3:04 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Rockets guard James Harden will play against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday after X-rays on his injured right wrist were negative. Harden first injured it last Sunday in a win over Boston and aggravated it Friday night in a fall in the first half of a victory over
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1:25 AM ET Ohm Youngmisuk LOS ANGELES — Lonzo Ball will miss the remainder of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ fading season, sources confirmed to ESPN, joining teammate Brandon Ingram on the sideline for the rest of the team’s disappointing campaign. Sources said Ball has been shut down as he continues to make his way back
2:03 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis in his right arm and is expected to miss the rest of the season, the team said Saturday. Ingram, who is averaging a career-best 18.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season, had missed the past two
10:58 PM ET Ohm Youngmisuk LOS ANGELES — Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball both will miss the remainder of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ fading season. Ingram has been diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis in his ailing right arm, and coach Luke Walton was tight-lipped Saturday on any further details, other than to say the third-year
2:52 PM ET Nicole Noren The volatile, longstanding dispute between Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter and Turkish government officials has added another chapter, this time in separate interviews conducted by E:60’s Jeremy Schaap, with Kanter again comparing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to a dictator, and former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu, now a Turkish
2:38 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LOS ANGELES — It is mid-January in Boston, and the Boston Celtics have just pulled off a dramatic overtime victory against their East rivals, the Toronto Raptors. Kyrie Irving led Boston to the win, scoring 27 points and dishing out 18 assists, including 10 points and six assists in the
4:08 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — When the Golden State Warriors decide to focus and play the way they’re capable of, there is no team in the NBA that can beat them. Golden State’s best is better than anyone else’s in the league, as they reminded the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in a 122-105
3:55 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After Oklahoma City’s Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Steven Adams fouled out in the final four minutes of a 118-110 loss to the LA Clippers on Friday night at Staples Center, George ripped the officiating in the NBA and said something must be done. “It’s just bad officiating,” George
3:34 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors spent Friday night defending DeMarcus Cousins‘ defense after the big man helped propel his team to a 122-105 win over the Denver Nuggets. Cousins has been a frequent target of media and fan criticism in recent weeks, as the Warriors came into Friday’s showdown at
6:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans say guard E’Twaun Moore will be sidelined at least a week after reinjuring his left quadriceps. The Pelicans, who announced Moore’s condition before Friday night’s game against Toronto, say Moore’s recurrent contusion occurred during Wednesday night’s 114-104 loss to Toronto. The club says