8:37 AM ET Let’s roll with Jan. 10 NBA things: 1. Some precarious Lakers minutes It’s really the only blemish on an otherwise dominant season: The Lakers average 100.5 points per 100 possessions with LeBron James on the bench — three points worse than the league’s clankiest offense. It’s all shooting: The Lakers with LeBron
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10:05 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder had never before played a tribute video for the return of a former player. But Russell Westbrook is certainly unique. The video played before the Houston Rockets‘ starting lineup was introduced Thursday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Deafening cheers and a familiar chant drowned out
12:21 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — In the first two meetings between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers this season, the Sixers bludgeoned the Celtics into submission. Those games, though, featured superstar center Joel Embiid, one of the league’s biggest and heaviest objects. Boston had been helpless to stop him. But Embiid wasn’t on
10:33 PM ET Chicago Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. will be out four to six weeks with a severe right ankle sprain, the team announced Thursday night. Carter, in his second season, is averaging 11.7 points and a team-high 9.9 rebounds after being limited to just 44 games as a rookie because of a thumb
9:04 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — The LA Clippers have ruled out All-Star guard Paul George for Friday’s game against Golden State Warriors with a left hamstring strain. George had tightness in his left hamstring and did not finish a game against Detroit last Thursday. He missed Saturday’s loss against the Memphis Grizzlies with
PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid is having surgery to repair a torn radial collateral ligament in the ring finger of his left hand Friday morning, the team said Thursday night. Embiid met with a hand specialist before Thursday night’s game against the Boston Celtics at Wells Fargo Center, where the determination for him to have surgery
9:30 AM ET ESPN staff It’s a perfect day in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Chamabondo Primary School is buzzing with excitement. It’s August 2019, and with the help of Africa Outreach USA’s (AOUSA) Jack Ramsay Development Grassroots Basketball Initiative, the town is dedicating the court and celebrating its completion. And they should celebrate — they built
4:08 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — A man was arrested and escorted out of the arena after throwing a can of hard seltzer onto the court near the San Antonio Spurs bench during Wednesday night’s game with the Boston Celtics, Boston police said Thursday. Justin Arnold, 22, of Everett, was charged with disturbing a
3:53 PM ET Associated Press Former Auburn star and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley can add a new feat to his resume: being the first to donate $1 million to Miles College, a historically black institution in Fairfield, Alabama. Barkley told interim president Bobbie Knight about the donation on Wednesday, news outlets reported. “I’ve
2:35 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LeBron James surged into the lead in the second round of voting for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, the NBA announced Thursday afternoon. After Mavericks guard Luka Doncic led all players in the first round of voting announced last week, James surged past him and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo