8:01 AM ET About an hour after his team suffered a blowout loss at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks, Kawhi Leonard — never one to be subsumed into narratives or high drama — offered the most literal response to the most pressing question facing his Toronto Raptors. “We’re going to Toronto,” said Leonard, when
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3:17 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — On the road in the playoffs, the Golden State Warriors are (expletive) giants. Of everything this team has accomplished over the past five years, a number that personifies their dominance is the streak they extended Saturday night when they defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 110-99 to take a 3-0
3:10 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala injured his left calf in Saturday night’s 110-99 Game 3 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, and he will have an MRI on Sunday. “He was sore,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after Iguodala played just 17 minutes, 33 seconds in Game
3:32 AM ET PORTLAND — Damian Lillard grabbed the ball during a timeout in the third quarter of Saturday’s Game 3 and shot a short set shot. He grabbed it again after making the shot and hit a layup before walking to the Portland Trail Blazers‘ bench. Lillard just wanted to see the ball go
3:32 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green racked up his seventh career postseason triple-double during a 110-99 Game 3 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference finals on Saturday night. Green scored 20 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, dished out 12 assists, made four steals and blocked
7:36 PM ET The Houston Rockets are not renewing the contract of associate head coach Jeff Bzdelik, one of the architects of the team’s defensive turnaround this past season. “Jeff’s contract was up. It will not be renewed,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told the Houston Chronicle. “We’re looking for any way to improve. That
4:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — After dropping the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, the Toronto Raptors returned home knowing the odds — at least historically — are against them in their matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks. But when told that 94 percent of the teams with 2-0 leads have gone
7:25 AM ET Down 2-0 in the NBA Western Conference finals, the Portland Trail Blazers find themselves in a must-win predicament on their home floor Saturday night. One big reason the Golden State Warriors are in the driver’s seat: their ability to shut down Damian Lillard, who must get going if Portland has a chance
2:48 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — George Hill is demanding to know how this story got told. It’s true, he said. He did, in fact, jump into a chilly lake to save Paul George‘s drowning dog a few years ago. It was back when Hill and George were teammates on the Indiana Pacers. As
8:15 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Raptors center Marc Gasol claimed responsibility for his team’s poor performance in its 125-103 loss Friday to the Bucks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. “The beginning [of the game] set us in a really bad spot,” Gasol said. “We couldn’t get a grip of the game early