ESPN News Services Oct 30, 2023, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Thomas scored 33 points, his third straight 30-point game to start the season, and the Brooklyn Nets built a 21-point first-quarter lead and held on to defeat the Charlotte Hornets 133-121 on Monday night for their first win of
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Marc J. Spears Oct 30, 2023, 01:22 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox has avoided a serious right ankle injury but will miss some time, sources told ESPN’s Andscape on Monday. Fox rolled his ankle in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s overtime victory against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers and was helped off the
Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo won’t play in Monday night’s game at Milwaukee after bruising his hip two nights earlier. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said at his pregame media session that Adebayo wouldn’t be available. The two-time All-Star had been listed as
Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell is questionable with hamstring soreness for Tuesday night’s game against the New York Knicks — Cleveland’s first shot at revenge against the team that knocked it out of last year’s playoffs. Mitchell sat out Saturday’s loss to
Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The NBA’s in-season tournament will feature new court designs. All 30 teams, when playing home games in the tournament that starts Friday and runs through Dec. 9, will have a primarily solid-color court on the floor of their arenas. The courts
Anthony Gharib, ESPNOct 30, 2023, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NBA Hall of Famer and businessman Earvin “Magic” Johnson is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Johnson joins Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Tiger Woods as the fourth athlete to earn billionaire status. Earlier this year, he added a minority
Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comOct 30, 2023, 01:27 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source
Open Extended Reactions About seven months ago — when the NBA was optimistic its long-dreamed-of in-season tournament would finally become reality — the league’s creative brain trust began tinkering with a big question: How could they make sure fans would know instantly they were watching a group stage game? Sure, the league could work with
Jamal Collier, ESPNOct 29, 2023, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Despite how smoothly Damian Lillard‘s debut for the Milwaukee Bucks went on opening night, his rough shooting in the team’s 127-110 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night underscored why the new-look Bucks are still a work in progress. Lillard finished
Kendra Andrews, ESPNOct 29, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chris Paul came off the bench for the first time in his 19-season career Sunday as the Golden State Warriors faced the Houston Rockets. He entered the game for Andrew Wiggins at the 6:58 mark in the first quarter. Paul had started 1,365 career