11:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — In their first game back in Los Angeles against their old team, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart were welcomed by the Lakers with a highlight video Friday night. The New Orleans Pelicans had played at Staples Center earlier this season against the LA Clippers, but this was
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7:59 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Washington point guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected in the first quarter of the Wizards’ game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night for making contact with an official. Thomas was tied up along the sideline by Portland’s Carmelo Anthony with 10:32 left in the quarter. As
4:14 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers say forward Larry Nance Jr. will miss 1-2 weeks due to left knee soreness. Nance missed Cleveland’s win against Atlanta on Dec. 23, due to the knee, but had played in the Cavs’ four games since. The team said he underwent further testing on Friday and now will undergo
3:11 PM ET The Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks have been engaged in talks on a trade centered around Andre Drummond, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. No deal is imminent, but Detroit is talking to Atlanta and several other teams on Drummond, sources said. Drummond has a $28 million player option for next season
12:57 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics star Kemba Walker will miss Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks because of a bout of the flu, Brad Stevens said after the team’s morning shootaround. This will mark the second game Walker, who was listed as questionable Thursday, has missed this season, his first with
10:52 AM ET NBA players and referees will wear a commemorative black band on their uniforms for the rest of the season to honor former commissioner David Stern, the league announced Friday. 1 Related Stern, an innovator who transformed the league into a global brand in his three decades as commissioner, died Wednesday at the
8:39 AM ET R.J. Hampton has been medically cleared for full contact in the Australian NBL, while LaMelo Ball remains out for the indefinite future, sources told ESPN. Hampton, No. 7 in ESPN’s top 100 draft prospects for 2020, has been cleared by doctors to resume full basketball activity after recovering from a hip injury
12:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LA Clippers star Paul George was ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons with tightness in his left hamstring. George went back to the locker room with 3:45 remaining in the second quarter. At the end of the half, the team said the guard was questionable
12:15 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO – Rudy Gobert wasn’t afraid to display emotion in front of a group of media members inside the Utah Jazz‘s practice facility after it was announced that he wasn’t selected for the 2019 All-Star game last February. The two-time Defensive Player of the Year winner said he felt “disrespected”
11:31 PM ET After missing seven weeks following right thumb surgery, Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert is expected to return to the lineup against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, league sources tell ESPN. LeVert, ramping up his workouts lately, will return to a team that has lost four straight — including 123-111 to Dallas on