7:46 PM ET TORONTO — With the entire arena standing on its feet and chanting “MVP,” Kawhi Leonard returned to Toronto and was celebrated as a champion as he received his championship ring on Wednesday night. Leonard left the Raptors after one season to join the LA Clippers in free agency. But the Toronto fans
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7:21 PM ET Potential 2020 NBA draft lottery pick RJ Hampton will miss about four weeks with a hip injury, a source told ESPN. Hampton suffered a hip flexor injury with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL last week and was prescribed to rest by a Sport and Exercise Physician he visited, which
1:40 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma will not play Wednesday against the Orlando Magic because of a sprained left ankle, the team announced. The three-year veteran injured the ankle nearly two weeks ago against the Washington Wizards but had continued to play on it through soreness and discomfort, the
1:21 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks will try to win their 16th straight game Wednesday night without star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is sidelined with soreness in his right quadriceps tendon. Antetokounmpo has been dominant this season, averaging 30.9 points per game (second in the league) and 13.2 rebounds (fifth). The 25-year-old is coming off a
12:22 PM ET TORONTO — In his first return to Toronto since being the toast of the Raptors‘ championship parade, Kawhi Leonard had flashbacks on his drive to the Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday morning. “The ride was fun,” Leonard said at the LA Clippers‘ morning shootaround before playing in Toronto for the first time since
8:18 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — FOR THE franchise’s entire lifetime, the Toronto Raptors had seen these moments go against them: buzzer-beaters to defeat them, shots that came up short to end their seasons. They’d lost heartbreaking seven-game series and embarrassing four-game sweeps. Matt Devlin had called all those playoff moments, but never one
10:54 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Trae Young figured the game was over. Turns out, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat were just getting started — on one of the craziest stat nights in team history. Duncan Robinson tied a franchise record with 10 3-pointers, Butler and Bam Adebayo each had triple-doubles and the
8:23 AM ET If the Los Angeles Lakers‘ early-season success seemed fickle thanks to a cupcake schedule that was lean on tough opponents and practically devoid of back-to-backs, their past five games were a proving ground. After a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the Lakers ripped off four straight wins by a combined 74 points
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Bulls swingman Otto Porter Jr. will miss at least another month after a foot and ankle specialist confirmed a small fracture in his left foot, the team announced Tuesday. Porter was evaluated Monday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Dr. Bob Anderson, who confirmed the bone injury. The injury
8:28 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN It was a superstar stat line — the kind that turned Nikola Jokic into a first-team All-NBA center: 30 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, all done in front of a national TV audience Friday in Boston. Jokic’s performance, though, raised a question: Why hasn’t he done it more often