10:50 AM ET When Tyus Jones first heard that the Minnesota Timberwolves were designing an alternate jersey in honor of Prince, he knew how important it was that the team and Nike get it right. Jones is 22, too young for Prince’s heyday, but he grew up about half an hour from Minneapolis — Prince’s
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9:00 PM ET With Halloween falling on a Wednesday night with seven NBA games, players from across the league showed off their creativity with a full range of costumes. Here’s who entered the arena in style. LeBron James: Mr. Voorhees pic.twitter.com/0KTTaohxtU — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 31, 2018 JaVale McGee: 🎶 You’re a mean
1:34 AM ET Pelicans star Anthony Davis was back in the starting lineup after a two-game absence, but New Orleans fell 131-121 to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. Davis was held out of the Pelicans’ past two games because of a sprained right elbow. He played 41 minutes and scored 17 points on
9:44 AM ET An unfamiliar chant broke out in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ glimmering new arena Monday night: Bood-en-hol-zer. Bood-en-hol-zer. The loudest members of Milwaukee’s fanbase were voicing approval for the team’s new tactician, Mike Budenholzer. And why wouldn’t they? The latest win over the Toronto Raptors made the Bucks the only undefeated team left in
3:54 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been cleared to play in Thursday’s game against the Boston Celtics, the team announced. Antetokounmpo missed Monday’s win over the Raptors after he was placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol. He suffered the injury during Saturday’s victory over the Magic when he was elbowed in the
2:32 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN As the Minnesota Timberwolves remain stagnant in trade talks for Jimmy Butler, the All-Star forward has expressed his intention to join the team on its trip to Golden State for Friday night’s game, league sources told ESPN. Butler will miss Wednesday’s home game against Utah for what the team is
12:44 AM ET The Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out guard Jimmy Butler for Wednesday’s 128-125 win over the Utah Jazz for “precautionary rest,” but Butler said he intends to join the team for Friday’s game against Golden State. Butler told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols on Wednesday that he doesn’t want any soreness from playing in games after
1:55 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — There’s a known history between Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley, and it bubbled over again Tuesday night, with double technical fouls and a flagrant foul 1 handed out in the Thunder‘s 128-110 win over the LA Clippers. With 6:20 left in the fourth quarter, shortly after the whistle had
1:48 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook faced up on the left wing, sizing up Patrick Beverley. With a violent swing over his head, he moved the ball to his left and exploded with two dribbles at the rim. He blew past Beverley and softly laid the ball off the backboard. As the ball
1:54 AM ET BOSTON — There are certain truths when it comes to the Boston Celtics: The banners will always hang prominently from the Garden rafters, the opponent will always be seeing green, and Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn will always espouse the virtues of the hometown team. Right? Well, hold on a minute. Heinsohn,