Month: February 2023

7:18 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green missed his second consecutive game with a right knee contusion as the Golden State Warriors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-104 on Sunday evening. Green sustained the injury in the Warriors’ first game out of the All-Star break Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, when he

8:48 PM ET DALLAS — LeBron James sustained a right foot injury late in the third quarter in Sunday’s 111-108 win against the Dallas Mavericks but was able to finish out the game and help the Los Angeles Lakers pull off the biggest comeback victory in the NBA this season. “It’s been better,” James said

8:50 PM ET DALLAS — Coach Jason Kidd called out the maturity of the Dallas Mavericks after they were on the wrong end of the biggest comeback of the NBA season Sunday afternoon. The Mavs managed to blow a 27-point lead en route to a 111-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at the American

6:57 PM ET Quin Snyder has agreed to a five-year contract to become the Atlanta Hawks‘ coach and is expected to make his debut as soon Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The Hawks announced Snyder’s hiring on Sunday but did not disclose terms of his contract. The Hawks

12:20 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors have struggled to close games all season. And it felt as though they would suffer the same fate Sunday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. With 26 seconds to go and up by just five, Anthony Lamb turned the ball over on a lazy inbound

11:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Damian Lillard set franchise and career highs with 71 points and 13 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a two-game skid with a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. Lillard became the eighth different player to score 70 points in NBA history. At age 32,