9:54 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard won’t play against the LA Clippers because of a bruised right hip. Raptors coach Nick Nurse announced the injury shortly before Tuesday night’s game at Staples Center. He says Leonard got hurt in a loss against Milwaukee on Sunday and the forward is listed
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12:49 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Clippers could be without reigning Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams for a couple of weeks. Williams suffered a right hamstring injury during Monday’s win at Phoenix, and Clippers coach Doc Rivers is expecting to be without one of the league’s best scoring subs for the near
4:23 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers forward Jimmy Butler suffered no structural damage in his groin, league sources told ESPN’s Zach Lowe. Butler underwent an MRI on Tuesday after leaving Monday night’s win over the Detroit Pistons in the first quarter with a groin strain. Despite the good news, Butler is still listed as doubtful for
12:34 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson is expected to miss two weeks to a month with a sprained left foot, league sources told ESPN. Thompson left Monday night’s loss to Milwaukee in the third quarter after landing awkwardly on Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon‘s foot. The Cavaliers are still without All-Star forward
2:21 PM ET Malika Andrews Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News CHICAGO — After Chicago Bulls players discussed the idea of boycotting Sunday afternoon’s practice, Zach LaVine spoke with head coach Jim Boylen one-on-one and tried to clear the air to forge
11:54 AM ET NASA has offered to show Stephen Curry proof the United States landed on the moon in 1969 after the Golden State Warriors star said in a podcast that he didn’t believe the event ever happened. “We’d love for Mr. Curry to tour the lunar lab at our Johnson Space Center in Houston,
10:11 AM ET Former NBA All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been named president of the G League, replacing Malcolm Turner, who is leaving to become athletics director at Vanderbilt University. Abdur-Rahim, who turns 42 Tuesday, has been serving as the NBA’s vice president of basketball operations. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft
1:32 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN MOBILE, Ala. — It was early Saturday morning when Mobile’s biggest active homegrown star athlete, Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins, welcomed 100 hand-picked students into an airline hangar, instantly recognizing the unmistakable surprise on each of the kids’ faces. The Warriors had just closed out a road win over
3:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It came down to the final possession, and LeBron James switched onto his old friend Dwyane Wade, forcing the future Hall of Famer into an off-balance 3-pointer that caromed off the glass and assured the Los Angeles Lakers a 108-105 win over the Miami Heat on Monday in the
12:50 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — With about 90 seconds left in the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s 122-113 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday, Russell Westbrook walked to the baseline under his basket pulling his white shooting sleeves off both arms and wadded them into a ball. He tossed them on the baseline and shook