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
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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
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
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