10:40 PM ET TORONTO — Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NBA Finals Game 2 against the Toronto Raptors with left hamstring tightness, according to the team. Thompson was hurt with 10:40 left in regulation after he landed awkwardly. He stayed in the game for a couple minutes
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9:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — After National Basketball Coaches Association president Rick Carlisle spent several minutes praising the winner of this year’s Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, former Utah Jazz coach and executive Frank Layden, he turned the microphone over to Layden to give his remarks. “Rick, how many more years you got
2:09 PM ET Dwyane Wade, reflecting on the challenges at a Florida school where a mass shooting took place last year, told the school’s 2019 graduating class that “I’ve never experienced anything to the magnitude that you guys just experienced.” Wade was a surprise speaker for graduation at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday.
12:55 PM ET TORONTO — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will not play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, but coach Steve Kerr acknowledged that it is “feasible” that Durant could participate in just one practice before being cleared to play in a game. “It’s feasible,” Kerr said. “But again,
7:46 AM ET After missing the All-Star Game for the first time since 2015, Draymond Green in these playoffs has reminded everyone what kind of two-way force he is — a former Defensive Player of the Year who already ranks among the greatest playmaking big men ever. Ask insiders to name what makes Green special,
12:22 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — KYLE LOWRY’S path to becoming the starting point guard for a team in the NBA Finals could best be described as a happy accident. When he joined the Toronto Raptors in a trade with the Houston Rockets in July 2012, he was forced to compete with Jose Calderon
1:37 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says that Jerry West, the pro basketball great, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “The Great Jerry West will be receiving our Nation’s highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his outstanding career, both on and off the court,” according to the
4:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — When Kawhi Leonard was growing up in Southern California, he dreamed — like many others — of having the ball in his hands with the outcome on the line in the biggest of games. And as Leonard has gone through this playoff run with the Toronto Raptors, leading
7:10 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN The Golden State Warriors aren’t the only team feeling the hurt of Kevin Durant’s calf-induced absence from the 2019 NBA Finals. Without Durant on the court — and with LeBron James home for the postseason for the first time since 2005 — Nike is facing its first Finals since 2006
11:31 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Murray State guard Ja Morant — the projected No. 2 pick in the June NBA Draft — will undergo a minor orthoscopic procedure on his right knee on Monday, league sources told ESPN. Morant is expected to be fully recovered in three to four weeks, sources said . The scope