10:58 AM ET The Detroit Pistons will be without guard Luke Kennard for at least two weeks due to bilateral knee tendinitis, the team announced Thursday. Kennard, who is averaging 15.8 points, 4.1 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game, had already missed Monday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Pistons said Kennard will be re-evaluated
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2:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A collision with Patrick Beverley in the first quarter of the Lakers‘ 111-106 loss Wednesday night to the Clippers caused LeBron James to aggravate a nagging groin injury and could cause the Lakers star to miss some game time moving forward. “I felt healthy going into the game,” James
1:45 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After the Clippers had erased a 15-point, third-quarter deficit and silenced the home crowd in the final seconds, Patrick Beverley let out multiple screams, directed mostly at the Lakers‘ fan base. Beverley didn’t score a point in the fourth quarter, but his five rebounds — including a key offensive
1:36 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A nervous energy pulsed through Staples Center during the intracity showdown between the Lakers and Clippers on Wednesday. A somewhat hobbled LeBron James appeared tentative for the Lakers in the opening half, while the Clippers threw the ball around the gym with impunity. As the game tightened after halftime,
11:39 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN DENVER — If it were up to Zion Williamson, he would have already made his NBA debut for the New Orleans Pelicans. That’s what the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft told ESPN’s Jorge Sedano prior to the Pelicans’ Christmas night game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
9:57 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says James Harden‘s offensive brilliance has changed the way teams have to defend him night to night. In the wake of Golden State’s biggest win of the year, a 116-104 decision over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, the Warriors held Harden to just
7:43 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half, Damion Lee had 22 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 116-104 on Wednesday. D’Angelo Russell added 20 points, and Glenn Robinson III had 18 to help
7:39 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — As Joel Embiid toed the free throw line, raised the ball to eye level and prepared to release, the Philadelphia fans began to chant, “Trust the Process!” Those three words have been the 76ers‘ rallying cry as the franchise climbed from the pits of perpetual losing to one of the
5:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Jaylen Brown had never won a game here against the Raptors in his NBA career. All it took to change that was arguably the best game of his career. Behind a sensational third quarter, in which Brown scored 16 points and went 5-for-5 from the floor (including 3-for-3
2:09 PM ET Indiana Pacers All-Star guard Victor Oladipo is hopeful to return to the lineup by early February — and perhaps as soon as late January — from a ruptured right quad tendon, league sources tell ESPN. Oladipo’s looming return to the Pacers — which will partner him with All-Star candidate Malcolm Brogdon in