4:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — In more than two decades of coaching, Doc Rivers says he’s never had a team where its two best players have yet to practice together with the starting unit 21 games into the season. Yet despite the fact that Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are still waiting for that
NBA
8:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — A lackluster 114-100 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday did not cause the Los Angeles Lakers to adjust their expectations of themselves. If anything, the result — stemming from a disastrous 55-38 second half that snapped L.A.’s 10-game winning streak just as their schedule starts to get tougher
7:22 PM ET NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie squished his right fist into his left, mashing out his frustration. Dinwiddie’s layup that would’ve put the Nets up by one in the final minute of a close battle with the Miami Heat on Sunday afternoon had rolled off the side of the rim. In the absence
7:35 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — The Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon, but will now have to wait to see if they’ll have to spend time without Marcus Smart. The Celtics guard was ruled out in the third quarter of the 113-104 win after
7:36 AM ET Thanks to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks, we have a new No. 1 team as we enter the final month of the calendar year. The Milwaukee Bucks, winners of 11 straight, leapfrog the Los Angeles Lakers this week after Doncic worked his magic Sunday afternoon in an impressive win on the
8:43 AM ET Orlando Magic forward Al-Farouq Aminu suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee and will be out indefinitely, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Magic are determining if Aminu’s injury can be treated without surgery, sources said. Aminu joined Orlando as a free agent this offseason and is averaging 4.3 points
10:40 PM ET James Harden scored a season-high 60 points in three quarters and the Houston Rockets sent the struggling Atlanta Hawks to their 10th straight loss with a 158-111 romp on Saturday night. Harden joins Klay Thompson and Kobe Bryant as the only players to hit 60 points in just three quarters. He exited
6:24 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant did not travel with the team to Minnesota for Sunday’s game and is listed as week-to-week after experiencing aggravated back spasms in Friday night’s 103-94 loss to the Utah Jazz. Memphis said the guard needs a “period of short-term off-loading” in a statement on Saturday. Morant first
10:09 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN After a two-month stretch of testing out his sneaker free-agent status, PJ Tucker sorted through discussions with Puma, New Balance, Reebok, Nike and others to finally make a decision on his next endorsement deal. “Through it all, one family has been consistent,” Tucker wrote in an Instagram announcement. “That’s why
3:50 PM ET Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters issued a statement Saturday expressing remorse for an airplane incident that led to the veteran being suspended for 10 games. “I would like to apologize to my teammates, coaches, basketball staff, the fans and the entire organization for the incident that happened on the team plane,” Waiters