3:34 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant dominated Thursday’s 132-105 Game 3 win over the LA Clippers, scoring 38 points, dishing out 7 assists and grabbing 4 rebounds in just 29 minutes. The game came easy for Durant, who came into the contest confident that he could take over when
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6:25 PM ET ESPN News Services LUBBOCK, Texas — Big 12 Player of the Year Jarrett Culver has declared for the NBA draft after helping lead his hometown Texas Tech Red Raiders to the two deepest NCAA tournament runs in school history. Culver made the announcement Thursday, 10 days after the Red Raiders finished their
6:48 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets and LA Clippers have taken home-court advantage heading into pivotal Game 3s on Thursday. What adjustments do the Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors need to make? Let’s start in Philadelphia, where all eyes are on the Sixers’ point guard. 76ers-Nets The Har-Ben-ger of things to come If Joel
9:05 PM ET NEW YORK — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid will miss Game 3 of the 76ers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday because of left knee soreness, the team announced shortly before tipoff. Embiid, who missed 14 of the Sixers’ final 24 games after the All-Star break because of left knee tendinitis,
6:26 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. has undergone surgery for a stress fracture in his lower left leg and is expected to resume basketball activities before the start of training camp in September. The procedure announced Thursday came after Hardaway missed the last 11 games of the regular
7:31 PM ET A “missing” poster mocking Sixers star Ben Simmons‘ jump shot was taped on a street sign outside of the Barclays Center ahead of Game 3 of the Brooklyn Nets‘ series against Philadelphia. Ian Begley/ESPN The poster jokingly offered a $26,620,450 reward for the retrieval of Simmons’ shot — the amount of the
6:20 PM ET It’s the kind of mind-numbing loss that could inflict permanent damage on an undermanned team fighting for its playoff life. The Indiana Pacers endured two-and-a-half hours of quiet misery and self-examination on their plane ride back to Indianapolis following a Game 2 collapse against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Larry Bird,
5:52 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The New Orleans Pelicans have been granted permission to discuss a senior front-office role with LA Clippers assistant general manager Trent Redden, league sources told ESPN. Redden and David Griffin, the Pelicans’ new executive vice president of basketball operations, worked closely together with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where they were a
7:48 AM ET IN OKLAHOMA CITY’S locker room on April 5, Russell Westbrook took his usual place in front of a blank whiteboard for his postgame media availability. He had his new favorite postgame prop with him — a cup of ice water — and answered questions about the Thunder‘s much-needed win over the Detroit
Brooklyn finished the third quarter scoring eight unanswered points – including a four-point play from Spencer Dinwiddie – to cut Philly’s lead to seven. The Barclays Center crowd, quiet for much of the third as Philadelphia methodically built a double-digit lead, is alive and well heading into the final period. Ian Begley, ESPN Staff Writer3m