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
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4:32 PM ET Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell was cited for marijuana possession after being detained Wednesday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport following a baggage check, a spokesperson for the New York Port Authority Police told Newsday. Russell was en route to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was raised. The spokesman told Newsday that Russell
1:48 PM ET James Harden‘s vision has improved and is expected to be completely clear for Game 3 of the Rockets‘ second-round playoff series against the Warriors on Saturday night, but the Houston guard continues to deal with pain after being accidentally hit in the face by Draymond Green. “Nah, still tough,” Harden told reporters
12:14 PM ET Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge suffered a mild heart attack in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, the team announced. According to a release from the team, Ainge received immediate medical attention, is expected to make a full recovery and will return to Boston shortly. Ainge, 60, also suffered what was described as
11:32 AM ET Only two-plus weeks ago, Stephen Curry coaxed Montrezl Harrell into the air on a mean pump-fake with the Golden State Warriors down by two in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series against the LA Clippers. For a fleeting moment, Curry, a 90 percent career free throw shooter, had an easy
2:38 AM ET DENVER — Damian Lillard sat on a stool in a ballroom in sweatpants and sliders at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown on Tuesday with an iPad on his lap, about to head to a film session to comb through Game 1. The Portland Trail Blazers felt like they had played well,
2:32 AM ET DENVER — Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray reaggravated a right thigh injury that kept him out of the final 53 seconds of Game 2 and will undergo treatment over the next 48 hours. Murray missed six of his eight 3-point attempts and finished with 15 points and seven assists, then had to
8:33 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Memphis Grizzlies are interested in one of the EuroLeague’s rising coaching stars, Lithuania’s Sarunas Jasikevicius, and plan to meet with him soon, league sources told ESPN. The Grizzlies’
6:28 PM ET The Houston Rockets are optimistic that star guard James Harden will not have any more problems with his vision in the Western Conference semifinals, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Harden suffered contusions in both eyes and a laceration on the inside of his left eyelid when he was inadvertently hit in the
8:05 PM ET The Houston Rockets are optimistic that star guard James Harden will not have any more problems with his vision in the Western Conference semifinals, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. After the Rockets’ flight landed in Houston on Wednesday afternoon, Harden went straight to an eye doctor. Tests revealed no damage to either