2:43 AM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob wants Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to stay with the organization “forever.” Lacob happily made that declaration in the wake of Friday night’s 118-113, series-clinching Game 6 victory over the Houston Rockets after watching the pair combine for 60 points and lead the Warriors
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12:05 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden headed straight for the tunnel as the final buzzer sounded at the end of Friday’s Game 6, not giving so much as a nod or glance of acknowledgement toward the victors. It’s hard to blame Harden for not wanting to see any more of the Golden State Warriors,
9:48 PM ET The Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers will be at full strength for Game 7 after the NBA did not levy any suspensions or fines from a fourth-quarter skirmish between both teams in Game 6. The NBA confirmed Denver’s Will Barton and Torrey Craig and Portland’s Seth Curry and Zach Collins will
8:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The organizer of a protest over the state of the Los Angeles Lakers says the issues with the team boil down to one thing: decision-making on a front-office level. Charlie Rivers, a 22-year-old Arizona college student who says he drove from the Phoenix area to take part in the
7:45 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Sixers center Joel Embiid‘s flagrant foul from the final minutes of the Philadelphia’s Game 6 win over the Toronto Raptors Thursday night will not be rescinded, league sources told ESPN. The play, which occurred late in the fourth quarter when Embiid’s hand hit Raptors center Marc Gasol in
4:09 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will interview former Memphis Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff for their head-coaching position Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Lakers have been regrouping since Wednesday’s breakdown with head-coaching candidate Tyronn Lue. Bickerstaff will become the sixth candidate to interview for the Lakers’ vacancy created by Luke Walton’s departure
2:58 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In moves that reshape the front office of one of the Western Conference’s perennial playoff franchises, the Utah Jazz have promoted general manager Dennis Lindsey to executive vice president of basketball operations and assistant GM Justin Zanik to GM, the team announced Friday. Lindsey, the Jazz’s general manager since 2012,
11:15 AM ET Milwaukee Bucks center Pau Gasol will miss the remainder of the playoffs after undergoing surgery Thursday to repair a navicular stress fracture in his left foot, the team announced Friday. Gasol missed 26 games earlier this season with a stress fracture in his foot. Gasol, 38, joined Milwaukee after reaching a buyout
9:45 AM ET Before his right calf injury on Wednesday, Kevin Durant wasn’t just leading the Golden State Warriors in scoring, he was the leading scorer in the entire NBA playoffs. As the Warriors face the Houston Rockets on the road in Game 6 (Friday, 9 p.m. ET on ESPN) without KD, how they replace
4:04 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — It was about four minutes into the third quarter of Game 6, and Damian Lillard peeled off a high screen, sizing up Nikola Jokic in front of him. He had Jokic leaning, and Lillard saw his opportunity. One hard dribble, stop, pop and fire. Except Jokic saw it coming.