10:33 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN A week after his Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook debuted his latest Jordan signature sneaker, Paul George had a debut of his own in store. Dressed in astronaut-suit-inspired metallic materials and fittingly team-friendly colors, his new Nike PG3 sneaker was unveiled in a detailed NASA theme, drafting off of
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12:58 AM ET The Dallas Mavericks fear that sixth man J.J. Barea tore his right Achilles tendon during Friday’s 119-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, a source told ESPN. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told reporters that Barea would get an MRI on Saturday to determine the severity of what the team officially referred to as
3:48 PM ET Dallas Mavericks sixth man J.J. Barea suffered a torn right Achilles tendon during Friday’s 119-115 road victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN. An MRI on Saturday confirmed the Mavs’ initial fear that Barea tore the Achilles. The team officially announced a “right lower leg injury” for the veteran guard after
12:21 AM ET Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Luka Doncic entered the fourth quarter in Target Center looking to be one of the two youngest players to ever record a triple-double. Doncic ultimately fell two rebounds short of the mark. So he decided to capture the souls of the Minnesota Timberwolves instead. The third overall
3:11 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is now third on the NBA’s all-time 3-point field goals list, passing Jason Terry in Friday night’s 146-109 rout of the Chicago Bulls. Curry, 30, acknowledged before the game how much his ascension on the list means to him as he passes each
3:01 AM ET HOUSTON — As the ball bounced off the rim and caromed right to him, Houston Rockets forward PJ Tucker intentionally got out of the way, screening out Cleveland Cavaliers center Ante Zizic and essentially gift-wrapping the rebound for James Harden. It was Harden’s 10th rebound of the night, clinching the reigning MVP’s
3:28 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons called his team “too soft” for the second time this season after Friday night’s 123-121 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Playing without star center Joel Embiid, who missed the game with a sore ankle, the Sixers allowed Atlanta to rack up 62 points in the paint
2:36 AM ET NEW YORK — Unless you’re in Indianapolis, you probably aren’t paying close attention to the Indiana Pacers. And Victor Oladipo is just fine with that. “I really don’t care,” Oladipo said in an on-court interview Friday following the Pacers’ 121-106 win over the New York Knicks. “We’re just going to keep earning
7:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — 76ers center Joel Embiid sat out Friday night against Atlanta because of a sore left ankle. Embiid hurt his ankle in a loss at Washington on Wednesday night. Embiid was one of the final players to leave the court during warm-ups and shot long jumpers wearing “Trust the
9:53 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo missed Friday night’s 113-106 loss to the Washington Wizards while battling a sore right quadriceps. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo sidestepped the MVP discussion following another dominant all-around effort Wednesday that saw him score 27 points and grab a career-high 21 rebounds in a win over James Harden’s