3:54 AM ET LOS ANGELES — With the playoffs seeming like an unrealistic destination for the Los Angeles Lakers following a 113-105 loss to the LA Clippers on Monday night, LeBron James pushed back on the idea of shutting it down for the remainder of the season. “That would take a lot of convincing from
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3:20 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Patrick Beverley darted into the middle of the paint where he was surrounded by Los Angeles Lakers and still came away with the offensive rebound before flexing his bicep for everyone to see. The play, which happened late in the fourth quarter as the LA Clippers were putting the
1:56 AM ET NEW YORK — The Dallas Mavericks have dropped their past two games by a combined 69 points, including a 39-point loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night. Monday’s defeat was the second-largest for the Mavs in head coach Rick Carlisle’s 11-year tenure. “It was ugly from start to finish,” Carlisle said
12:26 AM ET ESPN News Services The Phoenix Suns rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to beat the NBA-best Bucks 114-105 on Monday night, becoming the first team to defeat Milwaukee multiple times this season. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Devin Booker added 22 points and Deandre Ayton had 19
9:25 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday evening that it will be playing preseason games in Japan for the first time in more than a decade next season. The Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors will play games on Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 at Saitama Super Arena outside Tokyo. It will mark the
10:11 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Dwyane Wade now has more blocked shots than any guard in NBA history. The Miami Heat star swatted away the 1,052nd shot of his career Monday night, blocking an attempt by Atlanta’s B.J. Johnson. When factoring in regular-season and playoff games, that’s one more block than Michael Jordan
4:08 AM ET It was the fall of 1981 and Magic Johnson was not happy. The Los Angeles Lakers had just won five in a row, but Johnson was feeling constrained by the new offense head coach Paul Westhead had installed. Westhead met with his star point guard over what he called a “lack of
6:21 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Count Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant in the group that believes the Boston Celtics will figure out their issues before the playoffs begin. Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against the Celtics at Oracle Arena, Durant sounded confident that Kyrie Irving and the Celtics will get things rolling again
5:01 PM ET Marc J. Spears The Golden State Warriors have every expectation to sign former center Andrew Bogut soon, a source told ESPN, although there are formalities that have to be completed before a contract can be signed. Bogut has to obtain a work visa and get clearance from FIBA before he can sign
11:20 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Los Angeles Lakers and free agent Carmelo Anthony are pausing talks on a possible contract agreement unless the franchise makes a turn back toward pursuit of Western Conference playoffs contention, league sources told ESPN. The Lakers had been leaning toward signing Anthony for the rest of the season —