7:37 AM ET Following their latest loss Friday, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin says his team is lacking “fight.” “Right now we haven’t shown that we’re willing to do things to win,” Griffin told reporters after the 110-107 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. “I think it’s real light in here after a win, so it
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3:34 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James and Anthony Davis didn’t need to play a minute in the fourth quarter for the red-hot Lakers to do something the franchise hasn’t done in a decade. The Lakers won their 10th straight game by flattening the Washington Wizards on Friday night 125-103. It is the first
12:48 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony had 23 points and 11 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers downed Chicago 107-103 on Friday night for their second victory over the Bulls this week. Damian Lillard added 28 points for the Blazers, who have won three straight after four consecutive losses. Hassan Whiteside
11:47 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Luka Doncic tied a career high with 42 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 26 and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 120-113 on Friday night. Doncic just missed a triple-double with 11 assists and nine rebounds. Hardaway shot 6-of-9 from 3-point range to help offset a quiet
10:55 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Jeremy Lamb scored 20 points, T.J. Warren hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and the Indiana Pacers outlasted Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 105-104 in overtime Friday night Young matched his career high with 49 points in the Hawks’ ninth consecutive loss. He was 16-of-28 from the field, hitting
10:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 11 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-110 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory. Cleveland trailed 74-52 early in the third quarter, but hit 10 3-pointers in the period and cut the
1:20 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Black Friday offered NBA fans in the Big Apple a rare treat: the chance to take in two games in one day. Between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets playing at Barclays Center on Friday afternoon and the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks squaring off at
4:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — The Boston Celtics didn’t get a chance to see Kyrie Irving in what was supposed to be his return to Boston Wednesday night. They did, however, get a chance to see him at the conclusion of the Brooklyn Nets‘ 112-107 victory here Friday afternoon, with several of
6:45 PM ET Kyrie Irving will miss Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics in Brooklyn, the Nets announced Thursday, the eighth game Irving has missed due to a right shoulder impingement. Irving did not make the Nets’ most recent road-trip, including a game in Boston on Wednesday night. His absence was noted by fans in
3:20 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Late in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 114-110 win over the New Orleans Pelicans in Anthony Davis‘ homecoming Wednesday, LeBron James visited the ESPN broadcast table to express his disappointment with a call that was being reviewed. With the Lakers leading the Pelicans 108-107 with 1:22 left in the fourth