7:57 AM ET Golden State Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell will miss Tuesday’s game against the Spurs because of a left shoulder contusion. Russell suffered the injury in Saturday’s loss to the Mavericks. He also is battling a flu bug that has affected multiple members of the team. Center Willie Cauley-Stein also is dealing with the
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12:46 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — Only one NBA team will enter 2020 with 30 wins under their belt: the Milwaukee Bucks. Following Monday’s 123-102 victory over the Chicago Bulls, the Bucks reached 30 wins in the earliest calendar date since December 1980, when both the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns accomplished the feat,
8:33 PM ET LA Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley is expected to miss a few games with a right wrist sprain because of a sprained right wrist, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Beverley, whom the Clippers have already ruled out of Tuesday’s game against Sacramento, was injured Saturday against the Utah Jazz, but X-rays
7:08 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Marquese Chriss was fined $35,000 on Monday for shoving Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic. In the third quarter of the Mavericks’ 141-121 win on Saturday, Chriss got a technical foul for shoving Doncic to the ground. As officials reviewed the play, Chriss received high-fives from Draymond Green and
5:51 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal did not play in Monday’s 123-105 win over the Miami Heat because of right lower leg soreness, coach Scott Brooks said. It was the second consecutive missed game for Beal, but the team said he’s expected to practice on Tuesday. Beal injured his leg in last Thursday’s
8:42 AM ET The first two and a half months of the season have given us the celebrated return of Carmelo Anthony, the continued brilliance of James Harden, the fall of the Golden State Warriors‘ dynasty, the rise of young superstars and the birth of a true rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and LA
2:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis said there’s a simple solution to keeping the Los Angeles Lakers atop the league standings: lockdown defense. “We just had to find ourselves again,” Davis said after the Lakers’ 108-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. “We were able to get back to what we do
1:35 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic briefly entered the concussion protocol during Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering a hard fall to the court during a first-half drive to the hoop. Doncic was fouled on the drive and stayed in to sink a pair of free
12:34 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the first two months of the season, the New Orleans Pelicans seemed to have little direction. A season that started with hopes of postseason play seemed to get dashed early when Zion Williamson went down with a knee injury that has kept him out the entire
6:54 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Houston Rockets guard James Harden will miss his first game of the season Sunday night with a toe sprain, according to coach Mike D’Antoni. “He probably could [play], but given the circumstances it’s better that he doesn’t,” D’Antoni said before the game. “He’s banged up a little