12:00 PM ET NBA referees will host a question-and-answer session on Twitter for games Sunday and Monday, interacting with fans in real time over calls in playoff games. The referees have done this periodically over the past year, but this is the first time they will operate the “Ref Watch Party” during this postseason, which
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11:12 AM ET ON A COLD, February night in Chicago, a cluster of reporters gathered around Kyrie Irving, backing him up against a white board in the visitors locker room of the United Center. Minutes earlier, the Boston Celtics had stooped to a new low in their vexing season, suffering a dispirited loss to the
2:41 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — With his Philadelphia 76ers taking a 2-1 series lead over a Toronto Raptors team led by Kawhi Leonard and his 37.7 points per game so far in the Eastern Conference semifinals, coach Brett Brown was asked a simple question. When Joel Embiid is healthy, does Brown believe he has the
1:31 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Kawhi Leonard was sensational Thursday night. Pascal Siakam was pretty good, too. The rest of the Toronto Raptors? Not so much. Of the rest of those Raptors, though, none of them have the experience with the franchise that Kyle Lowry does. And, after Lowry finished with seven points
2:32 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Both the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the 2019 postseason with a deep belief that their respective five-man starting units featured the collective talent to deliver them to the NBA Finals. Each lineup features a combination of young, homegrown supernovas, recent big-ticket acquisitions and savvy veteran role players.
2:32 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Both the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the 2019 postseason with a deep belief that their respective five-man starting units featured the collective talent to deliver them to the NBA Finals. Each lineup features a combination of young, homegrown supernovas, recent big-ticket acquisitions and savvy veteran role players.
6:26 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks point guard Malcolm Brogdon is listed as out for Friday’s Game 3 of his team’s playoff series against the Boston Celtics, according to the NBA’s injury report on Thursday evening. The team could still update his status prior to the game. Brogdon is looking to return from plantar fasciitis in
6:49 PM ET The National Basketball Players Association issued a statement Thursday in support of Enes Kanter after the Turkish big man took to social media to call out mistreatment from Denver Nuggets fans and the NBA Turkey Twitter account. “The National Basketball Players Association fully supports our players using their platforms to stand up
6:57 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry went through all of Thursday’s practice and is expected to play in Game 3 after dislocating the middle finger of his left hand during Tuesday’s 115-109 Game 2 win over the Houston Rockets. “He practiced fully,” Kerr said. “He’s got it taped up
8:02 AM ET DENVER — NIKOLA JOKIC is sitting on a leather couch in the Denver Nuggets‘ player lounge, an ice pack attached to his right side. There’s a five-inch scar that runs across the top of his left arm near his shoulder and several other claw marks that come in all different sizes and