5:47 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown will miss at least a week with a hamstring injury, coach Brad Stevens said Wednesday. Brown, who is averaging 20.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season, suffered the injury in the closing minutes of regulation during Tuesday’s
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8:46 AM ET THE TORONTO RAPTORS needed a bucket. Time to target James Harden, right? Down six points against the Houston Rockets in the closing minutes of a Dec. 5 game at Scotiabank Arena, the Raptors cleared out on the left side of the court and tossed the ball to their go-to guy, Pascal Siakam.
9:33 AM ET The Basketball Tournament, the 64-team, $2 million winner-take-all summer tournament entering its seventh season, will change the rules to reduce the chances of a game ending on free throws, tournament officials told ESPN. If a team commits a foul while in the bonus during the Elam Ending — which has teams play
2:59 AM ET LOS ANGELES — In an intimate gathering of season-ticket holders Monday, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss shared how excited she feels to have her team break its six-year postseason dry spell next month, thanks in large part to an offseason trade with the New Orleans Pelicans for the next great Lakers big man.
12:36 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — With the Celtics leading by 17 points at the end of the third quarter Tuesday night, Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert wasn’t even sure he’d get a chance to play in the fourth. “I thought [Nets coach Kenny Atkinson] was going to pull [me], too,” LeVert said. “[But]
12:05 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the first time since Zion Williamson debuted on Jan. 22, the Pelicans are facing back-to-back games. And, despite initially saying he wouldn’t play on back-to-back nights, the Pelicans will let their star rookie play Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks, just one night after he put up
7:25 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The popularity of New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson continues to skyrocket — both on and off the court. NBA Auctions launched a bid for one of his game-worn Pelicans City Edition uniforms on Feb. 27. As of Tuesday afternoon, it remains one of the most popular items on the
12:59 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Late Monday afternoon, under a sprawling pastel blue Oklahoma sky, Paul George stood on a fishing dock at South Lakes Park in southwest Oklahoma City. He was there to cut the ribbon on a kid-friendly dock, designed to look like a basketball floor with his PG logo on it
5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Tim Duncan got his first victory as an acting head coach on Tuesday, when he filled in for Gregg Popovich during the San Antonio Spurs‘ 104-103 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Popovich missed the game while dealing with “personal business,” according to the team. He is expected to return
4:01 PM ET ESPN News Services LiAngelo Ball has been offered a G League contract for the remainder of this season, according to multiple reports. The expectation is that Ball will sign the contract relatively soon. Ball has been working out for about two months with the G League’s Oklahoma City Blue, who have 12