10:16 AM ET Team USA got a favorable draw Saturday in the quest to recapture the FIBA World Cup, though the Americans have a potential meeting with Giannis Antetokounmpo when they face Greece early in the event. The draw for the 32-team basketball tournament, which runs from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10, was held in
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8:00 AM ET The NBA is nearly down to its elite eight of teams that will be competing for this year’s championship, and every team still alive now has a somewhat realistic path to the Finals. The first round was eventful in both the predictable outcomes and a splash of upsets thought to be unrealistic
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print As the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs winds down with the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings headed to a Sunday Game 7 and the Los Angeles Lakers having beaten the Memphis Grizzlies and awaiting their next opponent, the second
3:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham arrived early to Crypto.com Arena Friday afternoon. He’d had less than 48 hours to process the situation his team found itself in after a demoralizing Game 5 loss in Memphis on Wednesday night. His team had looked exhausted and disjointed in that game. The schedule
1:26 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James vowed to be better for Friday’s Game 6 of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. He kept his word, and his teammates kept up the pressure on the Grizzlies from the opening tip, destroying the No. 2-seeded Grizzlies 125-85 to win the series
1:25 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Heading into Friday night’s Game 6, Sacramento Kings veteran Malik Monk told his teammates in the locker room to lock in, that it was a must for the starters to begin the game right, live up to the bright lights and don’t have any regrets. And before
3:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A Memphis Grizzlies season marred by several controversies involving the face of the franchise finished much earlier than expected and in embarrassing fashion Friday night when the Grizzlies were eliminated in a first-round series that ended with a 125-85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6. After
6:50 PM ET Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo underwent surgery on his left knee in New York on Thursday, the team announced Friday. Oladipo had the patellar tendon in the knee repaired during the surgery. There is no timetable for his return. Oladipo was injured during Game 3 of the first-round series against the Milwaukee
2:41 PM ET Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s job is secure, with the organization’s backing, despite a first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, president of basketball operations Koby Altman said Friday. Making their first postseason appearance since LeBron James left five years ago, the Cavs were bounced in five games
1:12 PM ET Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant has become the third NBA player to reach a lifetime deal with Nike, he announced on Boardroom on Friday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “When I first signed with Nike, I couldn’t have dreamed of how far we’d go in this partnership. We’ve done