12:55 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson had just finished another layup at the rim while dealing with contact from the Utah Jazz‘s Ed Davis. The announced sold-out Smoothie King Center crowd sprang to its feet, reveling in what the New Orleans Pelicans rookie was doing in his preseason home debut. The
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10:29 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe will miss the start of the 2019-20 season after suffering a small fracture of his rib, a source confirmed to ESPN. Bledsoe could be out for up to three weeks, the source said, after getting injured during the Bucks’ 133-99 preseason win on Wednesday night
9:12 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will not play in the team’s second game in China against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday after he aggravated a facial fracture Thursday, the team announced. Irving played just one minute of the Nets’ 114-111 win. He left the game after the Lakers’ Rajon Rondo inadvertently
3:59 AM ET SHENZHEN, China — Saturday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets is still scheduled to be played to conclude the 2019 China Games. However, the teams involved won’t be talking about it. The Nets’ 114-111 victory over the Lakers in Shanghai on Thursday was able to happen only with a
3:29 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry scored 40 points in 25 minutes in Thursday night’s 143-123 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Curry’s dazzling offensive performance offered fans both a reminder of the former MVP’s talent and a glimpse at just how dominant he could be on certain nights as
3:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It took Kawhi Leonard less than two minutes to show why the LA Clippers went to great lengths to get the superstar forward. Making his Clippers preseason debut, Leonard hit a 14-footer, stole a pass from Gary Harris and then buried a step-back 3-pointer in the span of 21
12:21 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The numbers didn’t show it, but the hordes of NBA front office personnel in attendance weren’t really there looking for those anyway. They were there to see the hypersonic first step, the spring-loaded bounce and the complete skillset of likely 2020 lottery pick R.J. Hampton, and he delivered in
9:29 AM ET Here we go: the top 15 in my NBA League Pass Rankings for 2019-20. You can find Part 1 and all of the rules here. These are not power rankings. 15. BOSTON CELTICS (31) Boston drops 13 spots despite replacing a frowny-faced philosopher-point guard (Kyrie Irving) with a rough stylistic equivalent in
Oct 2, 2019 The new season is less than three weeks away and training camps are in full swing across the league. And while established stars are using the preseason to prepare for the grind of another campaign, others are using it as an opportunity to showcase their development. In this training camp edition of
11:01 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — A day after being called out by name by President Donald Trump in the wake of the NBA’s ongoing situation in China, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr described the situation as ‘surreal’ while pushing back against the President’s comments. “It was really surprising,” Kerr said prior to