1:51 AM ET The Golden State Warriors waived forward Marquese Chriss after their 111-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. His contract would have become guaranteed on Tuesday. Golden State plans to complete a deal with guard Damion Lee to keep him on the 15-man roster, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
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1:39 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — A possible no-call that goes against the home team in New Orleans. The officials reviewing a call after time expired. Those same officials being escorted out of the playing area showered by thousands of boos. No, this wasn’t a Saints’ playoff game. This was the scene at
12:38 AM ET DALLAS — Opposing defenses go to such great extremes in an attempt to make Luka Doncic uncomfortable that Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has made a point to publicly and profanely complain about their physical tactics. Maybe they should try putting microphones in Doncic’s face and asking him about his historic production.
12:26 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN SAN ANTONIO — Outside of the visitors locker room at AT&T Center, a scrum of reporters with cameras and microphones huddled around coach Mike Budenholzer to swarm him with questions about Milwaukee’s 126-104 loss to San Antonio. Even after suffering the largest regular-season loss of his Bucks tenure on Monday,
11:37 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Dwight Howard requested a non-guaranteed contract from the Los Angeles Lakers in his return to L.A. to show how much the opportunity meant to him. Point proven. The Lakers have until the 2 p.m. PT deadline Tuesday to waive Howard’s contract, the veteran’s minimum $2.56 million, but will not
11:04 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid said he could miss Thursday’s showdown with the Boston Celtics after dislocating his left ring finger in the first quarter of Monday night’s 120-113 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Wells Fargo Center. “That’s a possibility,” Embiid said after finishing with 18 points, nine rebounds,
10:33 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 47 points, Will Barton added a season-best 28 and the Denver Nuggets held off the Atlanta Hawks 123-115 on Monday night. The Nuggets, coming off a surprising loss at Washington two nights earlier, have won four of six to improve to 25-11, second-best
7:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — One month ago, Ben Simmons took — and made — his second 3-pointer of the season in a blowout win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center. After the game, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown declared that he wanted his point guard to take at least one
12:50 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Kevin Porter Jr. is expected to miss two weeks because of a sprained left knee, the team announced Monday. Porter suffered the injury in Sunday night’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. His knee buckled awkwardly in the third quarter when he tried to change directions, and he had to
7:49 AM ET HIS FINISHING MOVE was probably unnecessary, but Trae Young knows he wouldn’t be here watching the play otherwise. Young, his Atlanta Hawks jerseys on display all around him, is sitting in a folding chair inside the locker room of the team’s shimmering, new practice facility. The Hawks call this area their “flex