1:40 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — After falling 124-120 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday to close out a road trip 0-2, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton admitted his team’s early season doldrums are taking a toll. “There’s obviously frustration that comes with it,” Walton said after his team failed to protect a fourth-quarter lead
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1:37 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Jimmy Butler might still be waiting to be traded but that didn’t hold the Minnesota All-Star from burying LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers under a barrage of 3-pointers on Monday. Delivering perhaps his best game since demanding a trade during the preseason, Butler scored 32 points and was
1:20 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — There was no cork popping in the locker room after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Toronto Raptors on Monday night to become the only undefeated team left in the NBA. There was no exaggerated cheering or overzealous celebration. Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said that being the last unbeaten
10:57 PM ET CHICAGO — Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson set a new NBA record by knocking down 14 3-pointers in Monday night’s 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls. Thompson went 14-for-24 from beyond the arc and 18-for-29 from the field, racking up 52 points in 27 minutes while raining down shots from
10:42 PM ET Golden State Warriors All-Star Klay Thompson had his fellow NBA players buzzing with his record-breaking performance Monday night. Thompson broke the single-game record for 3-pointers, finishing with 14, one more than the previous record set by Warriors teammate Stephen Curry. @KlayThompson hot as fish grease @NBA record halfway thru 3 14/24 3fg
1:00 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers might boast the best top-to-bottom art in the NBA, so it made sense that they erred on the side of conservatism with their first-ever “city edition” alternate jerseys last season: Courtesy of Philadelphia 76ers They played on the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776 —
7:34 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were ordered to pay roughly $40 million for renovations at the Oakland arena they are leaving, authorities said Monday. The government agency that manages the Oakland arena took out a $150 million bond in 1996 for basketball renovations that the team agreed to
8:15 AM ET Anthony Oliveri A version of this story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! ON A GRAY August morning in 2015, Raptors president Masai Ujiri has had enough of an impromptu lockout. He’s outside a weathered basketball gym in Lagos with a camera crew and 55 young
4:00 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cleveland Cavaliers have a coach — for Tuesday night. After winning a title with the Cavaliers in 2015-16, Tyronn Lue is out of a job six games into the post-LeBron James era. Kevin Love could miss more than a month with a toe injury, and the Cavaliers and
12:38 PM ET A star-studded matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks‘ Giannis Antetokounmpo and Toronto Raptors‘ Kawhi Leonard won’t be happening Monday. The Bucks announced that Antetokounmpo was placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol suffering an injury in Saturday’s victory over the Orlando Magic. He was initially diagnosed as having a head contusion, and Antetokounmpo returned