8:56 AM ET NBA InsidersESPN.com How solid are the Los Angeles Lakers‘ playoff chances with LeBron James out? Should the team make a significant move? Our NBA experts answer the big questions with the Lakers on the playoff bubble and James out. 1. Which is closer to your estimate of the Lakers’ playoff chances? 538:
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8:39 AM ET It’s that time: 1. Jamal Murray, popping, and the gritty Denver Nuggets Murray is perhaps the league’s most important swing player over the next three seasons. If he becomes an All-Star, the Nuggets could contend for a long time. If he tops out below that, Denver has more work to do. He’s
6:27 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says DeMarcus Cousins will start when he makes his season debut, likely Jan. 18 against the Clippers. Cousins, who signed a one-year deal with the Warriors last summer, will make his long-awaited return to the floor after rehabbing a torn left Achilles tendon
4:51 PM ET LeBron James will miss at least another week with a strained left groin, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday. James, who suffered the injury Christmas Day in the Lakers’ win over the Golden State Warriors, has been sidelined for two weeks so far, with the team going 3-5 in his absence. The
4:17 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. suffered a sprained right MCL and is expected to miss two to three weeks, league sources told ESPN on Thursday. Kevin Love, who was recently cleared to begin some “select basketball activities” after having surgery on his left foot, said he’s still weeks away
2:05 PM ET Back-to-back NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant has been knocked out of the Western Conference starting five in the most recent fan voting for the All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday. Oklahoma City’s Paul George has supplanted Durant in the West’s starting five. George joins Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and
Dominant victory for the Celtics tonight over the Pacers. Boston has won seven of nine, and has guys up and down the roster round into form. With 10 of their next 12 games against losing teams, Celtics have a chance to get back on the kind of pace they were expected to from the start
3:19 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A week after suffering a lower back contusion and two days after missing 16 of the 20 shots he attempted in his return to the court, Kyle Kuzma scored a career-high 41 points in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 113-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. And he did
2:32 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin made his first appearance at Staples Center as an opponent Wednesday night after playing nearly eight seasons as a member of the LA Clippers. Griffin’s return was dampened by the Pistons’ 113-100 defeat to the Lakers, Detroit’s eighth loss in 10 games. After the
2:16 AM ET HOUSTON — A dominant all-around performance in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ 116-109 road win over reigning MVP James Harden‘s Houston Rockets on Wednesday could have provided Giannis Antetokounmpo a massive platform to begin campaigning for the NBA’s most prestigious individual honor. Antetokounmpo, however, dismissed the early MVP discussion like he so often sidesteps