12:48 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard scored a season-high 60 points, hitting nine 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 134-124 on Wednesday night. Lillard’s 60 points are tied for the second most in the NBA this season. Donovan Mitchell had 71 in an overtime game for
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1:15 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — The fans here in the City of Brotherly Love waited almost a year to see Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid face each other as opponents for the first time in an NBA game. It didn’t disappoint. In front of a raucous sellout crowd at Wells Fargo Center on
7:20 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Getting Brandon Ingram back from a 29-game absence wasn’t enough to stop a losing skid for the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night. Ingram played 26 minutes in his return from a left big toe contusion, but the Pelicans’ offense went cold over a long stretch in
9:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers star big man Anthony Davis returned to the lineup Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, scoring 21 points in a 113-104 Los Angeles victory while coming off the bench for the first time in nearly a decade. Davis, out for the past 5½ weeks because of a fractured
1:50 PM ET ESPN Fantasy The fantasy basketball playoffs begin in just over a month, and if you’ve played this game before you know that will be here before you know it. Now is the time to set yourself up for a deep playoff run by stacking your roster with players who have favorable schedules
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11:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis will miss at least the next couple of weeks after spraining his right MCL and right ankle during a 150-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday. The Bucks announced Portis’ injuries Wednesday and said he would be reevaluated in two weeks. Portis, who
8:15 AM ET Ben Dowsett WHAT IS JA MORANT DOING? It’s late October, and the Grizzlies lead the Nets by six with four minutes left when Memphis forward Santi Aldama softly rolls the inbound pass toward Morant’s feet. As the Grizzlies’ star guard makes his way up the court, he lets the basketball roll alongside
7:18 AM ET Kyrie Irving does not lack confidence. It’s his defining characteristic. It’s also the reason that, after losing four straight, the Brooklyn Nets have stopped sliding in the Eastern Conference standings in Kevin Durant‘s absence. It was Irving who repeatedly set the tone for the rest of the group publicly in the aftermath
2:54 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James scored 13 points and threw down two thunderous dunks in the span of four-plus minutes to cut a 21-point Clippers lead down to 10 in the fourth quarter Tuesday night. “It was scary,” Clippers star guard Paul George said. “I’ve seen that look in Bron.” This, though,