1:58 AM ET MEMPHIS — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ 109-108 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday resulted in a historically triumphant moment in LeBron James‘ 17-year career as well as a historically perplexing one. On the one hand, the Lakers’ 14-2 start to the season is the best that any one of James’ teams
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10:00 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With the Utah Jazz bringing back their more-beloved-over-time “purple mountain” uniforms from the 1990s, second-year power forward Royce O’Neale knew right away he wanted to create a special pair of shoes for the occasion. As custom shoes have continued to be spotted more and more frequently in recent seasons, Las
12:42 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers entered Saturday night’s game against the Miami Heat hoping to prove a point. Their old friend Jimmy Butler was back in the City of Brotherly Love for the first time since leaving the Sixers and joining the Heat in a sign-and-trade deal this offseason. Philadelphia had
12:15 AM ET NEW YORK — The San Antonio Spurs can exhale a collective sigh of relief. After losing their last eight games, the Spurs got back in the win column on Saturday night, defeating the New York Knicks 111-104. The win helped the Spurs avoid matching their longest losing streak since 1989. “It’s been
10:09 PM ET Zach LaVine scored a career-high 49 points on 13 3-pointers and hit the game-winner to beat the Hornets on Saturday, just one night after the Bulls guard was temporarily pulled in the first quarter of Friday night’s loss to the Heat. Coach Jim Boylen removed LaVine midway through the first quarter of
12:41 PM ET BOSTON — Dee Brown took four dribbles and put the basketball down by his feet. It was Feb. 9, 1991, and the Celtics rookie guard was standing near midcourt at Charlotte Coliseum, preparing for his first dunk of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. On his feet were a special pair of hometown
5:53 PM ET The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo $35,000 for making “unsportsmanlike physical contact” with Thunder guard Dennis Schroder, “verbal abuse” of an official and not leaving the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Friday night’s game. “You know, you’re a four-, five-time felon, the judgment is kind
5:13 PM ET Russell Westbrook‘s brother was involved in a verbal altercation with LA Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell and escorted out of Staples Center after Friday’s game, a source confirmed to ESPN. The source confirmed that Raynard Westbrook traded words with Harrell following the 122-119 Clippers win over the Houston Rockets. Raynard Westbrook went on
11:10 AM ET The NBA is engaged in serious discussions with the National Basketball Players Association and broadcast partners on sweeping and dramatic changes to the league calendar that would include a reseeding of the four conference finalists, a 30-team in-season tournament and a postseason play-in, league sources told ESPN. These scenarios would come with
9:02 AM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart says NBA players are “gonna end up protecting ourselves eventually” in altercations with fans after he got tangled up with a spectator during Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. In the fourth quarter, Smart fell into the front row of fans at the Pepsi Center while chasing