3:42 PM ET Point guard Mike Conley will return to the Utah Jazz‘s starting lineup Saturday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, league sources told ESPN. Conley will replace Royce O’Neale in the starting lineup, according to sources. The Jazz’s starting lineup without Conley, who has come off the bench since returning from an extended
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1:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics star Kemba Walker has left knee soreness and missed Saturday night’s nationally televised showdown with the Philadelphia 76ers. “Kemba’s out,” coach Brad Stevens said following the team’s morning shootaround at their practice facility prior to Saturday’s game. “Most likely, at minimum, the next two games, maybe, and
9:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Al Horford became a five-time All-Star and developed a reputation as one of the NBA’s most underrated players in part because of one key attribute: versatility. Drafted as a power forward by the Atlanta Hawks, he became the rare center who could grab a rebound and lead the
1:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — There has never been an NBA game like the one that took place Friday at Staples Center between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers. It has been five days since Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people died in a helicopter crash in
1:04 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans rookie Jaxson Hayes issued an apology late Friday night after a video circulated on social media of Hayes directing a derogatory comment at the NBA. Hayes took to social media to voice his frustration with the voting process after he wasn’t named to the
1:37 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard put on a commanding performance in Friday night’s 127-119 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring 48 points, dishing out 11 assists and grabbing 9 rebounds. On the night the Lakers honored Kobe Bryant in the organization’s first game since the former guard’s
11:57 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Just over 25 minutes before a game unlike any other ever played at Staples Center tipped off, a celebration of Kobe Bryant began. There were two moving and powerful video tributes, R&B artists Usher and Boyz II Men, and cellist Ben Hong performed, an emotional LeBron James addressed the
12:52 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson and Ja Morant had been waiting for this moment. Williamson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans, and Morant, the No. 2 overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies, met at half court following Friday’s contest. In that
12:22 AM ET HOUSTON — Coach Mike D’Antoni took small-ball strategy to historic extremes during the Houston Rockets‘ 128-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Rockets became the first NBA team to play an entire game without a player listed taller than 6-foot-6 since the New York
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Kyrie Irving is attempting to process the death of Kobe Bryant by reflecting on the lessons his friend taught him. He put them to good use Friday, when he scored a season-high 54 points, making all 10 shots in the first half and 19-of-23 for the game, to lead