ESPN News Services Jan 11, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday night, a 62-point victory that matched the fifth-largest rout in NBA history. “It was almost like
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Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 45 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-102 on Thursday in the NBA’s third regular-season game in Paris. Mitchell had his 16th 40-point game in just two seasons in Cleveland. He added 12 rebounds,
Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday, two days after he ranted about officiating following his team’s 132-131 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Rajakovic took particular exception to how the Lakers got 23 free throws
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA disseminated an analytic report to its teams and select media members this week that said there is no correlation between players being load managed and having a reduced risk of injury. The report, the latest step in what has been a long
Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 03:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the in-season tournament will “no doubt” be back next season, with some unspecified tweaks. So, most likely, will another regular-season trip to Paris — perhaps this time with multiple games for the teams selected. Silver touched on
Jan 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA trade deadline is Feb. 8, and expect to see plenty of movement as teams look to shake up their rosters. Which moves will impact the landscape of the NBA heading into the 2024 playoffs? And what deals will affect teams looking to rebuild
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 12:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA is finalizing plans to turn the 2024 draft into a two-night event in Brooklyn, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The draft would split into first and second rounds on successive nights — June 26-27 — but the league must still get final
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 12:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James continue to lead All-Star voting ahead of next month’s All-Star Game, as the two stars were atop the second round of voting that was released Thursday by the NBA. Like last week, Antetokounmpo and James also were way ahead
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart will miss at least six weeks due to an injury to his right ring finger, the team
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions On a Tuesday afternoon in October, three hours before the NBA season tipped off, word began to spread in the online betting community. There was an error in DraftKings’ odds on