7:18 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green missed his second consecutive game with a right knee contusion as the Golden State Warriors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-104 on Sunday evening. Green sustained the injury in the Warriors’ first game out of the All-Star break Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, when he
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11:36 AM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play Sunday in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ 104-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns. He was replaced in the lineup by Bobby Portis, who finished with 10 points in the victory. Antetokounmpo sustained the injury Friday night in the first quarter of the Bucks’ 128-99 victory over the Miami Heat.
1:22 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — When Jayson Tatum‘s step-back 3-pointer fell through the net at Wells Fargo Center with 1.3 seconds to go in Saturday night’s thriller between the Celtics and 76ers, it looked to all the world like he had just won the game for the Celtics. As it turned out, Tatum
1:22 AM ET This weekend features five high-stakes NBA showdowns on ESPN and ABC. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced off in a huge Eastern Conference tilt on Saturday night in a game that came down to a last-second 3-pointer by Jayson Tatum — and a three-quarters-court Hail Mary by Joel Embiid that would
2:19 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook received a rousing ovation when he started and finished his LA Clippers debut. Westbrook had as impressive a start as any point guard playing in his first game with the franchise. But the Clippers and Sacramento Kings weren’t done playing when Westbrook picked up his sixth personal
7:43 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN NEARING THE END of the NBA offseason last September and over 5,000 miles from his adopted home of Denver, Nikola Jokic was playing alongside his Serbian National teammates in the EuroBasket tournament when a familiar face took a seat in the O2 Arena in Prague. Jokic thought he was still
3:04 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson doesn’t like to think there are two versions of himself or his game — pre-injuries versus post-injuries — nor does he follow the mindset that he’s “getting back” to who he was. He has found that it doesn’t do him any favors and results in
8:45 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered a right knee injury and exited with 1:13 remaining in the first quarter of Friday night’s 128-99 victory over the Miami Heat. Antetokounmpo was hurt when he knocked knees with a Heat player, and the team announced during the second quarter that he
11:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons missed Friday night’s 131-87 loss to the Chicago Bulls and has been ruled out for at least one more game due to left knee soreness. And Simmons said he could miss even more time. “We’re going to reevaluate it in about a week and
1:07 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks and Quin Snyder are progressing in talks on a deal to make him the franchise’s next coach and a resolution could be reached within days, sources told ESPN on Friday. Since firing coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday, the Hawks have made Snyder the full focus of the coaching search,