1:52 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive season, the New Orleans Pelicans will have at least one more game to play once the NBA regular season concludes, as they assured themselves of no worse than a play-in spot with a 138-131 overtime victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Month: April 2023
3:46 AM ET Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen intends to fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military this offseason, he told ESPN. Military service is mandatory for male citizens of Finland and must be completed by age 30. “It’s mandatory, we have to do it, but at the same time we take pride
9:55 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins will not play in the team’s final two regular-season games, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Wednesday on 95.7 The Game’s “Willard & Dibs.” Wiggins rejoined the team Tuesday after a 51-day absence due to a family matter that caused him to
3:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook started the night off with a bang against his former team, but it was Kawhi Leonard who secured yet another Clippers win over the Los Angeles Lakers by doing something he hasn’t done in a decade. In the biggest game of the season for the Clippers, Leonard
9:40 PM ET LOS ANGLES — With three games remaining in the regular season and playoff seeding on the line, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing their stars Wednesday against the LA Clippers. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were both listed as questionable with their respective foot injuries, but the Lakers upgraded them to available
9:31 PM ET DALLAS — During an unscheduled pregame media availability Wednesday evening, Mavericks Governor Mark Cuban blamed Jalen Brunson‘s father for the point guard’s departure from Dallas and declared that re-signing Kyrie Irving would be the franchise’s top offseason priority despite the team’s lackluster results since the blockbuster trade to acquire the All-Star guard.
12:26 AM ET The 2023 NBA playoffs are almost here. The Golden State Warriors are the defending champions but are still battling to qualify for the postseason, in which 16 teams will face off in four rounds of action to determine the 2023 NBA champion. The top six teams in each conference automatically qualify for
Ireland 214 and 93 for 5 (Tector 43*, Tucker 24*, Shakib 2-16, Taijul 2-32) trail Bangladesh 369 (Mushfiqur 126, Shakib 87, Mehidy 55, McBrine 6-118) by 62 runs Ireland reduced their deficit to 62 runs against Bangladesh, after an impressive first session on the third day of the Dhaka Test. The visitors were 93 for
9:40 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was called for pitch clock violations on the mound and at the plate Wednesday, while earning his first win of the season and driving in a run in Los Angeles’ 4-3 victory. Starting against the Seattle Mariners, Ohtani was hit with a
6:32 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said Karim Benzema is back in “optimal condition” and still among the world’s best after the forward scored a hat trick to fire Real Madrid into the Copa del Rey final with a 4-0 win over Barcelona. Vinicius Junior opened the scoring before half-time at Camp