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
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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
5:39 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina judge won’t allow a man convicted of murdering Michael Jordan‘s father in 1993 to proceed with an effort to prove his innocence, according to court documents. Judge Winston Gilchrist informed lawyers Wednesday that he would deny Daniel Green’s request for an evidentiary hearing that
4:45 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton said Friday it’s possible Lonzo Ball misses the remainder of the season as he deals with a bone bruise related to a Grade 3 ankle sprain he suffered Jan. 19. Walton says Ball is not close to a return and hasn’t done anything outside of dribbling
7:28 PM ET The NBA’s chief of referees defended his crew Friday in the wake of controversy over how it affected the outcome of the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers a night earlier. Monty McCutchen, a former longtime veteran official and the NBA’s vice president of referee development and training,
10:16 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Nine-year-old Riley Morrison’s viral handwritten hope for Stephen Curry‘s basketball sneakers to be merchandised for young girls like her helped to fuel a change beyond her wildest expectations, as the Warriors star incorporated the young aspiring player into the design of his latest Curry 6 colorway, a special edition created