1:26 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — In a chaotic, controversial final 1.1 seconds of regulation, a delay of game, a Hail Mary and a buzzer beater all combined to force an overtime that led to the Oklahoma City Thunder shocking the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-127 on Friday. With 1.1 seconds remaining and the Thunder down two
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12:48 AM ET Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate
11:59 PM ET As NBA trade possibilities expand beginning Dec. 15, the Cleveland Cavaliers are expressing a willingness to listen to trade offers for All-Star forward Kevin Love, league sources told ESPN. Cleveland is open to the idea of moving Love before the Feb. 7 trade deadline should the Cavaliers find a requisite package of
11:43 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers swingman Rodney Hood tore his left Achilles tendon in the first quarter Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. The team announced the injury after Hood underwent and MRI. The injury occurred with 3:29 left in the first quarter after Hood went up for a rebound
8:47 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN When the New Orleans Pelicans wrap up any practice or a shootaround, the team splits into different groups on goals scattered around the practice facility to get up extra shots. So far this season, almost without fail, one of the last players on the court is Lonzo Ball. Day by
7:13 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder suspended forward Deonte Burton one game for conduct detrimental to the team, the team said Friday. Burton was involved in a locker room altercation following the Thunder’s loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, league sources told ESPN. Thunder coach Billy Donovan did not want to elaborate
3:52 PM ET On Friday, the New York Knicks dismissed coach David Fizdale, according to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Fizdale, who was with the Knicks for 18 months, is the latest to pass through Madison Square Garden’s continuously revolving door of head coaches. It isn’t so much that the Knicks have made “bad”
6:35 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers star forward Kevin Love is sick and will miss Friday night’s game against the Orlando Magic. Love has been ill the past two days, and Cleveland coach John Beilein is hoping another day’s rest will help his best player recover. Beilein said Love could rejoin
3:46 PM ET As the franchise spirals with a ruddlerless roster, the New York Knicks fired coach David Fizdale on Friday. The Knicks lost eight straight games, including a 129-92 loss to Denver on Thursday night that dropped the team to an Eastern Conference-worst 4-18, which is tied for the worst record in franchise history.
12:48 PM ET Chicago Bulls swingman Otto Porter Jr. will miss at least two more weeks as he continues to deal with a foot injury, the team announced Friday. Porter had an MRI on his left foot Wednesday, and it revealed what the team called “continued bone edema.” The Bulls said Porter will be briefly