8:56 PM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant will not play Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets because of a sprained right ankle. “Kevin did not practice,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after Tuesday’s practice. “He’ll miss [Wednesday]. Just day-to-day, but he’s not ready to play tomorrow.” Durant initially injured
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6:51 PM ET Knicks owner James Dolan said the fan who confronted him and told him to “sell the team” after New York’s loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday has been banned from Madison Square Garden. On “The Michael Kay Show” on 1050 ESPN New York on Tuesday, Dolan called the confrontation an “ambush”
5:20 PM ET The Utah Jazz permanently banned the fan who had a heated exchange with Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook on Monday night, saying in a statement that “there is no place in our game for personal attacks or disrespect.” The NBA, meanwhile, fined Westbrook $25,000 “for directing profanity and threatening language to
9:52 PM ET The Utah Jazz permanently banned the fan who had a heated exchange with Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook on Monday night, saying in a statement that “there is no place in our game for personal attacks or disrespect.” The NBA, meanwhile, fined Westbrook $25,000 “for directing profanity and threatening language to
5:25 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA has suspended Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka for three games for his role in a fight with Marquese Chriss of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, the league announced. Chriss has been suspended one game by the league. Both bans are without pay. Ibaka will lose $448,276 in
10:41 PM ET While the Golden State Warriors have meandered through an up-and-down season, head coach Steve Kerr’s message to his team has remained consistent: Winning a championship is difficult. Attempting to go to five straight NBA Finals is an arduous road not for the faint of heart. Trying to win an NBA championship for
Mar 7, 2019 IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT that LeBron James didn’t sign a four-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers last summer and instead did what he did when he came back to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 and signed a one-year deal with a player option. Let’s assume if that were the case, the
3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — When Lou Williams started his pro career in 2005 coming off the bench in Philadelphia, he felt some “resentment” and a burning desire to prove people wrong about his reserve role. Thirteen seasons later, Williams is not only the reigning Sixth Man of the Year but now he has
12:51 AM ET HOUSTON — Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni found himself in a playful mood after his team extended its NBA-best win streak to nine games Monday with a 118-106 victory over the Charlotte Hornets behind a 28-point night from James Harden. So when the focus shifted toward Wednesday’s showdown against the Golden State
1:25 AM ET Russell Westbrook confronted a male fan and his wife Monday night during the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s win at Utah, telling the man he would “f—” him up and do the same to his wife. The exchange was caught on video and posted to Twitter by a reporter for Utah’s Deseret News. It