8:20 PM ET BOSTON — Finally, almost five months into a rocky grind of a regular season, the Houston Rockets resemble the contender-caliber team that James Harden expected them to be. “It feels really, really good to kind of have a full roster and catch a rhythm,” Harden said after the Rockets’ 115-104 victory over
NBA
8:09 PM ET Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s collection of memorabilia from his Hall of Fame career fetched nearly $3 million at auction on Sunday. Abdul-Jabbar put up 234 lots of memorabilia — including four of his six NBA championship rings — up for sale through Goldin Auctions with “much of the proceeds” going to his Skyhook Foundation
5:23 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been ejected against the Chicago Bulls. Young pulled up for a 3 early in the third quarter to make it 78-62, then stared at Kris Dunn with his hands on his hips. That resulted in his second technical of the game and
12:40 PM ET After signing LeBron James over the summer, it seemed like there was good reason for the Los Angeles Lakers to be heavy favorites in Las Vegas to make the playoffs. But after a 118-109 loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, the view in Vegas is worse than ever. The
7:05 AM ET James Harden is dribbling up to the left wing as the Houston Rockets are down three with 48 seconds left. Kevin Durant calls off Andre Iguodala. He wants to guard his former teammate in one of the most intense moments of this season. Durant, one of the longest wing defenders this league
6:48 AM ET Count Boston Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck among those disappointed with the team’s performance of late. Speaking Saturday at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Grousbeck said the Celtics just finished the “worst February” he can remember since taking over the team in 2002. The Celtics were 5-6 last month, including a finishing
3:36 AM ET PHOENIX — Saturday was a new low for a Los Angeles Lakers team that has been digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole in recent weeks, losing to the league’s worst team, the Phoenix Suns, 118-109. The loss to the Suns (13-51) dropped the Lakers to 30-33, 4½ games behind the
2:21 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell was not sure if an evening that included a career high in points, a win over the best-ranked team in the league and a Gatorade shower amounted to the best game of his career. On Saturday night, the second-year guard finished with 46 points,
1:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — What was a wildly entertaining game between the Warriors and 76ers — one ultimate won by Golden State by a score of 120-117 — instead will be remembered by two head-scratching decisions by Philadelphia inside the final minute of action. Both of them — an intentional foul by
1:23 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Golden State superstar Stephen Curry has won two MVP awards and three NBA championships, but he is still “underrated,” according to Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala. In fact, Iguodala also believes that Curry is the second-best point guard of all time at this point in his career. “I still think he