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
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1:36 PM ET Michael Jordan has been long synonymous with greatness, so any accolade with “greatest ever” bestowed by him shouldn’t be taken lightly. So take note, Tiger Woods. “I never thought he’d get back physically,” Jordan told The Athletic after Woods’ victory at the Masters on Sunday. “He didn’t think he’d get back physically.
7:00 AM ET “POP WANTS TO talk to you.” The server is speaking to a man named Jeremy Threat — and from the tone in his voice, something is clearly amiss. Threat hustles back to the main dining room of Spataro Restaurant & Bar, an Italian restaurant in Sacramento, California, that has been overrun by
8:33 AM ET IT WAS LATE JUNE in 2017, and D’Angelo Russell had settled into a regular offseason routine after his second season with the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a simple schedule: sweat through three separate workouts and return home to relax with a few friends by the pool. “It was like the same
2:52 AM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets firmly believe they were the NBA’s best team last season, robbed of a championship by the basketball gods when Chris Paul strained his hamstring when they were one win away from dethroning the Golden State Warriors. But nobody in the Houston locker room is worried about what-ifs
12:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Back in September, when the Boston Celtics convened for training camp, they had grand visions for where the 2018-19 NBA season could take them. With LeBron James on the West Coast, and with Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward once again healthy, the Eastern Conference felt like it was
11:34 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN A full century after the original introduction of the Converse All-Star, the brand is reemerging in the performance basketball space with a fully modernized update to its longtime classic sneaker. The All-Star Pro BB marks a new direction and new approach, as Converse leaned on its parent company, Nike Inc.,
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8:42 PM ET The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired Rich Cho vice president of basketball strategy and Glen Grunwald as a senior adviser within the franchise’s basketball operations department. Cho is a former Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers general manager. Grunwald was general manager of the New York Knicks
6:15 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — As Kevin Durant gets set for Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors superstar is confident that Clippers guard Patrick Beverley isn’t going to cause him to get out of rhythm. “I’m not gonna get in the way of the game because I wanna have