9:58 AM ET Associated Press The United States’ quest for a third straight FIBA World Cup championship will begin with matchups against Turkey, the Czech Republic and Japan this summer. The Americans are in Group E for the tournament that begins in China on Aug. 31. The 32 teams that qualified for the event were
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12:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Clippers head coach Doc Rivers and Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylen were both ejected Friday night after what appeared to be a heated exchange near midcourt during their game at Staples Center. Their ejections occurred with 1 minute, 14 seconds left in the third quarter, soon after Clippers forward
11:19 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit to beat the Miami Heat 113-98 on Friday night. Antetokounmpo also had 16 rebounds and nine assists for the Bucks, who became the first team in NBA history to trail by at least
10:51 PM ET Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade suffered a bruised right hip after a nasty fall during the Heat’s 113-98 loss to the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Wade was hurt on a drive to the basket late in the third quarter. The veteran went up hard for a contested layup, making contact
9:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The Utah Jazz may not be getting reserve point guard Dante Exum back for the playoffs, after all. Exum was diagnosed Friday with a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee and will be out indefinitely, the Jazz said. Exum left Thursday night’s 120-100 win over the Minnesota
4:28 PM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut will join the team next week and is expected to make his season debut when the Warriors return to Oracle Arena for a three-game homestand beginning Thursday against the Indiana Pacers. “He probably will not be here on this road trip,” coach Steve Kerr
4:33 PM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green believes fans cross the line “often” when dealing with players, and he doesn’t think it will get better as long as the NBA continues to fine players for verbally defending themselves. Green’s comments came in the wake of an incident during Monday’s game between
4:34 PM ET The Utah Jazz have banned a second fan for making offensive comments to Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook in 2018, the Deseret News reported. On Tuesday, the team issued a lifetime ban to fan Shane Keisel for making degrading comments to Westbrook during Monday’s game at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The
9:49 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA is now offering a 10-minute viewing pass for those fans who want to see what’s happening in the league at a given moment. The item will be rolled out starting Saturday and costs 99 cents. Fans will have the ability to watch as many live
7:30 AM ET Over the two seasons in which NBA teams have been allowed to sell space on jerseys to advertisers, there has been one holdout: The Oklahoma City Thunder kept their jerseys patch-free. That will end Saturday, as the Thunder have reached a four-year agreement with Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, an Oklahoma