1:02 AM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward disputes that he tried to commit a free throw lane violation to ensure that Kobe Bryant would score 60 points in the final game of his career. Hayward took to Twitter on Monday after NBC commentator Mike Tirico, who was calling the game for ESPN at the
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12:19 AM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Buddy Hield scored a career-high 42 points to help the Sacramento Kings rally from a 27-point deficit for a 133-129 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. The Kings trailed the Timberwolves by 17 points with 2:49 left in the fourth quarter before mounting the rally.
11:41 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — Bam Adebayo has to wait until Thursday to find out if he will be named to his first All-Star Game. Jimmy Butler, however, doesn’t need to. “He will be,” Butler said Monday after the Miami Heat‘s 113-92 win over the Orlando Magic at AmericanAirlines Arena when asked if
9:56 PM ET ESPN News Services NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Christina Mauser poured her heart and soul into coaching and teaching physical education at the school where young Gianna Bryant and her basketball star father, Kobe Bryant, were an integral part of the community. The mother of three worked at the campus in Newport Beach
9:54 PM ET LeBron James, in his first public reaction to the death of Kobe Bryant, said he will take on the legacy of the Lakers great as his own responsibility. James, in a lengthy post to Instagram, said he was “heartbroken and devastated” by the death of Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s deaths Sunday
8:49 AM ET Don’t get comfortable. The 2020 NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and by the time these Power Rankings return, many of these rosters might look very different. The Milwaukee Bucks are the first team to clinch a winning record this season, despite a rare loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday. The Los
5:47 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ next game against the Clippers on Tuesday night after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon in Calabasas, California. The league said in a statement Monday that
4:11 PM ET Mechelle VoepelespnW.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. HARTFORD, Conn. — Chicago Sky guard Katie Lou Samuelson couldn’t hold back her emotions Monday. Growing up in Huntington Beach, California,
4:59 PM ET ARDMORE, Pa. — Most of the people didn’t know the man they came to honor — at least not really. Most of those who came to lay down flowers, No. 24 and 33 jerseys, candles, teddy bears and basketballs had never spoken to the man they came to mourn. The news of
3:54 PM ET When Kobe Bryant wanted to talk, he’d shoot you a text or email: “When are you headed this way again?” This was his way of suggesting the booking of a flight. A one-man news cycle, almost anything Bryant shared became a story. He never seemed to grow tired of the swirl surrounding