2:31 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen has been upgraded to probable and could make his season debut in Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets. Markkanen has been sidelined with an elbow sprain since September. Initially, he was scheduled to be out six to eight weeks. He has missed 23 games. He
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1:56 AM ET J.J. Barea got ejected from the Dallas Mavericks‘ bench late in Friday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers by referee Scott Foster for saying only, “That was a disaster,” the 13-year veteran guard told ESPN. “[On the first techical, Foster] said I was talking too much, but I never said a bad
11:56 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — The Houston Rockets, who are a game under .500, firmly believe that they’re still an elite team when healthy. The Rockets snapped a four-game losing streak with a 136-105 rout of the reeling San Antonio Spurs on Friday, when point guard Chris Paul returned after missing the previous three
3:31 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Players joked it was for ambiance, but maybe the dimness in the locker room before and after Friday’s 136-105 loss to the Houston Rockets symbolized the dark times the San Antonio Spurs have entered. A 39-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, coupled with Friday’s debacle, gives the
4:54 PM ET Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo is be out indefinitely with a sore right knee, the team announced Friday. Oladipo has not played since a Nov. 17 game in which he played just five minutes before exiting after falling into a broadcast cameraman and fans sitting courtside. An All-Star last year, the 25-year-old
3:46 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz will continue to see medical specialists about his right shoulder into next week, continuing a search for solutions that has included several rounds of examinations in recent days, league sources told ESPN. The Sixers will wait until Fultz completes those appointments before approximating his next
3:08 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Thunder guard Andre Roberson had another setback with his surgically repaired left knee that will keep him out at least another six weeks, team spokesperson said. During a workout Thursday, Roberson came down from a jump and reported some discomfort in his knee. An MRI revealed a small avulsion
12:52 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies are working through contract language on a one-year deal with free-agent center Joakim Noah and expect to reach a deal early next week, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The New York Knicks waived Noah and stretched the final season of his four-year, $72 million contract prior to the
2:18 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Washington Wizards center Dwight Howard underwent surgery Friday in Los Angeles to provide relief from a gluteal injury, a procedure that will sideline him for two to three months. Howard decided in the late hours on Thursday to forgo another opinion and accept a recommendation to immediately undergo a lower-back
12:49 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Washington Wizards center Dwight Howard will undergo surgery Friday in Los Angeles to provide relief from a gluteal injury, a procedure that will sideline him two to three months, league sources told ESPN. Howard decided in the late hours on Thursday to forgo another opinion and accept a recommendation to