8:58 AM ET The Toronto Raptors saved their season in a grimy Game 3 win Sunday, but it is on the line again Tuesday in Game 4. The Milwaukee Bucks haven’t lost three times in a row all season. They’ve lost twice in a row only once. The odds of Toronto falling behind 3-1 and
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3:55 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — As the Golden State Warriors celebrated their fifth straight Western Conference championship after eliminating the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, forward Draymond Green pointed out that as the conversation surrounding Kevin Durant‘s pending free agency continues, Durant’s addition to the Warriors three summers ago made the group “unbeatable.”
2:16 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Competitive sweep? It sounds like an oxymoron, but it provided a bit of consolation for the Portland Trail Blazers after the franchise’s longest playoff run in 19 years ended with a four-game dismissal by the dynastic Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals. “We were very competitive in
11:51 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers fans fell in love all over again with their team this season, from the breathtaking performances of their star guards to the toughness of their role players to the mere presence of their wounded center in the playoffs. The end against the Golden State Warriors was bitter. Even as
12:02 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — The Golden State Warriors have earned their fifth straight trip to the NBA Finals after beating the Portland Trail Blazers 119-117 in overtime of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night. This is the first time a team has made five straight Finals appearances since the
10:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers fans gave a standing ovation to high school coach and former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe on Monday night for his help in stopping a potential shooting at a local high school last week. Lowe, a star wide receiver at Oregon from 2011 to
7:41 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Jeanie Buss listened to the press conference in which Magic Johnson abruptly resigned as President of Basketball Operations on April 9 and felt like she was in a time machine. The words, the substance, even the blindside felt just like 1981 when Johnson told her father, the late
7:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — After the Toronto Raptors escaped with a grueling, 118-112 double-overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Sunday night, the focus Monday was on recovery. “After almost any game, but especially after one like last night, you’re getting nothing physically from these
6:18 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Despite Magic Johnson airing his grievances with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and a coaching search that took very public twists and turns before ending up on Frank Vogel, L.A.’s top basketball executive projected confidence as the franchise looks ahead to a crucial summer of free
5:19 PM ET Oh Youngmisuk EL SEGUNDO — New Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel called new assistant coach Jason Kidd “an incredible asset” and said he’s not going to worry about looking over his shoulder. Vogel said that while the Lakers’ front office planted the seed of adding Kidd to his staff, he