11:30 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Nearly a year after a hip procedure, Denver Nuggets guard Isaiah Thomas returned to play against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Thomas entered the game late in the first quarter to a standing ovation from the Denver crowd. He finished with eight points and two assists in 13 minutes
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1:44 PM ET DALLAS — Retiring Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade missed Wednesday morning’s shootaround due to an illness and is listed as questionable for what would be his final appearance in Dallas, where he has been considered a villain since helping defeat the Mavericks in the 2006 Finals. Wade was the MVP in that
1:28 PM ET Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving will miss his second straight game Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons because of a sprained right knee. After the Sixers once again found themselves on the losing end of a game against the Celtics, All-Star center Joel Embiid didn’t hold back in his assessment of the officiating
2:20 AM ET ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Lakers limped into the All-Star break on Tuesday, falling below .500 for the first time since Nov. 7 after a 117-113 loss to Atlanta Hawks. At 28-29, the Lakers are 2.5 games back of the Sacramento Kings for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. For
1:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After spending a few tortured minutes at the podium inside the Wells Fargo Center interview room being asked questions about yet another loss to the Boston Celtics, as 76ers center Joel Embiid was finally granted a reprieve from talking about his team’s 112-109 defeat, he decided he had
12:27 AM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis doesn’t want to play for New Orleans anymore. In a blowout loss Tuesday night, he noticed his teammates might have felt the same way. “We sucked,” Davis said. “Nobody was interested in playing, is what it looked like.” If the Lakers want to stay in
8:00 AM ET Robert Sanchez HE’S A HERO back home. Regardless of how the basketball world might view him these days — as a man disbelieving of his own basketball mortality, as the undersized malcontent who fractured the locker room in Cleveland, as a backup with a questionable future — Isaiah Thomas is adored in
11:07 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Boston Celtics suffered a disappointing home loss to the LA Clippers on Saturday night — a second straight game that saw Boston surrender a double-digit lead before going on to lose outright — forward Marcus Morris decided he had some things to say. “For me it’s not really
9:48 PM ET Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s vice president of referee development and training, disagreed with the National Basketball Referees Association’s defense of a no-call of a seemingly obvious travel violation by the Washington Wizards‘ Bradley Beal on Monday. McCutchen, who has held the position since 2017 after an on-court career as a ref for
6:35 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Nearly a year after a hip procedure, Denver Nuggets guard Isaiah Thomas could make his return to the lineup on Wednesday night, league sources told ESPN. Thomas, who was upgraded to questionable for the Nuggets game against Sacramento in Denver, will make a determination about playing earlier in the day