12:51 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers All-Star guard Damian Lillard saw his 230-game streak of double-figure scoring snapped in Wednesday night’s 114-106 loss to the Toronto Raptors. It was the third-longest active streak in the NBA and longest in Portland franchise history, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Lillard entered the
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Bucks have assigned Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the older brother of reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, to the G League. The Bucks announced Wednesday that Antetokounmpo and Dragan Bender have been assigned to the Wisconsin Herd. Antetokounmpo, who signed a two-year, minimum contract with Milwaukee during the offseason, has appeared
7:42 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Gordon Hayward didn’t know exactly what happened when he ran into LaMarcus Aldridge late in the second quarter last Saturday night, but he knew something wasn’t right. “You always think about the worst-case scenario,” Hayward said Wednesday night when he addressed the media for the first time since
7:08 PM ET HOUSTON — Paul George is likely to make his LA Clippers debut on Thursday against the Pelicans in New Orleans, barring something unexpected, coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday prior to the team’s 102-93 loss to the Houston Rockets. “Maybe tomorrow or whenever we play after that,” Rivers said of George, who is
6:47 AM ET NBA Insiders Nearly one month into the NBA season, what do we know about the 2019-20 rookie class? No. 1 pick and consensus top prospect Zion Williamson has yet to play a regular-season game for the New Orleans Pelicans, but there have been plenty of breakout players highlighting this freshman class so
5:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets have signed Iman Shumpert, adding the veteran guard to their roster with Wilson Chandler on the NBA’s suspended list. Shumpert helped Cleveland win the 2016 NBA title and has also played for the Knicks, Sacramento and Houston. He returns to New York, where he
3:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Kristaps Porzingis is intimately familiar with the winding hallways of Madison Square Garden. For the nearly four years he played for the New York Knicks, Porzingis would saunter up the ramp from the loading dock, walk down one dimly lit hallway and turn right into the Knicks locker room.
1:11 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will rest star forward Anthony Davis for the second leg of their back-to-back Wednesday night against the Warriors, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin and reports. The Los Angeles Times first reported the Lakers’ decision to rest Davis. Davis has been playing through right shoulder soreness and also took
8:42 AM ET Amid the ongoing debate about resting players in the NBA, count Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban among those openly willing to support load management. “The problem isn’t load management, per se,” Cuban told reporters in Boston on Monday. “I think teams have to be smarter about when to load manage. I’m all
1:57 AM ET PHOENIX — Anthony Davis had a wrap on his right shoulder before the game and tape around his ribs by the end of it, but neither setback stopped him from putting up 24 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 123-115 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. “He wants