12:12 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — James Harden exited the game and took a seat next to Thabo Sefolosha on the Houston Rockets bench with 3:37 remaining in the fourth quarter at the United Center on Saturday. He ended the night one point shy of a triple-double with 42 points, 10 rebounds and nine
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11:21 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — It was the first play of the game and as is customary in Oklahoma City, the (mostly) full house crowd stood waiting the first bucket of the game for the home team. The Oklahoma City Thunder were playing the Golden State Warriors on a Saturday night in the big
9:32 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Adrian Wojnarowski Close NBA Senior NBA Insider Joined ESPN in 2017 Host of The Woj Pod Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters experienced a panic attack on the team’s charter flight Thursday
6:51 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard may be a man of very few words, but he said his experience in Canada with the Toronto Raptors was so positive and memorable that he could “keep going on and talking about it.” On Monday, Leonard faces his former Raptors team for the first time
6:36 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward fractured his left hand during Saturday’s game at the San Antonio Spurs. Hayward left the game in the second quarter after colliding with LaMarcus Aldridge during a pick and headed straight to the locker room. The Celtics said an X-ray exam confirmed the diagnosis and that Hayward
4:48 PM ET After missing 10 games to start the season, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin plans to make his season-debut against Minnesota on Monday, league sources tell ESPN. Griffin, who’s been rehabilitating a sore knee and hamstring since preseason, had been ramping up for a return in recent days. He had several pain-free practices
2:29 PM ET Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been diagnosed with a fracture of the distal phalanx of his left thumb and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team announced Saturday. With the two-week timetable, Lowry will miss the Raptors’ first game against Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. Lowry suffered the
12:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball will miss Saturday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets with a right adductor strain, the team announced. Ball said he originally suffered the injury against Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov. 2. He felt the pain then but played through it against Brooklyn on Monday.
3:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Amid a renaissance start to the season for both the Los Angeles Lakers as a successful franchise and LeBron James as a dominant player, James has no plans to miss games due to load management in anticipation of a postseason run. “If I’m hurt, I don’t play. If not,
12:52 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard scored a career-high 60 points for Portland in the Trail Blazers’ 119-115 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 34 points and Kyrie Irving had 33 for Brooklyn to help send Portland to its fourth straight victory. Lillard set a franchise