2:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — As the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves mired at the bottom of the NBA standings, losers of 12 of their past 13 games heading into Monday night’s game here against the Boston Celtics, All-Star forward Kevin Love finds himself waiting to find out if he’ll be traded. Love, though,
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3:22 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul have a lot of shared basketball history together after almost two decades in the NBA, but there’s one specific tie between the two former All-Stars that has binded both proud men over the last year — their respective unceremonious divorces from the Houston Rockets.
2:54 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul says the officiating crew in Sunday night’s 108-96 win over the Portland Trail Blazers “got me back” after assessing Paul and the Thunder two delay-of-game-violations in the first half. The calls resulted in a technical foul two nights after Paul pushed to
2:32 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t Anthony Davis‘ idea to score 50 points Sunday in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 142-125 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Avery Bradley first suggested it to him at halftime, when Davis was already up to 27 points. DeMarcus Cousins then encouraged him to keep chasing it during second-half
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — When Kawhi Leonard chose to join the LA Clippers as a free agent this past summer, the expectation among many around the NBA was that the Toronto Raptors‘ time as contenders would go the way of the dinosaurs. There was one fairly notable group, however, who took issue
11:29 PM ET DALLAS — Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic stopped at midcourt after the final buzzer sounded Sunday, unleashing several more choice words to the officiating crew before he left the American Airlines Center court at the end of a 110-106 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Doncic was livid about the no-call on his shot
10:07 PM ET Potential No. 1 NBA draft pick LaMelo Ball will miss about four weeks with a foot injury, sources told ESPN. Ball suffered a bruised foot in practice last week and was prescribed to rest by an Australian foot specialist he visited, which will likely keep him out of action until January. The
10:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry got into it with a fan on his way to the locker room following the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 110-104 victory over the Raptors at Wells Fargo Center Sunday night. “I don’t know him,” said Lowry, who finished with 26 points, six rebounds and five
6:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics are on the verge of getting Gordon Hayward back on the floor. The star forward, who has been out since breaking a bone in his left hand against the San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 9, went through Monday morning’s shootaround with the intention of playing Monday night,
6:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics are on the verge of getting Gordon Hayward back on the floor. The star forward, who has been out since breaking a bone in his left hand late in the second quarter against the San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 9, told reporters after Sunday’s practice at the