Gordon Hayward scored a career-high 44 points and the Charlotte Hornets recovered after trailing for the first time in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 102-94 on Wednesday night. The Hornets led by double figures most of the game before Atlanta claimed its first lead, at

7:44 PM ET Orlando Magic guard Markelle Fultz suffered a left knee injury in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and will not return, the Magic announced. The team said he will undergo further evaluation. Fultz drove to the basket when his left knee appeared to give out in the

11:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Bradley Beal might have set a new career-high with 60 points Wednesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, but that did nothing to improve his mood following Washington’s 141-136 loss at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. “I’m pissed off,” Beal said. “I’m mad. I don’t count [them]. … Any of my career-highs,

8:54 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Inside a fan-less Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night, it seemed like business as usual as members of the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks hit center court for a normal tip-off. However, once reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo gained the first possession for the Bucks, both teams, including the coaching staffs on

7:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As much of the country attempted to grapple with the scenes that emerged from Washington on Wednesday afternoon, as angry supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, much of the sports world was trying to figure out how to process the day’s events. For the Miami Heat and Boston

7:08 PM ET National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed outrage over the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday and how it reflected on racial double standards in America. Roberts told ESPN that her contact with multiple NBA players throughout the afternoon kept returning to the contrast between the