12:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets All-Star Kemba Walker sustained a mild neck strain late in Friday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to the club. Kevin Pelton answers the big NBA All-Star questions. Walker was injured with 2 minutes, 6 seconds left when Giannis Antetokounmpo landed on him. Walker headed directly to
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8:37 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN CHICAGO — The LA Clippers were running late, very late. The third bus that held Clippers coach Doc Rivers, two starters and others arrived to the United Center at 6:30 p.m. CT — a half-hour before the scheduled 7 p.m. tipoff against the Chicago Bulls. Freezing temperatures and snow blanketed
7:27 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will need surgery to repair a right thumb injury, but he might put off the procedure and continue to play as the team makes a playoff push. Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said Friday that team doctors, Dinwiddie and his family were still deciding on the best path
6:10 PM ET Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. plans to accept an invitation to participate in the slam dunk contest at All-Star Weekend, a source confirmed. Smith, who was eliminated in the first round of last year’s dunk contest, has had a change of heart since media day in September. He said then
6:21 PM ET There will be at least one Curry in the 3-point shooting contest during All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, next month. Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry will compete in the contest in his hometown, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Curry’s brother, Stephen Curry, is second in the league
2:58 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson will miss about two more weeks because of a sprained left foot, another blow to the NBA’s worst team. The team provided the update Friday for the 6-foot-10 veteran, who has been sidelined for the past four games. The Cavs (9-40) have lost five
1:58 PM ET The NBA has suspended Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for one game for leaving the team’s bench during an altercation against the Utah Jazz, it was announced Friday. Jokic left the bench area during a physical confrontation between Jazz power forward Derrick Favors and Nuggets backup center Mason Plumlee on Wednesday. Favors
2:14 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler is seeing a specialist for his sprained right wrist, the team said Friday. Coach Brett Brown said Butler’s visit in Los Angeles is “precautionary.” Butler has missed the Sixers’ past two games and is doubtful for Saturday’s game in Denver. In addition to the ailing Butler, Philadelphia
2:47 PM ET Houston Rockets star James Harden is on a historic pace, with 21 straight games scoring at least 30 points, including a career-high 61 against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. Defenders aren’t the only ones having a hard time keeping up. Six hours before game time, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook
10:37 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN As Martin Luther King Jr. Day served as an annual platform for messages of inclusion and equality earlier this week, players around the league took to their sneakers to highlight causes, quotes and themes that have taken on extra meaning in their lives. In the latest chapter of Puma’s relaunch